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MULTIPLE CHOICE More than one answer may be correct for each multiple choice question. Your instructor may choose only one-answer multiple choice questions for the actual exams, but the multiple answer format provides excellent preparation for the tests with consequences. This format eliminates much of the guesswork and requires precise knowledge. There's no process of elimination in which answers can be ignored (i.e., if the correct answer is a, answers b, c, and d don't need to be read at all). You receive credit for every correct answer and you get dinged for every incorrect answer.

 

TRUE/FALSE This portion of the Quizzes Without Consequences follows a standard format. Your only choices are True or False. Nevertheless, for each answer, especially the false ones, formulate in your mind an explanation for each answer chosen.

 

PLEASE NOTE: Consult the appropriate chapter in the text for explanations of the answers to these quiz questions.

1

The reliability of Internet information can be evaluated in which of the following ways?
A)Be suspicious of any author of a Web document whose credentials are not cited
B)Be especially concerned about source bias if the Web site is a .com address
C)Assess the accuracy of Internet information using credibility, relevance, and sufficiency as your criteria
D)Assume all information on a web site is current unless indicated
2

Requirements for a competent introduction include which of the following?
A)Make a specific topic statement
B)Gain attention
C)Establish the significance of your topic for the audience
D)Preview your main points before giving the purpose statement
3

Effective ways to gain attention in the introduction to your speech include
A)begin with a clever quotation
B)use a familiar statement everyone has heard often
C)tell a joke even if not related directly to your purpose
D)tell a story relevant to your subject
4

A competent conclusion to a speech includes which of the following requirements?
A)Reference to the introduction
B)Summary of all supporting materials
C)Summary of all points made in the speech
D)Use of attention strategies
5

Competent outlining of a speech includes which of the following?
A)Using appropriate outlining symbols
B)Using full sentences when making a first draft
C)Drawing your main points directly from the purpose statement
D)Never dividing a main point into fewer than two subpoints
6

"I am now going to take this razor sharp knife and throw it over your heads, hitting the bull's-eye on the target next to Mary" is an example of
A)an effective attention strategy for a speech introduction
B)startling an audience but using poor judgment
C)using a vital appeal to gain attention
D)gaining attention that probably detracts from, rather than enhances, the speech
7

The conclusion to your speech should be approximately ______ of your total speech.
A)20%
B)15%
C)10%
D)5%
8

Competent ways to maintain attention during your speech include
A)tell a sexually explicit joke to get your audience laughing
B)tell a personal experience relevant to your purpose
C)relate an intense account from a recent news event
D)shout obscenities to startle your audience when their attention wanders
9

Attention
A)should enhance your speech, not detract from it
B)is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for listening
C)is the sole responsibility of the speaker
D)is focused awareness on a stimulus at a given moment
10

Balance as a criterion for an effective speech outline means
A)each main point should have the same number of supporting materials
B)each main point should be allotted an equal amount of time during your speech
C)your first and last main points should be given an equal allotment of time but main points in between can be given much less time
D)all main points should receive relatively equal treatment but not exactly the same treatment
11

Approximately 50% of all stimuli received by our brains is filtered out as irrelevant.
A)True
B)False
12

Organize your speech before composing your specific purpose statement.
A)True
B)False
13

A search engine is an Internet tool that generates indexes of Web pages that match key words typed in a search window.
A)True
B)False
14

Always outline your speech by writing your subpoints first, then composing your main points.
A)True
B)False
15

A causal pattern organizes your speech on the basis of a time sequence.
A)True
B)False





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