Speech: Exam 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with nervousness in
your speeches?
a.) Remember that your nervousness is not usually visible to your audience.
b.) Concentrate on communicating with the audience rather than on your nerves.
c.) As you rehearse, visualize yourself giving a successful speech.
d.) All of these answers are correct.
e.) Both concentrate on communicating with the audience rather than on your nerves and as you
rehearse, visualize yourself giving a successful speech. - CORRECT ANSWER - d.) All of
these answers are correct.
Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with nervousness in
your speeches?
a.) Concentrate on thinking about your stage fright.
b.) Work especially hard on your conclusion.
c.) Avoid making eye contact with your audience.
d.) Try to generate extra adrenaline as you speak.
e.) Think of your speech as an act of communication. - CORRECT ANSWER - Think of
your speech as an act of communication.
Jamal attended the campus president's speech about tuition increases, while Mary listened to a
podcast of the speech in her car. Later, Mary said she thought the president's words stated clearly
that he opposed an increase in tuition. But Jamal said that the way the president avoided looking
at students when he talked about tuition made it seem the president actually supported an
increase in tuition. The difference in the messages Mary and Jamal received most likely resulted
from the fact that:
a.) Jamal is a better listener than Mary.
,b.) Mary and Jamal both experienced feedback.
c.) Mary and Jamal received the message through different channels.
d.) Mary and Jamal are majoring in different subjects.
e.) Mary is a better listener than Jamal. - CORRECT ANSWER - Mary and Jamal received
the message through different channels.
A ringing cell phone or an audience member browsing the Web on her laptop during a speech are
examples of which element in the speech communication process?
a.) channel
b.) message
c.) feedback
d.) interference
e.) confusion - CORRECT ANSWER - interference
As your textbook explains, ethnocentrism means:
a.) showing respect to other groups and cultures.
b.) recognizing that listeners are interested in how a topic relates to them.
c.) believing one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
d.) insisting that listeners share a speaker's frame of reference.
e.) agreeing with the values and practices of other groups and cultures. - CORRECT
ANSWER - believing one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
According to your textbook, __________ plagiarism occurs when the speech as a whole is
ethical but the speaker fails to give credit for particular quotations and paraphrases.
a.) incidental
b.) informative
, c.) inferential
d.) invalid
e.) incremental - CORRECT ANSWER - incremental
Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to steer clear of incremental
plagiarism?
a.) Do most of the research for your speech at the library.
b.) Assign a number to each of the sources you use in your speech.
c.) When taking notes, distinguish among quotations, paraphrases, and your ideas.
d.) Avoid paraphrasing the research materials you use in your speech.
e.) Be sure to include a complete bibliography at the end of your speech. - CORRECT
ANSWER - When taking notes, distinguish among quotations, paraphrases, and your
ideas.
To avoid plagiarism when using information from an Internet document in your speech, your
textbook recommends that you keep a record of:
a.) the title of the document.
b.)the author or organization responsible for the document.
c.) the search engine you used to find the site.
d.) All of these answers are correct.
e.) Both the title of the document and the author or organization responsible for the document. -
CORRECT ANSWER - All of these answers are correct.
Representing someone else's information in a speech or paper as though it were your own is
called ______________. - CORRECT ANSWER - Plagiarism
_______________ plagiarism occurs when a speaker fails to give credit for particular parts of the
speech that are borrowed from other people. - CORRECT ANSWER - Incremental
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with nervousness in
your speeches?
a.) Remember that your nervousness is not usually visible to your audience.
b.) Concentrate on communicating with the audience rather than on your nerves.
c.) As you rehearse, visualize yourself giving a successful speech.
d.) All of these answers are correct.
e.) Both concentrate on communicating with the audience rather than on your nerves and as you
rehearse, visualize yourself giving a successful speech. - CORRECT ANSWER - d.) All of
these answers are correct.
Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with nervousness in
your speeches?
a.) Concentrate on thinking about your stage fright.
b.) Work especially hard on your conclusion.
c.) Avoid making eye contact with your audience.
d.) Try to generate extra adrenaline as you speak.
e.) Think of your speech as an act of communication. - CORRECT ANSWER - Think of
your speech as an act of communication.
Jamal attended the campus president's speech about tuition increases, while Mary listened to a
podcast of the speech in her car. Later, Mary said she thought the president's words stated clearly
that he opposed an increase in tuition. But Jamal said that the way the president avoided looking
at students when he talked about tuition made it seem the president actually supported an
increase in tuition. The difference in the messages Mary and Jamal received most likely resulted
from the fact that:
a.) Jamal is a better listener than Mary.
,b.) Mary and Jamal both experienced feedback.
c.) Mary and Jamal received the message through different channels.
d.) Mary and Jamal are majoring in different subjects.
e.) Mary is a better listener than Jamal. - CORRECT ANSWER - Mary and Jamal received
the message through different channels.
A ringing cell phone or an audience member browsing the Web on her laptop during a speech are
examples of which element in the speech communication process?
a.) channel
b.) message
c.) feedback
d.) interference
e.) confusion - CORRECT ANSWER - interference
As your textbook explains, ethnocentrism means:
a.) showing respect to other groups and cultures.
b.) recognizing that listeners are interested in how a topic relates to them.
c.) believing one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
d.) insisting that listeners share a speaker's frame of reference.
e.) agreeing with the values and practices of other groups and cultures. - CORRECT
ANSWER - believing one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
According to your textbook, __________ plagiarism occurs when the speech as a whole is
ethical but the speaker fails to give credit for particular quotations and paraphrases.
a.) incidental
b.) informative
, c.) inferential
d.) invalid
e.) incremental - CORRECT ANSWER - incremental
Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to steer clear of incremental
plagiarism?
a.) Do most of the research for your speech at the library.
b.) Assign a number to each of the sources you use in your speech.
c.) When taking notes, distinguish among quotations, paraphrases, and your ideas.
d.) Avoid paraphrasing the research materials you use in your speech.
e.) Be sure to include a complete bibliography at the end of your speech. - CORRECT
ANSWER - When taking notes, distinguish among quotations, paraphrases, and your
ideas.
To avoid plagiarism when using information from an Internet document in your speech, your
textbook recommends that you keep a record of:
a.) the title of the document.
b.)the author or organization responsible for the document.
c.) the search engine you used to find the site.
d.) All of these answers are correct.
e.) Both the title of the document and the author or organization responsible for the document. -
CORRECT ANSWER - All of these answers are correct.
Representing someone else's information in a speech or paper as though it were your own is
called ______________. - CORRECT ANSWER - Plagiarism
_______________ plagiarism occurs when a speaker fails to give credit for particular parts of the
speech that are borrowed from other people. - CORRECT ANSWER - Incremental
