SPC Final Review Quizzes

Which of the following would be an example of "we" language as discussed in your text? "You can make a difference in your community by volunteering to pick up trash this Sunday in Columbia's Clean River Project." "Your community needs people like you to help make a difference by picking up trash this Sunday." "By not littering, you are making Columbia a nicer place to live." "One way for all of us to get involved in our community is to help pick up trash this Sunday in Columbia's Clean River Project."

"One way for all of us to get involved in our community is to help pick up trash this Sunday in Columbia's Clean River Project."

The condition of being prepared to discuss an issue intelligently is known as systematic de-sensitization cognitive restructuring habitual frame of reference being conversant

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Listening for entertainment or pleasure is known as Critical Listening Appreciative Listening Therapeutic Listening Empathetic Listening

Appreciative Listening

A noticeable image or graphic on a picture that is placed there by the owner of the picture to prevent people from using that picture without the owner's permission is known as pixelation True False

False

A speaker should act as if stereotypes do not exist when speaking in front of a multicultural audience True False

False

Listening refers to the physiological process of receiving sounds, while hearing refers to the psychological process of interpreting or making sense of those sounds True False

False

One of the benefits of delivering a demonstration speech, is that the audience will find the speech relevant regardless of the topic presented True False

False

Referrign to your own personal interest in the topic of your speech should always be avioded True False

False

Referring to your own personal interest in the topic of your speech should always be avoided True False

False

Regardless of the audience's culture, a good public speaker should establish direct eye contact as a sign of respect True False

False

When compared to a voluntary audeince, a captive audience is usually much easier to address because you know that they are interested in hearing the speech True False

False

This fallacy occurs when the speaker attempts to distract the audience from the issue by introducing some irrelevant point Red herring Black-or-white Slippery slope Masked man

Red herring

Anxeity that is aligned with, or a manifestation of, an individual's personality is called trait anxiety True False

True

Deductive reasoning refers to an argument in which the truth of its premises guarantees the truth of its conclusion True False

True

When considering the background colors of your power point slides, bright colors such as yellow, pink, and orange should be avoided as they are considered too distracting True False

True

When giving ethical feedback to a speaker, you should identify why you found the speaker to be effective by giving a clear explanation of your opinion True False

True

When saying the word "three" while simultaneously holding up three fingers while delivering your speech is a form of repetition True False

True

Whereas Descriptive speeches attempt to paint a picture with words so that audiences can vicariously experience the subject of the speech. Explanatory speeches focus on the how and why of the subject and its consequences True False

True

When you present an argument with a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion, you are using an analogy a syllogism pathos a fallacy

a syllogism

When a speaker attacks the person supporting an issue rather than the issue being debated, what fallacy is the speaker committing? begging the question non sequitur bandwagon ad hominem

ad hominem

In which of hte following type of informative speech could you use information you found in a dictionary? speech of defintion speech of demonstration speech of explanation all of the above

all of the above

"I thought you cared about children, but I noticed you were not at the fundraiser for my kid's school." This statement represents a bandwagon fallacy an either/ or fallacy an ad hominem fallacy an appeal to misplaced authority

an appeal to misplaced authority

Speeches to actuate are designed to change or motive particular behavior establish agreement about a particular topic point out errors in reasoning identiy the demographics of the audience

change or motive particular behavior

A process whereby thoughts or behaviors are altered through deceptive or harmful methods warrant causal reasoning syllogisms coercion

coercion

While there are many possible reasons to use a visual aid in your presentation, your guiding principle should be: does this make the message clearer or more memorable? will this make it easier for me to rember what i want to say? will this make my audience view me as a better speaker? can I include this without too much burden on me or my audience?

does this make the message clearer or more memorable?

