15
Speaking to Inform
T
he questions for each chapter are organized according to type: true-false, multiple-
choice, short-answer, and essay. Within each of these categories, questions are
clustered by topic, roughly following the order of topics in the textbook.
To provide as much flexibility as possible in constructing examinations, there is
deliberate overlap among the questions, both within and across question types. This
enables you to choose the wording and question type that best fits your testing
objectives. In deciding which questions to use, take care to avoid items such as a
multiple-choice question that gives away the answer to a true-false or short-answer
question, or an essay question that covers essentially the same ground as a true-false,
short-answer, or multiple-choice question.
Each type of question—true-false, multiple-choice, short-answer, and essay—has an
automatic numbering system, which means you can copy and paste items from within a
question type, and they will automatically number themselves consecutively, beginning
with “1.” The five answer choices for each multiple-choice question are also ordered
automatically, and so you can add, change, or reorder answer choices without
rearranging the lettering.
If you would like to preserve the fonts, indents, and tabs of the original questions, you
can substitute questions for those in the sample final exams or copy and paste questions
into the Exam Master provided in the final Word file of the Test Bank. In the Exam Master,
spaces for your course name, exam type, and the student’s name and section are
followed by headings and instructions for true-false, multiple-choice, short-answer, and
essay questions. You can add elements unique to your exams and delete elements you
don’t want to use. After you customize the Exam Master, you can save it with your
changes. Then, each time you open it, click “Save As” to give it the name of the exam
you are currently constructing.
,291 TEST BANK FOR THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
True-False Questions
1. TF
Your
textbook
discusse
s four
kinds of
informat
ive
speeche
s—
speeche
s about
objects,
speeche
s about
concept
s,
speeche
s about
process
es, and
speeche
s about
events.
2. T F In
an
informat
ive
speech,
the
speaker
acts as
an
advocat
e.
3. TF A
lawyer
urging a
jury to
acquit
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her
client is
an
example
of
informat
ive
speakin
g.
4. TF
When
an
informat
ive
speech
about a
process
has
more
than
five
steps,
the
speaker
should
group
the
steps
into
units so
as to
limit the
number
of main
points.
5. TF
Informat
ive
speeche
s about
process
es are
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usually
arrange
d in
chronolo
gical
order.
6. T F An
informat
ive
speech
about a
process
that has
as many
as ten
or
twelve
steps is
one of
the few
times it
is
accepta
ble to
have
more
than
five
main
points.
7. T F If
the
specific
purpose
of your
informat
ive
speech
is to
recount
the
history
of an
Speaking to Inform
T
he questions for each chapter are organized according to type: true-false, multiple-
choice, short-answer, and essay. Within each of these categories, questions are
clustered by topic, roughly following the order of topics in the textbook.
To provide as much flexibility as possible in constructing examinations, there is
deliberate overlap among the questions, both within and across question types. This
enables you to choose the wording and question type that best fits your testing
objectives. In deciding which questions to use, take care to avoid items such as a
multiple-choice question that gives away the answer to a true-false or short-answer
question, or an essay question that covers essentially the same ground as a true-false,
short-answer, or multiple-choice question.
Each type of question—true-false, multiple-choice, short-answer, and essay—has an
automatic numbering system, which means you can copy and paste items from within a
question type, and they will automatically number themselves consecutively, beginning
with “1.” The five answer choices for each multiple-choice question are also ordered
automatically, and so you can add, change, or reorder answer choices without
rearranging the lettering.
If you would like to preserve the fonts, indents, and tabs of the original questions, you
can substitute questions for those in the sample final exams or copy and paste questions
into the Exam Master provided in the final Word file of the Test Bank. In the Exam Master,
spaces for your course name, exam type, and the student’s name and section are
followed by headings and instructions for true-false, multiple-choice, short-answer, and
essay questions. You can add elements unique to your exams and delete elements you
don’t want to use. After you customize the Exam Master, you can save it with your
changes. Then, each time you open it, click “Save As” to give it the name of the exam
you are currently constructing.
,291 TEST BANK FOR THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
True-False Questions
1. TF
Your
textbook
discusse
s four
kinds of
informat
ive
speeche
s—
speeche
s about
objects,
speeche
s about
concept
s,
speeche
s about
process
es, and
speeche
s about
events.
2. T F In
an
informat
ive
speech,
the
speaker
acts as
an
advocat
e.
3. TF A
lawyer
urging a
jury to
acquit
,CHAPTER 15—SPEAKING TO INFORM 292
her
client is
an
example
of
informat
ive
speakin
g.
4. TF
When
an
informat
ive
speech
about a
process
has
more
than
five
steps,
the
speaker
should
group
the
steps
into
units so
as to
limit the
number
of main
points.
5. TF
Informat
ive
speeche
s about
process
es are
, 293 TEST BANK FOR THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
usually
arrange
d in
chronolo
gical
order.
6. T F An
informat
ive
speech
about a
process
that has
as many
as ten
or
twelve
steps is
one of
the few
times it
is
accepta
ble to
have
more
than
five
main
points.
7. T F If
the
specific
purpose
of your
informat
ive
speech
is to
recount
the
history
of an
