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Public Speaking
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Subject
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soft-skills
Instructions:
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. A good speaker shows enthusiasm physically and ...
attention
diminished ending
three
verbally
2. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - friendship - family - acceptance
love/belonging
informative conclusion
spatial
causal audience
3. Doing _______: get your audience's attention - indicate your purpose - establish your credibility (preview you main points) -> but not in persuasive speeches
target audience
facts and statistics
interpersonal
introductions
4. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get attention?
causal audience
nonverbal communication
claims
impromptu
5. The power source for a speaker is the...
selective audience
vocal process
good example
Afraid to speak in public situations
6. Key characteristics of populations - i.e. sex - age - race
action
organizes a speech's content
Confidence
demographic information
7. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - things required for human survival: food - water - shelter - sleep
Confidence
physiological
intrapersonal appeal
demographic information
8. This speech pattern provides explaining the elements that make up a topic
testimony
topical
inductive reasoning
internal summaries
9. Many have stage fright because...
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
narrative
attention-getter
they think of a speech as a performance
10. One way to close a speech is to return to your...
passive audience
literacy
attention-getter
reasoning
11. __________ increases when we suffer from stage fright.
attention
Heart rate
selective audience
backyard appeal
12. Use a notecard as a security net to...
jog your memory
extemporaneous
they think of a speech as a performance
deductive reasoning
13. A properly motivated speaker should want to treat others fairly and to set a...
good example
you were giving the speech before an audience
demographic information
self-esteem
14. What are the purposes for communicating?
inform - persuade - and entertain
unusual places
personal
verbally
15. A note card is often used in __________ speaking
extemporaneous
demographic information
values
inform - persuade - and entertain
16. Speaking from _______ experience is usually a good idea.
personal
safety
they think of a speech as a performance
internal summaries
17. An example of intrapersonal communication is...
lead clearly
audience's attitudes
thinking over the future
impression
18. Leave audience with something to think about (rhetorical question)
diminished ending
chronological
safety
lighter
19. Use ________________ to move from the intro to body - from point to the next - and from the body to conclusion
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
unusual places
organizes a speech's content
pattern
20. _______ breathers are short of breath and weak in volume.
persuasive conclusion
Chest
lighter
transition order
21. __________ is closely related to self-esteem.
spatial
relying on humor so the audience will like you
facts and statistics
Confidence
22. This speech pattern is useful for recounting the history of a subject - a sequence of events - or a step by step procedure
chronological
self-actualization
bandwagon appeal
internal preview
23. Illustrations or cases that represent a larger group or class of things
examples
compile
reasoning
symbol
24. Psychological concepts - values - attitudes or beliefs.
more than half
psychographic information
inform
impromptu
25. Arguing from a general principle to a specific case
deductive reasoning
Afraid to speak in public situations
self-actualization
dying
26. This speech pattern describes or explain the physical arrangement of a place - scene - event - or object - useful for describing an object - a place - or how something is - provides your audience with a sense of how a topic unfolds over time
extemporaneous
intrapersonal appeal
spatial
chronological
27. Audiences are likely to be impressed if you quote...
impressive sources
persuasive conclusion
out loud
physiological
28. We pay more attention to ______ than to audio suggestions.
visual
extemporaneous
Heart rate
causal
29. Applying the issue to the audience - making it seem real or in their backyard neutral audience
literacy
backyard appeal
persuasive conclusion
bandwagon appeal
30. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
intrapersonal appeal
introductions
attention
visualization
31. ____________ is closely related to empathy.
they think of a speech as a performance
psychographic information
impromptu
Common ground
32. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - realizing your full potential - discovering passion
verbally
persuasive conclusion
topical
self-actualization
33. Explain or describe what something is
pauses
definitions
personal
internal summaries
34. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get interest?
internal preview
self-actualization
passive audience
right and wrong
35. Reiterate main points of speech
informative conclusion
intrapersonal appeal
internal summaries
demographic information
36. The ___________ speech calls for a quick mind and instant audience analysis.
deductive reasoning
facts and statistics
impromptu
pattern
37. Monroe motivated sequence: _________ - relating the topic to the audience
you were giving the speech before an audience
interpersonal
attention
self-esteem
38. The strongest argument is when speakers use all four appeals effectively - they are...
passive audience
diminished ending
right and wrong
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
39. Not a way to build a speech with solid content
internal preview
relying on humor so the audience will like you
Rhetoric
out loud
40. Answers the question 'what am I asserting?' - Thesis of the speech - Includes at least one premise and a conclusion
attention
lighter
claims
organizes a speech's content
41. A sneer is an example of...
spatial
out loud
lead clearly
nonverbal communication
42. A good speech has _____ main parts.
lighter
demographic information
three
fields of experience
43. The art or study of public speaking
impressive sources
they think of a speech as a performance
Rhetoric
intrapersonal appeal
44. Arguing from a specific fact - make a general claim
inform
satisfaction
inductive reasoning
literacy
45. What percentang of what others think of you is determined before you ever open your mouth?
value
more than half
fields of experience
audience's attitudes
46. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - after solution - speaker's solution
reasoning
values
testimony
satisfaction
47. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - simple and easy things the audience can do to enact the solution - answers= how? what? when?
self-esteem
visual
persuasive conclusion
action
48. Anecdotes that describe events in a dramatic way - appealing to our emotions
narratives
concerted audience
transition order
policy
49. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to direct behaviors?
audience's attitudes
causal reasoning
organized audience
facts and statistics
50. A good speaker...
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