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Concise Public Speaking Handbook:
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6th edition by Steven A. Beebe
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Test Bank Chapter 1
1-1 Multiple Choice
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1-1.1. Public speaking teaches strategies for _________ and _________.
A) listening; visualizing
B) effective delivery; critical listening
C) strong confidence; effective speaking
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D) organized delivery; simple encoding
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Answer: B
Chapter number: 01
Module number: 1.1
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain why it is important to study public speaking.
Topic: Why Study Public Speaking?
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Difficulty: easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
1-1.2. According to the text, studying public speaking will result in long-term advantages related
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to _________ and _________.
A) empowerment; employment
B) relationships; self-esteem
C) intelligence; leadership
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D) leadership; relationships
Answer: A
Chapter number: 01
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Module number: 1.1
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain why it is important to study public speaking.
Topic: Why Study Public Speaking?
Difficulty: easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
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1-1.3. Rachel is called on to speak in front of her Theories of Education class, but she is not
nervous because she has gained confidence and competence in her public speaking class; your
text refers to this as _________.
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A) personal expression
B) declamation
C) effectiveness
D) empowerment
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Answer: D
Chapter number: 01
Module number: 1.1
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain why it is important to study public speaking.
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Topic: Why Study Public Speaking?
Difficulty: moderate
Skill: Apply What You Know
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1-1.4. Melissa is up against Rubi for a position in a sales company. Both are equally qualified,
but when asked to sell a pen to their potential employer, Rubi excels while Melissa fumbles
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through her sales pitch. Which of the following is the most likely reason Melissa will not get the
job?
A) Melissa’s education didn’t involve instruction in selling pens.
B) Rubi is a close friend of a manager in another department.
C) Melissa lacks public speaking competence because she never studied it.
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D) Fake sales pitches are a terrible way to judge a candidate’s sales ability.
Answer: C
Chapter number: 01
Module number: 1.1
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain why it is important to study public speaking.
Topic: Why Study Public Speaking?
Difficulty: moderate
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Skill: Apply What You Know
1-1.5. The nineteenth-century practice of delivering famous speeches from history, instead of
writing one’s own speeches, is
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A) formulation.
B) declamation.
C) lecturing.
D) public address.
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Answer: B
Chapter number: 01
Module number: 1.2
Learning Objective: 1.2 Discuss in brief the history of public speaking.
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Topic: The Rich Heritage of Public Speaking
Difficulty: moderate
Skill: Understand the Concepts
1-1.6. Speakers who express their emotions through posture, movement, gestures, facial
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expressions, and voice are practicing the art of
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A) pontification.
B) prophesy.
C) declamation.
D) elocution.
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Answer: D
Chapter number: 01
Module number: 1.2
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Learning Objective: 1.2 Discuss in brief the history of public speaking.
Topic: The Rich Heritage of Public Speaking
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Difficulty: moderate
Skill: Understand the Concepts
1-1.7. Which of the following statements BEST characterizes public speaking in the twentieth
and twenty-first centuries?
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A) Students of public speaking practice the arts of declamation and elocution.
B) Great orators continue to refine guidelines for public speakers.
C) Audio, video, computer, and mobile technologies let speakers reach worldwide audiences and
expand the parameters of public speaking.
D) Age-old public speaking traditions are no longer relevant as we develop new and improved
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methods for addressing some of the most difficult challenges in history.
Answer: C
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Chapter number: 01
Module number: 1.2
Learning Objective: 1.2 Discuss in brief the history of public speaking.
Topic: The Rich Heritage of Public Speaking
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Difficulty: moderate
Skill: Understand the Concepts
1-1.8. Translating ideas and images in the speaker’s mind into verbal or nonverbal symbols that
an audience can recognize is termed _________.
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A) listening
B) feedback
C) encoding
D) decoding
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Answer: C
Chapter number: 01
Module number: 1.3
Learning Objective: 1.3 Sketch and explain a model that illustrates the components and the
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process of communication.
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tu
d
yg
Concise Public Speaking Handbook:
en
6th edition by Steven A. Beebe
iu
s2
Complete Chapters Test Bank
are included (Ch 1 to 27)
47
??
