COMS 101 FINAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY
credibility - Answers your audience's trust that you have the relevant experience, knowledge, values,
and identities to speak on a particular topic.
ethics - Answers the habits and principles that guide an individual's actions
brain plasticity - Answers the constant changes our brain makes to incorporate new experiences
implicit ethics - Answers unquestioned beliefs and ingrained habits that we did not consciously
choose
explicit ethics - Answers principles that we have consciously chosen to live by
stereotypes - Answers simplistic generalizations about groups of people
totalizing - Answers defining a person's whole identity based on a single aspect of their identity or
experience
essentializing - Answers assuming that some characteristic or set of characteristics defines the
intrinsic nature of all members of a group
hate speech - Answers any communication that attacks, dismisses, or demeans a person or a group
based on who they are, including religion, ethnicity, nationality, race, color, gender, sexual
orientation, disability, or any other aspect of their identity
inclusive language - Answers language that uses person-centered and identity-neutral terms to avoid
excluding, marginalizing, or stereotyping people
person-centered language - Answers language that refers to the humanness of an individual, while
recognizing relevant identity traits as qualities of that person
identity-neutral language - Answers language that refers to a person or persons without marking
them according to their actual or possible identity traits
social inequality - Answers the uneven distribution of power and resources in society
privilege - Answers unearned social, political, and economic advantages granted to cerrtain groups in
a society
normalization - Answers treating the needs, values, and culture of privileged group as the standard
double vision - Answers marginalized groups' understanding of the needs, values, and culture of the
privileged identity group as well as their own
initial credibility - Answers your audience's impression of you before your speech begins
terminal credibility - Answers the lasting impression you leave on your audience after your speech
contribution - Answers a unique perspective that a speaker offers to a particular audience, on a
particular topic, in a particular context
identification - Answers communicating shared identities, experiences, and values
purpose - Answers the impact you want your presentation to have on your audience
exigence - Answers a call to speak to a particular audience in a particular context
topic - Answers what your presentation is about
brainstorming - Answers generating many possible ideas and solutions by suspending judgement
general purpose - Answers your overall aim to either inform, persuade, or connect
specific purpose - Answers a detailed goal including the general purpose, the public, the topic, and
the outcome of your presentation
thesis statement - Answers a complete, concise, and clear sentence summarizing the main idea of
your presentation
evidence - Answers information you use to support your thesis statement
observation - Answers knowledge formed by seeing, hearing, touching, or otherwise encountering
something through the sense
demonstration - Answers giving your audience the opportunity to directly observe an event or
principle for themselves
testimony - Answers an account of an individual's observations, knowledge, and experiences
statisitcs - Answers the collection, analysis, and interpretation of numerical data
mean - Answers the average of all the numerical values in a data set
median - Answers the numerical value at the midpoint of a data set
mode - Answers the numerical value that occurs most often in a data set
reasoning - Answers the process of drawing conclusions from evidence
principle - Answers a theory, rule, or definition that applies to all cases in a giving category
deductive reasoning - Answers reasoning from a general principle to apply it to a specific case
example - Answers a specific case that represents its group or type
credibility - Answers your audience's trust that you have the relevant experience, knowledge, values,
and identities to speak on a particular topic.
ethics - Answers the habits and principles that guide an individual's actions
brain plasticity - Answers the constant changes our brain makes to incorporate new experiences
implicit ethics - Answers unquestioned beliefs and ingrained habits that we did not consciously
choose
explicit ethics - Answers principles that we have consciously chosen to live by
stereotypes - Answers simplistic generalizations about groups of people
totalizing - Answers defining a person's whole identity based on a single aspect of their identity or
experience
essentializing - Answers assuming that some characteristic or set of characteristics defines the
intrinsic nature of all members of a group
hate speech - Answers any communication that attacks, dismisses, or demeans a person or a group
based on who they are, including religion, ethnicity, nationality, race, color, gender, sexual
orientation, disability, or any other aspect of their identity
inclusive language - Answers language that uses person-centered and identity-neutral terms to avoid
excluding, marginalizing, or stereotyping people
person-centered language - Answers language that refers to the humanness of an individual, while
recognizing relevant identity traits as qualities of that person
identity-neutral language - Answers language that refers to a person or persons without marking
them according to their actual or possible identity traits
social inequality - Answers the uneven distribution of power and resources in society
privilege - Answers unearned social, political, and economic advantages granted to cerrtain groups in
a society
normalization - Answers treating the needs, values, and culture of privileged group as the standard
double vision - Answers marginalized groups' understanding of the needs, values, and culture of the
privileged identity group as well as their own
initial credibility - Answers your audience's impression of you before your speech begins
terminal credibility - Answers the lasting impression you leave on your audience after your speech
contribution - Answers a unique perspective that a speaker offers to a particular audience, on a
particular topic, in a particular context
identification - Answers communicating shared identities, experiences, and values
purpose - Answers the impact you want your presentation to have on your audience
exigence - Answers a call to speak to a particular audience in a particular context
topic - Answers what your presentation is about
brainstorming - Answers generating many possible ideas and solutions by suspending judgement
general purpose - Answers your overall aim to either inform, persuade, or connect
specific purpose - Answers a detailed goal including the general purpose, the public, the topic, and
the outcome of your presentation
thesis statement - Answers a complete, concise, and clear sentence summarizing the main idea of
your presentation
evidence - Answers information you use to support your thesis statement
observation - Answers knowledge formed by seeing, hearing, touching, or otherwise encountering
something through the sense
demonstration - Answers giving your audience the opportunity to directly observe an event or
principle for themselves
testimony - Answers an account of an individual's observations, knowledge, and experiences
statisitcs - Answers the collection, analysis, and interpretation of numerical data
mean - Answers the average of all the numerical values in a data set
median - Answers the numerical value at the midpoint of a data set
mode - Answers the numerical value that occurs most often in a data set
reasoning - Answers the process of drawing conclusions from evidence
principle - Answers a theory, rule, or definition that applies to all cases in a giving category
deductive reasoning - Answers reasoning from a general principle to apply it to a specific case
example - Answers a specific case that represents its group or type
