Question 1

Audio or video clips used during a speech should utilize at least 10 percent of your speaking time.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

It is important that everyone in the audience can see your visual aid.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Visual aids do not help the audience to remember the information.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

According to the textbook, using yourself as a visual aid is not an option.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Using presentational aids in a speech helps the audience retain information because they are able to both hear and see the information.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

If the object you want to use as a visual aid is too large, which visual aid type should you use instead?

Accepted Answer

Model

Question 7

You should avoid passing objects around the audience because _____.

Accepted Answer

the audience is likely to stop listening to you; they will be preoccupied

Question 8

When choosing an effective presentational aid, you should do which of the following?  1) make interesting information that the audience may find boring  2) aim for about one good aid per minute of speaking time  3)help the audience remember the main point  4) all of these options

Accepted Answer

4) all of these options

Question 9

Using bright colors such as red ___________.

Accepted Answer

helps to heighten information

Question 10

When using a visual aid, the speaker should always focus his or her attention on the _____.

Accepted Answer

audience

Question 11

Ideally, a pie chart should have two to five \"slices\" or wedges. If your chart has more than eight wedges, you should _____.  1) consolidate several of the less important wedges into the category \"other\"  2) break it up into more than one pie chart  3) make the pie chart bigger  4) make each wedge color very distinctive

Accepted Answer

1) consolidate several of the less important wedges into the category \"other\"

Question 12

All of the following reasons make inanimate objects good visual aids except _____.

Accepted Answer

They are easy to find

Question 13

Showing your class your high school basketball trophy and explaining how it represents your past is using which kind of visual aid?

Accepted Answer

actual object

Question 14

Which of the following emotions should be combined with relief to motivate audience members to be involved with your arguments?

Accepted Answer

fear

Question 15

When the support statements you use are events or instances of the claim you are making, you are arguing from

Accepted Answer

example

Question 16

You can convey competence and credibility by _____________.

Accepted Answer

using nonverbal elements of delivery, establishing common ground, and using evidence from respected sources.

Question 17

The use of strategies employed throughout the speech that signal a speaker\'s expertise can help the speaker achieve ___________ credibility.

Accepted Answer

derived

Question 18

A claim is ____.

Accepted Answer

a proposition or conclusion to be proven.

Question 19

The general warrant for reasoning from sign can be stated that _______.

Accepted Answer

when phenomena that usually accompany a specific instance occur, then we can expect that specific situation to occur

Question 20

A speaker should use the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) to develop persuasive speeches because it can be used ____________.

Accepted Answer

to understand how people process persuasive messages

Question 21

The Elaboration Likelihood Model suggests that people process information using the _____ when the issue is more important to them.

Accepted Answer

central route

Question 22

The means of persuasion in which you construct logical arguments that support your point of view is called _________.

Accepted Answer

logos

Question 23

Aristotle suggested that one way to persuade an audience is through _____, or emotional appeals.

Accepted Answer

Pathos

Question 24

Arguing from example includes citing events that have occurred that result in the claim.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 25

Ad hominem arguments attack or praise the person making the argument rather than addressing the argument itself.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 26

The fallacy of reasoning that occurs when a speaker weakens the opposing position by misrepresenting it and then attacks that weaker position is the false cause fallacy.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

Audiences do not assess your physical appearance in developing its initial judgment about your credibility.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

Good examples and anecdotes transcend cultural boundaries.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

The most most up-to-date information will come from print resources, particularly articles in periodicals.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Failure to cite sources is unethical.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

One means of conducting research for a speech is to view an artifact at a local museum that is relevant to your speech.

Accepted Answer

Oral Footnotes

Question 32

For a speech on participation of college age students in elections for President, a speaker is in need of information such as voting age population, resident population voting age, percent reporting registered, and percent reporting voted. What is the best source for obtaining this information?

Accepted Answer

Statistical Sources

Question 33

Asking an interviewee \"Any attempt to improve community recycling efforts is a waste of time, isn\'t it?\" is an example of a(n) _________ question.

Accepted Answer

Leading

Question 34

During Mia\'s interview of the mayor on his thoughts about the upcoming city council election, she used ____________________ such as \"and then?\" and \"what else?\" to probe for more answers.

Accepted Answer

Secondary Questions

Question 35

The key to using both stories and quotations in a speech is to make sure __________.

Accepted Answer

They directly reinforce the point of the speech.

