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CMST 1061 2026 FINAL EXAM (INSTRUCTOR:
MIN WU) COMPLETE (160) CURRENT
TESTING QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS|GUARANTEED PASS.
CMST 1061
Prepare for the CMST 1061 Final Exam (Instructor: Min
Wu) with this concise study resource covering
communication theory, public speaking fundamentals,
interpersonal communication, and presentation
strategies. Suitable for students studying communication
courses at Louisiana State University of Alexandria.
what a speaker aims to accomplish by presenting a speech;
often called behavioral objectives. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
specific purpose
a speech intended to amuse, interest, and engage listeners.
✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... speech to entertain
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a speech intended to increase listeners' understanding,
awareness, or knowledge of some topic. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER
....... speech to inform
a speech intended to change listeners' attitudes, beliefs, or
behaviors or to motivate listeners to action. ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... speech to persuade
a form of evidence that uses numbers to summarize a great
many individual cases or to demonstrate relationships. ✓ ✓
...... ANSWER ....... statistics
a method of reducing communication apprehension that
first teaches people how to relax physiologically and then
helps them practice feeling relaxed as they imagine
themselves in progressively more difficult communication
situations. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... systematic
desensitization
the cumulative expertise and trustworthiness listeners
attribute to a speaker as a result of initial and derived
credibility' may be greater or less than initial credibility,
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depending on how effectively a speaker has communicated.
✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... terminal credibility
the main idea of an entire speech; should capture the key
message in concise sentences that listeners can remember
easily. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... thesis statement
a word, phrase, or sentence that connects ideas and main
points in a speech so that listeners can follow a speaker. ✓
✓ ...... ANSWER ....... transition
media's selection of issues, events, and people to highlight
for attention. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... agenda setting
a cumulative process by which the media fosters beliefs
about social reality, including the belief that the world is
more dangerous and violent than it actually is. ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... cultivation
the theory that media promote an inaccurate worldview that
viewers assume reflects real life. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
cultivation theory
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a group of theories that focus on relationships between
mass communication and rituals and patterns of everyday
communication by investigating the reciprocally influential
relationships between mass communication and history
politics, and economics. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
cultural studies theories
the fourth era in Mcluhan's media history of civilizations;
ushered in be the invention of the telegraph, which made it
possible for people to communicate personally across
distance. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... electronic epoch
a person, group, or institution that controls the choice and
presentation of topics by media. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
gatekeeper
the modern-day, worldwide community made possible by
electronic communication that instantaneously links people
all over the world. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... global village
CMST 1061 2026 FINAL EXAM (INSTRUCTOR:
MIN WU) COMPLETE (160) CURRENT
TESTING QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS|GUARANTEED PASS.
CMST 1061
Prepare for the CMST 1061 Final Exam (Instructor: Min
Wu) with this concise study resource covering
communication theory, public speaking fundamentals,
interpersonal communication, and presentation
strategies. Suitable for students studying communication
courses at Louisiana State University of Alexandria.
what a speaker aims to accomplish by presenting a speech;
often called behavioral objectives. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
specific purpose
a speech intended to amuse, interest, and engage listeners.
✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... speech to entertain
, Page 2 of 34
a speech intended to increase listeners' understanding,
awareness, or knowledge of some topic. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER
....... speech to inform
a speech intended to change listeners' attitudes, beliefs, or
behaviors or to motivate listeners to action. ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... speech to persuade
a form of evidence that uses numbers to summarize a great
many individual cases or to demonstrate relationships. ✓ ✓
...... ANSWER ....... statistics
a method of reducing communication apprehension that
first teaches people how to relax physiologically and then
helps them practice feeling relaxed as they imagine
themselves in progressively more difficult communication
situations. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... systematic
desensitization
the cumulative expertise and trustworthiness listeners
attribute to a speaker as a result of initial and derived
credibility' may be greater or less than initial credibility,
, Page 3 of 34
depending on how effectively a speaker has communicated.
✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... terminal credibility
the main idea of an entire speech; should capture the key
message in concise sentences that listeners can remember
easily. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... thesis statement
a word, phrase, or sentence that connects ideas and main
points in a speech so that listeners can follow a speaker. ✓
✓ ...... ANSWER ....... transition
media's selection of issues, events, and people to highlight
for attention. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... agenda setting
a cumulative process by which the media fosters beliefs
about social reality, including the belief that the world is
more dangerous and violent than it actually is. ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... cultivation
the theory that media promote an inaccurate worldview that
viewers assume reflects real life. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
cultivation theory
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a group of theories that focus on relationships between
mass communication and rituals and patterns of everyday
communication by investigating the reciprocally influential
relationships between mass communication and history
politics, and economics. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
cultural studies theories
the fourth era in Mcluhan's media history of civilizations;
ushered in be the invention of the telegraph, which made it
possible for people to communicate personally across
distance. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... electronic epoch
a person, group, or institution that controls the choice and
presentation of topics by media. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
gatekeeper
the modern-day, worldwide community made possible by
electronic communication that instantaneously links people
all over the world. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... global village
