COM 1100 MidTerm Exam Spring 2022
When speakers use strategic planning, the first thing they do is to _______________ .
Identify their goals
Effective communication skills are highly valued by employers because _______________ .
Public speaking is becoming a larger part of corporate life
Public messages are increasingly complex, and effective interpretation is difficult
Our economy is increasingly dependent on information communicated effectively
Interviewers like to have good conversations with interviewees
Wrong Answer: Public speaking is becoming a larger part of corporate life
Public speaking is a communication process that can best be described as a(n)
_______________ .
Continuous exchange of messages and signals between the speaker and the listeners
Jeremy noticed that many of his audience members were nodding their heads in agreement
when he said that property taxes were too high. The audience response is a form of
_______________ .
Feedback
What is the term for the study of how messages affect people?
Rhetoric
During her speech on changing general education requirements at the university, Mollie made it
a point to discuss the need for gainful employment, a concern she shared with her audience. By
doing so, Mollie was attempting to _______________ .
Establish identification
In public speaking, what is an exigence?
A problem that cannot be avoided
, What are the three basic purposes for public speaking?
Entertaining, persuading, informing
The tendency to believe that your own views are typical of everyone else's is known as
_______________ .
Ethnocentrism
If you devote your entire speech to what listeners already know, how have you failed to show
respect for your listeners?
You insulted listeners' intelligence or judgment.
The purpose of a speech is your goal for the speech, or the _______________ .
Main idea of the speech
Which of these can Jessica use as a suitable thesis statement for her speech on cell phones?
Cell phones have transformed our social lives.
Two important goals for any speech are _______________ .
A clear message and positive ethos
Ethos refers to which aspect of a speech?
Listeners' perception of the speaker's character
The speaker's ability to evoke emotions from the audience is known as _______________ .
Pathos
What are the three parts of every speech?
The introduction, the body, and the conclusion
Johan created a chart to use during his speech that compared how many automobiles in the
United States ran on gas and how many were electric. What form of supporting material is
Johan using?
Data
When speakers use strategic planning, the first thing they do is to _______________ .
Identify their goals
Effective communication skills are highly valued by employers because _______________ .
Public speaking is becoming a larger part of corporate life
Public messages are increasingly complex, and effective interpretation is difficult
Our economy is increasingly dependent on information communicated effectively
Interviewers like to have good conversations with interviewees
Wrong Answer: Public speaking is becoming a larger part of corporate life
Public speaking is a communication process that can best be described as a(n)
_______________ .
Continuous exchange of messages and signals between the speaker and the listeners
Jeremy noticed that many of his audience members were nodding their heads in agreement
when he said that property taxes were too high. The audience response is a form of
_______________ .
Feedback
What is the term for the study of how messages affect people?
Rhetoric
During her speech on changing general education requirements at the university, Mollie made it
a point to discuss the need for gainful employment, a concern she shared with her audience. By
doing so, Mollie was attempting to _______________ .
Establish identification
In public speaking, what is an exigence?
A problem that cannot be avoided
, What are the three basic purposes for public speaking?
Entertaining, persuading, informing
The tendency to believe that your own views are typical of everyone else's is known as
_______________ .
Ethnocentrism
If you devote your entire speech to what listeners already know, how have you failed to show
respect for your listeners?
You insulted listeners' intelligence or judgment.
The purpose of a speech is your goal for the speech, or the _______________ .
Main idea of the speech
Which of these can Jessica use as a suitable thesis statement for her speech on cell phones?
Cell phones have transformed our social lives.
Two important goals for any speech are _______________ .
A clear message and positive ethos
Ethos refers to which aspect of a speech?
Listeners' perception of the speaker's character
The speaker's ability to evoke emotions from the audience is known as _______________ .
Pathos
What are the three parts of every speech?
The introduction, the body, and the conclusion
Johan created a chart to use during his speech that compared how many automobiles in the
United States ran on gas and how many were electric. What form of supporting material is
Johan using?
Data
