Public Speaking Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Public Speaking is a foundational course designed to develop students' oral communication skills, confidence, and effectiveness when presenting ideas to an audience. Through a combination of theory and practice, students learn the principles of speech organization, audience analysis, vocal delivery, and nonverbal communication. The course includes opportunities to research topics, construct logical arguments, and deliver both prepared and impromptu speeches in a supportive environment. Emphasis is placed on managing public speaking anxiety, adapting messages for different contexts, and providing constructive feedback to peers.
Recommended Textbook COMM3 3rd Edition by Rudolph F. Verderber
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Chapter 1: Communication Perspectives
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Q1) What is competent communication in one culture may not be competent in another culture.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The main role of feedback is to avoid semantic noise.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Competent communication depends on _______________.
A) having a friendly personality
B) learning how to give strong feedback
C) credibility and social ease
D) avoiding noise
Answer: C
Q4) 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) How does self-concept affect communication?
A) Self-concept affect who becomes friends with.
B) Self-concept affects how we interact with others.
C) Self-concept affects how comfortable we are in communication interactions
D) All of these
Answer: D
Q2) Lila and Sherin are sitting in their dorm room while Sherin flips through her notes. "I'm totally going to fail this math test tomorrow," Sherin says. The next day, Sherin takes her test and learns that she failed it. Her performance on the test is an example of ____
A) incongruence
B) filtering messages
C) halo effect
D) self-fulfilling prophecy
Answer: D
Q3) A person's culture has very little influence on the perception process.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Intercultural Communication
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Q1) Altruism means being insensitive to cultural differences.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Intercultural empathy is ____________________________.
A) feeling sympathy with someone's culture
B) the power that a listener has over a speaker.
C) being careful to avoid the risk of hurting the other person
D) imagining yourself in the other person's cultural world so as to experience what he or she is experiencing
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Answer: D
Q3) If you come from a culture characterized as having high power distance, ____
A) you believe there should be opportunities to attain powerful positions in society
B) you believe that power corrupts
C) inequalities in power, status, and rank are viewed as natural
D) individuals are expected to downplay differences in power, status, and rank
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Verbal Messages
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Q1) You have prepared a speech about HIV and AIDS for what you have been told is a group of people in their mid-20s who have been taking training courses about infectious diseases. Your main points are: (1) HIV is a highly infections virus; (2) HIV is contracted primarily through sharing of needles, blood transfusions, and unprotected sex; (3) Millions of people die each year from AIDS or AIDS-related illnesses; (4) We can reduce the HIV/AIDS epidemic by educating people on how to reduce their risk factors and encouraging people to get tested regularly. When you arrive, you see that the audience members are about 10 and 11 years old. How would you adjust your speech to be linguistically sensitive? Be sure to note at least two specific ways the text notes that one should be linguistically sensitive, and use specific examples.
Q2) Concrete words are sense-related. We use concrete words to describe what we can see, smell, touch, hear, or taste.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following statements are true about slang?
A) Slang is never appropriate communication
B) Slang is primarily used by teenagers.
C) Slang should be used only when the meaning will be clear.
D) Slang is an example of vivid language.
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Chapter 5: Nonverbal Messages
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Q1) When we know we want to be at a dinner party on time, we are operating under polychronic time orientation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What of the following statements is true about nonverbal messages?
A) Nonverbal messages occur less often than verbal messages.
B) Nonverbal messages are more emotionally powerful than verbal messages.
C) Nonverbal messages are less trustworthy than verbal messages.
D) Nonverbal messages are less important than verbal messages.
Q3) Stereotypes about masculine voices hold that they are ____________________.
A) high-pitched and less expressive
B) more expressive and low-pitched
C) low-pitched and loud
D) softer in volume with low intonation
Q4) Identify and discuss some challenges that individuals from various cultures may have to face when focusing on nonverbal communication behaviors. Explain how these individuals might apply the tips for interpreting nonverbal messages to improve their chances of successful communication.
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Chapter 6: Listening
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Q1) Your friend approaches you and tells you that he is really upset because he has applied for several jobs and has had a couple of interviews, but cannot get a job. He's worried about the future. Write a supportive response to your friend and provide him with several suggestions as to what to do next.
