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SPC Final Exam Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Question:What is it important to do when arguing from example?
Ans: Account for negative examples
Question: Rubin is working on building his derived credibility with his
audience, so he is dressing professionally and working on making eye contact
with his audience members. Which strategy is he employing?
Ans: Using nonverbal delivery cues
Question: Audiences do not assess your physical appearance in developing
their initial assessment of your credibility.
Ans: False
Question: In part of an address to a Joint Session of Congress following the
9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush stated, "every nation, in every region,
now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the
terrorists." Which fallacy does this portion of the statement commit?
Ans: Either/or
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Question: What is the perception of a speaker's expertise at the end of the
speech called?
Ans: Terminal credibility
Question: What kind of fallacy occurs when the alleged cause fails to produce
the effect?
Ans: False cause
Question: Danielle is giving a speech to young people about joining the Peace
Corps. As a member, Danielle knows the sense of accomplishment that she
feels as a result of her work with the corps. Which emotion can she most easily
appeal to during her speech?
Ans: Pride
Question: Rita wants to start a tutoring service, so she reaches out to her
network to see if anyone is interested in joining her as a tutor. She sends an
email, posts it on her social media accounts, and puts a flyer up on the bulletin
board at school. On which part of the IDEA model is Rita focusing?
Ans: Distribution
Question: Sydney is giving a persuasive speech about the shift to making all
cars electric. She cites a law being proposed that states that all vehicles should
be electric within ten years. Sydney maintains that this proposed law is
essentially a move by the government to restrict the free movement of people
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since they will not be able to take long drives anymore. Which logical fallacy is
she using?
Ans: Straw man
Question: What is the three-part form of deductive reasoning known as?
Ans: syllogism
Question: What is the means of persuasion in which you construct logical
arguments that support your competence, credibility, and good character?
Ans: Ethos
Question: The warrant of an argument must always be verbalized to be
persuasive.
Ans: False
Question: What is a person experiencing when they perceive that they have
no control over a situation that threatens them?
Ans: Fear
Question: How is a claim defined?
Ans: Conclusion the persuader wants others to agree with
SPC Final Exam Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Question:What is it important to do when arguing from example?
Ans: Account for negative examples
Question: Rubin is working on building his derived credibility with his
audience, so he is dressing professionally and working on making eye contact
with his audience members. Which strategy is he employing?
Ans: Using nonverbal delivery cues
Question: Audiences do not assess your physical appearance in developing
their initial assessment of your credibility.
Ans: False
Question: In part of an address to a Joint Session of Congress following the
9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush stated, "every nation, in every region,
now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the
terrorists." Which fallacy does this portion of the statement commit?
Ans: Either/or
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Question: What is the perception of a speaker's expertise at the end of the
speech called?
Ans: Terminal credibility
Question: What kind of fallacy occurs when the alleged cause fails to produce
the effect?
Ans: False cause
Question: Danielle is giving a speech to young people about joining the Peace
Corps. As a member, Danielle knows the sense of accomplishment that she
feels as a result of her work with the corps. Which emotion can she most easily
appeal to during her speech?
Ans: Pride
Question: Rita wants to start a tutoring service, so she reaches out to her
network to see if anyone is interested in joining her as a tutor. She sends an
email, posts it on her social media accounts, and puts a flyer up on the bulletin
board at school. On which part of the IDEA model is Rita focusing?
Ans: Distribution
Question: Sydney is giving a persuasive speech about the shift to making all
cars electric. She cites a law being proposed that states that all vehicles should
be electric within ten years. Sydney maintains that this proposed law is
essentially a move by the government to restrict the free movement of people
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since they will not be able to take long drives anymore. Which logical fallacy is
she using?
Ans: Straw man
Question: What is the three-part form of deductive reasoning known as?
Ans: syllogism
Question: What is the means of persuasion in which you construct logical
arguments that support your competence, credibility, and good character?
Ans: Ethos
Question: The warrant of an argument must always be verbalized to be
persuasive.
Ans: False
Question: What is a person experiencing when they perceive that they have
no control over a situation that threatens them?
Ans: Fear
Question: How is a claim defined?
Ans: Conclusion the persuader wants others to agree with
