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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. “To compare the Android operating system to the Apple IOS iOS operating system” is which type of
informative presentation?
a. Narrative
b. Process
c. Demonstration
d. Comparison/contrast
2. One significant difference between informative and persuasive speaking is that in the former speakers avoid
making motivational appeals.
a. True
b. False
3. Informative presentations have two primary functions. What is one of those functions?
a. To motivate
b. To influence policies
c. To impact beliefs
d. To raise awareness
4. Which type of presentation explains how something works or how to do something?
a. Comparison/contrast presentation
b. Expository presentation
c. Narrative presentation
d. Process or demonstration
5. “To reinforce” is an example of an effective specific purpose statement for an informative speech.
a. True
b. False
6. A comparison/contrast presentation usually uses a
a. chronological organizational pattern.
b. topical organizational pattern.
c. cause-effect organizational pattern.
d. spatial organizational pattern.
7. The use of signposts is recommended for what type of informative presentation?
a. Process or demonstration presentation
b. Narrative presentation
c. Comparison/contrast presentation
d. Topical presentation
8. What pattern of organization is most appropriate for an expository presentation?
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a. Topical pattern
b. Chronological pattern
c. Cause-effect pattern
d. Motivated sequence pattern
9. In a process or demonstration presentation, a speaker would be wise to use what type of organizational
pattern?
a. Topical pattern
b. Cause-effect pattern
c. Chronological pattern
d. Narrative pattern
10. The speech thesis “Scientific research is changing misconceptions about autism” is an informative
expository presentation.
a. True
b. False
11. Which is NOT a purpose or goal of informative speaking?
a. Reinforcing listeners’s attitudes
b. Educating about a topic
c. Demonstrating how something works
d. Telling a story about an event
12. Which type of presentation describes an event or tells a story?
a. Comparison/contrast presentation
b. Expository presentation
c. Narrative presentation
d. Process/demonstration presentation
13. Asking your audience to point toward the north exemplifies which method of helping your audience pay
attention and remember your message?
a. Organizing your ideas
b. Limiting your main points
c. Getting your audience involved
d. Repeating yourself
14. How can a speaker minimize or avoid information overload?
a. Use an oral style
b. Don’t talk down to your audience
c. Target purpose to audience’s knowledge level
d. Use a written style
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15. The specific purpose of Mario’s speech is to inform the audience about the events surrounding the 2011
earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Which type of informative presentation is this likely to be?
a. Expository presentation
b. Narrative presentation
c. Comparison/contract presentation
d. Process or demonstration presentation
16. The internal summary “So now we know the first two steps to pitching a tent” would most likely be used in
a(n)
a. narrative presentation.
b. process or demonstration presentation.
c. comparison/contrast presentation
d. expository presentation.
17. Specific purpose statements are seldom used in informative presentations.
a. True
b. False
18. “To describe Woodstock as a three-day event of music and peace” would be best suited for which type of
informative presentation?
a. Narrative presentation
b. Comparison/contrast presentation
c. Demonstration presentation
d. Expository presentation
19. Using an oral style of language in an informative presentation ensures your language will be more formal
than that used in your everyday conversations.
a. True
b. False
20. Narrative presentations are best suited for what type of organizational pattern?
a. Topical pattern
b. Spatial pattern
c. Chronological pattern
d. Cause-effect pattern
21. An informative presentation with a speech thesis of “Creating a compost pile involves easy steps, using
common household materials” is an example of a process or demonstration presentation.
a. True
b. False
22. One guideline for preparing an informative presentation is
a. choosing a topic that you find uninteresting.
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b. choosing a topic that you are unfamiliar with.
c. using a written style.
d. choosing a topic that you care about.
