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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Vocal Variety
Task Needs
Invalid Analogy
Plagiarism
2. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Dyad
Rhetorical Question
Active Listening
Ethos
3. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Cliche
Emergent Leader
Speaker
Ethics
4. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Strategic Organization
Initial Credibility
Ethos
Supporting Materials
5. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Articulation
Hidden Agenda
Designated Leader
Expert Testimony
6. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Pronunciation
Incremental Plagiarism
Kinesics
Open-Ended Questions
7. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Bandwagon
Causal Order
Antithesis
Conversational Quality
8. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Slippery Slope
Main Points
Active Listening
Dyad
9. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Specific Purpose
Positive nervousness
Topical Order
Emergent Leader
10. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Eye Contact
Example
Rhetorical Question
Vocalized Pause
11. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Causal Order
Reflective-Thinking Method
Gestures
Hidden Agenda
12. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Credibility
Paraphrase
Internal Summary
Pathos
13. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Either-Or
Hidden Agenda
Manuscript Speech
Bibliography
14. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Feedback
Kinesics
Parallelism
Situational Audience Analysis
15. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Visual Framework
Supporting Materials
Positive nervousness
Delivery Cues
16. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Central Idea
Emphatic Listening
Chronological Order
Preparation Outline
17. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.
Symposium
Specific Purpose
Paraphrase
Signpost
18. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Expert Testimony
Paraphrase
Dissolve Ending
Hidden Agenda
19. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Denotative Meaning
Acceptance Speech
Stage Fright
Paraphrase
20. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Patchwork Plagiarism
Invalid Analogy
Critical Thinking
21. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Ad Hominem
Ethnocentrism
Patchwork Plagiarism
Reasoning from Principle
22. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Direct Quotation
Reasoning
Connective
Message
23. A detailed outline developed during the process of speech preparation that includes the title - specific purpose - central idea - introduction - main points - sub points - connectives - conclusion - and bibliography of a speech.
Designated Leader
Speaker
Preparation Outline
Credibility
24. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Maintenance Needs
Procedural Needs
Alliteration
Eye Contact
25. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Frame of Reference
Consensus
Listening
Articulation
26. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Situational Audience Analysis
Clutter
Antithesis
Reflective-Thinking Method
27. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Message
Simile
Dissolve Ending
Median
28. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Hypothetical Example
Evidence
Speech of Introduction
Logos
29. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Bandwagon
Bill of Rights
Internal Preview
Clutter
30. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Cliche
Bill of Rights
Ad Hominem
Appreciative Listening
31. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Comprehensive Listening
Mean
Hearing
Consensus
32. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Critical Thinking
Cliche
Plagiarism
Residual Message
33. Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself giving a successful presentation.
Pitch
Attitude
Emergent Leader
Visualization
34. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Pathos
Internal Preview
Extemporaneous Speech
Vocalized Pause
35. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Ethos
Plagiarism
Question of Policy
Main Points
36. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually be assuming that all members of the group are alike.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Brief Example
Logos
Stereo-typing
37. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Strategic Organization
Pathos
Reasoning from Principle
Emergent Leader
38. The subject of a speech.
Invalid Analogy
Topic
Oral Report
Feedback
39. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Invalid Analogy
Paraphrase
Global Plagiarism
Appreciative Listening
40. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Goodwill
Hasty Generalization
Alliteration
Commemorative Speech
41. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Parallelism
Audience-Centeredness
Patchwork Plagiarism
Preview Statement
42. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Residual Message
Problem Solving (small)
Paraphrase
Question of Policy
43. A speech presenting the findings - conclusions - decisions - etc. of a small group.
Oral Report
Abstract Words
Rhetorical Question
Logos
44. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Egocentrism
Identification
Speaker
Causal Reasoning
45. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Acceptance Speech
Reasoning from Principle
Alliteration
Hypothetical Example
46. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
Listening
Situation
Situational Audience Analysis
Name-calling
47. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Criteria
Simile
Ethos
Interference
48. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Repetition
Reflective-Thinking Method
Positive nervousness
Rhetorical Question
49. A trite or over uesd expression.
Scale Questions
Cliche
Connotative Meaning
Impromptu Speech
50. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Clutter
Imagery
Egocentrism