Fundamentals of Public Speaking Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
Fundamentals of Public Speaking introduces students to the essential principles and practices of effective oral communication. The course covers the preparation, organization, and delivery of various types of speeches, including informative, persuasive, and special occasion presentations. Students will develop critical listening skills, learn strategies to manage speech anxiety, and gain confidence in presenting before an audience. Through practice and constructive feedback, this course aims to enhance students abilities to communicate ideas clearly and persuasively in both academic and professional contexts.
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Chapter 1: Communication Perspectives
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Q1) The fact that many people will talk openly with perfect strangers while on an airplane or a bus suggests that _________________.
A) We communicate to maintain our sense of self.
B) We communicate to exchange information.
C) We communicate to develop relationships.
D) We communicate to meet social needs.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of these is an example of a symbol used in communication?
A) A word
B) A hand gestures
C) Silence
D) All of these are examples of symbols
Answer: D
Q3) Synchronicity is the extent to which a channel allows you to get immediate feedback.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Perception of Self and Others
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Q1) Because Dawson is a muscular, attractive male, Emily perceives him as being popular, an average student, and a superb athlete. This best exemplifies the idea of
A) uncertainty reduction
B) implicit personality theory
C) self-esteem
D) self-monitoring
Answer: B
Q2) A perception check is a skill that is used to ________________.
A) see whether your hearing is normal
B) check to make sure that you really understand who someone is
C) test the accuracy of your understanding of a person's behavior
D) test the accuracy of your understanding of a person's wording
Answer: C
Q3) The three stages of the perception process are:
A) action and selection, expectation of stimuli, and impression
B) attention and selection, organization of stimuli, and impression
C) attention and selection, organization of stimuli, and interpretation
D) action and selection, expectation of stimuli, and interpretation
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Intercultural Communication
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Q1) When Miriam noticed that a group of Asian women in the cafeteria had an increased loudness or pitch to their speech, she assumed that they must be arguing. Which of the following is she demonstrating?
A) ethnocentrism
B) incompatible communication codes
C) incompatible norms and values
D) anxiety
Answer: B
Q2) If someone prefers concrete and specific language and predictability, they are likely to be from a____
A) low uncertainty-avoidance culture
B) high uncertainty-avoidance culture
C) culture that values power distance
D) culture characterized by uncertainty reduction
Answer: B
Q3) Ethnicity and race the same thing.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Verbal Messages
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Q1) Using the word demanded instead of asked when you mean to show force of action is a matter of word:
A) specificity
B) familiarity
C) concreteness
D) appropriateness
Q2) A language changes when _________________________.
A) new words are invented.
B) existing words are abandoned
C) aspects of multiple languages blend together
D) all of these
Q3) If Mark says he has a new car and Paul thinks of an electric hybrid, Paul's thought reflects:
A) denotation
B) contextual integration
C) uncertainty reduction
D) connotation
Q4) Jargon and slang are appropriate in most situations.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Nonverbal Messages
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Q1) _______________ are unconscious nonverbal responses to physical needs.
A) Emoticons
B) Adaptors
C) Emblems
D) Kinesics
Q2) Which of these situations is an example of nonverbal communication?
A) Allyson and Iesha send text messsages to each other.
B) Geralyn refuses to speak to Tavonte after their fight.
C) Simone and Jewel send IMs to each other.
D) Breanna and Rachel pass notes in class.
E) All of these are examples of nonverbal communication.
Q3) Studies show that when people are talking, ______________________
A) the one doing the talking is likely to have the greater eye contact
B) the one doing the listening is likely to have the greater eye contact
C) both the talker and the listener have about the same amount of eye contact
D) there is no consistency about data related to eye contact
Q4) Body movements can be used to take the place of a word or phrase.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Listening
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Q1) The understanding stage of the listening process involves what?
A) Physically getting ready to listen
B) Remembering information
C) Analyzing facts
D) Asking questions
Q2) Chris calls Kelly and says, "Kelly, I'm so sorry. I'm running five minutes late to pick you up for our ballet class." Which of the following is a fact about this situation?
A) Chris and Kelly will be late to ballet.
B) Chris is late to pick up Kelly.
C) These women are friends who are taking a ballet class together.
D) All of these are facts.
Q3) When Josh told Amy about what was going on at work and she responded by saying, "Oh, I'm really sorry. That's awful. You poor thing," Amy was demonstrating
A) empathic responsiveness
B) paraphrasing
C) perspective taking
D) sympathetic responsiveness
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Chapter 7: Interpersonal Relationships
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Q1) Some people achieve more closeness in online relationships than in equivalent face-to-face relationships.
