Public speaking final exam

Which of the following is NOT an example of noise?

All are examples of noise

The thesis of your speech should

All of these answers are correct

How can you provide effective feedback to a speaker?

All of these answers are correct.

In selecting topic ideas, you should

All of these answers are correct.

Technology is not available to everyone, particularly in developing countries. This lack of equitable technology distribution across age, race, education level, and Internet connection speed is called the:

digital divide

Visualization involves seeing yourself making mistakes during your speech so that you can correct them ahead of time.

false

When giving a speech to inform, your goal is to reinforce, modify, or change audience members' beliefs, attitudes, opinions, values, and behaviors

false

All of the following are causes of listening anxiety EXCEPT:

fear that you may not be able to take accurate notes

Progressive relaxation exercises that focus specifically on relaxing your body before giving a speech target all of the following areas EXCEPT:

feet and legs.

Of the strategies below, which one is particularly important in both content listening and critical listening?

focusing on the speaker's main points

Metasearch engines should be used when you want to find

general information about your topic.

All of the following are recommended parts of the brainstorming process EXCEPT

generating as many ideas as possible until you find one that will work.

All the following are considered reference works EXCEPT

government publications.

The Communication Anxiety Regulation Scale can help you find out:

how you typically respond to public speaking situations.

Most campus library websites provide access to all of the following EXCEPT

most campus library websites provide access to all of these.

While researching a speech on the Salvation Army, a student found a particularly useful quotation. During the speech, the speaker put the quote into his own words. In doing so, the speaker is ____ the quotation.

paraphrasing

Which of the following types of speeches is appropriate when the speaker wants to change the audience's attitudes towards a topic?

persuading

Which of the following refers to how closely a source matches the topic you are researching?

relevance

Each of the following is one of the eight elements of audience-centered public speaking EXCEPT:

storytelling.

A communicator who makes confrontational statements is engaging in:

superiority.

The specific purpose of your speech tells the audience what you want to achieve in your speech.

true

When evaluating your research materials, you need to check the validity of the information.

true

You should choose your keywords carefully and consider alternatives to your original choice in order to produce a range of results

true

Your temperament may influence your level of speech anxiety.

true

Your thesis summarizes your plan for achieving the specific purpose of the speech.

true

To be respectful, you should respond to a speaker's message only if you agree.

false

Distance speaking involves:

All the answers are correct.

Which of the following would tend to INCREASE the level of speech anxiety when presenting your speech?

Choosing a topic about which you know little.

The linear or transmission model of communication consists of:

Communication in a single direction

In audience-centered public speaking, the speaker is considered the starting point and the audience is the end point.

False

Research shows that less than ten percent of college students report having copied information directly from an Internet source without providing a reference.

False

The message in audience-centered public speaking includes verbal but NOT nonverbal communication.

False

Transmission models of communication address the ways in which mass media content is transmitted to larger audiences.

False

With practice, it is possible to completely eliminate speech anxiety.

False

An example of an open-ended question is:

How are you feeling today?

Which of the following is true?

In the United States and many other countries, presenting others' work as your own not only violates basic ethical principles but is also illegal.

Which historical age was noted for the development of mass media, such as newspapers and radio?

Industrial

__________ occurs when an individual sends just one or two messages to people outside that individual's social group.

Public communication

_____ involves identifying what is important and what is not from all the information you receive every day.

Selective listening

The channel refers to the mode or medium of communication.

True

The most recent models of human communication take into account the pervasive communication environment in which the communication takes place.

True

_____ theory states that people become anxious when faced with uncertain or unfamiliar situations.

Uncertainty Reduction

Which of the items below helps make your audience aware of what's coming in your speech and keeps them on track and involved throughout your presentation?

a well-written thesis statement

Validity has three components:

accuracy, authority, and currency

The less you believe you can predict a positive response from your audience, the more you will feel

anxious.

During your speech, you should do all of the following EXCEPT:

apologize for mistakes.

When you go to a comedy club for entertainment, you are engaging in _____ listening.

appreciative

Which individual listening filter refers to how much you like or dislike something?

attitudes

A source's complete citation, including author, date of publication, title, place of publication, and publisher is called

bibliographic information.

Listening for the speaker's emotions is an example of :

empathetic listening.

