SPCH 1311 Final Exam Review(latest
update)questions with answers
Extemporaneous Speech - correct answer ✔✔A speech that is researched and planned ahead of time,
although the exact wording is not scripted and will vary from presentation to presentation.
Impromptu Speech - correct answer ✔✔A speech that is delivered with only seconds or minutes of
advance notice before preparation.
Conversational Quality - correct answer ✔✔A question asked to determine or judge whether something
is right, moral, good, or just.
artifact speech - correct answer ✔✔speech where you share an item or group of items that, if found
years from now by an archaeologist excavating your home, would accurately highlight your life
High Context - correct answer ✔✔Cultures in which much of a speaker's message is understood from the
context.
Low Context - correct answer ✔✔Cultures in which speakers use words to convey most of the meaning;
Verbal messages are direct, specific, and detailed.
Individualism - correct answer ✔✔Cultures that value personal rights and responsibilities, privacy,
voicing one's opinion, freedom, innovation, and self-expression.
Collectivist Culture - correct answer ✔✔Cultures that value community, collaboration, shared interests,
harmony, the public good, and avoiding embarrassment.
High Power Distance - correct answer ✔✔Cultures that view unequal power distribution as normal.
, Low Power Distance - correct answer ✔✔Cultures in which members prefer power to be more equally
distributed.
High Uncertainty Avoidance - correct answer ✔✔Cultures with a low tolerance for uncertainty and a
high need to control unpredictable people, relationships, or events.
Low Uncertainty Avoidance - correct answer ✔✔Cultures that tolerate uncertainty and are less driven to
control unpredictable people, relationships, or events.
Encoding - correct answer ✔✔The process of putting our thoughts and feelings into words and
nonverbal behavior.
Decoding - correct answer ✔✔The process of interpreting another's message.
Feedback - correct answer ✔✔Reactions and responses to messages.
Denotation - correct answer ✔✔The direct, explicit meaning of a word found in the dictionary of a
language community
Conotation - correct answer ✔✔Feelings or evaluations associated with a word.
Speaker Credability - correct answer ✔✔The confidence an audience places in the truthfulness of what a
speaker says.
Interference (Noise)- - correct answer ✔✔any stimulus that interferes with the process of sharing
meaning.
External Noise - correct answer ✔✔Sights, sounds, and other stimuli that draw people's attention away
from the message.
Internal Noise - correct answer ✔✔Thoughts and feelings that compete for attention and interfere with
the communication process.
update)questions with answers
Extemporaneous Speech - correct answer ✔✔A speech that is researched and planned ahead of time,
although the exact wording is not scripted and will vary from presentation to presentation.
Impromptu Speech - correct answer ✔✔A speech that is delivered with only seconds or minutes of
advance notice before preparation.
Conversational Quality - correct answer ✔✔A question asked to determine or judge whether something
is right, moral, good, or just.
artifact speech - correct answer ✔✔speech where you share an item or group of items that, if found
years from now by an archaeologist excavating your home, would accurately highlight your life
High Context - correct answer ✔✔Cultures in which much of a speaker's message is understood from the
context.
Low Context - correct answer ✔✔Cultures in which speakers use words to convey most of the meaning;
Verbal messages are direct, specific, and detailed.
Individualism - correct answer ✔✔Cultures that value personal rights and responsibilities, privacy,
voicing one's opinion, freedom, innovation, and self-expression.
Collectivist Culture - correct answer ✔✔Cultures that value community, collaboration, shared interests,
harmony, the public good, and avoiding embarrassment.
High Power Distance - correct answer ✔✔Cultures that view unequal power distribution as normal.
, Low Power Distance - correct answer ✔✔Cultures in which members prefer power to be more equally
distributed.
High Uncertainty Avoidance - correct answer ✔✔Cultures with a low tolerance for uncertainty and a
high need to control unpredictable people, relationships, or events.
Low Uncertainty Avoidance - correct answer ✔✔Cultures that tolerate uncertainty and are less driven to
control unpredictable people, relationships, or events.
Encoding - correct answer ✔✔The process of putting our thoughts and feelings into words and
nonverbal behavior.
Decoding - correct answer ✔✔The process of interpreting another's message.
Feedback - correct answer ✔✔Reactions and responses to messages.
Denotation - correct answer ✔✔The direct, explicit meaning of a word found in the dictionary of a
language community
Conotation - correct answer ✔✔Feelings or evaluations associated with a word.
Speaker Credability - correct answer ✔✔The confidence an audience places in the truthfulness of what a
speaker says.
Interference (Noise)- - correct answer ✔✔any stimulus that interferes with the process of sharing
meaning.
External Noise - correct answer ✔✔Sights, sounds, and other stimuli that draw people's attention away
from the message.
Internal Noise - correct answer ✔✔Thoughts and feelings that compete for attention and interfere with
the communication process.
