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Question #1
A situation-specific social anxiety that arises from anticipating giving an oral presentation is called:
A.
successful-listening anxiety
B.
audience-centered anxiety
C.
life-success anxiety
D.
ethical-speaking anxiety
E.
public-speaking anxiety
F.
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.
logical appeals
B.
active listening
C.
audience analysis
D.
rhetoric
E.
delivery
Question #3
Considering Aristotle’s artistic proofs – the appeal to the emotions of your audience members is called:
A.
ethos
B.
bellos
C.
pathos
D.
credos
E.
logos
Question #4
What speech delivery is unpracticed, spontaneous, and given with little time to prepare?
A.
memorized
B.
none are correct
C.
extemporaneous
D.
impromptu
E.
manuscript
Question #5
In what specialized speech should a speaker express gratitude for the honor bestowed upon them?
A.
speech of presentation
B.
toast speech
C.
speech of introduction
D.
speech of acceptance
E.
roast speech
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.
rapid thought “spare time”
B.
information overload
C.
jumping to conclusions
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.
credos
C.
logos
D.
bellos
E.
ethos
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.
pre-preparation anxiety
B.
none are correct
C.
pre-performance anxiety
D.
preparation anxiety
E.
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.
geographic
B.
systematic
C.
hyperbolic
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.
rate
B.
volume
C.
tone
D.
pitch
E.
pauses
Question #11
A type of listening that is focused, purposeful and uses considerable effort is called:
A.
selective
B.
passive
C.
distracted
D.
active
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.
arrangement
B.
memory
C.
invention
D.
delivery
E.
style
Question #13
The pace or words per minute at which you speak is called:
A.
tone
B.
volume
C.
pitch
D.
pauses
E.
rate
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.
invention
D.
style
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.
none are correct
B.
manuscript
C.
impromptu
D.
memorized
E.
extemporaneous
Question #16
What type of audience analysis focuses on the statistical characteristics or social categories of the audience?
A.
systematic
B.
geographic
C.
demographic
D.
psychographic
E.
hyperbolic
F.
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.
listening
B.
writing
C.
speaking
D.
reading
E.
hearing
Question #18
The means or medium by which a message is sent to a receiver is called the
A.
noise
B.
C.
context
D.
shared meaning
E.
feedback
F.
channel
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.
audience adaptation
B.
audience analysis
C.
audience psychographics
D.
audience demographics
E.
identification
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.
shared meaning
D.
channel
E.
noise
Question #21
What specialized speech is a brief tribute to a person or an event being celebrated?
A.
speech of introduction
B.
roast speech
C.
toast speech
D.
speech of acceptance
E.
speech of presentation
Question #22
Any interference that gets in the way from a speaker’s message being clearly communicated is called:
A.
feedback
B.
channel
C.
context
D.
shared meaning
E.
noise
Question #23
What is the first step in the speech preparation process?
A.
audience demographics
B.
audience analysis
C.
audience adaptation
D.
identification
E.
audience psychographics
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.
sphere of influence
B.
range of possibilities
C.
frame of reference
D.
orientation to speaker
E.
structure of understanding
Question #25
The physiological, largely involuntary process of perceiving sound, is called?
A.
writing
B.
listening
C.
reading
D.
speaking
E.
hearing
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.
Receive, Appreciate, Summarize, Ask
B.
Reciprocate, Attend, Savor, Act
C.
Receive, Attend, Savor, Act
D.
Read, Aim, Smile, Alert
E.
Receive, Appreciate, Savor 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.
channel
C.
feedback
D.
context
E.
shared meaning
Question #28
What property of delivery is best explained by the range of sounds from high to low that a speaker employs?
A.
tone
B.
pitch
C.
volume
D.
pauses
E.
rate
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