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Question #1
A situation-specific social anxiety that arises from anticipating giving an oral presentation is called:
A.
life-success anxiety
B.
C.
audience-centered anxiety
D.
ethical-speaking anxiety
E.
successful-listening anxiety
F.
public-speaking anxiety
Question #2
What is the process of gathering information about an audience with the explicit aim of preparing a speech that will be meaningful to that audience?
A.
delivery
B.
rhetoric
C.
active listening
D.
audience analysis
E.
logical appeals
Question #3
Considering Aristotle’s artistic proofs – the appeal to the emotions of your audience members is called:
A.
bellos
B.
credos
C.
pathos
D.
ethos
E.
logos
Question #4
What speech delivery is unpracticed, spontaneous, and given with little time to prepare?
A.
memorized
B.
manuscript
C.
none are correct
D.
impromptu
E.
extemporaneous
Question #5
In what specialized speech should a speaker express gratitude for the honor bestowed upon them?
A.
roast speech
B.
speech of introduction
C.
toast speech
D.
speech of acceptance
E.
speech of presentation
Question #6
Assuming we know what someone is going to say before the person actually finishes speaking is associated with what barrier to effective listening?
A.
jumping to conclusions
B.
rapid thought “spare time”
C.
information overload
D.
listening too hard
E.
personal concerns
F.
Question #7
Considering Aristotle’s artistic proofs – what is the ethical appeal, in which a public speaker should strive to appear knowledgeable, trustworthy, and to generally care about their audience members?
A.
pathos
B.
ethos
C.
logos
D.
bellos
E.
credos
Question #8
What stage of the onset of public speaking anxiety is strong enough that some may even decide to stop rehearsing for their speech?
A.
performance anxiety
B.
pre-preparation anxiety
C.
preparation anxiety
D.
none are correct
E.
pre-performance anxiety
Question #9
What analysis of a speaker’s audience focuses on the audience’s attitudes, beliefs, and values including those related to the topic, speaker, and occasion?
A.
systematic
B.
hyperbolic
C.
geographic
D.
demographic
E.
psychographic
Question #10
What property of delivery can a speaker use to emphasizing a point, draw attention to a thought, or just to allow listeners a moment to process what has been said.
A.
pauses
B.
pitch
C.
tone
D.
volume
E.
rate
Question #11
A type of listening that is focused, purposeful and uses considerable effort is called:
A.
distracted
B.
selective
C.
active
D.
passive
E.
defensive
Question #12
In which of the canons of rhetoric should a public speaker organize the arguments and evidence in ways best suited to the topic and audience?
A.
invention
B.
memory
C.
style
D.
arrangement
E.
delivery
Question #13
The pace or words per minute at which you speak is called:
A.
volume
B.
pauses
C.
pitch
D.
rate
E.
tone
Question #14
In which of the canons of rhetoric should a public speaker practice their speech until it can be delivered artfully?
A.
arrangement
B.
memory
C.
style
D.
invention
E.
delivery
Question #15
What speech delivery puts the entire speech, word for word, into writing and then requires the speaker to commit it entirely to memory?
A.
manuscript
B.
memorized
C.
extemporaneous
D.
none are correct
E.
impromptu
Question #16
What type of audience analysis focuses on the statistical characteristics or social categories of the audience?
A.
systematic
B.
hyperbolic
C.
geographic
D.
E.
demographic
F.
psychographic
Question #17
College students in the United States spend more time ___________________ than they do any other communication activity, but for the most part have no proper training.
A.
writing
B.
hearing
C.
listening
D.
speaking
E.
reading
Question #18
The means or medium by which a message is sent to a receiver is called the
A.
context
B.
feedback
C.
channel
D.
E.
shared meaning
F.
noise
Question #19
Public speakers should use personal stories, emphasize shared roles, and otherwise stress mutual bonds between themselves and their audience in order to achieve ________________________.
A.
identification
B.
audience adaptation
C.
audience demographics
D.
audience analysis
E.
audience psychographics
Question #20
This is the mutual understanding of a message between speaker and audience or to put differently, the ultimate goal of public speaking:
A.
feedback
B.
context
C.
noise
D.
channel
E.
shared meaning
Question #21
What specialized speech is a brief tribute to a person or an event being celebrated?
A.
roast speech
B.
speech of introduction
C.
speech of acceptance
D.
toast speech
E.
speech of presentation
Question #22
Any interference that gets in the way from a speaker’s message being clearly communicated is called:
A.
noise
B.
context
C.
shared meaning
D.
channel
E.
feedback
Question #23
What is the first step in the speech preparation process?
A.
audience adaptation
B.
audience demographics
C.
audience psychographics
D.
audience analysis
E.
identification
Question #24
Which term best explains the fact that all listeners do not receive the same message due to their own unique knowledge, experience, goals, attitudes, and values?
A.
frame of reference
B.
range of possibilities
C.
structure of understanding
D.
sphere of influence
E.
orientation to speaker
Question #25
The physiological, largely involuntary process of perceiving sound, is called?
A.
hearing
B.
writing
C.
listening
D.
speaking
E.
reading
Question #26
In lecture, we discussed Julian Treasure’s acronym RASA, which can be understood as the “essence” to effective listening, what does this acronym stand for?
A.
Read, Aim, Smile, Alert
B.
Reciprocate, Attend, Savor, Act
C.
Receive, Attend, Savor, Act
D.
Receive, Appreciate, Savor Ask
E.
Receive, Appreciate, Summarize, Ask
Question #27
The audience’s response to a public speaker’s message that can be conveyed both verbally and nonverbally is called?
A.
noise
B.
shared meaning
C.
feedback
D.
context
E.
channel
Question #28
What property of delivery is best explained by the range of sounds from high to low that a speaker employs?
A.
rate
B.
volume
C.
pitch
D.
pauses
E.
tone
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