CMN 001 Final Sample Questions &
ANSWERS RATED A+
Example(s) of an organized audience would be:
a. a professor teaching a required class
b. people attending a concert given by a band they really like
c. people wandering around at the State Fair
d. all of the above
e. none of the above - correct answer ✔✔ e. none of the above
a = passive
b = concerted
c = casual
Persuasion was defied by many times in lecture as the act of:
a. motivating the audience to take a prescribed action
b. using appeals to alter audience attitudes
c. increasing the audience's commitment to your central idea
d. utilizing claims of fact
e. reforming audience attitudes and beliefs - correct answer ✔✔ c.
, although a number of definitions of persuasion exist, it was stated multiple times in lecture that
for the purposes of this class, persuasion has occurred any time we successfully increase our
audience's commitment to our central idea
If a visiting professor is asked to give a lecture on a topic she is unfamiliar with and finds that
during her speech she does not know enough facts and gives inaccurate information, the
professor is most likely experiencing problems with which of Cicero's canons of rhetoric?
a. style
b. memory
c. delivery
d. arrangement
e. invention - correct answer ✔✔ e. invention
invention is defined as performing investigative research on your topic
Presentation aids are used to:
a. enhance clarity
b. help your audience retain info
c. add interest/variety
d. all of the above
d. all of the above plus adding variety and many more reasons (wtf is this stfu shubb) - correct
answer ✔✔ d.
Rhetoric was defined as "The art and study of human discourse for the purpose of adducting
useful precepts for future discourse:
ANSWERS RATED A+
Example(s) of an organized audience would be:
a. a professor teaching a required class
b. people attending a concert given by a band they really like
c. people wandering around at the State Fair
d. all of the above
e. none of the above - correct answer ✔✔ e. none of the above
a = passive
b = concerted
c = casual
Persuasion was defied by many times in lecture as the act of:
a. motivating the audience to take a prescribed action
b. using appeals to alter audience attitudes
c. increasing the audience's commitment to your central idea
d. utilizing claims of fact
e. reforming audience attitudes and beliefs - correct answer ✔✔ c.
, although a number of definitions of persuasion exist, it was stated multiple times in lecture that
for the purposes of this class, persuasion has occurred any time we successfully increase our
audience's commitment to our central idea
If a visiting professor is asked to give a lecture on a topic she is unfamiliar with and finds that
during her speech she does not know enough facts and gives inaccurate information, the
professor is most likely experiencing problems with which of Cicero's canons of rhetoric?
a. style
b. memory
c. delivery
d. arrangement
e. invention - correct answer ✔✔ e. invention
invention is defined as performing investigative research on your topic
Presentation aids are used to:
a. enhance clarity
b. help your audience retain info
c. add interest/variety
d. all of the above
d. all of the above plus adding variety and many more reasons (wtf is this stfu shubb) - correct
answer ✔✔ d.
Rhetoric was defined as "The art and study of human discourse for the purpose of adducting
useful precepts for future discourse:
