DK Guide to Public Speaking – 3rd Edition
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TEST BANK
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IA
Lisa Ford-Brown
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DK (Dorling Kindersley)
PP
RO
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
and Students
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© Lisa Ford-Brown & DK (Dorling Kindersley)
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All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited
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©STUDYSTREAM
, Chapter 1 Overview of Public Speaking
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Multiple Choice Questions
01-01 Understanding the public speaking process will do all of
the following EXCEPT
Chapter: 01 a. help you speak out about issues in your
UV
Module: 1.1 community.
LO: Identify When You Will b. reduce the need for practicing before you speak.
Use Effective c. help you become more culturally sensitive.
Communication Skills d. make you a better consumer of public
Topic: When Will You Use communication.
IA
the Skills Offered in This
Book?
Difficulty Level: moderate
Skill Level: Understand the
_A
Concepts
NCA Outcome: Articulate
the importance of
communication expertise
in career development and
PP
civic engagement.
Answer: b
01-02 For beginning public speakers, the most important
benefit of public speaking is likely
Chapter: 01 a. the self-esteem benefit.
RO
Module: 1.1 b. the benefit of professional success.
LO 1.1 Identify when you c. increased cultural sensitivity.
will use effective d. improved consumer skills.
communication skills.
Topic: When Will You Use
the Skills Offered in This
VE
Book?
Difficulty Level: moderate
Skill: Understand the
Concepts
NCA Outcome: Articulate
D?
the importance of
communication expertise
in career development and
civic engagement.
??
Answer: a
01-03 According to the text, when you disagree with a speaker's
Chapter: 01 message, you should respond by
Module: 1.1 a. listening carefully before judging it.
1
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, DK Guide to Public Speaking, 3e Test Bank
LO 1.1 Identify when you b. tuning out the speaker.
will use effective c. preparing a rebuttal.
communication skills. d. stopping the speaker to ask a question.
ST
Topic: When Will You Use
the Skills Offered in This
Book?
Difficulty Level: moderate
Skill: Understand the
UV
Concepts
NCA Outcome: Identify
contexts, situations, and
barriers that impede
communication self-
IA
efficacy.
Answer: a
01-04 The __________ is the person who initiates and is
responsible for most of the message.
_A
Chapter: 01 a. facilitator
Module: 1.2 b. audience
LO 1.2 Explain the c. teacher
transactional d. speaker
communication process.
PP
Topic: What Is the Process
of Communicating?
Difficulty Level: easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
NCA Outcome: Explain
RO
Communication theories,
perspectives, principles,
and concepts.
Answer: d
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D?
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2
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, DK Guide to Public Speaking, 3e Test Bank
01-05 The term __________ refers to the overlap between the
identities and life experiences of the speaker and
Chapter: 01 audience.
ST
Module: 1.2 a. encoding
LO 1.2 Explain the b. identity knowledge
transactional c. message feedback
communication process. d. common ground
Topic: What Is the Process
UV
of Communicating?
Difficulty Level: easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
NCA Outcome: Explain
Communication theories,
IA
perspectives, principles,
and concepts.
Answer: d
01-06 It is BEST to view communication as a(n) __________
_A
process.
Chapter: 01 a. encoded
Module: 1.2 b. physiological
LO 1.2 Explain the c. transactional
transactional d. value-based
PP
communication process.
Topic: What Is the Process
of Communicating?
Difficulty Level: moderate
Skill: Understand the
RO
Concepts
NCA Outcome: Explain
Communication theories,
perspectives, principles,
and concepts.
Answer: c
VE
01-07 The message consists of the verbal and nonverbal ideas
__________ by the speaker and __________ by the audience.
Chapter: 01 a. designed; processed
Module: 1.2 b. decoded; encoded
D?
LO 1.2 Explain the c. encoded; decoded
transactional d. processed; identified
communication process.
Topic: What Is the Process
of Communicating?
