Comm 2410 Final UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
- CORRECT ANSWER -
Aristotle divided speaking into 3 categories - CORRECT ANSWER - Forensic (speaking
in court)
Deliberative (political or legislative speaking)
Epideictic (ceremonial speaking)
How can you benefit from public speaking? - CORRECT ANSWER - Enhances personal
development
Influences your world
Advances your career
Informative Speech - CORRECT ANSWER - Promote understanding of an idea or convey
of a body of related facts
Persuasive Speech - CORRECT ANSWER - Seek to influence beliefs, choices or opinions
Special Occasion Speech - CORRECT ANSWER - Gives sense of distinction to important
events
4 Types of Group Speech - CORRECT ANSWER - oral report, symposium, panel, forum
The Communication Process - CORRECT ANSWER - Speaker: the sender of the message
Listener: receiver of the message
Stimulus: triggers and directs attention to a topic
Motivation: provides a personal benefit to ensure audience attention
, Encoding: putting your message into a form that your audience will understand
Decoding: interpreting meaning by the listener
Feedback: verbal, visual, and vocal responses to messages
Environment: the time, place, and physical and social surroundings in which communication
occurs
Noise: anything that interferes with communication by distorting or blocking the message
External noise: distractions in the environment
Internal noise: distractions within the listener (headaches, preoccupation, lack of knowledge
about the topic)
Frame of Reference - CORRECT ANSWER - Each person has a unique frame of reference
Beliefs
Attitudes
Values
Cultural background (e.g. education, gender, race, hometown)
Experiences
Speakers and listeners from different cultures may have particular difficulty in interpreting each
other's messages when there are cultural differences
Language (Verbal) - CORRECT ANSWER - spoken or written words
Non-Verbal (Visual) - CORRECT ANSWER - eye contact, facial expressions, posture, etc.
Paralanguage (Vocal) - CORRECT ANSWER - tone, pitch, volume, etc.
Situational vs. Trait Anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER - Situational anxiety - anxiety caused
by factors present in a specific speaking situation
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
- CORRECT ANSWER -
Aristotle divided speaking into 3 categories - CORRECT ANSWER - Forensic (speaking
in court)
Deliberative (political or legislative speaking)
Epideictic (ceremonial speaking)
How can you benefit from public speaking? - CORRECT ANSWER - Enhances personal
development
Influences your world
Advances your career
Informative Speech - CORRECT ANSWER - Promote understanding of an idea or convey
of a body of related facts
Persuasive Speech - CORRECT ANSWER - Seek to influence beliefs, choices or opinions
Special Occasion Speech - CORRECT ANSWER - Gives sense of distinction to important
events
4 Types of Group Speech - CORRECT ANSWER - oral report, symposium, panel, forum
The Communication Process - CORRECT ANSWER - Speaker: the sender of the message
Listener: receiver of the message
Stimulus: triggers and directs attention to a topic
Motivation: provides a personal benefit to ensure audience attention
, Encoding: putting your message into a form that your audience will understand
Decoding: interpreting meaning by the listener
Feedback: verbal, visual, and vocal responses to messages
Environment: the time, place, and physical and social surroundings in which communication
occurs
Noise: anything that interferes with communication by distorting or blocking the message
External noise: distractions in the environment
Internal noise: distractions within the listener (headaches, preoccupation, lack of knowledge
about the topic)
Frame of Reference - CORRECT ANSWER - Each person has a unique frame of reference
Beliefs
Attitudes
Values
Cultural background (e.g. education, gender, race, hometown)
Experiences
Speakers and listeners from different cultures may have particular difficulty in interpreting each
other's messages when there are cultural differences
Language (Verbal) - CORRECT ANSWER - spoken or written words
Non-Verbal (Visual) - CORRECT ANSWER - eye contact, facial expressions, posture, etc.
Paralanguage (Vocal) - CORRECT ANSWER - tone, pitch, volume, etc.
Situational vs. Trait Anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER - Situational anxiety - anxiety caused
by factors present in a specific speaking situation
