Exam 1

 

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

  public-speaking anxiety 
  audience-centered anxiety 
  successful-listening anxiety 
  ethical-speaking anxiety 
  life-success anxiety 
 
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?

  audience analysis 
  active listening 
  logical appeals 
  rhetoric 
  delivery 
 

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

  pathos 
  bellos 
  credos 
  ethos 
  logos 
 

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

  impromptu 
  manuscript 
  memorized 
  extemporaneous 
  none are correct 
 

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

  speech of acceptance 
  speech of introduction 
  speech of presentation 
  toast speech 
  roast speech 
 

6. Assuming we know what someone is going to say before the person actually finishes speaking is associated with what barrier to effective listening?

  jumping to conclusions 
  information overload 
  rapid thought “spare time” 
  listening too hard 
  personal concerns 
 

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?

  ethos 
  bellos 
  pathos 
  credos 
  logos 
 

8. What stage of the onset of public speaking anxiety is strong enough that some may even decide to stop rehearsing for their speech?

  pre-performance anxiety 
  performance anxiety 
  preparation anxiety 
  pre-preparation anxiety 
  none are correct 
 

9. Rather than operating separately, all vocal elements– volume, pitch, speaking rate, and pauses work together to create?

  vocal variety 
  vocal fillers 
  vocal influence 
  vocal delivery 
  vocal articulation 

 

10.  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?

  psychographic 
  geographic 
  systematic 
  demographic 
  hyperbolic 
 

11. What speech delivery is read verbatim from a prepared written text that contains the entire speech?

  manuscript 
  memorized 
  impromptu 
  extemporaneous 
  none are correct 
 

12. What specialized speech is a humorous tribute to a person, in which a series of speakers jokingly poke fun of honoree?

  roast speech 
  speech of introduction 
  speech of acceptance 
  speech of presentation 
  toast speech 

 

13. 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.

  pauses 
  volume 
  pitch 
  rate 
  tone 
 

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

  active 
  defensive 
  selective 
  passive 
  distracted 
 

15.  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?

  arrangement 
  memory 
  invention 
  delivery 
  style 
 

16. What stage of the onset of public speaking anxiety can delay a speaker from writing their speech?

  pre-preparation anxiety 
  pre-performance anxiety 
  preparation anxiety 
  performance anxiety 
  none are correct 
 

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

  rate 
  pauses 
  volume 
  pitch 
  tone 
 

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

  memory 
  invention 
  arrangement 
  delivery 
  style 
 

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

  memorized 
  manuscript 
  impromptu 
  extemporaneous 
  none are correct 
 

20.  What specialized speech prepares or “warms up” the audience for the speaker as well as motivates audience members to listen to what the main speaker has to say?

  speech of introduction 
  speech of acceptance 
  speech of presentation 
  toast speech 
  roast speech 
 

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

  demographic 
  psychographic 
  geographic 
  systematic 
  hyperbolic 

 

22. 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.

  listening 
  speaking 
  hearing 
  writing 
  reading 
 

23.  The reality that majority of people should limit their screen time, exposure to social media, and other forms of media is associated with what barrier to effective listening?

  information overload 
  jumping to conclusions 
  rapid thought “spare time” 
  listening too hard 
  personal concerns 

 

24. In which of the canons of rhetoric should a public speaker decide the vocal and nonverbal behavior to use when speaking?

  delivery 
  memory 
  invention 
  arrangement 
  style 
 

 

25. What speech delivery is well researched, organized, practiced and then delivered from a brief set of notes?

  extemporaneous 
  manuscript 
  memorized 
  impromptu 
  none are correct 

 

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

  channel 
  context 
  feedback 
  noise 
  shared meaning 

 

27. Public speakers should use personal stories, emphasize shared roles, and otherwise stress mutual bonds between themselves and their audience in order to achieve ________________________.

  identification 
  audience analysis 
  audience adaptation 
  audience demographics 
  audience psychographics 

 

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

  shared meaning 
  context 
  feedback 
  noise 
  channel 
 

 

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

  toast speech 
  speech of introduction 
  speech of acceptance 
  speech of presentation 
  roast speech 
 

30. Negative voices that hinder a public speaker’s ability to perform at their highest presentation potential are called:

  residual antagonists 
  residual protagonists 
  residual voices 
  residual listening 
  residual communication 
 

 

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

  noise 
  context 
  feedback 
  channel 
  shared meaning 
 

32. What is the first step in the speech preparation process?

  audience analysis 
  identification 
  audience adaptation 
  audience demographics 
  audience psychographics 
 

33.  All are similar to public speaking and conversation except

  highly structured 
  tailoring your message to your audience 
  organize your thoughts logically 
  adapting to listener feedback 
  All are similarities 
 

34.  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?

  frame of reference 
  sphere of influence 
  orientation to speaker 
  structure of understanding 
  range of possibilities 
 

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

  hearing 
  speaking 
  listening 
  writing 
  reading 
 

36. Which of the following is NOT a strategy to reduce Public Speaking Anxiety?

  all are strategies to reduce Public Speaking Anxiety 
  control your breathing when you experience anxiety 
  prepare and practice your speeches in advance 
  visualize your success 
  learn from previous feedback 
 

 

37.  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?

  Receive, Appreciate, Savor Ask 
  Reciprocate, Attend, Savor, Act 
  Receive, Appreciate, Summarize, Ask 
  Receive, Attend, Savor, Act 
  Read, Aim, Smile, Alert 
 

 

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

  feedback 
  context 
  noise 
  channel 
  shared meaning 

 

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

  pitch 
  pauses 
  volume 
  rate 
  tone 
 

 

40. The process of adjusting your topic, purpose, language and communication style to your audience so that your speech is meaningful to them, is called?

  audience adaptation 
  audience analysis 
  identification 
  audience demographics 
  audience psychographics 

Exam 1 Answers

 

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

  public-speaking anxiety 
  audience-centered anxiety 
  successful-listening anxiety 
  ethical-speaking anxiety 
  life-success anxiety 

 

Answer:   public-speaking anxiety