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Question #1

What property of delivery is best explained by the range of sounds from high to low that a speaker employs?

A tone

B pauses

C volume

D pitch

E rate

Question #2

The audience’s response to a public speaker’s message that can be conveyed both verbally and nonverbally is called?

A feedback

B channel

C shared meaning

D context

E noise

Question #3

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 Read, Aim, Smile, Alert

C Receive, Attend, Savor, Act

D Receive, Appreciate, Savor Ask

E Reciprocate, Attend, Savor, Act

Question #4

The physiological, largely involuntary process of perceiving sound, is called?

A speaking

B listening

C reading

D writing

E hearing

Question #5

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 orientation to speaker

B structure of understanding

C sphere of influence

D frame of reference

E range of possibilities

Question #6

What is the first step in the speech preparation process?

A audience adaptation

B audience psychographics

C identification

D audience analysis

E audience demographics

Question #7

Any interference that gets in the way from a speaker’s message being clearly communicated is called:

A shared meaning

B channel

C noise

D feedback

E context

Question #8

What specialized speech is a brief tribute to a person or an event being celebrated?

A roast speech

B speech of acceptance

C speech of introduction

D speech of presentation

E toast speech

Question #9

This is the mutual understanding of a message between speaker and audience or to put differently, the ultimate goal of public speaking:

A shared meaning

B noise

C feedback

D context

E channel

Question #10

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 demographics

C audience psychographics

D audience adaptation

E audience analysis

Question #11

The means or medium by which a message is sent to a receiver is called the

A context

C noise

D shared meaning

E channel

F feedback

Question #12

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 speaking

C reading

D listening

E hearing

Question #13

What type of audience analysis focuses on the statistical characteristics or social categories of the audience?

A systematic

C psychographic

D demographic

E hyperbolic

F geographic

Question #14

What speech delivery puts the entire speech, word for word, into writing and then requires the speaker to commit it entirely to memory?

A extemporaneous

B manuscript

C impromptu

D memorized

E none are correct

Question #15

In which of the canons of rhetoric should a public speaker practice their speech until it can be delivered artfully?

A memory

B style

C delivery

D invention

E arrangement

Question #16

The pace or words per minute at which you speak is called:

A tone

B pauses

C volume

D pitch

E rate

Question #17

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 delivery

B invention

C memory

D style

E arrangement

Question #18

A type of listening that is focused, purposeful and uses considerable effort is called:

A selective

B defensive

C active

D distracted

E passive

Question #19

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 volume

B tone

C pauses

D pitch

E rate

Question #20

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 psychographic

B hyperbolic

C demographic

D geographic

E systematic

Question #21

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 none are correct

C preparation anxiety

D pre-preparation anxiety

E pre-performance anxiety

Question #22

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 logos

B pathos

C credos

D ethos

E bellos

Question #23

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

C information overload

D listening too hard

E rapid thought “spare time”

F personal concerns

Question #24

In what specialized speech should a speaker express gratitude for the honor bestowed upon them?

A speech of acceptance

B roast speech

C toast speech

D speech of presentation

E speech of introduction

Question #25

What speech delivery is unpracticed, spontaneous, and given with little time to prepare?

A impromptu

B none are correct

C memorized

D manuscript

E extemporaneous

Question #26

Considering Aristotle’s artistic proofs – the appeal to the emotions of your audience members is called:

A credos

B logos

C bellos

D ethos

E pathos

Question #27

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 audience analysis

D logical appeals

E active listening

Question #28

A situation-specific social anxiety that arises from anticipating giving an oral presentation is called:

A ethical-speaking anxiety

B audience-centered anxiety

C public-speaking anxiety

D life-success anxiety

E successful-listening anxiety

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