Building Confidence And Your Ch1 Test Questions & Answers

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Chapter 1: Building Confidence and Your First Speech

Multiple Choice

1. The idea of providing students with a “playbook” implies that, in order to be an effective public speaker, you need ______.

a. athletic ability

b. a game plan

c. natural ability

d. prior knowledge

Learning Objective: 1.1: Demonstrate how developing public speaking skills helps you realize personal, professional, and societal goals

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 1.1. Identify Speechmaking’s Benefits

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Which of the following is an area of your life benefitting from speechmaking?

a. societal life

b. professional life

c. personal life

d. all of these

Learning Objective: 1.1: Demonstrate how developing public speaking skills helps you realize personal, professional, and societal goals

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 1.1a. Benefits for Your Personal Life

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Which of the following is a benefit of public speaking for your personal life?

a. It can help you understand specialized knowledge in a scientific field.

b. It can help you improve your relationships with your friends.

c. It can help you increase your self-confidence.

d. It increases your chances to become a media professional.

Learning Objective: 1.1: Demonstrate how developing public speaking skills helps you realize personal, professional, and societal goals

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.1a. Benefits for Your Personal Life

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Which of the following is not a benefit of public speaking for your personal life?

a. You can make your friends do what you want them to.

b. You can become more confident.

c. You can better control your environment by controlling yourself.

d. You can clarify and refine your own opinions and ideas.

Learning Objective: 1.1: Demonstrate how developing public speaking skills helps you realize personal, professional, and societal goals

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.1a. Benefits for Your Personal Life

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Our political system depends on which of the following types of people?

a. citizens who do not listen to others

b. citizens who carefully examine all sides of an issue

c. citizens who attempt to convince others to vote like them

d. citizens who do not speak honestly

Learning Objective: 1.1: Demonstrate how developing public speaking skills helps you realize personal, professional, and societal goals

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.1c. Benefits for Society

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Which of the following is not an element of the communication process?

a. the person who speaks

b. the people who listen

c. other people who might be referenced in the speech

d. the message

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.2. The Communication Process in Action

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Which of the following is an aspect of the content of our communication?

a. words and visuals we use to express our ideas and feelings

b. the sounds of our voices

c. our body language or non-verbal communication

d. All of these are aspects of the content of our communication.

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.2. The Communication Process in Action

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Which of the following refers to the pathways or media through which messages are carried?

a. channels

b. noise

c. dimensions

d. media

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 1.2. The Communication Process in Action

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Communication is usually a ______ event.

a. single-channel

b. dual-channel

c. multi-channel

d. channel-less

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 1.2. The Communication Process in Action

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. A phone ringing in the audience is an example of ______.

a. channels

b. noise

c. dimensions

d. sound

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.2. Discuss the Context of Public Speaking

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. After John presents his speech in class, his classmate Ryan raises his hand and asks him a question regarding one of his points. Ryan’s question is a form of ______.

a. noise

b. feedback

c. sound

d. reaction

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.2. Discuss the Context of Public Speaking

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. When you contemplate how conditions of place and time influence both behavior and the outcome of the communication event, you are considering ______.

a. the demographic context

b. the environmental context

c. the historical context

d. the situational/cultural context

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.2. Discuss the Context of Public Speaking

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Jen is scheduled to make a speech about the benefits of public speaking at a professional gathering, and she is also scheduled to make a speech on the same topic in a community setting. She is working on making changes to the content and delivery of the speech based on the typesetting and location. Which element of the communication process is Jen taking into consideration?

a. noise

b. feedback

c. channels

d. situational/cultural context

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.2. Discuss the Context of Public Speaking

Difficulty Level: Hard

14. Communication is ______.

a. static

b. cumulative

c. singular

d. simple

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 1.2a. Picture the Parts Working Together

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Sam was in an accident as a child and received a blood transfusion, which influences his persuasive speech on blood donation. Sam’s topic was influenced by his ______.

a. background

b. worldview

c. culture

d. field of experience

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: 1.2a. Picture the Parts Working Together

Difficulty Level: Hard

16. Which of the following skills is not especially important for public speakers?

a. Organize ideas logically.

b. Make others believe what you are saying.

c. Encode or express ideas clearly.

d. Analyze and adapt to receivers readily.