***Immediate Download
??
***Swift Response
??
***All Chapters Included
??
, Beebe, Concise Public Speaking 6e Test Bank
Test Bank Chapter 1
1-1 Multiple Choice
tu
1-1.1. Public speaking teaches strategies for _________ and _________.
A) listening; visualizing
B) effective delivery; critical listening
C) strong confidence; effective speaking
d
D) organized delivery; simple encoding
yg
Answer: B
Chapter number: 01
Module number: 1.1
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain why it is important to study public speaking.
Topic: Why Study Public Speaking?
en
Difficulty: easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
1-1.2. According to the text, studying public speaking will result in long-term advantages related
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to _________ and _________.
A) empowerment; employment
B) relationships; self-esteem
C) intelligence; leadership
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D) leadership; relationships
Answer: A
Chapter number: 01
47
Module number: 1.1
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain why it is important to study public speaking.
Topic: Why Study Public Speaking?
Difficulty: easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
??
1-1.3. Rachel is called on to speak in front of her Theories of Education class, but she is not
nervous because she has gained confidence and competence in her public speaking class; your
text refers to this as _________.
??
A) personal expression
B) declamation
C) effectiveness
D) empowerment
??
?
1
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Answer: D
Chapter number: 01
Module number: 1.1
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain why it is important to study public speaking.
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Topic: Why Study Public Speaking?
Difficulty: moderate
Skill: Apply What You Know
d
1-1.4. Melissa is up against Rubi for a position in a sales company. Both are equally qualified,
but when asked to sell a pen to their potential employer, Rubi excels while Melissa fumbles
yg
through her sales pitch. Which of the following is the most likely reason Melissa will not get the
job?
A) Melissa’s education didn’t involve instruction in selling pens.
B) Rubi is a close friend of a manager in another department.
C) Melissa lacks public speaking competence because she never studied it.
en
D) Fake sales pitches are a terrible way to judge a candidate’s sales ability.
Answer: C
Chapter number: 01
Module number: 1.1
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain why it is important to study public speaking.
Topic: Why Study Public Speaking?
Difficulty: moderate
s2
Skill: Apply What You Know
1-1.5. The nineteenth-century practice of delivering famous speeches from history, instead of
writing one’s own speeches, is
47
A) formulation.
B) declamation.
C) lecturing.
D) public address.
??
Answer: B
Chapter number: 01
Module number: 1.2
Learning Objective: 1.2 Discuss in brief the history of public speaking.
??
Topic: The Rich Heritage of Public Speaking
Difficulty: moderate
Skill: Understand the Concepts
1-1.6. Speakers who express their emotions through posture, movement, gestures, facial
??
expressions, and voice are practicing the art of
?
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A) pontification.
B) prophesy.
C) declamation.
D) elocution.
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Answer: D
Chapter number: 01
Module number: 1.2
d
Learning Objective: 1.2 Discuss in brief the history of public speaking.
Topic: The Rich Heritage of Public Speaking
yg
Difficulty: moderate
Skill: Understand the Concepts
1-1.7. Which of the following statements BEST characterizes public speaking in the twentieth
and twenty-first centuries?
en
A) Students of public speaking practice the arts of declamation and elocution.
B) Great orators continue to refine guidelines for public speakers.
C) Audio, video, computer, and mobile technologies let speakers reach worldwide audiences and
expand the parameters of public speaking.
D) Age-old public speaking traditions are no longer relevant as we develop new and improved
iu
methods for addressing some of the most difficult challenges in history.
Answer: C
s2
Chapter number: 01
Module number: 1.2
Learning Objective: 1.2 Discuss in brief the history of public speaking.
Topic: The Rich Heritage of Public Speaking
47
Difficulty: moderate
Skill: Understand the Concepts
1-1.8. Translating ideas and images in the speaker’s mind into verbal or nonverbal symbols that
an audience can recognize is termed _________.
??
A) listening
B) feedback
C) encoding
D) decoding
??
Answer: C
Chapter number: 01
Module number: 1.3
Learning Objective: 1.3 Sketch and explain a model that illustrates the components and the
??
process of communication.
?
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