116 TEST BANK FOR THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
True-False Quiz Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false by circling the appropriate letter.
1.T FThe three major goals of public speaking are to inform, to persuade, and to entertain.
2.T FWhen you adjust to the situation of a public speech, you are doing on a larger scale what you do everyday in conversation.
3.T FThinking positively about your ability to give a speech is one way to control your anxiety about speaking.
4.T FCritical thinking is a way of thinking negatively about everything you hear in a speech.
5.T FThe nonverbal messages that listeners send back to speakers are called feedback.
6.T FMost of the time the listener's frame of reference is identical with the speaker's frame of reference.
7.T FWhen you give a speech to your classmates, you are engaged in one-way communication.
8.T FAvoiding ethnocentrism means that you must agree with the values and practices of all groups and cultures.
9.T FAs your textbook explains, most of the nervousness public speakers feel internally is not visible to their listeners.
10.T FAlthough language changes from culture to culture, the meaning of nonverbal signals is consistent across cultures.
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117 TEST BANK FOR THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
Multiple Choice Quiz Indicate the best answer for each of the following questions by circling the correct letter.
1.Everything a speaker says is filtered through a listener’s *a.frame of reference.b.credibility.c.feedback.d.personal screen.e.psychological field.
2.Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with nervousness in your speeches?a.Concentrate on thinking about your stage fright.b.Work especially hard on your conclusion.c.Avoid making eye contact with your audience.d.Try to generate extra adrenaline as you speak.*e.Think of your speech as an act of communication.
3.Dealing with such matters as the logical relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the differences between fact and opinion are all part of what your textbook calls a.deduction.*b.critical thinking.c.rational communication.d.oral deliberation.e.induction.
4.According to your textbook, a listener anxious about an upcoming exam, worried about a recent argument with a friend, or distracted by cold air in the classroom would be experiencing *a.interference.b.situational cues.c.communication apprehension.d.psychological dissonance.e.feedback.
5.Public speakers who seek to communicate with listeners from cultures other than their own need to take special care to avoid in their speeches.
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*a.ethnocentrism b.vocalized pauses c.personal statements d.visual aids e.gestures 6.Which of the following strategies is least likely to help you deal with nervousness in your speeches?a.thinking positively *b.concentrating on your stage fright c.working especially hard on your introduction d.making eye contact with members of your audience e.using visual aids 7.According to your textbook, when you employ the power of visualization as a method of controlling stage fright, you should a.decrease the time spent preparing your speech.b.keep your mental pictures from becoming too vivid.*c.focus on the positive aspects of your speech.d.all of the above.e.a and b only.
8.According to your textbook, the three major goals of public speaking are informing, persuading, and a.demonstrating.*b.entertaining.c.actuating.d.selling.e.convincing.
- lets you know how your message is being received.
a.Vocal variety b.Credibility *c.Feedback d.Interference e.Audience adaptation 10.Many of the skills used in public speaking are the same as those used in everyday conversation. These skills include a.organizing your thoughts logically.b.tailoring your message to your audience.c.adapting to listener feedback.*d.all of the above.e.b and c only. 3 / 4
119 TEST BANK FOR THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
True-False Quiz Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false by circling the appropriate letter.
1.T FThe first responsibility of a speaker is to make sure her or his goal is ethically sound.
2.T FAs the Roman rhetorician Quintilian noted 2,000 years ago, the ideal of commendable speechmaking is to persuade the audience by any means necessary.
3.T FA speaker’s ethical obligations decrease as the size of the audience decreases.
4.T FEthical decisions need to be justified against a set of standards or criteria.
5.T FOne of the best ways to avoid falling into the trap of plagiarism is to start work on your speeches well before they are due.
6.T FTaking someone’s entire speech and passing it off as your own is a form of unethical behavior called incremental plagiarism.
7.T FIt is necessary for a public speaker to identify his or her source whether the speaker is paraphrasing or quoting verbatim.
8.T FJust as public speakers have ethical responsibilities, so too do the people who listen to a speech.
9.T FGlobal plagiarism occurs when a speaker patches together several quotations or paraphrases without citing the sources of the statements.
10.T FIt is possible to disagree entirely with a speaker’s ideas but still support the speaker’s right to express those ideas.
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