Retention refers to the clammy feeling many people experience due to anxiety right
before making a presentation.
Perceived leadership skills are generally more important with persuasive than
informative speaking.
Persuasion refers to the art of gaining a fair and favorable consideration for your point
of view.
What should you determine first if you have to give an impromptu speech?
a. your main points
b. your organizational pattern
c. your purpose
d. what supporting material to include
Using what informative design would a speech addressing the three most important
parts of a new tax law be developed?
a. comparative
b. categorical
c. sequential
d. spatial
What kind of reasoning is best reflected by comparing the current “war on drugs” to the
prohibition of alcohol during the early twentieth century?
a. analogical
b. inductive
c. deductive
d. ad hominem
When Martin Luther King, Jr. likened the Civil Rights struggle to cashing a “check” at
the “bank” of American justice, he was engaging what figure of effective language use?
a. slang
b. metaphor
c. antithesis
d. rhetoric
Audience expectations best characterize the _____ of public speaking transactions.
a. interactive site
b. psychological setting
c. main obstacle
d. physical context
When subjects are compared from different fields of experience, the speaker uses which
of the following types of analogy?
a. figurative
b. literal
c. relative
d. indirect
Proof by _____ is especially useful for moving audiences to action.
a. pathos
b. logos
c. mythos
d. ethos
Which of the following are guidelines for ethical listening as discussed in your text?
a. open your mind to new ideas and information
b. provide honest feedback
c. look for constructive applications of messages
d. all of the above
Which of the following are true of ethical use of language?
a. It should serve to unite, rather than dividing people.
b. It should support, rather than substituting for reason.
c. It should illuminate, rather than distorting reality.
d. All of the above are true of ethical language use.
Speakers should keep all of the following in mind when using humor to capture
audience attention except
a. it should be relevant to your topic.
b. it should be appropriate to the occasion.
c. it should be brief to avoid upstaging your message.
d. all of the above should be kept in mind.
Which of the following figures is credited with discussing the three genres of
deliberative, forensic, and ceremonial speaking?
a. Cicero
b. Quintilian
c. Plato
d. Aristotle
The statement “According to Consumer Reports, at 34 mpg the Ford Escape Hybrid
offers the best gas mileage of any vehicle in its class” best reflects
a. an opinion.
b. fact-based interpretation.
c. statistical derivation.
d. statistical structuration.
Handouts can be useful
a. for presenting extraneous information not related to the speech.
b. when distributed before a speech so that listeners can follow.
c. for presenting complex ideas or lots of statistical information.
d. when distributed during a speech for enhancing interaction.
All of the following are true about using people as visual aids except
a. they should be willing to act as a presentation aid.
b. they should understand their role in illustrating your message.
c. they should sit up front and come forward at the right moment.
d. they should plan something themselves to contribute.
Which of the following basic skills are crucial to putting together an effective first
presentation?
a. focusing appropriate topics into clear messages
b. structuring messages that are easy to follow and understand
c. using supporting materials to add substance and interest
d. all of the above
Which is the best focus of after-dinner speech humor?
a. immediate situation
b. past mistakes
c. stock jokes
d. failures of the competition
What kind of persuasive speech would you present in support of a disputed tax cut?
a. a speech addressing disputed facts
b. a problem’solution speech
c. a speech advocating action or policy
d. a speech of exhortation
What do we mean by restating or summarizing testimony in your own words in your
speeches?
a. quoting out of context
b. paraphrasing
c. quotation abbreviation
d. lay testimony
Learning to make informative presentations is beneficial in which of the following
ways?
a. It reinforces a respect for responsible information use and enlightened dialogue.
b. Learning to use information effectively will benefit you regardless of your purpose
for speaking.
c. Most everyday work presentations are primarily informative.
d. All of the above ways are beneficial.
Your text discusses which of the following strategies for moving audiences from
agreement to action?
a. demonstrate the need for audience involvement
b. use emotional appeals to involve your audience
c. provide specific instruction for getting involved
d. all of the above strategies are discussed
What fallacy has been employed when speakers make persuasive claims that simply do
not follow their reasoning and evidence?
a. overstating the case
b. post hoc
c. red herring
d. non sequitur
According to the NACE study, _____ skills are considered to be the most important
attribute for securing professional level employment.
a. written communication
b. oral communication
c. body language
d. personal hygiene
Generalized assumptions such as “Asians are good at math” are best characterized as
a. response sets.
b. ethnocentrism.
c. stereotypes.
d. labeling.
You text provides all of the following advice for magnifying the virtues of honorees
except
a. stressing obstacles overcome.
b. stressing benefits to society.
c. stressing the purity of motives.
d. all of the above advice is offered.
What should you refrain from in the initial stage of brainstorming?
a. free association
b. critiquing
c. combining
d. wild thinking
What motivational appeal is best exemplified by commercials asking you to give
money to charities that provide for needy children?
a. altruism
b. safety and security
c. relational needs
d. achievement and recognition
What type of informative speech would you give by informing your audience on how to
make beer?
a. description
b. explanation
c. demonstration
d. repetition
All of the following are true of extemporaneous speaking except
a. it emphasizes the importance of exact wording.
b. it emphasizes audience interaction and eye contact.
c. it emphasizes thorough preparation and practice.
d. it emphasizes learning to interact with audience feedback.
When is it especially important to document sources of information orally during a
presentation?
a. after presenting every piece of information
b. to validate technical or controversial assertions
c. after each major transition during a presentation
d. after completing the presentation
What is the level at which a person speaks most frequently called?
a. optimum pitch
b. habitual pitch
c. conversational pitch
d. delivery pitch
Antithesis suggests a speaker has a clear, decisive grasp of options.
Good listeners are born, not made.
The expertise associated with expert testimony is area specific.
Communication anxiety management techniques generally work best in combination.
Motivational appeals work by associating a message with fulfilling basic needs, desires,
and impulses.
Agreement entails a lasting commitment between speaker and listener.
“Quoting out of context” refers to the use of testimony from sources that are not present
at the speech.
A speech offering information on a complicated subject, such as a latest approach to
cancer treatment, would best be characterized as a speech of explanation.
Expert testimony is especially important to pathos appeals.
Ceremonial speaking stresses the sharing of identities and values that unites people into
communities.
The speech’s introduction should be designed to build a good relationship between the
speaker and the listeners.
Comprehensive listening involves actively seeking constructive applications of the
messages one hears.
Adapting your speech to a particular audience is inherently unethical.
A sequential speech design moves listeners through space.
Chance associations with words often distract listeners from a speaker’s message.
The principle of balance suggest that each part of a speech should receive appropriate
development.