Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank for Essentials of Human Communication, Eighth Edition
CHAPTER 11: PUBLIC SPEAKING PREPARATION (STEPS 1-6)
Multiple Choice Questions
1)
Public speaking is defined as a(n)
A)
form of communication in which a speaker addresses a relatively small group of people.
B) act of interpersonal communication.
C) act of intrapersonal communication.
D)
form of communication in which a speaker addresses a relatively large audience.
2)
Which of the following statements is true concerning communication apprehension?
A)
Gaining experience helps to reduce communication apprehension.
B) Public speaking is the rarest of communication apprehensions.
C) The less you prepare, the less apprehension you will experience.
D)
It is more important to focus on yourself than on your listeners.
3)
All of the following are suggestions in our text for managing public speaking anxiety EXCEPT:
A)
Prepare and practice thoroughly.
B)
Avoid chemical tension relievers.
C) See public speaking as a performance.
D)
Think positively.
4)
The first step in preparing an effective public presentation is
A)
select a topic, purposes, and thesis.
B)
analyze your audience.
C)
develop your specific purpose.
D)
write your introduction.
5)
Which of the following is true concerning appropriateness of topic selection?
A)
Avoid topics on which you and your audience may disagree.
B)
Topics related to religion, politics, and education are usually appropriate for classroom speeches.
C)
If you are speaking to a culturally diverse audience, check to see what topics may be taboo for certain
members.
D)
Select a topic you know little about, so you can learn something new along with your audience.
6)
Andrea has decided to speak on antiques for her 6 to 8 minute informative classroom speech. In
helping Andrea make her topic manageable, what would be the BEST advice to give her?
A)
The topic is narrow enough so there is no need to limit it.
B)
Try to cover the topic broadly and mention as much as you can in the time you have.
C)
It might be best to start dividing and subdividing your topic until you have something more specific than
“antiques.”
D)
Any of these statements would be equally good advice for Andrea depending on her purpose.
7)
Greg plans to give a speech recounting the major struggles the southern city in which he lives
experienced during the civil rights movement. The general purpose for Greg’s speech would be to
A) inform his audience about the civil rights movement.
B) persuade his audience that the civil rights movements was important.
C) persuade.
D) inform.
8)
Marius plans to give a speech to convince his audience to vote in the upcoming campus elections. What
is the general purpose of Marius’s speech?
A)
to inform
B) to inform his audience of the upcoming elections
C)
to persuade
D)
to persuade his audience to vote in the upcoming elections
9)
Manny plans to give a speech on how to cast a fly-fishing rod. What is the specific purpose of
Manny’s speech?
A)
to teach her audience how to cast a rod
B)
to inform
C) to persuade her audience to fly-fish
D)
to persuade
10)
Analyzing the sociology of your audience includes considering their
A)
personality traits.
B)
seating arrangement.
C)
appearance.
D)
educational levels.
11)
If you have determined that the audience may not be willing to listen to your ideas, you are well
advised to
A)
include as many strong issues as you can.
B)
secure their attention early.
C)
treat them with indifference.
D)
remind them that they have no choice.
12)
In considering how knowledgeable your audience is about your topic, you should
A)
not confuse lack of knowledge with lack of intelligence.
B)
assume that they are intelligent and make your speech more technical.
C)
downplay your expertise.
D)
repeat what they already know.
13)
Chantal notices that her audience is starting to fidget and a few have started putting away their
materials. Chantal needs to make one more crucial point before she ends her presentation. Chantal’s best
course of action to adapt to her audience is to
A)
stop as soon as possible and forget about her last point.
B)
acknowledge the audience’s feedback and explain she has one more important point to make that will be
worth their time.
C) continue on as if she didn’t notice the audience’s fidgeting.
D)
chastise the audience for their inattention.
14)
In researching a topic for a speech, the best place to begin your search is generally with
A)
examining what you already know.
B)
Googling the topic.
C) finding a very specific research article on the topic.
D)
buying a book that might prove useful.
15)
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as steps to be followed for interviewing someone in
researching a speech topic?
A) Select the person you wish to interview.
B) Secure an appointment.
C) Ask closed-ended questions.
D) Ask for permission to tape or print the interview.
16) When citing references in an oral presentation you should
A)
err on the side of citing too much information about a source than too little.
B) preface citations by saying “I have a quote here.”
