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25 Developing Arguments for the Persuasive Speech TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Arguments are composed of three elements: claims, evidence, and reasoning. 2. An argument is a stated position, with support for or against an idea or issue. 3. Supporting material that […]

24 The Persuasive Speech TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. The general goal of persuasive speaking is to influence, advocate, or ask 2. Knowledge of persuasive speaking contributes to the betterment of society and ensures a healthy democracy. 3. g attitudes, beliefs, or […]

23 The Informative Speech TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. The goal of informative speaking is to persuade or convince an audience to change attitudes, beliefs, or values. 2. With information available today in so many forms, electronic and otherwise, we have little […]

22 Using Presentation Software TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Various presentation software programs offer public speakers powerful tools for creating and displaying high-quality visual aids. 2. Probably the best-known and most available presentation software program is Microsoft PowerPoint. 3. Presentation software allows […]

Copyright © 2015, 2011, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved 60. What does it mean that Aaron Copland’s “Hoe–Down” is composed in an “open” fashion? a. He composed it in a public area where […]

21 Designing Presentation Aids TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. The purpose of a presentation aid is to support, summarize, or add to the 2. Presentation aids that try to communicate too many messages will overwhelm the audience. 3. Speakers should present at […]

Copyright © 2015, 2011, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved Test Item File Part 6: The Twentieth Century: 1901–2000 1. Modernist composers created new and entirely novel approaches by a. writing works without a […]

20 Speaking with Presentation Aids TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Presentation aids should be used in a context that is appropriate to the topic, the audience, and the occasion. 2. Objects, models, pictures, graphs, charts, video, audio, and multimedia can all be […]

50. The Polish origins of Chopin’s mazurkas make them an example of nineteenth-century a. secularism. b. regionalism. c. nationalism. d. folk revivalism. Answer: C Chapter 31 Pg. 272 Frédéric Chopin, Mazurka in B♭ Major, op. 7, no. 1, LO 32.1 […]

19 The Body in Delivery TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Beyond the spoken words, audiences receive information from a speech through aural and visual channels. 2. Paralanguage refers to what is said, not to how something is said. 3. Nonverbal communication can […]

18 The Voice in Delivery TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Pitch 2. The proper volume for delivering a speech is somewhat louder than that of normal conversation. 3. When adjusting speaking volume, factors a speaker should consider include the size of the […]

Test Item File Part 5: The Nineteenth Century: 1800–1900 1. For the Romantic artist, a. music was considered a lesser art form. b. one lover was never enough. c. dreams were as important as the intellect. d. rules and form […]

54. The most important new structural innovation of the Classical Era (used in Mozart’s Symphony no. 40) was the development of a. the fugue. b. cyclical form. c. sonata form. d. call-and-response. Answer: C Chapter 22 Pg. 191 Wolfgang Amadeus […]

Methods of Delivery 17 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. During the elocutionary movement, speechmaking was regarded as a type of performance, much like acting. 2. Today the content or message of a speech, rather than the delivery, is seen as being most […]

Using Language to Style the Speech 16 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Rhetorical devices are techniques of language that speakers use to express their ideas and achieve their speech purpose. 2. Speeches make less frequent use of repetition and transitions than do […]

Test Item File Part 4: The Classical Era: 1750–1800 1. Throughout the Classical Era, artists in every field looked to __________ as a model. a. nature b. church c. mathematics d. mythology Answer: A Part 4 Opener Pg. 163 The […]

Developing the Conclusion 15 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. A conclusion gives the speaker the opportunity to drive home his or her purpose and a final chance to make the kind of impression that will accomplish the goals of the speech. 2. […]

Engineering Problem Solving with C++, 3e Chapter 10 Test Bank 1. Write a template function which will determine the maximum value in an array, where you can assume that the operator > is defined on the template type. ©2017 Pearson […]

13 Answer: A Chapter 14 Pg. 119 Form: The Ritornello Principle, LO 14.4 54. Vivaldi was known as the a. Coughing Priest. b. Red Priest. c. Musical Priest. d. Most Dedicated Priest. Answer: B Chapter 14 Pg. 121 Profile: Antonio […]

14 Developing the Introduction TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. The introduction and the conclusion of the speech are more important than the body. 2. The choices a speaker makes about the introduction of a speech can affect the outcome of the entire […]

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1 Answer: C Part 3 Opener Pg. 87 The Splendor of the Church, Part Opener Objective 3.2 Test Item File Part 3: The Baroque Era: 1600–1750 1. The earliest operas were performed in a. the church. b. private theaters at […]

Outlining the Speech 13 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Outlines assist in examining the underlying logic of a speech. 2. When developing a speech, a speaker should create two outlines: a working outline and a speaking outline. 3. The purpose of a […]

1 Answer: B Chapter 6 Pg. 61 Texture: Polyphony in Four Voices, LO 6.2 Answer: D Part 2 Opener Pg. 54 The Renaissance, Part Opener Objective 2.3 Answer: D Part 2 Opener Pg. 56 A New Sense of Individuality, Part […]

// Function prototype for function that adds a specified value to every // value stored in an array // Function prototype to print a two dimensional array // Invoke function to add value to every value stored in myArray // […]

