PUBLIC SPEAKING FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
2025-2026
Which of the following is suggested for addressing anxiety about public
speaking?
a. Practice outside of the room several times and enter exactly at the
moment you are scheduled to speak.
b. Think of your audience in embarrassing or humiliating situations.
c. Ignore the unknowns as you prepare since you cannot control them.
d. Examine your own thoughts about why you are anxious. - answer>>>d.
Which of the following is suggested as a reason for anxiety in public
speaking?
a. Not eating correctly before the speech.
b. Recognizing that an unsuccessful speech given in the past was a one-
time event and not a universal case.
c. Being an extravert.
d. A mindset that the speech must meet a standard of perfection. -
answer>>>d.
is sharing meaning between two or more persons.
a. Communication
b. Symbolism
c. Ethos
d. Topoi
e. Rhetoric - answer>>>a.
,"Anything that disrupts, interrupts, or interferes with the communication
process" is
a. context
b. encoding
c. feedback
d. noise - answer>>>d.
A state of experiencing "significant and persistent fear when in the
presence of or anticipating the object of fear" is the scholarly definition of
a. anxiety
b. mindset
c. glossophobia
d. phobia - answer>>>d.
Which is a lesson we can learn from the quotation about communication
from Johann Goethe, the German philosopher?
a. Fear about public speaking can be overcome by changing one's
mindset about past failures.
b. The face-to-face channel adds to the immediacy and urgency of public
speaking.
c. One reason for studying public speaking is to become aware of the
potential for public speaking's limitations or "noise" factors.
d. Public speaking is not really an efficient method of communication. -
answer>>>c.
Which of the following statements is true, according to the textbook?
a. You should practice your speech by going over it in your head while
driving.
,b. It is not necessary any longer to consider public speaking as more
formal than everyday "talk."
c. The audience will not see your nervousness to the degree you feel it.
d. Most people fear public speaking more than snakes or death - answer>>>c.
Research by Carol Dweck indicates that
a. Anxiety in public speaking is only situational.
b. Because learning a skill like public speaking is hard does not
mean you can never become skilled at it.
c. Extraverts will surpass introverts at public speaking.
d. Human beings' intelligence levels are fixed from early childhood. -
answer>>>b.
When the textbook states "Public speaking requires muscle memory" it
means public speaking is a physical activity that relies on practice.
a. True
b. False - answer>>>a.
The basic philosophy behind using Maslow's hierarchy of needs in speech
preparation is
a. the best speeches are the ones that appeal to the fourth level, esteem needs.
b. American audiences are not motivated at the bottom level, physiological
needs.
c. An audience will not be motivated at a level higher than what
they are currently experiencing.
d. Levels 3 and 4 are psychological and 1 and 2 are physical. - answer>>>c.
The meaning of listening is .
, a. an active process of making an effort to understand, process, and retain
b. taking one characteristic of a group or person and making the sum of
what that person or group is
c. information that is not filtered by interpretation or editing
d. a process where others scholars have judged a source to be accurate
according to the discipline's research processes
e. the objective or literal meaning shared by most people using a word -
answer>>>a.
How should women approach men in a public speaking situation?
a. Avoid being too organized.
b. Make references to sports
c. Discipline themselves not to fall into habits such as apologizing for having
an opinion.
d. Provide much detail and description before getting to the main points. -
answer>>>c.
How does "time" affect a presentation?
a. All are true.
b. Audiences can become unable to listen as well after a certain number of
minutes.
c. An audience may experience a speech very differently at one
time of day versus another.
d. The organization or person who asks you to speak may have
expectations about time limits. - answer>>>a.
Which Is A Researched-Based Observation About How Men And Women
Communicate Differently?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
2025-2026
Which of the following is suggested for addressing anxiety about public
speaking?
a. Practice outside of the room several times and enter exactly at the
moment you are scheduled to speak.
b. Think of your audience in embarrassing or humiliating situations.
c. Ignore the unknowns as you prepare since you cannot control them.
d. Examine your own thoughts about why you are anxious. - answer>>>d.
Which of the following is suggested as a reason for anxiety in public
speaking?
a. Not eating correctly before the speech.
b. Recognizing that an unsuccessful speech given in the past was a one-
time event and not a universal case.
c. Being an extravert.
d. A mindset that the speech must meet a standard of perfection. -
answer>>>d.
is sharing meaning between two or more persons.
a. Communication
b. Symbolism
c. Ethos
d. Topoi
e. Rhetoric - answer>>>a.
,"Anything that disrupts, interrupts, or interferes with the communication
process" is
a. context
b. encoding
c. feedback
d. noise - answer>>>d.
A state of experiencing "significant and persistent fear when in the
presence of or anticipating the object of fear" is the scholarly definition of
a. anxiety
b. mindset
c. glossophobia
d. phobia - answer>>>d.
Which is a lesson we can learn from the quotation about communication
from Johann Goethe, the German philosopher?
a. Fear about public speaking can be overcome by changing one's
mindset about past failures.
b. The face-to-face channel adds to the immediacy and urgency of public
speaking.
c. One reason for studying public speaking is to become aware of the
potential for public speaking's limitations or "noise" factors.
d. Public speaking is not really an efficient method of communication. -
answer>>>c.
Which of the following statements is true, according to the textbook?
a. You should practice your speech by going over it in your head while
driving.
,b. It is not necessary any longer to consider public speaking as more
formal than everyday "talk."
c. The audience will not see your nervousness to the degree you feel it.
d. Most people fear public speaking more than snakes or death - answer>>>c.
Research by Carol Dweck indicates that
a. Anxiety in public speaking is only situational.
b. Because learning a skill like public speaking is hard does not
mean you can never become skilled at it.
c. Extraverts will surpass introverts at public speaking.
d. Human beings' intelligence levels are fixed from early childhood. -
answer>>>b.
When the textbook states "Public speaking requires muscle memory" it
means public speaking is a physical activity that relies on practice.
a. True
b. False - answer>>>a.
The basic philosophy behind using Maslow's hierarchy of needs in speech
preparation is
a. the best speeches are the ones that appeal to the fourth level, esteem needs.
b. American audiences are not motivated at the bottom level, physiological
needs.
c. An audience will not be motivated at a level higher than what
they are currently experiencing.
d. Levels 3 and 4 are psychological and 1 and 2 are physical. - answer>>>c.
The meaning of listening is .
, a. an active process of making an effort to understand, process, and retain
b. taking one characteristic of a group or person and making the sum of
what that person or group is
c. information that is not filtered by interpretation or editing
d. a process where others scholars have judged a source to be accurate
according to the discipline's research processes
e. the objective or literal meaning shared by most people using a word -
answer>>>a.
How should women approach men in a public speaking situation?
a. Avoid being too organized.
b. Make references to sports
c. Discipline themselves not to fall into habits such as apologizing for having
an opinion.
d. Provide much detail and description before getting to the main points. -
answer>>>c.
How does "time" affect a presentation?
a. All are true.
b. Audiences can become unable to listen as well after a certain number of
minutes.
c. An audience may experience a speech very differently at one
time of day versus another.
d. The organization or person who asks you to speak may have
expectations about time limits. - answer>>>a.
Which Is A Researched-Based Observation About How Men And Women
Communicate Differently?