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Difficulty Level: moderate
Skill: Understand the
Concepts
3
Copyright ©2018, 2014, 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
ST
TEST BANK
UV
IA
Lisa Ford-Brown
_A
DK (Dorling Kindersley)
PP
RO
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
and Students
VE
© Lisa Ford-Brown & DK (Dorling Kindersley)
D?
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited
??
©STUDYSTREAM
, Chapter 1 Overview of Public Speaking
ST
Multiple Choice Questions
01-01 Understanding the public speaking process will do all of
the following EXCEPT
Chapter: 01 a. help you speak out about issues in your
UV
Module: 1.1 community.
LO: Identify When You Will b. reduce the need for practicing before you speak.
Use Effective c. help you become more culturally sensitive.
Communication Skills d. make you a better consumer of public
Topic: When Will You Use communication.
IA
the Skills Offered in This
Book?
Difficulty Level: moderate
Skill Level: Understand the
_A
Concepts
NCA Outcome: Articulate
the importance of
communication expertise
in career development and
PP
civic engagement.
Answer: b
01-02 For beginning public speakers, the most important
benefit of public speaking is likely
Chapter: 01 a. the self-esteem benefit.
RO
Module: 1.1 b. the benefit of professional success.
LO 1.1 Identify when you c. increased cultural sensitivity.
will use effective d. improved consumer skills.
communication skills.
Topic: When Will You Use
the Skills Offered in This
VE
Book?
Difficulty Level: moderate
Skill: Understand the
Concepts
NCA Outcome: Articulate
D?
the importance of
communication expertise
in career development and
civic engagement.
??
Answer: a
01-03 According to the text, when you disagree with a speaker's
Chapter: 01 message, you should respond by
Module: 1.1 a. listening carefully before judging it.
1
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, DK Guide to Public Speaking, 3e Test Bank
LO 1.1 Identify when you b. tuning out the speaker.
will use effective c. preparing a rebuttal.
communication skills. d. stopping the speaker to ask a question.
ST
Topic: When Will You Use
the Skills Offered in This
Book?
Difficulty Level: moderate
Skill: Understand the
UV
Concepts
NCA Outcome: Identify
contexts, situations, and
barriers that impede
communication self-
IA
efficacy.
Answer: a
01-04 The __________ is the person who initiates and is
responsible for most of the message.
_A
Chapter: 01 a. facilitator
Module: 1.2 b. audience
LO 1.2 Explain the c. teacher
transactional d. speaker
communication process.
PP
Topic: What Is the Process
of Communicating?
Difficulty Level: easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
NCA Outcome: Explain
RO
Communication theories,
perspectives, principles,
and concepts.
Answer: d
VE
D?
??
2
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, DK Guide to Public Speaking, 3e Test Bank
01-05 The term __________ refers to the overlap between the
identities and life experiences of the speaker and
Chapter: 01 audience.
ST
Module: 1.2 a. encoding
LO 1.2 Explain the b. identity knowledge
transactional c. message feedback
communication process. d. common ground
Topic: What Is the Process
UV
of Communicating?
Difficulty Level: easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
NCA Outcome: Explain
Communication theories,
IA
perspectives, principles,
and concepts.
Answer: d
01-06 It is BEST to view communication as a(n) __________
_A
process.
Chapter: 01 a. encoded
Module: 1.2 b. physiological
LO 1.2 Explain the c. transactional
transactional d. value-based
PP
communication process.
Topic: What Is the Process
of Communicating?
Difficulty Level: moderate
Skill: Understand the
RO
Concepts
NCA Outcome: Explain
Communication theories,
perspectives, principles,
and concepts.
Answer: c
VE
01-07 The message consists of the verbal and nonverbal ideas
__________ by the speaker and __________ by the audience.
Chapter: 01 a. designed; processed
Module: 1.2 b. decoded; encoded
D?
LO 1.2 Explain the c. encoded; decoded
transactional d. processed; identified
communication process.
Topic: What Is the Process
of Communicating?
??
Difficulty Level: moderate
Skill: Understand the
Concepts
3
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