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Chapter 1: Introduction to Public Speaking
Multiple Choice
1.1. _____ is the process of presenting a message to an audience, small or large.
a. Conversation
b. Public speaking
c. Rhetoric
d. Argumentation
Answer: b
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.1
Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Compare and contrast public speaking and
conversation.
Topic: What Is Public Speaking?
Difficulty: Easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
1.2. Church services that encourage call-and-response speaker–audience interaction
don’t fit which parameter of the definition of public speaking?
a. Public speaking is more prepared than conversation.
b. Public speaking is more formal than conversation.
, c. Public speaking involves more clearly defined roles for the speaker and
audience.
d. Public speaking builds upon the same communication processes used in
everyday conversation.
Answer: c
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.1
Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Compare and contrast public speaking and
conversation.
Topic: What Is Public Speaking?
Difficulty: Moderate
Skill: Understand the Concepts
1.3. When Sam got up to give his speech in public speaking class, he walked around
the audience, high-fiving his classmates, and began his speech by saying, “Hey! What
up, dawgs?” What difference between conversation and public speaking did Sam
violate?
a. Public speaking is more formal than conversation.
b. Public speaking requires planning.
c. The roles of the audience and speaker are clearly defined in public speaking.
d. None; Sam’s behavior was fine for the setting and occasion.
Answer: a
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.1
, Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Compare and contrast public speaking and
conversation.
Topic: What Is Public Speaking?
Difficulty: Moderate
Skill: Apply What You Know
1.4. How does the language of public speakers compare to that of people in ordinary
conversation?
a. It is more spontaneous.
b. It is more formal.
c. It is less defined.
d. It is less formal.
Answer: b
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.1
Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Compare and contrast public speaking and
conversation.
Topic: What Is Public Speaking?
Difficulty: Easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
1.5. Having the resources, information, and attitudes that lead to action in achieving
a desired goal is known as _____.
a. critical thinking
b. organization
, c. intelligence
d. empowerment
Answer: d
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.2
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain why it is important to study public speaking.
Topic: Why Study Public Speaking?
Difficulty: Easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
1.6. One of the empowering resources that you develop by studying public speaking
is _____, or the ability to listen and analyze information you hear so that you can
judge its accuracy and relevance.
a. critical thinking
b. adaptation
c. comprehension
d. encoding
Answer: a
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.2
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain why it is important to study public speaking.
Topic: Why Study Public Speaking?
Difficulty: Easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
Chapter 1: Introduction to Public Speaking
Multiple Choice
1.1. _____ is the process of presenting a message to an audience, small or large.
a. Conversation
b. Public speaking
c. Rhetoric
d. Argumentation
Answer: b
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.1
Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Compare and contrast public speaking and
conversation.
Topic: What Is Public Speaking?
Difficulty: Easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
1.2. Church services that encourage call-and-response speaker–audience interaction
don’t fit which parameter of the definition of public speaking?
a. Public speaking is more prepared than conversation.
b. Public speaking is more formal than conversation.
, c. Public speaking involves more clearly defined roles for the speaker and
audience.
d. Public speaking builds upon the same communication processes used in
everyday conversation.
Answer: c
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.1
Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Compare and contrast public speaking and
conversation.
Topic: What Is Public Speaking?
Difficulty: Moderate
Skill: Understand the Concepts
1.3. When Sam got up to give his speech in public speaking class, he walked around
the audience, high-fiving his classmates, and began his speech by saying, “Hey! What
up, dawgs?” What difference between conversation and public speaking did Sam
violate?
a. Public speaking is more formal than conversation.
b. Public speaking requires planning.
c. The roles of the audience and speaker are clearly defined in public speaking.
d. None; Sam’s behavior was fine for the setting and occasion.
Answer: a
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.1
, Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Compare and contrast public speaking and
conversation.
Topic: What Is Public Speaking?
Difficulty: Moderate
Skill: Apply What You Know
1.4. How does the language of public speakers compare to that of people in ordinary
conversation?
a. It is more spontaneous.
b. It is more formal.
c. It is less defined.
d. It is less formal.
Answer: b
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.1
Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Compare and contrast public speaking and
conversation.
Topic: What Is Public Speaking?
Difficulty: Easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
1.5. Having the resources, information, and attitudes that lead to action in achieving
a desired goal is known as _____.
a. critical thinking
b. organization
, c. intelligence
d. empowerment
Answer: d
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.2
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain why it is important to study public speaking.
Topic: Why Study Public Speaking?
Difficulty: Easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
1.6. One of the empowering resources that you develop by studying public speaking
is _____, or the ability to listen and analyze information you hear so that you can
judge its accuracy and relevance.
a. critical thinking
b. adaptation
c. comprehension
d. encoding
Answer: a
Chapter: 01
Module: 1.2
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Explain why it is important to study public speaking.
Topic: Why Study Public Speaking?
Difficulty: Easy
Skill: Remember the Facts
