COMM 101 - LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE 2025/2026
Why we should study public speaking? - Answers Oral communication skills are the number one
skill employers look for today
Parts of the communication model - Answers source, sender, message, channel, receiver, noise,
feedback
Types of communication models - Answers linear, interactive, transactional
The speech process (Five Cannons of Rhetoric) - Answers Invention, Arrangement, Style,
memory, Delivery
audience analysis - Answers Learning about the diverse characteristics of the people who make
up the audience
demographic audience analysis - Answers audience analysis that focuses on demographic
factors such as age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, group membership, and racial, ethnic, or
cultural background
Psycographics - Answers how the audience thinks: Attitudes, Beliefs, Values
Types of Delivery - Answers manuscript, memorized, impromptu, extemporaneous
Manuscript speech - Answers considered reading from a text (stay on track)
Memorized speech - Answers Deliver a speech the same as rehearsed. no audience feedback.
might mess up
Impromptu speech - Answers a speech delivered with little or no preparation. (may lack
structure)
Extemporaneous speech - Answers a speech delivered with notes but without the entire speech
in front of the speaker. (could forget points or go out of order)
Verbal Delivery responsabilities - Answers pausing, emphasis, acronyms, alliteration
inflection - Answers the bending of a person's voice so that it does not sound boring or within
only one tone; making one's voice go up and down
rate - Answers the speed at which a person speaks
Volume - Answers how loud you speak
Alliteration - Answers using the same sound or letter
Repetition - Answers Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
UPDATE 2025/2026
Why we should study public speaking? - Answers Oral communication skills are the number one
skill employers look for today
Parts of the communication model - Answers source, sender, message, channel, receiver, noise,
feedback
Types of communication models - Answers linear, interactive, transactional
The speech process (Five Cannons of Rhetoric) - Answers Invention, Arrangement, Style,
memory, Delivery
audience analysis - Answers Learning about the diverse characteristics of the people who make
up the audience
demographic audience analysis - Answers audience analysis that focuses on demographic
factors such as age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, group membership, and racial, ethnic, or
cultural background
Psycographics - Answers how the audience thinks: Attitudes, Beliefs, Values
Types of Delivery - Answers manuscript, memorized, impromptu, extemporaneous
Manuscript speech - Answers considered reading from a text (stay on track)
Memorized speech - Answers Deliver a speech the same as rehearsed. no audience feedback.
might mess up
Impromptu speech - Answers a speech delivered with little or no preparation. (may lack
structure)
Extemporaneous speech - Answers a speech delivered with notes but without the entire speech
in front of the speaker. (could forget points or go out of order)
Verbal Delivery responsabilities - Answers pausing, emphasis, acronyms, alliteration
inflection - Answers the bending of a person's voice so that it does not sound boring or within
only one tone; making one's voice go up and down
rate - Answers the speed at which a person speaks
Volume - Answers how loud you speak
Alliteration - Answers using the same sound or letter
Repetition - Answers Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
