Q1. Which two speech purposes rely primarily on informative strategies?
a. agenda setting and providing new information or perspective
b. strengthening commitment and weakening commitment
c. describing and explaining
d. converting and inducing action
e. creating positive and negative feelings
Q2. Inducing a specific action is sometimes difficult because inertia discourages listeners from moving from attitude to action.
a. true
b. false
Q3. Selective influence can be prompted by which two conditions?
a. compartmentalization and belittling
b. boomerang effect and polysemy
c. consciousness raising and refutation
d. ethos and pathos
e. resonance and decorum
Q4. When Drew gave the toast at his best friend's wedding reception, he failed to notice the shocked looks as he told some off-color stories about the happy couple's dating life. What quality of decorum did Drew violate in this example?
a. the toast was too long
b. the toast did not reflect the speaker's feelings
c. the audience did not like the speaker
d. the speech was too informal for the occasion
e. the emotions were too intense for the listeners
Q5. Creating a sense of presence for particular ideas and values is an important element of ________ speaking.
a. ceremonial
b. deliberative
c. public
d. forensic
e. informative
Q6. Explanations should begin simply and build toward greater complexity.
a. true
b. false
Q7. Listeners resist persuasion quite often because change is too much trouble.
a. true
b. false
Q8. The informative strategy of ________ goes beyond reporting, providing listeners with a deeper understanding of events, people, policies, or processes.
a. describing
b. defining
c. demonstrating
d. explaining
e. detailing
Q9. Deliberative speaking uses the strategies of both informing and persuading.
a. true
b. false
Q10. ________ is an informative strategy designed to clarify a term or concept that is vague or troublesome.
a. Defining
b. Refining
c. Reporting
d. Explaining
e. Describing
Q11. Pep talks and after dinner speeches are of similar types because both pose challenges to the audience.
a. true
b. false
Q12. When using computer-generated visual aids, a speaker should always rehearse the presentation on the equipment he or she will be using for the actual presentation.
a. true
b. false
Q13. Speeches aimed at persuading listeners to change their minds or take action require only persuasive goals, while strengthening and weakening commitment employ both informative and persuasive strategies.
a. true
b. false
Q14. What element is essential to the effectiveness of both roasts and after-dinner speeches?
a. the effective use of humor
b. the speaker's balance of forensic and epideictic speaking
c. the brevity of the speech
d. the focus on deliberative goals
e. the speaker's delivery
Q15. Forensic speaking is commonly used in a court of law and is concerned with the question, 'What shall we do?'
a. true
b. false
Q16. Animals can be very effective visual aids because they hold the audience's interest more than inanimate objects.
a. true
b. false
Q17. Graphs are visual aids showing how variables are related to each other.
a. true
b. false
Q18. Polysemy is an obstacle to persuasion related to the fact that different listeners interpret the same message in different ways.
a. true
b. false
Q19. 'Epideictic' is another word for ________ speaking.
a. deliberative
b. forensic
c. ceremonial
d. epideictic
e. epicurean
Q20. Which of the following is an example of the strategy of demonstrating?
a. The speaker tells the audience about the events surrounding a political debate on campus.
b. The speaker shows the audience how to perform CPR.
c. The speaker clarifies the similarities and differences between censorship and rating systems.
d. The speaker clarifies the events surrounding the Watergate break-in and their impact on modern U.S. politics.
e. The speaker provides vivid details of the patriotic actions of the soldiers who fought the Battle of the Bulge.
Q21. When a pitchman on an infomercial holds up the product he is selling, what type of visual aid is he using?
a. people
b. an object
c. a representation
d. a model
e. a visual display
Q22. Which of the following elements is essential to a speech presenting an award?
a. praise for the runners-up for the award
b. recognition of the recipient's fitness to receive the award
c. an explanation of the importance of the award
d. praise for the runners-up for the award and recognition of the recipient's fitness to receive the award
e. recognition of the recipient's fitness to receive the award and an explanation of the importance of the award
Q23. Which of the following speeches reflects the strategy of explaining?
a. The speaker tells the audience about the events surrounding a political debate on campus.
b. The speaker shows the audience how to perform CPR.
c. The speaker clarifies the similarities and differences between censorship and rating systems.
d. The speaker clarifies the events surrounding the Watergate break-in and their impact on modern U.S. politics.
e. The speaker provides vivid details of the patriotic actions of the soldiers who fought the Battle of the Bulge.
Q24. Speakers advocating unpopular positions do not have the luxury of establishing identification with the audience.
a. true
b. false
Q25. The more elaborate, colorful, and complex your visual aids are, the more impressed your listeners will be and the more your ethos will increase.
a. true
b. false