Q2) Attending is the process of receiving, constructing meaning from, and responding to spoken or nonverbal messages.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Feedback cues include all of the following except _________________.
A) nodding
B) checking your cellphone
C) frowning
D) saying "huh?"
Q4) Mnemonic devices are _____________________________________.
A) skills used to develop supporting material for a message
B) acts of inference
C) techniques used to aid the memory
D) vocabulary-building techniques
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Chapter 7: Interpersonal Relationships
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Q1) Partners ____ by putting their needs or desires on hold to attend to the needs of their partner or the relationship.
A) surrender
B) forfeit
C) forgo
D) none of these
Q2) Jocelyn is one of Violet's Facebook friends. They went to high school together but never saw each other outside of school. When Facebook reminds Jocelyn that it's Violet's birthday, she writes "Happy Birthday!" on her wall, but they do not communicate otherwise. Jocelyn and Violet are ___________________.
A) acquaintances
B) friends
C) close friends
D) intimates
Q3) Topical segmentation is the most effective way to manage relationship dialectics.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Interpersonal Communication
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Q1) Which statement about masking feelings is true?
A) Masking feelings is always physically debilitating, even if you do only occasionally.
B) Masking feelings is never appropriate.
C) Masking feelings may be appropriate in certain situations.
D) There is no harm in masking feelings.
Q2) Telling a white lie can be an effective way to assert privacy.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When, if ever, is it appropriate to use the avoiding, accommodating, or forcing styles for managing conflict? Give an example of when each of these styles might be appropriate.
Q4) What should you do to offer constructive criticism?
A) State your critique and realize that it's up to the to the listener to understand that it's constructive.
B) Explain to the listener that even if s/he doesn't want criticism, s/he needs it.
C) Preface the criticism with an affirming statement.
D) Always give advice.
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) Groupthink is necessary in order for a group to be productive.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following statements about support groups is accurate?
A) Having group goals is the most important thing.
B) These groups center around a shared hobby.
C) Members must feel safe do disclose personal information.
D) They do not have group goals.
Q3) What makes a work group different from a simple aggregation of coworkers?
A) Groups are larger than aggregations of coworkers.
B) Groups have goals.
C) Groups always have similar members.
D) Groups engage in communication and aggregations of coworkers do not.
Q4) Synergy is
A) the combination of factual factors that create less energy than was initially predicted
B) the multiplying force of a group of individuals working together.
C) the contextual situation that allows for group dynamics
D) an over-reliance on group norms
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Chapter 10: Group Leadership and Problem Solving
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Q1) What should a participant do after a meeting?
A) Review decisions
B) Read and summarize notes
C) Communicate progress
D) All of these
Q2) Those who provide content for discussion are called information or opinion givers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Questions of value ask the group to determine what is true or to what extent something is true.
A)True
B)False
Q4) After a meeting, a group leader should _______________________________.
A) evaluate the effectiveness of each group member and communicate this to them
B) wait until the note-taker has distributed the minutes to everyone before discussing the meeting outcomes
C) review the decisions group members made and ask them to justify their choices
D) prepare and distribute a meeting summary
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Chapter 11: Topic Selection and Development
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Q1) Discuss the positive and negative aspects of using quotations within a speech.
Q2) For a ten-minute informative speech, a specific goal on the topic of juvenile crime is best written as ________________.
A) Juvenile Crime: A Disgrace
B) What are the causes of juvenile crime?
C) To persuade you that juvenile crime is decreasing
D) I want my audience to understand the causes of juvenile crime
Q3) One way to get information about a prospective audience is by __________________________.
A) conducting a formal study
B) contacting a representative or group contact
C) relying on stereotypes
D) Sizing up the audience during the presentation
Q4) If you referred to a football team's defensive line by saying, "Our line is like a stone wall," you would be using a(n) ______________.
A) comparison
B) anecdote
C) contrast
D) hypothetical example
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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) Identify and briefly explain the functions of a speech introduction.
Q3) The organizational pattern you choose will determine the order of your main points.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A clincher that describes the behavior that you want your listeners to follow after they have heard your arguments is called a(n) ___________________.
