Speech Exam
Chapter 1 Quiz
1) Which of the following is an example of declamation?
Selected Answer:
Someone performing the Gettysburg Address
2) Churches services that encourage call-and-response speaker audience interaction is seemingly in violation of which of the differences between public speaking and conversation?
Selected Answer:
Public Speaking involves more clearly defined roles for the speaker and audience
3) In his speech about volunteering for the American Red Cross, Jacob used a lot of slang words, sat and leaned on the table in front of the class, and was dressed very casually. Which of the following statements best describes this situation?
Selected Answer:
Jacob ignored the rule that public speaking is more formal than conversation.
4) Which of the communication models depicts the roles of sender and receiver as fluid and constantly changing?
Selected Answer: communication as transaction
5) This is the expression of emotion through posture, movement, gestures, facial expression, and voice.
Selected Answer: elocution 6) Which of the following is the most important element of the public speaking process, according to your text?
Selected Answer: audience 7) An example of how the nonverbal communication of public speakers is more formal than nonverbal behavior in ordinary conversation is that people engaged in ordinary conversation
Selected Answer: gesture spontaneously
8) Fred and Sally are having lunch, catching up on their day. Each person takes turns telling stories and then listening to the other. This is an example of which communication model?
Selected Answer:
Communication as transaction
9) The context of a public-speaking experience includes such elements as
Selected Answer: all of the above.
10) An audience member is worried about an upcoming exam and is unlikely to remember much of what the speaker says. This is a type of
Selected Answer: internal noise
11) Translating ideas and
1) Which of the following is an example of declamation?
Selected Answer:
Someone performing the Gettysburg Address
2) Churches services that encourage call-and-response speaker audience interaction is seemingly in violation of which of the differences between public speaking and conversation?
Selected Answer:
Public Speaking involves more clearly defined roles for the speaker and audience
3) In his speech about volunteering for the American Red Cross, Jacob used a lot of slang words, sat and leaned on the table in front of the class, and was dressed very casually. Which of the following statements best describes this situation?
Selected Answer:
Jacob ignored the rule that public speaking is more formal than conversation.
4) Which of the communication models depicts the roles of sender and receiver as fluid and constantly changing?
Selected Answer: communication as transaction
5) This is the expression of emotion through posture, movement, gestures, facial expression, and voice.
Selected Answer: elocution 6) Which of the following is the most important element of the public speaking process, according to your text?
Selected Answer: audience 7) An example of how the nonverbal communication of public speakers is more formal than nonverbal behavior in ordinary conversation is that people engaged in ordinary conversation
Selected Answer: gesture spontaneously
8) Fred and Sally are having lunch, catching up on their day. Each person takes turns telling stories and then listening to the other. This is an example of which communication model?
Selected Answer:
Communication as transaction
9) The context of a public-speaking experience includes such elements as
Selected Answer: all of the above.
10) An audience member is worried about an upcoming exam and is unlikely to remember much of what the speaker says. This is a type of
Selected Answer: internal noise
11) Translating ideas and