SPCH 101 - Public Speaking » Winter 2023 » Research & Supporting Ideas Quiz

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Question #1
Supporting material refers only to facts and statistics.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #2
If a medical doctor gives cutting-edge information on the threat of high cholesterol, she is providing which type of supporting material?
A.   Expert Testimony
B.   Narrative Material
C.   Lay Testimony
D.   All are correct
Question #3
A speaker selectively presenting only those statistics that buttress his or her point of view while ignoring competing data is said to be
A.   Pandering
B.   Cherry Picking
C.   Giving Expert Testimony
D.   Speaking Ethically
Question #4
_____ often rests on opinion and inference.
A.   Soft evidence
B.   Secondary research
C.   Hard evidence
D.   Surveys
Question #5
Conducting surveys and interviews to gather evidence is an example of ----------------------.
A.   secondary research
B.   primary research
C.   field study
D.   soft evidence
Question #6
A (an) ----------------------- explains how something works and functions.
A.   None are correct
B.   operational definition
C.   definition by etymology
D.   definition by negation
Question #7
Before beginning to research her speech, Maria wants to get information from her audience about their thoughts on the psychological effects of social media. Which method of gathering information is best for learning about attitudes of people on a large and often anonymous scale.
A.   Surveys
B.   Field Studies
C.   Observation
D.   Interviews
Question #8
Which of the following resources is best for finding the most recent information?
A.   card catalogs
B.   periodicals
C.   full-text databases
D.   books
Question #9
Supporting material/evidence are the details that back up your main ideas and make your arguments, and assertions real, concrete, and believable.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #10
"If we don't make an effort to stop air pollution and the release of greenhouse gases, the climate change from global warming will change the world in detrimental ways" is an example of ---------------------.
A.   definition
B.   hypothetical narrative/example
C.   testimony
D.   fact

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