Answer Options:
Don’t chew gum
Don’t roll your eyes
Care
Make friends with your audience
Answer: Don’t chew gum
Question: Attacking a person rather than dealing with the real issue
Answer Options:
False Cause
Ad Hominem
Slippery Slope
Appeal to Tradition
Answer: Ad Hominem
Question: When a speaker concludes that what is true in one case is also true in another, but the two cases being compared are not essentially alike
Answer Options:
Causal Reasoning
Bandwagon
Invalid Analogy
Hasty Generalization
Answer: Invalid Analogy
Question: True or False. If a speaker has credibility, then it doesn’t matter what topic they speak on, it will always stay high.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following is a guideline for a Speech of Acceptance?
Answer Options:
Briefly explain the award
Show humility and humor
Create a sense of anticipation and drama
Build enthusiasm for the topic
Answer: Show humility and humor
Question: Suppose you are analyzing two firms in the same industry. Firm A has a profit margin of 10% versus a profit margin of 8% for Firm B. Firm A’s total debt to total capital ratio (measured as (Short-term debt + Long-term debt)/(Debt + Preferred stock + Common equity)) is 70% versus one of 20% for Firm B. Based only on these two facts, you cannot reach a conclusion as to which firm is better managed, because the difference in debt, not better management, could be the cause of Firm A’s higher profit margin.
Answer Options:
a. True
b. False
Answer: b. False
Question: _____ is a testable prediction of an outcome that guides the scientific inquiry process.
Answer Options:
Experiment
Conclusion
Hypothesis
Observation
Answer: Hypothesis
Question: Which of the following are factors that affect credibility?
Answer Options:
Sociability
Physical Attractiveness
All of these
Competence
Answer: All of these
Question: How can we enhance credibility?
Answer Options:
Leave out source citations
Ignore delivery and focus on character
Be sarcastic with your audience
Establish common ground with your audience
Answer: Establish common ground with your audience
Question: “I came, I saw, I conquered.” This is an example of
Answer Options:
Parallelism
Melody
Repetition
Antithesis
Answer: Parallelism
Question: Which test asks if the evidence is available?
Answer Options:
External Consistency
Internal Consistency
Adequacy
Accessibility
Answer: Accessibility
Question: What are the three things to control when trying to control your voice?
Answer Options:
Silence, Rate, Projection
Rate, Volume, Dynamic
Voice, Volume, Projection
Dynamic, Projection, Volume
Answer: Rate, Volume, Dynamic
Question: When you force listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist
Answer Options:
Ad Hominem
Either-Or
None of these
Hasty Generalization
Answer: Either-Or
Question: The scientific method is an objective approach to solving a problem. It is a 5-step process. Select the correct processes arranged in the correct order.
Answer Options:
Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analysis, Conclusion
Hypothesis, Experiment, Observation, Analysis, Conclusion
Observation, Hypothesis, Analysis, Experiment, Conclusion
Hypothesis, Observation, Experiment, Analysis, Conclusion
Answer: Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analysis, Conclusion
Question: What is one of the major challenges of informative speeches?
Answer Options:
Being interesting
All of these
Being Clear
Being Accurate
Answer: All of these
Question: Which test asks if the evidence links to the actual conclusion?
Answer Options:
Accessibility
Relevance
Internal Consistency
External Consistency
Answer: Relevance
Question: The Introduction of a speech includes which parts
Answer Options:
AGS, TTS, Preview
Need, Satisfaction, Visualization
Signal, Review, LT
Three Reasons
Answer: AGS, TTS, Preview
Question: What does it mean to ask if the statistics are “representative”?
Answer Options:
It’s asking if the demographics of the sample size reflect the demographics of the population.
It’s asking if the statistics support testimony.
It’s asking if the source of the statistics is reliable.
It’s asking if the statistics are peer testimony.
Answer: It’s asking if the demographics of the sample size reflect the demographics of the population.
Question: Which of the following should you keep in mind when controlling your body?
Answer Options:
Cross whatever you want, whenever you want!
Slouch
Portray confident, engaged body language
Put your hands in your pockets to make yourself feel comfortable
Answer: Portray confident, engaged body language
Question: Which of the following are guidelines for presenting visual aids?
Answer Options:
You don’t really need to practice your speech with your visual aids.
It is not required to check the room and equipment before starting.
Keep your visual aids showing even when you are not talking about them.
Avoid passing your visual aid around the room.
Answer: Avoid passing your visual aid around the room.
Question: Mistakenly assuming that if one event occurs after another, then the first must be the cause of the second
Answer Options:
Appeal to Novelty
Bandwagon
Slippery Slope
False Cause
Answer: False Cause