Public Speaking Test Questions
Course Introduction
Public Speaking is a fundamental course designed to equip students with the skills and confidence needed to communicate effectively before an audience. The course covers essential elements such as speech organization, audience analysis, delivery techniques, and the use of visual aids. Students will learn to craft informative, persuasive, and special occasion speeches, while gaining hands-on experience through practice presentations and peer feedback. Emphasis is placed on overcoming speech anxiety, enhancing verbal and nonverbal communication, and developing critical listening skills, all of which are crucial for academic, professional, and personal success.
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Invitation to Human Communication 1st Edition by Cindy Griffin
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Chapter 1: Foundations of Communication
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Q1) The semantic triangle of meaning helps us understand the ways people use symbols and attaching meaning to those symbols.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Feedback consists solely of nonverbal signals given by the audience to the speaker.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Empathy is feeling sorry or pity for another.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Communication with other people that ranges from highly personal to the highly impersonal is called is called intrapersonal communication.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Communication, Perception, and the Self
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Q1) Individuals who are acutely aware of their self-expressions and identity management behaviors are called high self-monitors.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The factors that help determine which sensory data we will pay attention to include intensity and size, repetition, contrast, and personal motivation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) When we categorize people based on demographic characteristics such as age, sex, race, political or religious affiliation, occupation, socio-economic backgrounds, or sexual orientation, we tend to rely on stereotypes.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Nonverbal Communication
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Q1) People from polychronic cultures work on several tasks at once and view time as flexible.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) What is the correct order using touch in the least intimate to the most intimate relationships?
A)social/polite, friendship/warmth, functional/professional, love/intimacy, sexual arousal
B)friendship/warmth, social/polite, functional/professional, love/intimacy, sexual arousal
C)friendship/warmth, social/polite, love/intimacy, functional/professional, sexual arousal
D)functional/professional, social/polite, friendship/warmth, love/intimacy, sexual arousal
Answer: D
Q3) Technology does not influence our ability to understand nonverbal codes.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Communication
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Q1) Phonology refers to the meanings of specific words.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Denotative meanings are the literal, or commonly accepted, meaning of a word.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Dana often shares personal information about herself, asks questions about others' well-being, and invites others to participate during conversations.This is known as report talk.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Scientists, technicians, educators, and physicians often incorporate jargon when communicating with other members of the same profession.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Men interrupt conversations more often than women.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Language
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Q1) This type of interference occurs when people make the conversation about themselves instead of showing interest in the person who is talking.
A)stage hogging
B)defensive listening
C)insensitive listening
D)ambushing
Q2) Ana was talking to her roommate about a math lecture presented by an "Asian American professor." It is appropriate for Ana to highlight a person's race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, or physical disability in a conversation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Listening and hearing are not the same thing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Message accuracy is one of the forms of interference caused by language.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Interpersonal Communication
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Q1) Mark Knapp describes five phases that relationships go through when they begin to deteriorate.Which is the correct order for the process of relationship deterioration?
A)stagnating, differentiating, circumscribing, terminating, avoiding B)differentiating, circumscribing, stagnating, avoiding, and terminating
C)circumscribing, differentiating, stagnating, avoiding, terminating D)differentiating, stagnating, circumscribing, avoiding, terminating
Q2) Bill Rawlins developed a six-stage model of friendship to help explain the stages of our friendships.Which stage occurs when we begin to self-disclose in small amounts?
A)role-limited interaction
B)friendly relations
C)moves to friendship
D)nascent friendship
Q3) According to the Johari window, the __________ window consists of information that is yet to be discovered by you and others.
A)open
B)hidden
C)unknown
D)blind
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Chapter 7: Improving Interpersonal Communication and Relationships
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Q1) People who use a __________ style to manage conflict value cooperation and often approach a resolution by "meeting someone half-way."
A)conflict
B)avoiding
C)compromising
D)accommodating
Q2) How we choose to respond to conflict does not depend on our family of origin.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Gender roles, or the social expectations for how males and females should behave, have also been linked to conflict styles.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Recent research suggests that long-distance relationships eventually result in a deterioration of that relationship.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Communication in Groups
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Q1) Forums occur when messages or topics are posted online and individuals have an opportunity to post their individual responses and ideas to those original messages.
A)True
B)False
Q2) More males than females use the social media site Facebook.
A)True
B)False
Q3) This type of group consists of individuals who gather to meet the personal, communal, and collective needs of people.