Kim started her speech on how to perform the Heimlich Maneuver by recounting a story about how she once saved her daughter's life by using this maneuver when her daughter was choking on piece of candy. Kim was targeting which of the goals of informative speaking with this story? enhance the speaker's credibility to build in repetition developing a strategy to help the audience remember create coherence

enhance the speaker's credibility

Kevin presented a speech on how to fix a flat tire. What type of informative speech was this? demonstration explanation description definition

explanation

Due to the "fair use" provision of U.S. copyright law, public speakers are free to use any information they find on the internet for use in a speech true false

false

One of the benefits of a visual aid is that the speaker does not have to establish the credibility for the information on the aid because "seeing is believing." True False

false

One of the benefits of using Power Point is that you can present two different subjects at the same time. For example, while you are talking about one subject, you can simultaneously have a completely different subject on your slide for your audience to read True False

false

Personal apperance is no longer something a speaker needs to consider in today's modern society true false

false

When preparing for her speech in her public speaking class, Patty used a copy of a speech that her roommate presented in a previous semester. This saved Patty a lot of time and since her roommate earned an "A" ont he speech, she was confident that she would do the same. This scenario would be an example of paraphrasing incremental plagiarism global plagiarism patchwork plagiarism

global plagiarism

"Don't vote for my opponent. His parents were from Mexico and as we all know. Mexico sends us nothing but murderers and rapist." This type of language would be an example of sexist language "you" language conversant language hate speech

hate speech

A speaker who tells their audience that, "The goal of tonight's presentation is to inform you about how to eat a heart healthy diet," but their real objective is sell the audience gym memberships, would be violating which ethical consideration? ethical speakers understand free speech honest speakers are clear about the goal of the speech ethical speakers have a respect for audience diversity honest spears avoid plagiarism

honest speakers are clear about the goal of the speech

The specialized language of a group or profession is known as accent diction alliteration jargon

jargon

A ______ _______ is used to show changes over time or how data interacts line graph pie chart clip art bar chart

line graph

Visual aids are most effective when they are displayed during the introduction of a speech throughout the speech only while the speaker is discussing them on an easel from the right side of the lectern

only while the speaker is discussing them

He is starving Unicef picture This picture makes use of what type of persusavie stragegy? ethos logos Monroe's motivate sequence pathos

pathos

A ____ _____ is a type of chart that is divided into sectors that each represents a proportion or percentage of the whole. line graph pie chart clip art bar chart

pie chart

"Recreational marijuana usage is as safe as recreational alcohol usage" is an example of proposition of fact proposition of identification proposition of value proposition of policy

proposition of fact

A politician held a press conference where he announced that he would like to discuss the recent news that he was caught cheating on his wife with a famous movie star. However, when the press conference actually started, he instead spoke about the dangers of illegal immigration. What fallacy is this politician committing? either/ or fallacy appeal to misplaced authority red herring bandwagon fallacy

red herring

A speech designed to anticipate the negative resonse of an audience by bringing attention to the tensions between two sides of an argument and to explain why the audience should be influenced by one side vs the other would be an example of which of the follwing organizational patterns? Monroe's motivated sequence direct pattern refutation pattern causal pattern

refutation pattern

Ethical speakers strive to achieve responsible speech goals by all of the following except refraining from hate speech understanding that freedom of speech must be balanced with your responsibility as a speaker to respect your audience promoting gender, racial, and cultural diversity speaking on topics that are of interest to the speaker

speaking on topics that are of interest to the speaker

"At the end of my speech, my audience will understand vegetarianism." This is an example of what type of informative speech? speech of explanation speech of definition speech of demonstration speech of description

speech of definition

"At the end of my speech, my audience will know what it is like to ride in a hot air balloon." This is an example ofwhich type of informative sepech? speech of demonstration speech of description speech of definition speech of explanation

speech of demonstration

"At the end of my speech, my audience will know Midlands Technical College's new policy regarding smoking on campus and the reasons for this new policy." This would be an example of what type of informative speech? speech explanation speech of description speech of definition speech of demonstration

speech of explanation

Which of the following actions by an audience member would be an example of unethical listening during a speech? Texting your friends not believing what the speaker is saying

texting your friends

Ethos is the proposition you want the audience to accept the audiences perception of the speakers credibility and moral character the logical means of proving an argument the use of emotional appeals to persuade an audience

the audiences perception of the speakers credibility and moral character

As an ethical listener, you should avoid prejudging the speaker and refrain from jumping to conclusions while the speaker is talking True False

true

Attention getters should only be used during introduction of an informative speech True False

true

The colors on opposite sides of the color wheel, such as red and green, are known as complementary colors. True False

true

When speaking publicly, you mus orally cite all information that isn't considered general knowledge True False

true

"Um's" and "uhs" that one uses when speaking are called inflections regionalisms avunculars vocalized pauses

vocalized pauses

The empty space on a slide that helps direct the viewer's attention to the parts of the slide that really matters is called a silhouette white space line art pecha kucha

white space

In an informative speech, your main points identify what the speaker wants the audience to learn or remember from the presentation True False