Question 36

Telling a joke during your introduction has no risk associated with it.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

The two standard methods for organizing a source list are alphabetically and chronologically.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

The audience\'s physical presence guarantees that its members will listen to the speech.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 39

All personal references told during the introduction should be actual, not hypothetical.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

A speech\'s introductory remarks need to establish ethos to be successful.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

An introduction is generally about _______ percent of the length of the entire speech.

Accepted Answer

10

Question 42

Speakers ask rhetorical questions in order to ______________.

Accepted Answer

Produce a mental response in audience members

Question 43

To complete the formal outline of your speech, which of the following is NOT necessary?

Accepted Answer

Create a Title

Question 44

A good title will do all of the following EXCEPT _______________.   1) attract the audience  2) build interest   3) preview the content  4) introduce the main points

Accepted Answer

4) Introduce the main points

Question 45

Travis decided to use a shocking statistic during his introduction in order to grab his listeners\' attention. He was using the __________ technique for getting his audience\'s attention.

Accepted Answer

Startling Statement

Question 46

Identify the type of argument used in the following example.  Seth received an XBox 360 video game system for his birthday in February. Before he received the system, he was receiving a B+ in Public Speaking; however, as the semester proceeded, his grade proceeded to drop. During that same time, he also began and continued to enjoy his birthday present. His parents argue that the D+ he received in Public Speaking at the end of the semester was brought about by his XBox.

Accepted Answer

Cause

Question 47

Identify the type of argumentation being used in the following example.   Each year, industry pumps millions of carbon dioxide particles into the atmosphere. Polar ice cores as well as a rise in recent annual temperatures indicate that higher carbon dioxide emissions are associated with global warming. The United States government must reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Accepted Answer

Sign

Question 48

Identify the type of argument used in the following example.  Televisions first began to be commonly owned by most American families in the 1950s. Since the early 1950s, violent crime, suicide, and teenage pregnancy have all markedly increased. Television has caused the increase in these social problems.

Accepted Answer

cause

Question 49

Identify the type of argument used in the following example.  Rock and roll is a music form that glorifies evil and violent, deviant behavior by young people. The most recent Slayer and Megadeth albums include devil worshiping, women degrading, and sexually explicit, violent lyrics.

Accepted Answer

example

Question 50

Identify which type of argument is used in the following example.   The American Sociological Review of 1959 reported \"One of all woman\'s most natural attributes is the care of children. Since the ill and infirm resemble children in being physically weak and helpless as well as psychologically dependent and repressed, women are especially qualified to care for the sick.

Accepted Answer

analogy

Question 51

Identify the type of argumentation being used in the following example:   When purchasing a vehicle, people want to get the best buy for their money. Because the Ford Mustang is a highly economical car, as evidenced by low depreciation value and high gas mileage, this is a good car to purchase for almost anyone.

Accepted Answer

sign

Question 52

A proposition of policy is a statement designed to convince your audience that they should take a specific course of action.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 53

If a neutral audience is uninformed about your topic, you need to provide basic information before you try to persuade them.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 54

The problem-solution organizational pattern usually has three main points.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 55

A criteria satisfaction framework helps to organize main points by challenging opposing arguments.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 56

A proposition of fact is a statement designed to convince your audience that something is good, bad, desirable, undesirable, sound, beneficial, important, or unimportant.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 57

Which of the following is a statement designed to convince your audience that something did or did not exist or occur, is or is not true, or will or will not occur?

Accepted Answer

Proposition of fact

Question 58

A proposition of policy is framed primarily using the words _________________.

Accepted Answer

should/should not

Question 59

The statement \"I want to convince the audience that a manned flight to Mars is possible\" is an example of a ____.

Accepted Answer

proposition of fact

Question 60

If your target audience is neutral because they do not know enough about the topic to have formed an opinion, they are ____.

Accepted Answer

uninformed

Question 61

If your speech goal is to convince the audience that they should register to vote, your position will be indicated by a _______________.

Accepted Answer

proposition of policy

Question 62

When facing an audience that is opposed to your perspective, you should seek ____, or movement of small degrees in your direction.

Accepted Answer

incremental change

Question 63

The organizational framework that shows that one of two or more alternatives is best is the ____ framework.

Accepted Answer

comparative advantages

Question 64

The organizational framework that combines problem-solution with explicit appeals to motivate the audience is called ____ framework.

Accepted Answer

motivated sequence

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