A)task groups
B)growth/therapy groups
C)learning groups
D)social groups
Q4) Small groups usually consist of a minimum of __________ and a maximum of __________ people.
A)two; twenty
B)three; fifteen
C)five; twenty
D)There is no maximum number for a small group.
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Chapter 9: Leadership and Improving Communication in Groups and Teams
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Q1) When a group makes a decision by __________ it is allowing the leader or head of the group to make the final choice.
A)uncertainty avoidance
B)bullying
C)authority rule
D)accommodation
Q2) __________ leaders tell others what to do, give orders, and make the final decisions regarding how to act or what to do next.
A)Democratic
B)Laissez-faire
C)Transformative
D)Authoritarian
Q3) Workplace democracy and deliberation rely on __________.
A)shared values among the members of a group
B)organizational structures that support cooperation and encourage individual participation
C)fostering the development of individual talents and resources, as well as making appropriate use of those talents and resources
D)A, B, and C are correct
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Chapter 10: Developing Your Speech Topic and Purpose
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Q1) "To inform my audience about the __________" is an example of a __________.
A)general purpose statement
B)specific purpose statement
C)thesis statement
D)central idea
Q2) "Now that you understand how our childhood games teach us how to communicate as children, let's explore how childhood games influence the ways we communicate as adults." The underlined statements represent which type of connective?
A)internal previews
B)signposts
C)transitions
D)identifiers
Q3) Which of the following is not one of the types of connectives discussed in your textbook?
A)transitions
B)signposts
C)internal preview
D)identifiers
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Chapter 11: Gathering and Developing Supporting Materials
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Q1) Speakers sometimes also provide their own testimony-their own words and experiences as sources of evidence.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Guilt is a primary emotion.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The process of reasoning that uses specific instances, or examples, to make a claim about a general conclusion.
A)inductive reasoning
B)deductive reasoning
C)causal reasoning
D)analogical reasoning
Q4) __________ are the opinions or observations of others.
A)Examples
B)Narratives
C)Testimonies
D)Definitions
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Chapter 12: Delivering Your Speech
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Q1) Researchers suggest that between __________ percent and __________ percent of the total meaning of a message comes to us through nonverbal signals
A)twenty; fifty B)fifty; eighty-five C)sixty-five; ninety-three D)ninety; one hundred
Q2) This type of delivery style, one of the most challenging forms, uses a conversational style which is more formal than everyday conversation but remains spontaneous and relaxed.
A)impromptu
B)memorized
C)extemporaneous
D)manuscript
Q3) Since beginning public speakers do not always know what gestures will appear natural in a speech, they should try to repeat the same gesture throughout a speech.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Informative Speaking
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Q1) Speeches about objects are about anything that is tangible-that is, can be perceived by the senses.
A)True
B)False
Q2) It is not possible to present too little information in a speech causing the audience to be confused.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is not one of the organizational patterns for informative speeches?
A)multiple perspectives
B)chronological
C)topical
D)spatial
Q4) An informative speech communicates knowledge and understanding about a(n)
A)process or event
B)concept
C)place or person, an object
D)A, B, and C are correct
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Chapter 14: Persuasive Speaking
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Q1) What type of organizational pattern does Miles use in the following speech? "The problems of wildlife overpopulation, the spread of disease, and other negative consequences caused by feeding big-game wildlife can be solved by keeping food away from wild animals."
A)Monroe's motivated sequence
B)causal
C)problem-solution
D)problem-cause-solution
Q2) Which of the following is not a tip for giving an effective persuasive speech?
A)Be realistic about changing your audience's views.
B)Use your evidence fairly and strategically for the best results.
C)Use language that respectfully motivates your audience to change.
D)Expect to persuade all listeners.
Q3) A(n) __________ illustrates direction or motion.
A)organization chart
B)flow chart
C)ultrasound
D)graph
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Chapter 15: Invitational Speaking
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Q1) When speakers explore an issue, they develop that position by inviting the audience to see the issue from their perspective and return the gesture by asking to see the issue from the perspective of the audience.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Phrases such as "This is the right view because," "This solution is the best option because," and "Because of my experience, I know there is only one solution," are examples of using invitational language to communicate to your listeners that you value them and only are trying to explain your view and not impose it on others.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The two types of invitational speaking are to __________.
A)inform and persuade
B)inform and explore an issue
C)inform and articulate a position
D)explore an issue and articulate a position
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