CST 100 Principles Of Public Speaking Test #1
Hello Class,Using your textbook Chapters 1 - 6, answer the following multiple choice questions. Thank you for your participation. S. GoodwinCST 100JTCC
- 1.According to the text, public speakers are similar to job applicants because each
- A.
Tailors his/her responses to the specific needs and culture of the interviewing organization
- B.
Deals with nervousness in a professional manner
- C.
Dresses in a way that engages listeners and keeps their attention
- D.
Conducts research in order to speak in a trustworthy and credible way
- 2.One of the personal benefits of public speaking is
- A.
Learning to be brave and outgoing
- B.
Impressing others with your organizational skills
- C.
Learning better vocalization skills
- D.
Increased levels of engagement in your community
- 3.Public speaking courses are different from other college courses because they require that you
- A.
Interact closely with your classmates
- B.
Exercise your voice and body in the learning process
- C.
Learn to use complex arguments for persuasion
- D.
Design and present effective visual aids
- 4.Interpersonal communication can be defined as
- A.
The exchange of positive and negative messages in married couples
- B.
The exchange of messages between co-workers in organizations
- C.
The exchange of messages between two people who have a relationship with each other
- D.
The exchange of messages between three or more people who exist in a co-cultural group
- 5.In the role of encoder, the public speaker intitally
- A.
Translates codes into ideas
- B.
Becomes the sender
- C.
Translates ideas into codes
- D.
Both b and c
- 6.Audience member feedback is
- A.
Always immediate and simultaneous
- B.
Never immediate and simultaneous
- C.
Sometimes immediate and simultaneous
- D.
Encouraged to be immediate and simultaneous
- 7.Daydreaming is an example of
- A.
Physiological noise
- B.
Social noise
- C.
Organizational noise
- D.
Psychological noise
- 8.According to the text, the historical roots of contemporary public speaking lie in
- A.
Elizabethan drama and British aristocracy
- B.
The cultural shift from aristocracy to democracy that took place in ancient Greek society
- C.
The forefathers of American democracy and their belief in public debate
- D.
Oral cultures that did not rely on written texts
- 9.A survey of undergraduate students showed that
- A.
85% of first-year students give formal presentations in their classes
- B.
75% of first-year students give formal presentations in their classes
- C.
65% of first-year students give formal presentations in their classes
- D.
55% of first-year students give formal presentations in their classes
- 10.The means by which messages and feedback are transmitted between speaker and audience is called
- A.
Context
- B.
Channel
- C.
Decoder
- D.
Encoder
- 11.Transactional communication includes
- A.
Messages that have multiple meanings
- B.
An ability to listen and take notes during a speech
- C.
Messages that flow in two directions simultaneously
- D.
Transactions of information that take place in verbal forms
- 12.The audience members would most appropriately be named as
- A.
The ones responsible for managing the noise during a speech
- B.
The ones who do not bring a frame of reference to a public speaking situation
- C.
The ones who are responsible for encoding messages
- D.
The ones who are responsible for decoding messages
- 13.Speakers can avoid social noise by
- A.
Acknowledging their bias toward the topic
- B.
Openly addressing the controversial nature of their topics
- C.
Choosing a topic that does not offend their audiences
- D.
Asking audience members to turn off their cell phones
- 14.Public speaking is
- A.
The exchange of messages between people who have a realtionship
- B.
The exchange of messages between a speaker and an identified audience
- C.
The exchange of messages between a small number of people gathered for a specific purpose
- D.
The delivery of a message from one source to a large audience through mass media
- 15.A receiver's frame of reference is based on
- A.
A review of the sender's ideas
- B.
The receiver's field of study
- C.
A variety of factors in the receiver's background
- D.
The placement of a sender on the stage
- 16.An example of psychological "noise" as described in the text would be
- A.
Prejudices
- B.
Visual distractions
- C.
Differences of opinion
- D.
None of the above
- 17.Small group communication is
- A.
The exchange of information between two groups of people
- B.
The delivery of a message from one source to a small group of people
- C.
The exchange of messages between a small number of people gathered for a specific purpose
- D.
The exchange of messages between one speaker and an identified small group
- 18.Rhetoric is a method of
- A.
Persuasion
- B.
Discussion
- C.
Entertaining
- D.
Confusing
- 19.An example of decoding is
- A.
Noticing the speaker's posture
- B.
Answering the speaker's question
- C.
Explaining information to others
- D.
Wondering about the speaker's opinion
- 20.An example of physiological noise is when the listener is
- A.
Tired
- B.
Distracted
- C.
Worried
- D.
All of the above
- 21.The four keys to listenability are
- A.
Strategy, structure, support, and style
- B.
Strategy, symbols, systems, and style
- C.
Strategy, sampling, socialability, and style
- D.
Strategy, simplicity, sustainability, and style
- 22.To get in "the right frame of mind" to prepare a speech, public speakers should
- A.
Engage in psychological and mental preparation
- B.
Evaluate the ethical position that is reflected in the speech topic
- C.
Survey the audience to determine the interest level
- D.
Engage in physical and vocal preparation
- 23.A speaker who analyzes her audience clearly understands that she is
- A.
Often addressing abstract gatherings of people
- B.
Not obligated to understand an audience's values or attitudes
- C.
Mostly obligated to figure out how the audience feels about a topic
- D.
Always presenting, not for herself, but for others
- 24.According to the textbook, speech topics should be
- A.
Engaging and provocative to your listeners
- B.
Mentally challenging for your listeners
- C.
Appropriate and meaningful to your listeners
- D.
Currently relevant to your listeners
- 25.Tamara plans to prepare a speech about basketball. She will explain the rules and regulations that professional players must follow during the game. Tamara's general purpose is
- A.
To persuade her audience
- B.
To mark a special occasion
- C.
To inform her audience
- D.
To entertain her audience
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