IVY TECH EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉Stage fright . Answer: Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in
front of an audience.
◉Topical order . Answer: A method of speech organization in which
the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.
◉Peer testimony . Answer: Testimony from ordinary people with
firsthand experience or insight on a topic.
◉Ethics . Answer: The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of
right and wrong human affairs.
◉Brief Examples . Answer: Specific case referred to in passing to
illiterate for a speech.
◉Research interview . Answer: An interview conducted to gather
information for a speech.
, ◉Academic Data Base . Answer: A database that catalogs articles from
scholarly journals.
◉global plagiarism . Answer: stealing a speech entirely from a single
source and passing it off as one's own
◉audience-centeredness . Answer: keeping the audience foremost in
mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation
◉opened questions . Answer: questions that allow respondents to
answer however they want.
◉residual message . Answer: what a speaker wants the audience to
remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech
◉ice breaker speech . Answer: a speech early in the term designed to
get students speaking in front of the class as soon as possible
◉cluster method . Answer: Grouping patients with similar problems or
needs
◉empathic listening . Answer: listening to provide emotional support
for a speaker
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉Stage fright . Answer: Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in
front of an audience.
◉Topical order . Answer: A method of speech organization in which
the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.
◉Peer testimony . Answer: Testimony from ordinary people with
firsthand experience or insight on a topic.
◉Ethics . Answer: The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of
right and wrong human affairs.
◉Brief Examples . Answer: Specific case referred to in passing to
illiterate for a speech.
◉Research interview . Answer: An interview conducted to gather
information for a speech.
, ◉Academic Data Base . Answer: A database that catalogs articles from
scholarly journals.
◉global plagiarism . Answer: stealing a speech entirely from a single
source and passing it off as one's own
◉audience-centeredness . Answer: keeping the audience foremost in
mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation
◉opened questions . Answer: questions that allow respondents to
answer however they want.
◉residual message . Answer: what a speaker wants the audience to
remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech
◉ice breaker speech . Answer: a speech early in the term designed to
get students speaking in front of the class as soon as possible
◉cluster method . Answer: Grouping patients with similar problems or
needs
◉empathic listening . Answer: listening to provide emotional support
for a speaker