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.2b. Consider Audience Expectations

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Public speaking anxiety (PSA) affects what percentage of all speakers?

a. 10–20%

b. 30–40%

c. 40–80%

d. 80–100%

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3a. Understand Public Speaking Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. Which of the following is not a way in which you can address the physical effects of speech anxiety?

a. Cry in private before the speech.

b. Repeat tensing and relaxing different muscles.

c. Stand tall and lean slightly forward.

d. Leaning slightly forward, stake out a broad surface with your hands.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3b. Address the Physical Effects of Speech Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Which of the following refers to our internal communication that can often derail our attempts to control our anxiety?

a. self-deprecation

b. self-control

c. self-talk

d. thought-stopping

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3c. Address the Mental Effects of Speech Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. Sally is very nervous about presenting her speech in class. While waiting to present, she thinks to herself “Stop!” and then repeats “calm” in her head. Sally is using ______.

a. thought-control

b. self-control

c. self-talk

d. thought-stopping

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.3c. Address the Mental Effects of Speech Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. ______ refers to a technique that focuses attention on our thoughts rather than on our bodily reactions that works by altering the beliefs people have about themselves and their abilities.

a. Self-control

b. Inner focus

c. Cognitive restructuring

d. Cognitive focus

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3c. Address the Mental Effects of Speech Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. You are very nervous about your speech, so you take a deep breath and follow with a strong exhalation. Which of the following did you just enact?

a. thought-stopping

b. centering breath

c. self-talk

d. focus breath

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.3c. Address the Mental Effects of Speech Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. Which of the following doesn’t help combat both the physical and the mental effects of speech anxiety?

a. speaking on a topic you really care about

b. paying more attention to details than to main ideas

c. preparing thoroughly for the speechmaking event

d. keeping in mind that listeners are unlikely to perceive our signs of anxiety

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3d. Use Skills Training

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. Which of the following is not a part of the game plan for conquering speech anxiety?

a. I have assessed my own feelings and fears about giving a speech.

b. The morning before my speech, I went for a walk, a run, or a swim.

c. The morning before my speech, I had a big breakfast.

d. Just before my speech, I took a moment to center my breathing and thoughts.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3d. Use Skills Training

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. The night before the speech, Mara tried standing tall, leaning forward, and opening her arms to the audience, staking out a broad surface with her hands. Which part of the game plan for conquering speech anxiety was Mara pursuing?

a. practicing a powerful pose

b. relaxing before the speech

c. centering her breadth before the speech

d. being ready to deliver her speech

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.3d. Use Skills Training

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. Instead of focusing on negative thoughts and fears, Amanda is focusing on potential positives of her performance. Which strategy for using her anxiety to perform more effectively is Amanda employing?

a. preparing thoroughly

b. visualizing a positive experience

c. reminding herself that the audience cannot usually see or hear fear

d. focusing on her audience, not herself

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.3e. Anxiety Can Be Transformative

Difficulty Level: Medium

27. During the speech, Breanne takes time to make eye contact with various audience members. Which strategy for using her anxiety to perform more effectively is Breanne employing?

a. preparing thoroughly

b. visualizing a positive experience

c. reminding herself that the audience cannot usually see or hear fear

d. focusing on her audience, not herself

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.3e. Anxiety Can Be Transformative

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. Which of the following is not a suggestion for handling speech anxiety?

a. systematic desensitization

b. a single practice session to harness nervous energy

c. cognitive restructuring

d. skills training

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3e. Anxiety Can Be Transformative

Difficulty Level: Medium

29. By mastering the ability to communicate your ideas in public, you harness the power of ______.

a. persuasion

b. interaction

c. speech

d. desensitization

Learning Objective: 1.1: Demonstrate how developing public speaking skills helps you realize personal, professional, and societal goals

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.1a. Benefits for Your Personal Life

Difficulty Level: Easy

30. Which of the following is a meaning of freedom of speech?

a. You can speak freely without fear of being punished for expressing your ideas.

b. You can make decisions freely based on your evaluation of the choices confronting you.

c. You can debate freely all disputable questions of fact, value, or policy.

d. All of these are meanings of freedom of speech.

