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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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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 person who is elected or appointed as leader when the group is formed.
Maintenance Needs
Demographic Audience Analysis
Red Herring
Designated Leader
2. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Frame of Reference
Repetition
Specific Purpose
Eye Contact
3. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Speech of Presentation
Bill of Rights
Criteria
Connective
4. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Ethnocentrism
Clutter
Criteria
Positive nervousness
5. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Topic
Residual Message
Spare Brain Time
Comprehensive Listening
6. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Visual Framework
Designated Leader
Open-Ended Questions
Cliche
7. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Crescendo Ending
Visualization
Gestures
Situation
8. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Procedural Needs
Vocal Variety
Mean
Main Points
9. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Acceptance Speech
Credibility
Peer Testimony
Dialect
10. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Median
Red Herring
Central Idea
Leadership
11. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Spatial Order
Invalid Analogy
Brief Example
Abstract Words
12. Substantive actions necessary to help a small group complete its assigned task.
Reasoning from Principle
Task Needs
Consensus
Causal Order
13. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Emphatic Listening
Eye Contact
Chronological Order
Ethnocentrism
14. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Vocal Variety
Attitude
Median
Preview Statement
15. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Active Listening
Repetition
Emergent Leader
Channel
16. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.
Crescendo Ending
Hypothetical Example
Appreciative Listening
Emergent Leader
17. The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.
Pitch
Generic 'he'
Critical Thinking
Causal Order
18. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Imagery
Situational Audience Analysis
Critical Listening
Consensus
19. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Global Plagiarism
Central Idea
Oral Report
20. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Topic
Pitch
Attitude
False Cause
21. The means by which a message is communicated.
Alliteration
Extemporaneous Speech
Channel
Crescendo Ending
22. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Direct Quotation
Consensus
Symposium
Vocal Variety
23. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Interference
Paraphrase
Hypothetical Example
Concrete Words
24. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Name-calling
Bibliography
Paraphrase
Analogical Reasoning
25. A group of two people.
Extemporaneous Speech
Delivery Cues
Dyad
Invalid Analogy
26. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Ad Hominem
Internal Summary
Quoting out of Context
Acceptance Speech
27. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Connotative Meaning
Derived Credibility
Supporting Materials
Emergent Leader
28. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Analogical Reasoning
Speaking Outline
Small Group
Message
29. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Causal Order
Oral Report
Rhythm
Patchwork Plagiarism
30. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Causal Reasoning
Either-Or
Reasoning from Principle
Consensus
31. Words that refer to tangible objects.
Credibility
Concrete Words
Patchwork Plagiarism
Nonverbal Communication
32. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Supporting Materials
Identification
Dissolve Ending
Ethos
33. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Metaphor
Bill of Rights
Emphatic Listening
Reasoning from Specific Instances
34. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Conversational Quality
Ad Hominem
Feedback
35. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
Comprehensive Listening
Question of Policy
After-Dinner Speech
Derived Credibility
36. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Active Listening
Vocalized Pause
Transition
Rhythm
37. Testimony from ordinary people with first-hand experience or insight on a topic.
Spatial Order
Peer Testimony
Credibility
Dialect
38. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Ethical Decisions
Fallacy
Causal Reasoning
Ethics
39. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Extemporaneous Speech
Ethos
Situational Audience Analysis
Chronological Order
40. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Critical Thinking
Repetition
Pitch
Commemorative Speech
41. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Hidden Agenda
Dialect
Rhythm
Global Plagiarism
42. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.
Eye Contact
Central Idea
Signpost
Situational Audience Analysis
43. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Visualization
Extemporaneous Speech
Symposium
Spatial Order
44. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects.
Terminal Credibility
Pitch
Causal Reasoning
Causal Order
45. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Patchwork Plagiarism
Problem-Solution Order
Ethics
Visualization
46. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Emergent Leader
Identification
Testimony
Bandwagon
47. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Bill of Rights
Invalid Analogy
Specific Purpose
Open-Ended Questions
48. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Median
Main Points
Credibility
Stage Fright
49. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Frame of Reference
Goodwill
Global Plagiarism
Scale Questions
50. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Dissolve Ending
Preview Statement
Gestures
Symposium