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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking

Subjects : dsst, soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.






2. The average value of a group of numbers.






3. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.






4. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.






5. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.






6. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.






7. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.






8. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.






9. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.






10. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.






11. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.






12. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.






13. Testimony from ordinary people with first-hand experience or insight on a topic.






14. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.






15. A group of two people.






16. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.






17. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.






18. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.






19. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.






20. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.






21. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.






22. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.






23. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.






24. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.






25. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.






26. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.






27. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.






28. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.






29. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.






30. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects.






31. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.






32. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experience of the audience.






33. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.






34. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.






35. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.






36. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.






37. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.






38. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.






39. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.






40. The difference between the rate at which most people talk and the rate at which the brain can process language.






41. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.






42. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.






43. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.






44. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.






45. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -






46. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.






47. A structured conversation on a given topic among several people in front of an audience.






48. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.






49. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.






50. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.