A) illustration
B) appeal to action
C) challenge
D) summary
Q5) One of the goals of the introduction is to establish credibility. A)True B)False
Q6) Briefly describe the four organizational patterns discussed in the text?
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Chapter 13: Presentational Aids
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Q1) A flip chart is _________________________.
A) a series of graphs in a binder
B) a projection that can be flipped from one section to another C) a large pad of paper mounted on an easel
D) a series of directions
Q2) You are giving a speech about Hurricane Sandy. Give an example of how you could effectively use each of these in a speech: (1) a bar graph, (2) a pie chart, (3) photographs, (4) an audio recording. (You may use sample numbers to explain, if needed). Then explain which of the four you would choose if you could only use one and why you would choose that presentation aid.
Q3) Whiteboards and chalkboards are different from other presentational aids discussed in the chapter because ________________________.
A) they are a staple of every college classroom
B) you cannot overuse them
C) you don't need to talk about them
D) they are three-dimensional
Q4) What are some of the disadvantages of passing presentational aids around to all audience members? What are two alternatives to passing around visual aids
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Chapter 14: Language
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Q1) Information that may have a physical, economic, or psychological impact on audience members should be avoided.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ___________________ is a direct comparison of dissimilar things.
A)Analogy
B)Repetition
C)Simile
D)Metaphor
Q3) Talking about common experiences will ________________________________.
A)cause the audience to disrespect the speaker
B)make the speech boring
C)cause the audience to interrupt the speech
D)allow the audience to identify with the speaker
Q4) Establishing relevance can be done ______________________.
A)just in the introduction of the speech
B)only in technical topics
C)by showing the audience how the information relates to them personally
D)when the audience has a lot of time on their hands
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Chapter 15: Delivery
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Q1) When you practice a speech, _________________________________________.
A) you should concentrate on delivery, not on content on speech organization
B) you should read from your outline
C) you should mull over the ideas in your head
D) you should rehearse out loud to clarify thought
Q2) Discuss the three phases of public speaking apprehension. Which of the three have you experienced? Which is the most difficult for you to cope with?
Q3) Varying your pitch means ______________________________.
A) talking faster at times, slower at others.
B) talking louder at times, softer at others
C) talking higher at times, lower at others
D) talking gently at times, harshly at others
Q4) All of the following are good guidelines for adapting to your audience, except ________________________.
A) being prepared to use alternative developmental material
B) responding to audience feedback only after you've concluded your speech
C) correcting yourself when you misspeak
D) maintaining your composure if something unexpected happens
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Chapter 16: Informative Speaking
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Q1) ________________ is a method of informing that recounts a story of an event, a person's life, or some other account.
A) A narration
B) A demonstration
C) A definition
D) A comparison and contrast
Q2) Creativity is a gift that some people have and others don't.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The derivation or history of a particular word is called its
A) topography
B) anthropology
C) dialectic
D) etymology
Q4) List and describe three of the four major types of expository speeches and provide an example of two topics for each type of speech.
Q5) What four guidelines that should be followed to build creativity?
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Chapter 17: Persuasive Speaking
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Q1) If you support the proposition that "recycling rates have gone down on campus" by saying, "Students have been using recycling bins as trash containers," you would be
A) arguing from analogy
B) arguing from causation
C) arguing from example
D) arguing from sign
Q2) Dorri presents two solutions to a problem as if they are the only options when there are really many choices. Dorri is engaging in the ____ fallacy.
A) straw person
B) comparative advantage
C) ad hominem
D) either/or
Q3) The motivated sequence pattern consists of all but the following steps:
A) visualization
B) action appeal
C) justification
D) satisfaction
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Chapter 18: Appendix- Interviewing
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Q1) When being interviewed, you should ________________________.
A) immediately ask about salary and benefits
B) answer questions quickly, as the interviewer has a limited amount of time
C) make sure you answer all questions with as much detail as possible
D) be enthusiastic and ask questions
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) It is a bad idea to use e-mail to send resumes and cover letters.
A)True B)False
Q4) What is the difference between open-ended questions and closed-ended questions? Why would an employer choose to use one or another?
Q5) It is inappropriate to discuss salary or benefits during an interview. A)True B)False
Q6) Describe the steps in developing an interview protocol.
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