True

Including your own personal testimony in your speech should be avoided as it almost always has a negative influence on your audience True False

True

Regardless of auidence's culture a good public speaker should establish direct eye contact as a sign of respect True False

True

The purpose of the "preview" statement in the introduction of your speech is to let the audience know how you plan to structure of the speech True False

True

The purpose of the "preview" statement in the introduction of your speech is to let the audience know how you plan to structure the speech True False

True

Unintentionally presenting someone else's work as as your own, would still considered plagiarism True False

True

You are considered to be "credible" when the audience thinks that you know what you are talking about True False

True

Your transitions from one main point to another during your speech could be done verbally as well as non-verbally True False

True

language is a culturally transmitted system of symbols that we use to form messages True False

True

A particular kind of toast that is humorus and pokes fun at the honored person in a friendly way is known as an inclusion a keynote address an impromptu speech a roast

a roast

One sentence or statement that succinctly and accurately lets the audience know what the speech will be about and what the speaker plans to accomplish in the speech is known as a thesis a hypothetical statement a rhetorical statement an analogy

a thesis

A speech that gives praise to an extraordinary person is known as a commencement speech a tribute speech a holistic speech an impromptu speech

a tribute speech

To effectively deal with communication apprehension, the first step is to consider what may be its primary cause practice in front of a mirror breathe and release minimize what you have to memorize

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With regard to evaluating source credibility, the act of comparing a source's claim to claims made by other similar sources known as syloogism epistemology parity lay testimony

?

which of the following would be considered the least abstract? entertainment movies american movie "Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace"

?

"Internal previews" provide a recap of what has already been said, making it more likely that audiences will remember the main points once the speech is over True False

False

According to the "recency effect" audiences are likely to remember what they hear or read first True False

False

According to your author, one of easiest and most effective ways of overcoming your fear of public speaking during your speech would be to imagine your audience in their underwear True False

False

Although humor can be effective in many types of special occasion speeches, it should be avoided in an after-dinner speech True False

False

Although using humor can be an effective way of getting your audience's attention in the introduction of your speech, humor should not be used in the conclusion of your speech True False

False

Anxiety that is derived from the external situation within which a person finds themselves is called scrutiny fear True False

False

Being critical is the same thing as criticizing True False

False

Credibility that a speaker has based on attributes that are largely controlled by the speaker, such as appearance, confidence, charisma, trustworthiness, and speaking ability is known as "External Credibility" True False

False

If your goal is to reduce your fear, you should practice your speech silently to yourself as opposed to practicing out loud, since hearing your own voice will cause you greater anxiety during the presentation True False

False

One benefit of using governement documents in your speech is that you can count on the information being 100% reliable True False

False

Speakers should not try to visualize succeeding as research has found that this will actually harm your presentation more than help it True False

False

Speakers should not try to visualize themselves succeeding as research has found that this will actually harm your presentation more than help it True False

False

The denotative meaning of a word refers to the meaning of a word that is based on one's own personal experiences True False

False

The overall goal of the speech: such as, to inform, to persuade, or to entertain is known as the "Causal Purpose Statement." True False

False

To be an effective listener while taking notes, you should try to write down every word tha the speaker is saying True False

False

Using the testimony of an eye witness in your speech would be viewed as a strong piece of supporting evidence in all cultures True False

False

When a speaker's verbal and nonverbal messages conflict with each other, audence members tend to believe the verbal message more than the nonverbal True False

False

When a speaker's verbal and nonverbal messages conflict with each other, audience members tend to believe the verbal message more than the nonverbal True False

False

Leon is researching a speech on the latest discoveries of the efficacy of using Vitamin D in preventing heart disease. He knows that there are some excellent journal articles on the subject, but his college's library doesnt carry printed copies of the journals in which the articles appear. Leon only has two days before his speech is due; what should he do? Leon should go to a store that sells vitamin supplements and talk to one of the sales people he should give the speech without doing the research as this is an important subject for the audience to know Leon should use a full-text data base, like Web of Science, to attempt to locate the complete text of the journal articles Leon should substitute information he found on the Web for the journal articles, because information found on the web is more reliable.