A)True B)False
Q2) Your Johari window is not fixed; it will change over time to reflect changes in your relationships.
A)True B)False
Q3) Which of the following statements is true of women who identify with the feminine co-culture?
A) They are more likely than men to develop close friendships through joint activities.
B) They are more likely than men to share their thoughts and feelings.
C) They are more likely than men to develop close friendships with people they feel that they can depend on.
D) They are more likely than men to demonstrate their friendship by doing favors for one another.
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Chapter 8: Interpersonal Communication
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Q1) Which of the following indirect strategies is a good way to protect privacy?
A) Tell a white lie.
B) Specifically state why you don't want to share something.
C) Share the information anyway to save face.
D) Stop talking to the person who is asking you to break your boundary.
Q2) Accommodating may be appropriate when the issue is not important, but the relationship is.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describing feelings involves ___________________________.
A) naming the emotion you are feeling
B) naming the emotion another person is feeling
C) paraphrasing another person's verbal communication
D) evaluating another person's behavior
Q4) People who behave aggressively ________________________.
A) give good reasons for their beliefs or feelings.
B) are generally nonjudgmental
C) avoid exaggerating for dramatic effect
D) lash out at people with little regard for their feelings
Q5) Why is it important to follow the guidelines of self-disclosure?
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Chapter 9: Communicating in Groups
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Q1) Identify and explain the major stages of group development and identify what stage this class is in right now. Justify and explain your answer using examples.
Q2) Even though the local swim team did not have a single record-holding swimmer on the team, members' combined efforts and talents helped the team to win the city's championship meet. This is an example of ____.
A) synergy
B) storming
C) groupthink
D) a support group
Q3) Define synergy. Then, give an example of a time that you experienced synergy in a group. Based on what you know about group cohesiveness and group effectiveness, describe why you think this group was able to achieve synergy. Be sure to use at least three terms from the text in your answer.
Q4) What can you do to avoid groupthink?
A) Discourage disagreement.
B) Avoid paraphrasing.
C) Use active listening skills.
D) Adhere closely to group nomrs.
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Chapter 10: Group Leadership and Problem Solving
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Q1) ________________ is a structured problem-solving discussion held by a group in front of an audience.
A) A panel discussion
B) A symposium
C) An oral brief.
D) An oral brief
Q2) The only person who needs to prepare for a meeting is the group leader.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Harmonizers intervene in group discussions when they perceive that conflict may harm group cohesiveness or individual relationships.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Questions of value ask the group to determine what is true or to what extent something is true.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify and explain three of the five shared leadership responsibilities discussed in your text.
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Chapter 11: Topic Selection and Development
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Q1) As a speaker determines the specific purpose/goal of a speech, his or her prime concern should be _____________________.
A) the response desired from the audience
B) the audience's knowledge of the speech topic
C) the nature of the speech topic
D) the audience's attitude toward the speech topic
Q2) Calvin is giving a speech in his public speaking class. He wants to know if his audience members (his classmates) smoke or not. However, he does not want to ask them if they do because he wants his speech topic to be a surprise and he's unsure if they'll answer honestly. Calvin could discover this information by __________________.
A) conducting a school-wide survey
B) asking a representative
C) informally observing them
D) receiving statistical data on the Internet
Q3) Your personal knowledge about a subject is _____________________.
A) largely irrelevant to speech preparation
B) too subjective to be used in a speech
C) a source for example and personal experiences
D) the only source material necessary for any public speaker
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Chapter 12: Organizing Your Speech
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Q1) A section transition ________________________________.
A) acts like a tour guide, leading the audience through the speech
B) repeats statements so they will be remembered
C) gives a speech a vividness they would not otherwise have D) conveys the main points of the speech
Q2) Karla starts her speech by saying, "Many of you know that I work closely with the AIDS Alliance agency in our city. You may also know that I am passionate about healthcare reform. What you may not know is that, like 33 million other people, I am living with AIDS." Karla's statement is an example of _______________________.
A) a thesis statement
B) a startling statement
C) an ineffective introduction
D) a joke
Q3) One goal of a conclusion is to __________________________.
A) put yourself at ease
B) summarize your main points
C) make the structure of the speech obvious
D) suggest to the audience that you have more to say
Q4) Briefly describe the four organizational patterns discussed in the text?
