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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Outline an effective, efficient research strategy
1. After picking a topic, the first step in outlining a research strategy is to detail what you already know about the topic.
a. True
b. False
Effectively organize research materials and choose the most useful ones
2. The ordering of quotes in a speech is unimportant, as long as all the important quotes are used.
a. True
b. False
3. In general, when citing a source in APA format, “Who, What, Where, and When” must be identified.
a. True
b. False
4. Researching should never make a speaker change their position.
a. True
b. False
5. News articles are exceptionally good sources because they are always unbiased.
a. True
b. False
Evaluate the credibility and usefulness of different sources
6. When a source is powerfully worded and on topic, the source is credible.
a. True
b. False
7. Scholarly databases are searchable collections of peer-reviewed journals and other periodicals that give you a wide
variety of sources in most academic fields.
a. True
b. False
8. A research article’s abstract is useful for finding specific points and pieces of evidence.
a. True
b. False
9. It is important not to have expectations of what you will find when you research, so you don’t contaminate the facts.
a. True
b. False
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10. When choosing the supporting material for our speech, we should consider whether the individual fact, quote, or piece
of data advances our goals, given the specific audience and situation.
a. True
b. False
11. Good taglines assist in organizing quotes into an argument.
a. True
b. False
Describe the importance of responsible research choices
12. Evidence is useful in a speech because it can make up for a speaker’s lack of research.
a. True
b. False
13. Research is important because it makes a speaker feel comfortable accepting responsibility for the arguments they
advocate.
a. True
b. False
14. It is important to read materials completely while gathering them.
a. True
b. False
15. Citing bad research can perpetuate dangerous myths that might cause your audience to jump to unsafe conclusions.
a. True
b. False
16. A blog can be a helpful source of information only if the contributors are informed and trustworthy.
a. True
b. False
Create search terms for focused online searches
17. Major search engines are a good place to begin research.
a. True
b. False
Gather relevant research materials
18. Books are no longer good sources of research because searching them takes too long.
a. True
b. False
19. It is important never to stray from your original research strategy.
a. True
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b. False
Correctly cite your sources
20. You should cite everything you found when gathering materials, even if it wasn’t relevant.
a. True
b. False
21. It is required you cite a source in the bibliography if it was included in your speech.
a. True
b. False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
22. Moving from key terms like “drug laws” to “marijuana reform” or “cannabis decriminalization” is an example of
__________.
a. creating taglines
b. focusing a search
c. peer review
d. inefficient searching
e. none of these choices
23. When looking for news articles related to your topic, the most useful information is usually __________.
a. dispersed throughout the entire article
b. at the end of the article
c. at the beginning of the article
d. in the last sentence
e. none of these choices
Effectively organize research material and choose the most useful ones
24. Which of the following is a criterion for determining the quality of research material?
a. the quality of the source
b. the degree to which it supports the claim
c. how complicated the wording is
d. the degree to which agrees with your other sources
e. the quality of the source and the degree to which it supports the claim
Evaluate the credibility and usefulness of different sources
25. A scholarly article is distinct from other sources because they are __________.
a. only available from closed databases
b. peer reviewed
c. too complicated to use
d. less credible
e. all of these choices
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Correctly cite your sources
26. Sources should be given credit in __________.
a. the bibliography
b. the body of the speech
c. both the bibliography and the body of the speech
d. neither the bibliography nor the body of the speech
e. varying circumstances depending on when it seems necessary
Create search terms for focused online searches
27. Which of the following are drawbacks for collecting physical, instead of electronic, sources?
a. additional cost
b. manually transcribing quotations
c. the lack of an electronic “find” feature
d. all of these choices
e. none of these choices
28. Which of the following is the best place to begin an efficient and effective search?
a. Create a list of search terms for online and database searches.
b. Browse blogs.
c. Find books in a library.
d. all of these choices
e. none of these choices
Describe the importance of responsible research choices
29. Responsible research means __________.
a. not misinforming the audience
b. becoming an expert in the topic
c. only using reliable sources
d. all of these choices
e. none of these choices
30. When reading your research materials and taking notes, which of the following kinds of information are relevant and
helpful to use in your speech?
a. supporting arguments
b. facts, statistics, and data
c. quotations
d. all of these choices
e. none of these choices
Outline an effective, efficient research strategy
31. “Where will I look? How will I look for sources? What do I expect to find?” are important questions to ask when
__________.
a. creating a bibliography
b. organizing research materials
c. creating a research strategy
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d. evaluating source credibility
e. all of these choices
32. Taglines can __________.
a. be used to organize research materials into categories
b. be used to create a rough outline of your speech
c. serve as specific points in your argument
d. all of these choices
e. none of these choices
33. A __________ is the record of all the sources where you found your information.
a. bibliography
b. conclusion
c. peer review
d. in-text citation
e. syllabus
34. Being an expert on the topic is important because __________.
a. what you say might play an important role in shaping an audience’s opinions
b. you can conduct new research to use in your speech
c. you can tell your audience everything you know about a topic
d. it isn’t important to become an expert in the topic
e. all of these choices
Gather relevant research materials
35. When looking for help with specific research, which of the following is most useful?
a. the teacher’s assistant
b. classmates
c. a research librarian
d. the internet
e. all of these choices
36. A Wiki is __________.
a. a crowd-sourced entry that can be modified by anyone
b. useful for finding other, better sources
c. generally not reliable to use as a source by itself
d. all of these choices
e. none of these choices
37. Using bad evidence or information in a speech __________.
a. can have negative outcomes beyond misinforming the audience
b. won’t hurt the speaker’s credibility as long as it is convincing
c. is acceptable, as long as the rest of the speech is thoroughly researched
d. all of these choices
e. none of these choices
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38. When researching online, the most important thing to remember is __________.
a. always consider the source
b. never use wikis for anything
c. stay with educational websites that end in .edu
d. only use peer-reviewed articles and research papers
e. all of these choices
39. When quoting a source in a speech, you should __________.
a. not mention where the quote comes from, because it is in the bibliography
b. simply let your audience know it is a quote
c. introduce the quote by name, publication, or organization
d. introduce the quote by reading the source from the bibliography
e. ask your audience if anyone knows where the quote comes from
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