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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. An example of intrapersonal communication is...
Afraid to speak in public situations
Chest
inform - persuade - and entertain
thinking over the future
2. Psychological concepts - values - attitudes or beliefs.
symbol
interpersonal
jog your memory
psychographic information
3. You can generally assume that adult audiences have cultural...
informative speaking
literacy
purpose statement
target audience
4. Monroe motivated sequence: _________ - relating the topic to the audience
lighter
attention
value
Chest
5. Answers the question 'what is the support for my assertion?') - Supporting materials presented to back up the claim
self-esteem
evidence
inform
causal
6. Answers the question 'How are my supporting materials and assertions linked together?'
right and wrong
reasoning
purpose statement
informative conclusion
7. Leave audience with something to think about (rhetorical question)
causal
diminished ending
spatial
evidence
8. Argument that if other people agree then the audience should also agree - everyone is doing it - favorable audiences
lighter
transition order
inform
bandwagon appeal
9. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to make an impression on listeners?
Rhetoric
facts and statistics
out loud
selective audience
10. This speech pattern is useful for convincing audience to agree with a course of action
problem solution
stage fright
testimony
definitions
11. Professional examples - gives a specific importance to a claim - giving quality (good vs. bad). Addresses individual opinions and cultural beliefs rather than proving something is true or false
value
impression
introductions
diminished ending
12. One way to close a speech is to return to your...
attention-getter
selective audience
impressive sources
personal
13. Applying the issue to the audience - making it seem real or in their backyard neutral audience
impression
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
interpersonal
backyard appeal
14. Observations you make based on experiences and numerical data/information
relying on humor so the audience will like you
extemporaneous
testimony
facts and statistics
15. Many fear the thought of giving a speech more than they do...
personal
dying
self-actualization
impression
16. Use a notecard as a security net to...
evidence
diminished ending
symbol
jog your memory
17. 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
safety
impromptu
extemporaneous
spatial
18. Reiterate main points of speech
demographic information
psychographic information
informative conclusion
evidence
19. Maslow's hierarchy: ______ - security of body - employment - resources - morality - health - family
concerted audience
inform - persuade - and entertain
they think of a speech as a performance
safety
20. Many have stage fright because...
they think of a speech as a performance
self-actualization
lighter
lead clearly
21. A serious speaking problem
conclusion
love/belonging
stereotyping
stage fright
22. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - friendship - family - acceptance
love/belonging
literacy
psychographic information
inform - persuade - and entertain
23. Anecdotes that describe events in a dramatic way - appealing to our emotions
narratives
crescendo ending
safety
causal reasoning
24. The strongest argument is when speakers use all four appeals effectively - they are...
inform
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
chronological
internal preview
25. What is the general purpose for chronological speech pattern?
informative conclusion
literacy
inform
internal preview
26. Arguing that something caused something else
self-esteem
concerted audience
causal reasoning
stereotyping
27. Key characteristics of populations - i.e. sex - age - race
target audience
demographic information
Rhetoric
self-esteem
28. Make a solid first...
spatial
impression
causal reasoning
physiological
29. Group of people a speech is directed towards
target audience
testimony
right and wrong
informative conclusion
30. We pay more attention to ______ than to audio suggestions.
demographic information
organized audience
three
visual
31. End with big impact on audience (idea - revelation - solution)
pauses
crescendo ending
visualization
policy
32. The ___________ is: first - second - third - next - then finally
facts and statistics
extemporaneous
transition order
backyard appeal
33. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - things required for human survival: food - water - shelter - sleep
personal
physiological
definitions
attention
34. _______ breathers are short of breath and weak in volume.
they think of a speech as a performance
Chest
spatial
right and wrong
35. Call to action
compile
persuasive conclusion
examples
psychographic information
36. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get attention?
Chest
causal audience
pauses
inform - persuade - and entertain
37. It is easier to _______ facts than to correct them.
compile
action
persuasive conclusion
evidence
38. Life experiences which affect a person's perception - is ultimately the place from which Context is constructed
fields of experience
pattern
narrative
diminished ending
39. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - there is a problem
target audience
attention-getter
Rhetoric
need
40. Illustrations or cases that represent a larger group or class of things
examples
need
persuasive conclusion
impromptu
41. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
Heart rate
vocal process
you were giving the speech before an audience
intrapersonal appeal
42. Good ___________ communication is preceded by intrapersonal communication.
interpersonal
inform - persuade - and entertain
claims
backyard appeal
43. This speech pattern conveys ideas through the medium of a story with characters - setting - and a plot
transition order
literacy
causal audience
narrative
44. You should practice a speech _______ rather than silently.
compile
stereotyping
out loud
fields of experience
45. Vocalized _______ tend to distract your audience.
action
deductive reasoning
target audience
pauses
46. Doing _______: get your audience's attention - indicate your purpose - establish your credibility (preview you main points) -> but not in persuasive speeches
introductions
inform - persuade - and entertain
problem solution
causal reasoning
47. A good speaker...
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48. Speaking from _______ experience is usually a good idea.
personal
verbally
backyard appeal
relying on humor so the audience will like you
49. This speech pattern demonstrates a causal link between two or more events - demonstrate a topic in terms of its underlying causes and effects
concerted audience
definitions
values
causal
50. End with something from beginning
deductive reasoning
circular ending
dying
informative speaking