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SPC2608 Dustin Exam 1 Questions And
Correct Revised Answers
A speech explaining the steps involved in making tostones from beginning to end would be
arranged in chronological order - answer✔✔True
When your body is producing ___, a hormone that is released into the bloodstream in response to
physical or mental stress, you may experience stage fright - answer✔✔adrenaline
A ___ includes all the books or articles you find that look as if they might be useful in your
speech. - answer✔✔preliminary bibliography
If you were giving a speech on the three layers of the sun, you would arrange the main points in
___ order. - answer✔✔spatial
Audience analysis is an important factor in which of the following?
A) Choosing supporting materials
B) Selecting a topic
C) Both selecting a topic and choosing supporting materials
D) Organizing the speech
E) All of these answers are correct - answer✔✔E) All of these answers are correct
It is never necessary for a public speaker to identify his or her source when the speaker is
paraphrasing. - answer✔✔False
The three most important factors to consider when determining an audience's disposition toward
a speaker's topic are the audience's ___, ___, and ___. - answer✔✔Interest, Knowledge Level,
and Attitude
Which of the following does your textbook recommend that you do when rehearsing your first
speech?
A) Ask family members or friends for feedback.
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B) Memorize the speech word for word.
C) All of these answers are correct.
D) Read over the speech silently until you are sure you know it.
E) Both memorize the speech word for word and read over the speech silently until you are sure
you know it. - answer✔✔A) Ask family members or friends for feedback.
Define Comprehensive Strategy - answer✔✔Listening to understand the message of the speaker,
as when we attend a classroom lecture or listen to directions for finding a friend's house
According to your textbook, rather than trying to eliminate every trace of stage fright, you should
aim at transforming it into
A) Positive nervousness
B) Professional Stage Fright
C) Performance Anxiety
D) Visualized Adrenaline - answer✔✔A) Positive nervousness
Define credibility and know where you should include it in your speeches -
answer✔✔Knowledge of the subject, preparation of the speech, manner of speaking, your
sensitivity to the audience and occasion. In the introduction.
Define an abstract - answer✔✔a concise or succinct summary of a magazine or journal article,
written by someone other than the original author
What are the two types of testimonies you are able to use in your speeches? - answer✔✔Expert
and Peer
What do you do if you can't find the date on which a Web document was created or last
modified? - answer✔✔do NOT use it, use something else
___ delivery involves practicing your speech until you know it very well without trying to
memorize the exact wording you will use on the day of the speech - answer✔✔Extemporaneous
Stage fright only affects inexperienced speakers - answer✔✔False
What does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with stage fright? - answer✔✔Recreate
the scene of the speech, take deep breaths
What does your textbook recommend that you do when rehearsing your first speech? -
answer✔✔Do it in front of your peers, recreate the scene as much as possible
SPC2608 Dustin Exam 1 Questions And
Correct Revised Answers
A speech explaining the steps involved in making tostones from beginning to end would be
arranged in chronological order - answer✔✔True
When your body is producing ___, a hormone that is released into the bloodstream in response to
physical or mental stress, you may experience stage fright - answer✔✔adrenaline
A ___ includes all the books or articles you find that look as if they might be useful in your
speech. - answer✔✔preliminary bibliography
If you were giving a speech on the three layers of the sun, you would arrange the main points in
___ order. - answer✔✔spatial
Audience analysis is an important factor in which of the following?
A) Choosing supporting materials
B) Selecting a topic
C) Both selecting a topic and choosing supporting materials
D) Organizing the speech
E) All of these answers are correct - answer✔✔E) All of these answers are correct
It is never necessary for a public speaker to identify his or her source when the speaker is
paraphrasing. - answer✔✔False
The three most important factors to consider when determining an audience's disposition toward
a speaker's topic are the audience's ___, ___, and ___. - answer✔✔Interest, Knowledge Level,
and Attitude
Which of the following does your textbook recommend that you do when rehearsing your first
speech?
A) Ask family members or friends for feedback.
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B) Memorize the speech word for word.
C) All of these answers are correct.
D) Read over the speech silently until you are sure you know it.
E) Both memorize the speech word for word and read over the speech silently until you are sure
you know it. - answer✔✔A) Ask family members or friends for feedback.
Define Comprehensive Strategy - answer✔✔Listening to understand the message of the speaker,
as when we attend a classroom lecture or listen to directions for finding a friend's house
According to your textbook, rather than trying to eliminate every trace of stage fright, you should
aim at transforming it into
A) Positive nervousness
B) Professional Stage Fright
C) Performance Anxiety
D) Visualized Adrenaline - answer✔✔A) Positive nervousness
Define credibility and know where you should include it in your speeches -
answer✔✔Knowledge of the subject, preparation of the speech, manner of speaking, your
sensitivity to the audience and occasion. In the introduction.
Define an abstract - answer✔✔a concise or succinct summary of a magazine or journal article,
written by someone other than the original author
What are the two types of testimonies you are able to use in your speeches? - answer✔✔Expert
and Peer
What do you do if you can't find the date on which a Web document was created or last
modified? - answer✔✔do NOT use it, use something else
___ delivery involves practicing your speech until you know it very well without trying to
memorize the exact wording you will use on the day of the speech - answer✔✔Extemporaneous
Stage fright only affects inexperienced speakers - answer✔✔False
What does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with stage fright? - answer✔✔Recreate
the scene of the speech, take deep breaths
What does your textbook recommend that you do when rehearsing your first speech? -
answer✔✔Do it in front of your peers, recreate the scene as much as possible