C)
not mention the actual author but be sure to mention the publication date.
D)
not mention citations in the actual speech but rather only in a detailed reference list.
17) The thesis is
A)
the main idea that you want to convey to your audience.
B) a statement concluding the speech.
C) formulated in the middle of the speech.
D)
a statement that supports a major point.
18)
Morgan is going to give a presentation on how to prepare a tax return. Which of the following would
constitute a suitable thesis statement for Morgan’s presentation?
A)
to inform the audience about how to prepare a tax return
B)
Preparing a tax return is a fairly simple process, if you know what documents you need.
C)
I want to convince my audience that they can prepare their own tax returns.
D)
an informative speech on the IRS
19)
Once the thesis is formulated, questions about the thesis help to generate
A)
your supporting material. C)
your main points.
B)
the title of your speech. D)
the cultural factors of your speech.
20)
Which of the following activities will help you develop the main points for your speech?
A)
Separate points that have a common focus.
B) Select points that are most relevant to your audience.
C)
Use five or more main points.
D)
Phrase each point in a different style.
21)
How does a story about the changes in technology her grandmother has experienced in the last fifty years
fit into Ellen’s speech on new technology?
A)
It is the thesis statement. C)
It should be the first main point.
B)
It is the purpose statement. D)
It is supporting material.
22)
The BEST organizational pattern for a presentation on the geographic weather patterns of the United
States would be
A)
spatial. C)
topical.
B)
temporal. D)
problem-solution.
23)
When speaking about the various majors available at her university, Mary divided her presentation by
colleges: Engineering, Arts and Sciences, and Education. Mary’s organization pattern is
A)
temporal. C)
problem-solution.
B)
topical. D)
transactional.
24) The correct order for the steps in the motivated sequence are:
A)
attention, satisfaction, need, visualization, action
B) attention, visualization, satisfaction, need, action
C) attention, need, satisfaction, visualization, action
D)
visualization, attention, need, satisfaction, action
25)
In which step of the motivated sequence do speakers state exactly what audience members should do?
A)
visualization
B)
satisfaction
C)
attention
D)
action
True/False Questions
1)
Campaign speeches are NOT examples of public speaking.
2)
To reduce communication apprehension in public speaking, you should think positively and dismiss
thoughts of failure.
3)
Public speaking apprehension is the LEAST common form of communication apprehension.
4)
Effective speakers must follow the steps of public speaking in order as they are presented in the text.
5)
Plan to cover a broad topic in detail rather than a limited topic in generalities.
6)
The thesis of the speech should be stated as a complete, declarative sentence.
7)
Two general purposes of speeches are to inform and to persuade.
8)
Providing proof in the form of logical and motivational support is essential to persuasive speaking.
9)
Phillip organized his speech about movies into the following main points: the silent era, the reign of
the big studios, and the rise of the independent films. Phillip has chosen a temporal or time organizational
pattern.
10)
In the action step of the motivated sequence, you tell the audience what they should do to alleviate the
problem you have identified earlier in the presentation.
Completion Questions
1) __________ is a form of communication in which a speaker addresses a relatively large audience with
a relatively continuous discourse, usually in a face–to-face situation.
2)
People experience
__________ in all types of communication situations, but it is most common in
public speaking situations.
3)
Plan to cover a
__________ topic in depth, rather than a
__________ topic superficially.
4)
Suggestions for reducing public speaking anxiety include gaining
__________, thinking
__________, stressing similarity between speaker and audience, and avoiding chemicals as tension
relievers.
5)
Speeches serve two general purposes: to
__________ and to __________
6)
To analyze the psychology of your audience, consider the following questions: 1.
__________, 2.
__________, 3. __________
7)
The thesis is phrased as a complete declarative sentence; the purpose is phrased as a(n)
__________
phrase.
8)
The thesis focuses on the message; the purpose focuses on the
__________
9) Begin your research by examining what you already
____________ about your topic.
10)
Integrate your sources of information into your speech by using an
____________
Matching Sequence
Match function with the motivated sequence step.
1)
making the audience anxious to hear what you A) need
have to say
2)
presenting a solution to the problem you have B) attention
identified
3)
telling the audience specifically what they C) action
should do to alleviate the problem
4)
vividly illustrating the consequences of D) satisfaction
adopting or not adopting your solution
5)
stating the problem as it exists or will exist
E) visualization