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Chapter 13: Presentational Aids
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Q1) Daria wants to show her audience where the kidneys, bladder, and liver are in the body. To do this most effectively she should use _________________.
A) a pie chart
B) a photograph
C) a slide show
D) a simple drawing
Q2) One guideline for the effective use of presentational aids in a speech is _________________________________.
A) the more presentational aids, the better
B) never use more than three presentational aids in a speech
C) use presentational aids to make points you don't have time to cover orally
D) make sure information is laid out in a way that is aesethetically pleasing
Q3) During her presentation on World War II, Samantha played excerpts from a number of old reel-to-reel tapes containing interviews with soldiers on the front line. These tapes are an example of a(n) ______________________.
A) presentational aid
B) visual aid
C) audio aid
D) audiovisual aid
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Chapter 14: Language
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Q1) Choosing specific language is easier when you have
A)a large vocabulary
B)credibility
C)common ground
D)a thesaurus of obscure terms
Q2) Sensory language refers to using precise words that clarify meaning by narrowing what is understood from a general category to a particular item or group within that category.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In order to effectively manage cultural differences, you should
A)demonstrate linguistic sensitivity
B)be especially careful when you are not speaking in your primary language
C)avoid marking
D)all of these
Q4) Give an example for each of the nine rhetorical figures and structures of speech discussed in the text (simile, metaphor, analogy, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, personification, repetition, and antithesis).
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Chapter 15: Delivery
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Q1) Systematic desensitization is designed to ______________________________.
A) help people learn skills to improve public anxiety
B) give students a chance to evaluate themselves
C) help students overcome physical symptoms of anxiety
D) give people a positive mental picture to focus on
Q2) In what phases of public speaking does the anxiety level gradually decreases?
A) Orientation phase
B) Performance phase
C) Anticipation phase
D) Adaptation phase
Q3) A good guideline for the use of presentational aids in a speech is to _______________________________.
A) the more presentational aids, the better
B) never use more than three presentational aids in a speech
C) use presentational aids to make points you don't have time to cover orally
D) reveal a presentational aid only when talking about it
Q4) Your book discusses three methods of speech delivery. Name and briefly describe each. Then give an example of when each method would be most appropriate.
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Chapter 16: Informative Speaking
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Q1) If in your informative speech on the Hope diamond you explained the size, shape, weight, and color of the diamond, you would be using a ___________________.
A) comparison and contrast
B) definition
C) narration
D) description
Q2) An informative speech about the effects of the women's movement on how women are portrayed in popular movies is an expository speech that explains
A) a theory, principle, or law
B) historical events and forces
C) political, economic, social, or religious influences
D) a creative work
Q3) Which of the following behaviors is most likely to produce a new creative approach to a speech?
A) Giving yourself enough time to learn about the topic and be creative.
B) Finishing your outline and sitting down for half an hour to be creative.
C) Not trying to be creative- letting it take care of itself.
D) Sticking with the firs idea that comes to you; it is usually the best.
Q4) What four guidelines that should be followed to build creativity?
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Chapter 17: Persuasive Speaking
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Q1) An audience that strongly agrees with your position _______________________________.
A) is inevitably not going to work for your speech
B) may require you to switch opinions and take the opposite side
C) should be asked to take action on the topic
D) will require you to provide in information to aid in understanding
Q2) Which organizational pattern is especially useful when the issue is not that a problem needs to be solved but whether the solution is a good one?
A) Motivated sequence
B) Problem-solution
C) Comparative advantages
D) Criteria satisfaction
Q3) A persuasive speech may attempt to change someone's _________________.
A) attitude
B) beliefs
C) actions
D) all of these
Q4) Describe the differences between inductive and deductive reasoning, and give an example of each.
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Chapter 18: Appendix- Interviewing
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Q1) When you answer a complex question with a single word answer, you might be misinterpreting an open question as a ____
A) closed-ended question
B) leading question
C) primary question
D) neutral question
Q2) Interviews are highly structured, meaning ________________________________.
A) the questions to be asked are determined ahead of time
B) they involve only facts, not opinions
C) they are the most formal kind of communication
D) they involve both verbal and nonverbal communication
Q3) Which of the following should not be done when conducting an interview?
A) confirm credentials
B) ask permission to record
C) listen carefully
D) let the interview go on as long as it needs to
Q4) Describe the steps in developing an interview protocol.
Q5) It is inappropriate to discuss salary or benefits during an interview.
A)True
B)False
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