The first step in preparing to research your topic is to

examine your own experience.

Determining a source's purpose does not include identifying its scope and depth.

false

Effectively planning and preparing for your speech along with the use of relaxation techniques will eliminate speech anxiety.

false

Ethnocentric listeners usually respond positively to a speaker who does not share their cultural background.

false

If you do not intend to plagiarize a source, it is not considered plagiarism.

false

If you misstate a point, get your ideas out of order, or mispronounce a word, you should quickly point out your mistake and apologize to the audience before moving on

false

Including too few points is one of the biggest problems students encounter when learning tow to develop a topic

false

Libraries are no longer useful with the wide variety of Internet search tools available today.

false

Listening is the physical process of receiving sounds.

false

Memory, the fourth "art" of public speaking, refers to strategies that help audience members remember speech content for as long as possible.

false

Most cultural norms are explicit or stated.

false

Research shows that immediately after a lecture, listeners recall about 75 percent of what the speaker said.

false

Special occasions like awards ceremonies, company parties, roasts, and toasts often provide the context for persuasive speeches.

false

Speech anxiety never occurs after a speech is finished.

false

The interests, needs, and expectations of your audience have little or no bearing on your speech

false

All of the following are transferable life skills learned in a public speaking course EXCEPT:

increasing your narrative thinking.

If the topic of your speech is rock climbing and your specific purpose is to familiarize your audience with basic rock climbing equipment, then the general purpose of your speech is to

inform

For any topic, a more forceful, passionate style of delivery is generally expected by

large audiences in big rooms.

Selecting, assigning meaning to, responding to, and recalling sensory stimuli is part of what process?

listening

All of the following are strategies for building your speaking confidence EXCEPT:

revisioning.

Public speaking in the time of the Greeks was called

rhetoric.

The term ethos refers to:

the speaker's good character and credibility.

The "spotlight effect"refers to:

thinking the audience is observing you more carefully than they really are.

In order to deliver a good speech, it is essential to:

thoroughly plan, prepare, and practice your speech.

If the specific purpose for a speech is "to educate the audience about nanotechnology", the speech likely has which general purpose?

to inform

If the specific purpose for a speech is "to advocate for more recycling on campus", the speech likely has which general purpose?

to persuade

"Ethnocentrism" is the position that our world view is better than anyone else's.

true

According to more sophisticated communication models, the process of communication is impacted by noise.

true

Aristotle is credited with identifying three proofs: logos, ethos, and pathos.

true

Before selecting the topic for your speech, it is important to consider the audience you are speaking to.

true

Brainstorming for topic ideas should be done well before your speech date and should be done over several sessions.

true

Giving the same or similar speech to multiple audiences is one of the best ways to build confidence and reduce speech anxiety.

true

Hearing a speech is different from listening to a speech.

true

In the research interview process, your first step is to select the interviewee(s).

true

It is a good idea to use all your senses when you are listening to a speech, in order to get clues about the speaker's feelings on the topic.

true

It is important to provide oral citations of your sources in your speech.

true

Mindfulness involves consciously focusing on a situation and maintaining awareness of what you say and how others respond.

true

Most public speaking situations require critical thinking.

true

Phrasing the thesis of your speech clearly helps you identify exactly what you want to say to your audience.

true

Public speaking is as much about listening as speaking.

true

Relabeling involves assigning positive words or phrases to the physical reactions and feelings associated with speech anxiety.

true

Research shows that search engine users rarely go past the first page of results and will click on only a few links before giving up.

true

Specialized metasearch and search engines provide access to information that is not found on standard web pages, but in documents such as theses and dissertations, in specialized databases, in social media and blogs, and in image, audio, and other files.

true

Speech anxiety can come from a number of sources of uncertainty including uncertainty about how to use technology.

true

The "illusion of transparency" suggests that people believe their internal states, like speech anxiety, are easily observable by others.

true

The general purpose of a speech is usually to inform, to persuade, or to entertain.

true

Questioning the logic of an author's conclusion or whether or not the author provides adequate evidence is questioning the _____ of the author's information.

validity

Research has found that which of the following types of speech practice greatly reduced the anxiety of college students who were especially anxious about public speaking?

watching a recording of your speech

When evaluating and selecting your topic, it is important to consider each of the following EXCEPT

what topic others are speaking on