Answer Options:
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: TRUE
Question: As your textbook explains, abstractions are especially useful for clarifying ideas in informative speeches.
Answer Options:
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: TRUE
Question: People spend more time _________ than in any other communication activity.
Answer Options:
speaking
writing
reading
listening
discussing
Answer: listening
Question: Which of the following would you most likely find in a well-constructed speech introduction?
Answer Options:
a transition
an internal summary
a lengthy quotation
a startling statement
a causal argument
Answer: a startling statement
Question: As a speaker, you should usually avoid examples when explaining complex or unfamiliar ideas.
Answer Options:
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: FALSE
Question: Which of the following is an instance of persuasive speaking?
Answer Options:
a president of a company presenting an award to an outstanding employee
a marketing manager explaining a new product to the company’s sales force
a personnel manager offering employee benefits at a meeting of workers
a union representative urging management to avoid a strike by raising wages
a finance officer reporting sales figures to the board of directors
Answer: a union representative urging management to avoid a strike by raising wages
Question: Which of the following is presented in your textbook as a guideline for ethical speechmaking?
Answer Options:
Put ethical principles into practice.
Adapt to the listener’s frame of reference.
Make sure your goals are ethically sound.
All of these answers are correct.
Answer: All of these answers are correct.
Question: All of the following are basic objectives of a speech introduction except
Answer Options:
Establish credibility and goodwill.
Support your main points.
Reveal the topic of the speech.
Preview the body of the speech.
Get the audience’s attention and interest.
Answer: Support your main points.
Question: Which of the following is recommended by your textbook as a guideline for a speech of introduction?
Answer Options:
Prepare your speech so it will last between 15 and 20 minutes.
Use a quotation at the beginning to secure the attention of the audience.
Make sure your remarks about the main speaker are completely accurate.
Generate humor with an embarrassing story about the main speaker.
Assume that the audience knows nothing about the main speaker.
Answer: Make sure your remarks about the main speaker are completely accurate.
Question: As explained in your textbook, a ______ is a systematic series of actions that leads to a specific result or product.
Answer Options:
function
project
demonstration
process
situation
Answer: process
Question: All of the following are presented in your textbook as guidelines for ethical speechmaking except
Answer Options:
Be honest in what you say.
Avoid name-calling and other forms of abusive language.
Be fully prepared for each speech.
Make sure your goals are ethically sound.
Explain your credibility on the speech topic.
Answer: Explain your credibility on the speech topic.
Question: In public speaking, sound ethical decisions involve weighing a potential course of action against ________.
Answer Options:
the persuasive goals of the speaker
an interpretation of the U.S. Constitution
the frame of reference of the audience
a set of ethical guidelines or standards
the majority views of public opinion
Answer: a set of ethical guidelines or standards
Question: Speeches of presentation are given when someone is receiving publicity or an award.
Answer Options:
TRUE
FALSE
Answer: TRUE
Question: Advocating a position is most appropriate when the general purpose of your speech is to
Answer Options:
persuade
inform
entertain
commemorate
demonstrate
Answer: persuade
Question: The ______ contains a list of all the resources owned by the library.
Answer Options:
general index
catalogue
periodical guide
encyclopedia
browser
Answer: catalogue
Question: The main points in a preparation outline are
Answer Options:
Identified by capital letters.
Located farthest to the left.
Written in low-word phrases.
All of these answers are correct.
Answer: Both identified by capital letters and located farthest to the left.