Leon should use a full-text data base, like Web of Science, to attempt to locate the complete text of the journal articles

Anxiety resulting from being in a situation where one is being watched or observed while undertaking an activity is known as scrutiny fear True False

True

Anxiety that is aligned with, or a manifestation of and individuals personality is called trait anxiety True False

True

Anxiety that is aligned with, or a manifestation of, an individual's personality is called trait anxiety True False

True

Deductive reasoning refers to an argument in which the truth of its premises guarantees the truth of its conclusions True False

True

A flaw or error in reason is defined as a fallacy a paradigm an axiology a misanthrope

a fallacy

"Thank you very much for presenting me with the Sales Person of the Year award. I want to thank my sales team for motivating me this year to be driven to achieve my goals. I especially want to thank Jane Griffin for her guidance and belief in my abilities. i am proud of this honor and will strive to continue to make our company a success. Again, thank you all." This would be an example of which of the following special occasion speech? presentaional speech acceptance speech speech of introduction after-dinner speech

acceptance speech

When applying for a job to work in customer service call center, Jenna overhears one of the members of the hiring committee comment, "She will not be good at answering customer's questions over the phone because she has ugly tattoos." This would be an example of which of the following fallacies? ad hominem appeal to athority appeal to pity begging the question

ad hominem

Comparing something that your audience knows and understands with something that is new or unknown is called a thesis paralanguage kinesics an analogy

an analogy

When we believe the truth of an argument solely because no one has disproven it, we are guilty which of the following fallacy? begging the question red herring appeal to ignorance appeal to authority

appeal to ignorance

For his informative speech about gun control, Jim only used information that he found on a web site sponsored by the National Rifle Association which caused his speech to be slanted in one direction. which of the following element of source credibility did Jim ignore? plagiarism summaries bias argument

bias

A speaker should include a thesis statement in which part of their speech? introduction only conclusion only both the introduction and conclusion as supplemental material given tot he audience after the speech is completed

both the introduction and conclusion

"Today I am going to inform my audience about Abraham Lincoln, starting with his time in the Illinois General Assemblyy, then his time as a member of Congress, and ending with his service as President of the United States." This presentation would most likely follow which organizatoinal style? spatial chronological problem-solution causal

chronological

This type of organizational structure arranges the main points within a speech according to when they happened and could be traced on a calendar or clock spatial topical chronological comparative

chronological

Phrases or expressions that, because of overuse, have lost their rhetorical power. An example being,"And they all lived happily ever after." regionalism slang cliches metaphors

cliches

An internal process through which a person can deliberately adjust how they feel about public speaking is known as cognative restructuring scrutiny fear proxemics ad hominem

cognitive restructuring

Fred is a former major league baseball player. He is preparing an informative speech on the abuse of steriods in major league baseball. Through his personal experiences, what quality can Fred add to the presentation ofhis speech? motivation satisfaction credibility timeliness

credibility

Listening for the purpose of gaining information that we will use to evaluate a speaker or the speaker's message is known as empathetic listening appreciative listening critical listening therapeutic listening

critical listening

A description of the audience's attitudes, beliefs, and values is known as critical thinking a psychological description demographic characteristics cognitive dissonance

demographic characteristics

Learning that your audience will consist of mostly hispanic, females, between the ages of 20 to 40 years old would be an example of parity striation demographic information ethnocentricity likert-type data

demographic information

Believing that one's own culture is superior to any other is knowns as individualism the rule of induction ethnocentrism syllogism

ethnocentrism

The form of credibility that is based on attributes that a speaker can "borrow," such as using credible sources and referring to credible people and events is known as external credibility internal credibility primacy credibility recency credibility

external credibility

The most effective method of analyzing your audience's interest in knowledge of your topic is through observation True False

false

Unlike when using a statistic or a definition from a website, images or pictures do not need source citations when used in your speech True false

false

When giving a speech to a group of tourists about the Riverbanks Zoo here in Columbia, one should avoid using Spatial organizational style to prevent the speech from becoming too long and boring True False

