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Test Bank
DK Guide to Public Speaking. 3rd Edition
Lisa A. Ford-Brown
(All Chapters| Latest Edition| Verified Answers with Explanation)
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Chapter 1 Overview of Public Speaking
Multiple Choice Questions
01-01 Understanding the public speaking process will do all of the following EXCEPT
a. help you speak out about issues in your community.
b. reduce the need for practicing before you speak.
c. help you become more culturally sensitive.
d. make you a better consumer of public communication.
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.1
LO: Identify When You Will Use Effective Communication Skills Topic: When Will You Use the
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Skills Offered in This Book?
Difficulty Level: moderate Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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NCA Outcome: Articulate the importance of communication expertise in career development and
civic engagement.
Answer: b
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01-02 For beginning public speakers, the most important benefit of public speaking is likely
a. the self-esteem benefit.
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b. the benefit of professional success.
c. increased cultural sensitivity.
d. improved consumer skills.
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.1
LO 1.1 Identify when you will use effective communication skills.
Topic: When Will You Use the Skills Offered in This Book?
Difficulty Level: moderate Skill: Understand the Concepts
NCA Outcome: Articulate the importance of communication expertise in career development and
civic engagement.
Answer: a
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01-03
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.1 According to the text, when you disagree with a speaker's message, you should
respond by
a. listening carefully before judging it.
LO 1.1 Identify when you will use effective communication skills.
Topic: When Will You Use the Skills Offered in This Book?
Difficulty Level: moderate Skill: Understand the Concepts
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NCA Outcome: Identify contexts, situations, and barriers that impede communication self-
efficacy.
Answer: a b. tuning out the speaker.
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c. preparing a rebuttal.
d. stopping the speaker to ask a question.
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01-04
Chapter: 01
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Module: 1.2
LO 1.2 Explain the transactional communication process. Topic: What Is the Process of
Communicating?
Difficulty Level: easy Skill: Remember the Facts NCA Outcome: Explain Communication
theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts.
Answer: d The is the person who initiates and is responsible for most of the message.
a. facilitator
b. audience
c. teacher
d. speaker
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01-05 The term refers to the overlap between the identities and life experiences of the
speaker and audience.
a. encoding
b. identity knowledge
c. message feedback
d. common ground
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.2
LO 1.2 Explain the transactional communication process. Topic: What Is the Process of
Communicating?
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Difficulty Level: easy Skill: Remember the Facts NCA Outcome: Explain Communication
theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts.
Answer: d
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01-06 It is BEST to view communication as a(n)
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process.
a. encoded
b. physiological
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c. transactional
d. value-based
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.2
LO 1.2 Explain the transactional communication process. Topic: What Is the Process of
Communicating?
Difficulty Level: moderate Skill: Understand the Concepts
NCA Outcome: Explain Communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts.
Answer: c
01-07 The message consists of the verbal and nonverbal ideas
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Test Bank
DK Guide to Public Speaking. 3rd Edition
Lisa A. Ford-Brown
(All Chapters| Latest Edition| Verified Answers with Explanation)
C
LE
ST
BE
1
, BESTLEC
Chapter 1 Overview of Public Speaking
Multiple Choice Questions
01-01 Understanding the public speaking process will do all of the following EXCEPT
a. help you speak out about issues in your community.
b. reduce the need for practicing before you speak.
c. help you become more culturally sensitive.
d. make you a better consumer of public communication.
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.1
LO: Identify When You Will Use Effective Communication Skills Topic: When Will You Use the
C
Skills Offered in This Book?
Difficulty Level: moderate Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
LE
NCA Outcome: Articulate the importance of communication expertise in career development and
civic engagement.
Answer: b
ST
01-02 For beginning public speakers, the most important benefit of public speaking is likely
a. the self-esteem benefit.
BE
b. the benefit of professional success.
c. increased cultural sensitivity.
d. improved consumer skills.
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.1
LO 1.1 Identify when you will use effective communication skills.
Topic: When Will You Use the Skills Offered in This Book?
Difficulty Level: moderate Skill: Understand the Concepts
NCA Outcome: Articulate the importance of communication expertise in career development and
civic engagement.
Answer: a
2
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01-03
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.1 According to the text, when you disagree with a speaker's message, you should
respond by
a. listening carefully before judging it.
LO 1.1 Identify when you will use effective communication skills.
Topic: When Will You Use the Skills Offered in This Book?
Difficulty Level: moderate Skill: Understand the Concepts
C
NCA Outcome: Identify contexts, situations, and barriers that impede communication self-
efficacy.
Answer: a b. tuning out the speaker.
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c. preparing a rebuttal.
d. stopping the speaker to ask a question.
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01-04
Chapter: 01
BE
Module: 1.2
LO 1.2 Explain the transactional communication process. Topic: What Is the Process of
Communicating?
Difficulty Level: easy Skill: Remember the Facts NCA Outcome: Explain Communication
theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts.
Answer: d The is the person who initiates and is responsible for most of the message.
a. facilitator
b. audience
c. teacher
d. speaker
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01-05 The term refers to the overlap between the identities and life experiences of the
speaker and audience.
a. encoding
b. identity knowledge
c. message feedback
d. common ground
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.2
LO 1.2 Explain the transactional communication process. Topic: What Is the Process of
Communicating?
C
Difficulty Level: easy Skill: Remember the Facts NCA Outcome: Explain Communication
theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts.
Answer: d
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01-06 It is BEST to view communication as a(n)
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process.
a. encoded
b. physiological
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c. transactional
d. value-based
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.2
LO 1.2 Explain the transactional communication process. Topic: What Is the Process of
Communicating?
Difficulty Level: moderate Skill: Understand the Concepts
NCA Outcome: Explain Communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts.
Answer: c
01-07 The message consists of the verbal and nonverbal ideas
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