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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. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to make an impression on listeners?
selective audience
self-esteem
impression
testimony
2. A speaker should worry more about the ________ than the speech
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3. Call to action
transition word - phrase sentences - or paragraphs
persuasive conclusion
inform
transition order
4. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - there is a problem
need
policy
compile
love/belonging
5. Arguing from a general principle to a specific case
deductive reasoning
value
right and wrong
target audience
6. Comparing 2 things that share similarities
safety
crescendo ending
psychographic information
analogical reasoning
7. Vocalized _______ tend to distract your audience.
claims
impromptu
pauses
conclusion
8. The strongest argument is when speakers use all four appeals effectively - they are...
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
self-esteem
informative conclusion
nonverbal communication
9. Argument that if other people agree then the audience should also agree - everyone is doing it - favorable audiences
lighter
bandwagon appeal
Confidence
conclusion
10. One way to close a speech is to return to your...
vocal process
more than half
attention-getter
purpose statement
11. Anecdotes that describe events in a dramatic way - appealing to our emotions
literacy
narratives
fields of experience
relying on humor so the audience will like you
12. The power source for a speaker is the...
physiological
vocal process
Heart rate
safety
13. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
three
informative speaking
intrapersonal appeal
visualization
14. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - feel good about yourself - responsible - competent
physiological
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
interpersonal
self-esteem
15. To practice effectively - you should practice as if...
you were giving the speech before an audience
love/belonging
good example
fields of experience
16. Audiences are likely to be impressed if you quote...
audience's attitudes
Common ground
organizes a speech's content
impressive sources
17. Where the speaker tells the audience that they 'should or shouldn't' be doing something.
need
verbally
causal
policy
18. Psychological concepts - values - attitudes or beliefs.
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
psychographic information
personal
symbol
19. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - imagining the solution being implemented
physiological
claims
thinking over the future
visualization
20. Arguing from a specific fact - make a general claim
inductive reasoning
transition order
evidence
target audience
21. Review main points - reinforce your general purpose - provide closure
attention
interpersonal
conclusion
satisfaction
22. An audience is more likely to pay attention if a speech has a...
interpersonal
nonverbal communication
three
pattern
23. An example of intrapersonal communication is...
thinking over the future
interpersonal
fields of experience
analogical reasoning
24. This speech pattern conveys ideas through the medium of a story with characters - setting - and a plot
action
internal summaries
circular ending
narrative
25. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - simple and easy things the audience can do to enact the solution - answers= how? what? when?
thinking over the future
action
selective audience
introductions
26. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - after solution - speaker's solution
satisfaction
values
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
target audience
27. The ___________ is: first - second - third - next - then finally
purpose statement
transition order
introductions
organized audience
28. Good ___________ communication is preceded by intrapersonal communication.
stage fright
interpersonal
values
three
29. Ethics involoves one's sense of...
right and wrong
Confidence
verbally
dying
30. Answers the question 'what is the support for my assertion?') - Supporting materials presented to back up the claim
evidence
examples
compile
causal audience
31. 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
testimony
spatial
policy
right and wrong
32. What are the purposes for communicating?
definitions
causal
visual
inform - persuade - and entertain
33. A properly motivated speaker should want to treat others fairly and to set a...
analogical reasoning
Afraid to speak in public situations
Rhetoric
good example
34. Stands for an idea
physiological
causal reasoning
symbol
Heart rate
35. To find good speech ideas - you must sometimes break the rules and look for ideas in...
examples
unusual places
introductions
inductive reasoning
36. Maslow's hierarchy: ______ - security of body - employment - resources - morality - health - family
lead clearly
safety
causal reasoning
policy
37. Group of people a speech is directed towards
you were giving the speech before an audience
conclusion
inform - persuade - and entertain
target audience
38. This speech pattern demonstrates a causal link between two or more events - demonstrate a topic in terms of its underlying causes and effects
causal
facts and statistics
personal
verbally
39. Concisely tells audience what the main points of the speech will be and what will be addressed
verbally
purpose statement
internal preview
testimony
40. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility is to direct behaviors?
narrative
diminished ending
intrapersonal appeal
organized audience
41. This speech pattern is useful for recounting the history of a subject - a sequence of events - or a step by step procedure
intrapersonal appeal
symbol
dying
chronological
42. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - friendship - family - acceptance
love/belonging
nonverbal communication
narrative
internal summaries
43. A note card is often used in __________ speaking
extemporaneous
spatial
impromptu
lead clearly
44. End with something from beginning
compile
circular ending
nonverbal communication
target audience
45. _______ breathers are short of breath and weak in volume.
policy
more than half
problem solution
Chest
46. A good speech has _____ main parts.
they think of a speech as a performance
satisfaction
attention-getter
three
47. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get interest?
three
psychographic information
passive audience
informative conclusion
48. Use a notecard as a security net to...
nonverbal communication
jog your memory
value
Rhetoric
49. Since the ________ is not part of the outline - you do not need to write it on the outline page.
claims
purpose statement
they think of a speech as a performance
audience's attitudes
50. Longer transitions that also help listeners move from one main point to the next. Reminds listeners of previously presented information so that they have a solid grasp of those ideas before you move onto the next point.
conclusion
demographic information
internal summaries
bandwagon appeal