WSC SPEECH FINAL EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
1. Why is it important to Different gestures mean different things in other cultures.
deeply understand the
culture of your audi-
ence?
2. Why is it important to You need to make sure you are being respectful to EVERYONE in your
avoid ethnocentrism? audience.
3. Why is it normal to be Your body is responding to a stressful situation and produces extra
nervous at the start of a adrenaline.
speech?
4. What is the main concept The process of communicating information to a live audience.
of public speaking?
5. Why do people use pub- To voice their opinions and influence others.
lic speaking?
6. What is your first respon- To question whether your speech goals are ethically sound.
sibility as a speaker?
7. What is it called when Patchwork Plagiarism
someone constructs a
speech out of lan-
guage from two or three
sources, without giving
the proper credit?
8. Why is it important to Public speaking rests on the unspoken assumption that "words can be
always be honest with trusted and people will be truthful", without this assumption there is no
your audience? reason to believe anything a speaker says.
9.
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, WSC SPEECH FINAL EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is the definition of Stealing an entire speech from one source and passing it off as one's
Global Plagiarism? own.
10. How many main points 2-4 main points.
should we listen for in a
speech?
11. What is the main reason People judge the speaker before they hear their speech.
people lose focus on a
speaker?
12. What is apprehensive lis- Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
tening?
13. What is critical listening? Listening to evaluate a message to accept or reject it.
14. Why is it important to Overall, being a good listener enhances your ability to connect with
develop strong listening others and succeed in many aspects of life, including speechmaking.
skills?
15. What is the difference Hearing is simply the act of perceiving sound while listening is the active
between hearing and lis- effort to understand and make sense of what we hear.
tening?
16. When giving your first Take note of your audience and how the speech will be relevant to them.
speech, what is the
most important thing
you need to take note of?
17. When focusing on devel- Avoid focusing on one topic TOO much.
oping your topic, what
should you avoid?
18.
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CORRECT Answers
1. Why is it important to Different gestures mean different things in other cultures.
deeply understand the
culture of your audi-
ence?
2. Why is it important to You need to make sure you are being respectful to EVERYONE in your
avoid ethnocentrism? audience.
3. Why is it normal to be Your body is responding to a stressful situation and produces extra
nervous at the start of a adrenaline.
speech?
4. What is the main concept The process of communicating information to a live audience.
of public speaking?
5. Why do people use pub- To voice their opinions and influence others.
lic speaking?
6. What is your first respon- To question whether your speech goals are ethically sound.
sibility as a speaker?
7. What is it called when Patchwork Plagiarism
someone constructs a
speech out of lan-
guage from two or three
sources, without giving
the proper credit?
8. Why is it important to Public speaking rests on the unspoken assumption that "words can be
always be honest with trusted and people will be truthful", without this assumption there is no
your audience? reason to believe anything a speaker says.
9.
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, WSC SPEECH FINAL EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is the definition of Stealing an entire speech from one source and passing it off as one's
Global Plagiarism? own.
10. How many main points 2-4 main points.
should we listen for in a
speech?
11. What is the main reason People judge the speaker before they hear their speech.
people lose focus on a
speaker?
12. What is apprehensive lis- Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
tening?
13. What is critical listening? Listening to evaluate a message to accept or reject it.
14. Why is it important to Overall, being a good listener enhances your ability to connect with
develop strong listening others and succeed in many aspects of life, including speechmaking.
skills?
15. What is the difference Hearing is simply the act of perceiving sound while listening is the active
between hearing and lis- effort to understand and make sense of what we hear.
tening?
16. When giving your first Take note of your audience and how the speech will be relevant to them.
speech, what is the
most important thing
you need to take note of?
17. When focusing on devel- Avoid focusing on one topic TOO much.
oping your topic, what
should you avoid?
18.
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