12 Types of Organizational Arrangements TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Some common organizational arrangements for speeches are topical, spatial, causal (cause-effect), and problem-solution. 2. A chronological pattern of arrangement follows the natural sequential order of the main points. 3. A speech describing […]

1 Answer: C Part 1 Opener Pg. 18 Music for Entertainment, Part Opener Objective 1.1 Answer: A Part 1 Opener Pg. 19 Information Technology 1.0, Part Opener Objective 1.2 Answer: B Chapter 1 Pg. 22 Hildegard von Bingen: Play of […]

Engineering Problem Solving with C++, 3e Chapter 7 Test Bank Use the following array when answering questions 1 through 4 1. When searching the list above using the binary search for key value 69, list the values which would be […]

Organizing the Body of the Speech 11 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. w well it is organized. 2. speaker credibility. 3. The strategic process of deciding how to order speech points into a coherent and convincing pattern for your topic and audience […]

Y = 5 Z = 2 C = 4 X = 1 X = 11 Z = 7 Y = 18 A = 18 B = 2 X = 11 C = 3 C = 4; Engineering Problem Solving with […]

Citing Sources in Your Speech 10 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Audiences are most persuaded by speakers who support their positions with trustworthy sources. 2. When a speaker credits sources, listeners are able to locate the sources and pursue their own research […]

A. inFile B. ifstream C. iostream D. istream A. #include <ifstream> B. #include <filestream> C. #include <cstream> D. #include <fstream> initializes the file object to stream from the file exam.txt? A. ifstream MyInput(“exam.txt”); B. MyInput ifstream(“exam.txt”); C. ifstream MyInput(exam.txt); D. […]

Finding Credible Online and Print Materials 9 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Classical rhetoricians termed the process of selecting material that best invention. 2. Primary sources provide firsthand accounts or direct evidence of events. 3. Two types of secondary research are interviews […]

1. Flowcharts and pseudocode can be used to describe an algorithm A. True B. False A. True B. False A. True B. False } (N,A,B) = (10, 49, 20) Engineering Problem Solving with C++, 3e Chapter 4 Test Bank 2. […]

Developing Supporting Material 8 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Supporting material refers only to facts and statistics presented by the speaker. 2. Using a variety of different types of supporting material makes your presentation more confusing and thus less credible. 3. Speakers […]

©2017 Pearson Education, Inc. Hoboken, NJ. All Rights Reserved. A. A = 8 B = 2 B. A = 3 B = 5 C. A = 4 B = 6 D. None of the above is correct Engineering Problem Solving […]

A. House# not valid, # is not allowed in identifier B. 2nd not valid, identifiers must start with letter or underscore not a number C. WHILE valid D. num4 valid E. double not valid, double is a keyword F. last_name […]

Selecting a Topic and Purpose 7 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. As long as your speech topic interests you, it need not be appropriate to the audience and occasion. 2. In many instances, a speaker will be required to meet time constraints […]

____C___ Inventor of the Analytical Engine ____D___ Published a paper describing the Analytical Engine in French ____A___ Inventor of the ABC ____B___ Wrote detailed instructions for numerical computations, thought to be the first computer program. ____F___ proposed a computing model […]

6 Analyzing the Audience TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Audience analysis is the process of gathering and analyzing information about listeners with the aim of preparing your speech in ways that will be meaningful to them. 2. Being audience-centered means abandoning your […]

5 Ethical Public Speaking TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Defamation is the study of moral conduct how people should act toward one another. 2. The Greek word ethos 3. Positive ethos includes competence, good moral character, and goodwill. 4. 5. As a […]

4 Listeners and Speakers TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. In public speaking, listeners and speakers are interdependent. 2. Speaking is the communication activity that one does more than any other. 3. Selective perception is a process in which people pay attention selectively […]

Managing Speech Anxiety 3 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. performance. 2. Public speaking anxiety, or PSA associated with either actual or anticipated communication to an audience. 3. speaking anxiety. 4. The audience is likely to see the speaker more critically than the […]

Giving It a Try: Preparing 2 Your First Speech TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. The first step in creating a speech involves determining the purpose of the speech. 2. Audience analysis is a systematic process of getting to know your listeners relative […]

Becoming a Public Speaker 1 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Learning to speak effectively can enhance your career as a student and help you advance your professional goals. 2. Oral and written communication skills top the list of job skills most employers […]

Comprehensive Final Exam (Chapters 1 31) 1. Benefits of public speaking do not include A) advancing professional goals. B) C) improving intrapersonal skills. D) contributing to public discourse. 2. Which of the following is not one of the five canons […]

Exam Name___________________________________ SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. Provide an appropriate response. 1) What is the sum of the exponents of x and y in each term of the expansion […]

Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Match the equation with the correct graph. 1) x2+ y2+ 4x + 12y + 24 = 0 1) A) B) C) D) 1 […]

Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Provide an appropriate response. 1) If loga x =loga y, then _______ . 1) A) a = x = y B) x = […]

Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Provide an appropriate response. 1) If the trinomial ax2 + bx + c is a perfect square, what can we conclude about the […]