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SPEECH FINAL EXAM
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FOR EACH OF
THE FOLLOWING:
1. What is the definition of
Communication?
a. The process of sending and receiving
messages that occur when we express ourselves in a manner that is clearly
understood.
b. The process of rubbing one’s ear next
to a rough surface.
c. The process of seeing how many
retired people you can annoy by continually coughing up hairballs.
d. The rendering of fruit into a
smoothie by way of a processor.
2. Which of the following is not a
component of communication?
a. Sender
b. Message
c. Receiver
d. Feedback
e. Earwax
3. Which of the following is not a
communication barrier?
a. Physical barriers
b. Perceptual barriers
c. Cultural barriers
d. Language barriers
e. The Great Barrier Reef
4. Which of the following is not a type
of communication?
a. Dance move communication
b. Written communication
c. Verbal communication
d. Non-verbal communication
5. What is the definition of confidence?
a. It is the feeling you have when you
believe in yourself and that you have control over a specific situation.
b. It is the feeling you get when you realize you have gas in an enclosed car on a first date.
c. It is the feeling you have as you
enter the assistant principal’s office for the first time.
d. It is the feeling that overcomes you
every day in math class.
6. Which of the following is not a
method of increasing your confidence?
a. Facing down Rhonda Rousey in the ring
b. Content
c. Organization
d. Notes
e. Friendliness
f.
Good
first impression
7. What is another thing that is not a
method of increasing your confidence?
a. Dedication
b. Empathy
c. Newness
d. Conviction
e. Enthusiasm
f.
Sleeping through Biology every day
8. Which of the following is not a level
of communication?
a. Intrapersonal
b. Interpersonal
c. Small group
d. Public speaking
e. Mass communication
f.
Nodding
off while listening to Mr. Bone’s stories
9. The most important part of
communicating is what?
a. The poetry
b. The commercials
c. The coffee
d. The audience
10. What should a speaker not consider
when reading an audience?
a. The age of the audience
b. The gender
c. Occupation
d. Education
e. Shoe sizes
11. What is another thing one should not
consider when reading an audience?
a. Religion
b. Political affiliation
c. Culture
d. Socio-economic status
e. Their book covers
12. What is the definition of rhetoric?
a. The art of finding the best available
means of persuading a specific audience in a specific situation
b. The ability to juggle three
boyfriends or girlfriends at the same
time
c. The knowledge of not knowing what you
know when you know you do not know what you know
d. The national dish of Ecuador made with guinea pigs
13. A person must consider all three
elements when creating or analyzing rhetoric. Which of the following need not
be considered?
a. Audience
b. Purpose
c. Writer or speaker
d. Wind direction
14. Which of the following is not a
purpose of rhetoric?
a. Persuade
b. Inform
c. Express
d. Fertilize
15. Which of the following is not a major
rhetorical device?
a. Logos
b. Ethos
c. Pathos
d. Goonos
16. Which of the following is not a
rhetorical device?
a. Diction
b. Rhetorical question
c. Parallelism
d. Analogy
e. Constipation
17. Which of the following is not a
rhetorical device?
a. Allusion
b. Transfer
c. Testimonial
d. Plain folks appeal
e. Singing amoeba
18. Which of the following is not a
rhetorical device?
a. Bandwagon
b. Name calling
c. Card stacking
d. Scare tactics
e. Righteously harrumphing
19. Which of the following is not a
rhetorical device?
a. Overstatement
b. Understatement
c. Repetition
d. Inside out statement
MATCH THE FOLLOWING:
20. ____ Sender
21. ____ Receiver
22. ____ Communication
23. ____ Listening
24. ____ Feedback
25. ____ Articulators
26. ____ Nonverbal
27. ____ Pitch
28. ____ Verbal
29. ___ Resonators
30. ___ Volume
31. ___ Larynx
32. ___ Fact
33. ___ Informative
34. ___ Persuasion
35. ___ Public
36. ___ Paralanguage
37. ___ Logos
38. ___ Stage
fright
39. ___ Pathos
40. ___ Ethos
a.
one who transmits a message
b.
one who interprets and decodes a message
c.
how any information between two or more people
is given, received, and interpreted
d.
understanding and interpreting sound in a
meaningful way
e.
reactions of the receiver to a message
f.
tongue, teeth, lower jaw, and soft palate
g.
communicating without using words
h.
highness or lowness of a sound
i.
communicating with words
j.
pharynx, nasal cavities, and mouth, which act as
amplifiers
k.
loudness or softness of a sound
l.
the voice box
m.
event or truth that is known to exist or has
been observed
n.
type of speech in which the author imparts new
knowledge
o.
means by which one person can cause another
person to want to believe, think, or do something
p.
type of speaking where ideas are communicated
verbally to an audience
q.
ways in which you say words
r.
persuaded by use of reasoning; logical
s.
nervousness felt when appearing as a speaker
before an audience
t.
persuaded
by personal needs and drives; emotional
u.
persuaded by the character of the author;
credibility
