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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 frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Invalid Analogy
Rhetorical Question
Attitude
Alliteration
2. The loudness or softness of a speaker's voice.
Volume
Delivery Cues
Supporting Materials
Emphatic Listening
3. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Alliteration
Evidence
Egocentrism
Key-word Outline
4. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Criteria
Speech of Introduction
Frame of Reference
Causal Reasoning
5. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually be assuming that all members of the group are alike.
Comprehensive Listening
Listener
Simile
Stereo-typing
6. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Paraphrase
Extemporaneous Speech
Ad Hominem
Active Listening
7. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Central Idea
Maintenance Needs
Feedback
Topic
8. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Name-calling
Leadership
Mean
Key-word Outline
9. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Testimony
Rhythm
Reasoning
Speech of Presentation
10. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Credibility
Terminal Credibility
Internal Summary
Visual Framework
11. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Inflections
Adrenaline
Name-calling
Dissolve Ending
12. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Designated Leader
Fallacy
Implied Leader
Median
13. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Patchwork Plagiarism
Specific Purpose
Dissolve Ending
Expert Testimony
14. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Specific Purpose
Global Plagiarism
Reasoning
Gestures
15. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Procedural Needs
Visual Framework
Initial Credibility
Example
16. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Nonverbal Communication
Supporting Materials
Comprehensive Listening
Interference
17. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Denotative Meaning
Preview Statement
Expert Testimony
Feedback
18. A speech presenting the findings - conclusions - decisions - etc. of a small group.
Example
Delivery Cues
Oral Report
Emphatic Listening
19. Words that refer to tangible objects.
Concrete Words
Clutter
Pitch
Commemorative Speech
20. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Symposium
Volume
Dialect
Ad Hominem
21. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.
Evidence
Imagery
Question of Policy
Reasoning
22. Reasoning in which a speaker compares two similar cases and infers that which is true for the first case is also true for the second.
Hidden Agenda
Analogical Reasoning
Reasoning from Principle
Situation
23. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Message
Oral Report
Monotone
Interference
24. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Critical Thinking
Credibility
Pronunciation
Emergent Leader
25. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
Name-calling
Visual Framework
Direct Quotation
After-Dinner Speech
26. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Egocentrism
Ethos
Causal Reasoning
Credibility
27. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Specific Purpose
Critical Thinking
Egocentrism
Leadership
28. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Quoting out of Context
Volume
Creating Common Grounds
Hasty Generalization
29. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Message
Maintenance Needs
Terminal Credibility
Bill of Rights
30. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Connotative Meaning
Abstract Words
Nonverbal Communication
Stage Fright
31. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Interference
Eye Contact
Rate
Slippery Slope
32. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Bill of Rights
Vocalized Pause
Criteria
Monotone
33. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Name-calling
Critical Thinking
Specific Purpose
Emergent Leader
34. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Clutter
Pronunciation
Hidden Agenda
Frame of Reference
35. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Ethics
Statistics
Supporting Materials
Invalid Analogy
36. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Visualization
Red Herring
Parallelism
Statistics
37. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Monotone
Repetition
Problem Solving (small)
Key-word Outline
38. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed.
Logos
Conversational Quality
Maintenance Needs
Symposium
39. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.
Rhythm
Critical Listening
Parallelism
Task Needs
40. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Gestures
Bandwagon
Bibliography
Brief Example
41. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
42. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
Invalid Analogy
Inflections
Small Group
Main Points
43. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Listening
Pathos
Topical Order
Ethical Decisions
44. The subject of a speech.
Alliteration
Comprehensive Listening
Preparation Outline
Topic
45. The speed at which a person speaks.
Bibliography
Rate
Expert Testimony
Pause
46. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
Implied Leader
Pronunciation
Concrete Words
Interference
47. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Listener
Situation
Preview Statement
Example
48. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Egocentrism
Scale Questions
Generic 'he'
Signpost
49. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Terminal Credibility
Critical Thinking
Testimony
Interference
50. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Parallelism
Rhythm
Generic 'he'
Connective