false

While listening to a speech, you should try not to give any nonverbal feedback as this can be easily misunderstood True False

false

A rhetorical question is a question that has no answer for which no answer is expected to be given that the speaker will answer after the speech that appears in the introduction of the speech

for which no answer is expected to be given

Which of the following is not one of the methods of delivery identified in your textbook? manuscript memorized extemporaneous impromptu global

global

"To inform my audience about the internet" is a poorly worded thesis statement because it fails to identify the main points of the speech use an infinitive phrase cause the audience to think none of the above (i.e. it is a well worded thesis statement)

identify the main points of the speech

Christine's community is considering eliminating a public bus route. Which of the following would be the best way for her to gather information on how the people who use this bus route view this potential change? interviews inference full-text databases Google Scholar

interviews

Before you draw any inferences or attempt any explanations when critically examining a message, you should have a fixed position on the subject avoid thinking appeal to bifurcation look at the evidence

look at the evidence

Which delivery method would you be using if you read your speech from a teleprompter? memorized manuscript extemporaneous denotative impromptu

manuscript

"Today I am going to teach you how to take someone's blood pressure. As a nurse for the past 8 years, this is something that I have done almost every day." In this speech, which of the following source would most likely be used. website personal and professional knowledge periodicals books

personal and professional knowledge

"Smoking should be banned because it is bad for your health, it costs too much money, and it affects those who do not smoke." This speech follows which of the following organizational patter? chronological problem solution spatial elocution

problem solution

Power reducing words such as "mostly" "might" "possibly" or "somewhat" are known as jargon similes sexist language qualifers

qualifiers

Power reducing words such as "mostly," "might," or "somewhat" are known as qualifiers similes sexist language jargon

qualifiers

"Y'all" is used by people from Atlanta, "yous" is used by people from Chicago, "youins" is used by people from Philadelphia. This would be an example of regionalisms sexist language qualifers spotlighting

regionalisms

"Y'all" is used by people from Atlanta, "yous" is used by people from Chicago. "youins" is used by people from Philadelphia. This would be an example of regionalisms qualifiers spotlighting sexist language

reigonalisms

The notion that your audience can clearly see how your speech is connected to their lives in some way is known as an analogy relevance the primacy effect a qualifier

relevance

This category of audience analysis is primarily concerned with why your audience is present for your speech demographic analysis multicultural analysis situational analysis psychological analysis

situational analysis

"If we allow gay marriage, the next thing we know, people will want to marry their brothers or sisters, or their dogs or even their pet hamster." This is an example of which of the following fallacy? fallacy of quantitative logic appeal to pity slippery slope fallacy begging the question

slippery slope fallacy

This type of organizational structure arranges the main points in a speech according to their physical and geographic relationship spatial topical chronological comparative

spatial

Which one of the following is not identified by your author as one of the four basic functions of the introduction of your speech? gain attention and interest gain goodwill state the purpose of the speech support your claims with evidence preview the structure of the speech

support your claims with evidence

Ending a statement with "Don't you think?" or "Right" rather than flatly stating what you believe would be an example of colloquialisms hyperbole jargon tag questions

tag questions

Ending a statement with "Don't you think?" or "Right?" rather than flatly stating what you believe would be an example of colloquialisms jargon hperbole tag questions

tag questions

"To inform my audience about the mask, fins, and snorkel used when snorkeling" is an example of a formal fallacy thesis statement communication loop rhetorical question

thesis statement

"Today I am going to discuss three causes of WWI, British colonialism, German militarism, and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand." This speech follows which organizational style? topical spatial problem solution refutation

topical

A "Thesis Statement" encapsulates the main points of a speech in just a sentence or tow, and it is designed to give audiences a quick understanding of what the speech will be about. True False

true

Anticipating what we will say in response to the speaker before we hear their messages is a detractor to effective listening True False

true

Audiences from high-power distance cultures often do not ask questions because asking questions can be viewed as challenging to the speakers True False

true

How fast or how slow a person is speaking during their presentation is known as the tempo True false

true

In all speeches on special occasions the speaker should keep the message positive, even if purpose of the speech is to commemorate a sad event true false

true