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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. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - simple and easy things the audience can do to enact the solution - answers= how? what? when?
policy
compile
action
three
2. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - friendship - family - acceptance
informative conclusion
target audience
personal
love/belonging
3. A good speaker...
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4. Some of the most effective quotations are...
lighter
Rhetoric
out loud
compile
5. Psychological concepts - values - attitudes or beliefs.
psychographic information
internal preview
causal reasoning
right and wrong
6. Anecdotes that describe events in a dramatic way - appealing to our emotions
love/belonging
narratives
visual
internal summaries
7. Vocalized _______ tend to distract your audience.
need
pauses
reasoning
chronological
8. An audience is more likely to pay attention if a speech has a...
internal summaries
informative conclusion
pattern
Confidence
9. A note card is often used in __________ speaking
self-esteem
causal
selective audience
extemporaneous
10. Where the speaker tells the audience that they 'should or shouldn't' be doing something.
you were giving the speech before an audience
three
causal audience
policy
11. 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
selective audience
more than half
psychographic information
12. A good speaker shows enthusiasm physically and ...
Heart rate
verbally
lighter
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
13. __________ is closely related to self-esteem.
Confidence
impression
action
persuasive conclusion
14. Applying the issue to the audience - making it seem real or in their backyard neutral audience
relying on humor so the audience will like you
topical
backyard appeal
self-actualization
15. Ethics involoves one's sense of...
right and wrong
good example
inductive reasoning
you were giving the speech before an audience
16. Answers the question 'what am I asserting?' - Thesis of the speech - Includes at least one premise and a conclusion
satisfaction
policy
pauses
claims
17. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - realizing your full potential - discovering passion
intrapersonal appeal
self-actualization
audience's attitudes
dying
18. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to get attention?
claims
inductive reasoning
causal audience
unusual places
19. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - there is a problem
need
visualization
diminished ending
compile
20. What is the audience level of interest when the speaker's primary responsibility to make an impression on listeners?
love/belonging
safety
selective audience
visual
21. If you are to become a truly effective speaker have strong ______ before you polish your speaking skills
Afraid to speak in public situations
safety
values
action
22. __________ increases when we suffer from stage fright.
Heart rate
safety
inform - persuade - and entertain
policy
23. _______ breathers are short of breath and weak in volume.
fields of experience
you were giving the speech before an audience
Heart rate
Chest
24. 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
spatial
vocal process
passive audience
deductive reasoning
25. Maslow's hierarchy: ______ - security of body - employment - resources - morality - health - family
visual
definitions
safety
impromptu
26. Monroe motivated sequence: ________ - after solution - speaker's solution
testimony
persuasive conclusion
problem solution
satisfaction
27. Monroe motivated sequence: _________ - relating the topic to the audience
attention
out loud
inform - persuade - and entertain
intrapersonal appeal
28. Argument that if other people agree then the audience should also agree - everyone is doing it - favorable audiences
bandwagon appeal
crescendo ending
extemporaneous
policy
29. Stands for an idea
conclusion
symbol
nonverbal communication
causal reasoning
30. Observations you make based on experiences and numerical data/information
facts and statistics
psychographic information
bandwagon appeal
extemporaneous
31. Illustrations or cases that represent a larger group or class of things
definitions
evidence
crescendo ending
examples
32. 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.
examples
more than half
internal summaries
symbol
33. We pay more attention to ______ than to audio suggestions.
crescendo ending
dying
lighter
visual
34. A properly motivated speaker should want to treat others fairly and to set a...
good example
transition order
visualization
physiological
35. Comparing 2 things that share similarities
analogical reasoning
interpersonal
organizes a speech's content
jog your memory
36. Explain or describe what something is
personal
definitions
nonverbal communication
testimony
37. What is the general purpose for chronological speech pattern?
need
topical
attention-getter
inform
38. The best opening stories hold interest yet ________ into your speech topic.
logos - ethos - pathos - and mythos
facts and statistics
lead clearly
right and wrong
39. A good speech has _____ main parts.
more than half
three
Confidence
organized audience
40. Maslow's hierarchy: _________ - things required for human survival: food - water - shelter - sleep
relying on humor so the audience will like you
pauses
three
physiological
41. Aristotle did not feel a speaker needed to have...
extemporaneous
intrapersonal appeal
organized audience
diminished ending
42. A sneer is an example of...
nonverbal communication
Afraid to speak in public situations
values
love/belonging
43. Use a notecard as a security net to...
symbol
stage fright
jog your memory
more than half
44. 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
diminished ending
literacy
psychographic information
45. This speech pattern is useful for recounting the history of a subject - a sequence of events - or a step by step procedure
chronological
compile
internal summaries
narrative
46. Life experiences which affect a person's perception - is ultimately the place from which Context is constructed
fields of experience
deductive reasoning
causal
lead clearly
47. Make a solid first...
stereotyping
values
impression
inform
48. What are the purposes for communicating?
inform - persuade - and entertain
topical
definitions
visual
49. You can generally assume that adult audiences have cultural...
attention-getter
literacy
inform
chronological
50. Reiterate main points of speech
introductions
informative conclusion
more than half
intrapersonal appeal