Speech Quiz 4,5,6

Audience members will listen carefully even if they believe the speaker's message is of no importance. True False

False

The ________ Amendment assures protection to both honest and dishonest speakers. First Third Fourth Second

First

____________ is speech that is potentially harmful to a person's reputation at work or in the community and might be illegal if spoken with a reckless disregard for the truth. Honesty Fighting words Slander Manipulation

Slander

A listening distraction is anything that competes for the attention you are trying to give to something else. True False

True

Ethical speaking contributes something positive to public discourse. True False

True

If something is common knowledge, it does not need to be cited. True False

True

In any given communication situation, all listeners will process information in exactly the same manner. False True

True

Selective perception is a process in which listeners pay attention to certain messages and ignore others. False True

True

Speech topics should be relevant to the generational identity of an audience. True False

True

The qualities of dignity and integrity are central to ethical speech. False True

True

"Have you ever been to a professional hockey game?" is an example of a scale question. a closed-ended question. an expert question. an open-ended question.

a closed-ended question.

Listeners should evaluate evidence in terms of the speaker's delivery. personal biases held about the topic. personal feelings toward the speaker. accuracy and credibility of the source.

accuracy and credibility of the source.

Our general evaluations of people, ideas, objects, or events are our feelings. values. targets. attitudes.

attitudes.

Material that is common knowledge does not require a citation. is unlikely to be known by many people. should only be paraphrased to be ethical. must be credited to avoid plagiarism.

does not require citation

If you ask survey respondents to respond to questions with a limited choice of answers, you are asking what type of questions? fixed-alternative interview open-ended essay

fixed-alternative

Active listening is undesirable when listening to public speeches. focused and purposeful. a time-consuming one-step process. vague and abstract.

focused and purposeful.

Values are our most enduring judgments about what is good and bad in life. our perceptions of reality. our conceptions of what is true and false. our predispositions to respond to things in evaluative ways.

our most enduring judgments about what is good and bad in life.

When actively listening, a person should ignore the speaker's words altogether. take into account only the conclusion. concentrate on the speaker's body language. take note of the speaker's key points.

take note of the speaker's key points.

An ethical speaker is conscious of ________ values. the audience's traditional the speaker's the university's

the audience's