23. A comparison/contrast presentation should discuss as many similarities and differences as possible in the
time allowed.
a. True
b. False
24. What occurs when the amount and nature of information exceeds listeners’ ability to process it?
a. Information overkill
b. Information overload
c. Information surplus
d. Information excess
25. An oral presentation on a student’s experience attending an Indian wedding is an example of a narrative
presentation.
a. True
b. False
26. Which type of presentation presents similarities and differences between ideas, events, or people?
a. Comparison/contrast presentation
b. Narrative presentation
c. Process/demonstration presentation
d. Expository presentation
27. “To demonstrate or explain the steps necessary to buying a reliable previously owned vehicle” would be
best suited to what type of sp
a. Narrative presentation
b. Process or demonstration presentation
c. Expository presentation
d. Comparison/contrast presentation
28. In persuasive speeches, speakers do not inform their listeners about a topic.
a. True
b. False
29. The speech thesis “Artificial sweeteners have similarities, but they also have important differences” is an
appropriate thesis for a comparison/contrast presentation.
a. True
b. False
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30. What type of informative speech would a speech on understanding the benefits of getting a flu shot be?
a. Process
b. Narrative
c. Expository
d. Comparison/contrast
31. Informative presentations can provide an in-depth explanation about a topic.
a. True
b. False
32. Information overload can be avoided by adapting your specific purpose to the audience’s knowledge level
on a given topic.
a. True
b. False
33. What can a speaker do to increase an audience’s attention and ability to recall his or her message?
a. Use connectives
b. Limit main points to three to five
c. Use repetition
d. All of the options are correct.
34. First, Next, and The last step are examples of internal summaries.
a. True
b. False
35. Previewing your main points and reviewing them in your summary statement is one way for speakers to
a. limit the main points.
b. repeat themselves.
c. get the audience involved.
d. incorporate internal summaries.
36. Choosing the type of informative presentation to deliver would most likely occur in what step of speech
preparation?
a. Thinking
b. Investigating
c. Rehearsing
d. Researching
37. Getting your audience involved during a presentation is one form of
a. information overload.
b. outside noise.
c. positive disruption.
d. audience analysis.
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38. The speech thesis is based on the specific purpose statement defined for your informative presentation.
a. True
b. False
39. Which statement reflects the distinction between informative and persuasive speaking?
a. Persuasion can be accomplished without attempting to inform.
b. Information cannot be presented without attempting to persuade the audience.
c. The speaker’s specific purpose distinguishes the two forms of speaking.
d. Informative speaking is more entertaining than persuasive speaking.
40. A “positive disruption” occurs when a speaker gets an audience involved in his or her presentation.
a. True
b. False
41. An instructor who says, “You might see this information again” is adhering to which guideline for
informative speaking?
a. Capturing listeners’ attention
b. Choosing a topic you care about
c. Using everyday language
d. Making your speech understandable
42. An informative speech comparing the seasonal flu to the Zika virus would be a(n)
a. expository presentation.
b. demonstration presentation.
c. narrative presentation.
d. comparison/contrast presentation.
43. Noise can include any of these EXCEPT
a. someone talking nearby.
b. an overly warm or cool room.
c. distractions from other apps.
d. positive disruptions.
44. Which type of presentation educates an audience about a topic?
a. Persuasive speech
b. Comparison/contrast presentation
c. Informative speech
d. Narrative presentation
45. Which is one difference between informative and persuasive speeches?
a. Persuasive speeches require that listeners understand the topic better.
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b. Informative speeches maintain a neutral point of view.
c. Informative speeches seek to reinforce attitudes.
d. Persuasive speeches avoid the use of motivational appeals.
46. Getting listeners to take action or change their attitudes is a goal of informative speaking.
a. True
b. False
47. Which type of presentation defines a term, explains a concept, or describes an object or place?
a. Expository presentation
b. Process/demonstration presentation
c. Narrative presentation
d. Comparison/contrast presentation
48. By providing repetition, internal summaries can increase a listener’s ability to recall information later.
a. True
b. False
49. Why is it advisable for a speaker to use an oral style?
50. What are the three purposes of an expository presentation?
51. What are two guidelines for keeping listeners engaged and helping them remember your message?
52. How can focusing your specific purpose help avoid information overload?
53. Identify the organizational pattern suggested for each of the four types of informative speeches.
54. How can you avoid information overload?
55. What are two differences between informative and persuasive speeches?
56. Name and define the four types of informative speeches.
57. Identify two functions of informative speeches.
58. Identify the four types of informative speeches.
59. Explain how the topic of bottled water could be presented as both an informative and a persuasive
presentation.
60. What organizational pattern is best suited for a process or demonstration presentation?
61. Provide an example of a positive disruption.
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62. Explain three guidelines for preparing an informative presentation.
63. How can noise affect a speech?
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