Learning Objective: 1.1: Demonstrate how developing public speaking skills helps you realize personal, professional, and societal goals

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.1c. Benefits for Society

Difficulty Level: Medium

31. Comparing and contrasting your expectations of the speech with your actual experience is part of what?

a. post-presentation analysis

b. visualization of presentation

c. audience analysis

d. pre-presentation analysis

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4d. Conduct a Post-Presentation Analysis

Difficulty Level: Easy

32. Highly anxious speakers tend to be ______.

a. mindful

b. poorly-paced

c. self-obsessed

d. patient

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3a. Understand Public Speaking Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

33. Each of the following is step you should take once you have selected a speech topic, except ______.

a. formulate your speech’s purpose

b. identify main points of the speech

c. research and select materials to support the main points

d. all of these are appropriate steps

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4b. Develop, Support, and Organize Your Speech

Difficulty Level: Medium

34. Once you have become more capable of assessing your speeches, what can you use for a more comprehensive assessment?

a. a scorecard

b. a gradebook

c. a professional

d. Internet resources

Learning Objective: 1.6: Score your first speech performance to establish a baseline on which to build your skills

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 1.4d. Conduct a Post-Presentation Analysis

Difficulty Level: Easy

35. Which question about the speech you have delivered should you ask in your post-presentation scorecard?

a. Was I nervous?

b. Did my speech persuade the audience?

c. How well did I do?

d. What did I do wrong?

Learning Objective: 1.6: Score your first speech performance to establish a baseline on which to build your skills

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4d. Conduct a Post-Presentation Analysis

Difficulty Level: Medium

Fill-in-the-Blank

1. In addition to benefiting your personal life and society, being a skilled public speaker can also benefit your ______.

Learning Objective: 1.1: Demonstrate how developing public speaking skills helps you realize personal, professional, and societal goals

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.1b. Benefits for Your Career

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. The idea of providing students with a “playbook” implies that, in order to be an effective public speaker, you need a ______.

Learning Objective: 1.1: Demonstrate how developing public speaking skills helps you realize personal, professional, and societal goals

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Chapter 1. Public Speaking and You: Building Confidence

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Becoming a skilled public speaker has benefits for the individual, both personal and professional, and for ______.

Learning Objective: 1.1: Demonstrate how developing public speaking skills helps you realize personal, professional, and societal goals

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 1.1. Identify Speechmaking’s Benefits

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. ______ refers to the pathways or media through which messages pass.

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 1.2. The Communication Process in Action

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. The speaker is also referred to as the ______ of the message, and the listener is referred to as the ______ of the message.

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.2. Discuss the Context of Public Speaking

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Mohammad is answering questions from the audience after the speech. Mohammad is receiving ______.

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.2. Discuss the Context of Public Speaking

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Physical discomfort, a psychological state, intellectual ability, or the environment can create ______.

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.2. Discuss the Context of Public Speaking

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. The night before the speech, trying to stand tall, lean forward, and open your arms to the audience, is an example of ______.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.3d. Use Skills Training

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. ______ anxiety is fear of preparing a speech, and ______ anxiety is fear of presenting a speech.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3a. Understand Public Speaking Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Mo is giving a speech about his ethnic heritage. In a few parts of the speech, he boasts that he feels his ethnicity is much more advanced and intelligent than others. And toward the conclusion he states that he feels his heritage is the most important for anyone to become aware of and appreciate. Though he was trying to sound confident, his overcompensation was presented as a form of ______.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.3a. Understand Public Speaking Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Hard

11. Josh succeeds to strike a powerful pose during the speech and thus increase the effectiveness of the speech. Josh is addressing the ______ effects of speech anxiety.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.3b. Address the Physical Effects of Speech Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Aya takes her nerves about public speaking and uses them to her advantage. Aya is harnessing her ______.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.3c. Address the Mental Effects of Speech Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Public speaking anxiety has two dimensions: ______ and _______.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3a. Understand Public Speaking Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. We often feel more ______ presenting a speech when it does not interest us.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3d. Use Skills Training

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Highly anxious speakers tend to be ______.

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.14a. Select Your Topic

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. The first step in ______ is to analyze your interests.

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4a. Select Your Topic

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. Your speech’s ______ are the blueprint for your speech containing those major ideas your speech will relay to receivers.

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4b. Develop, Support, and Organize Your Speech

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. A speaker will use the specific purpose to develop their central idea or ______.

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4b. Develop, Support, and Organize Your Speech

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. You can use ______, such as “first,” “next,” and “finally,” to let receivers know where you are in your speech.

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4b. Develop, Support, and Organize Your Speech

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. A(n) ______ provides the skeleton upon which you hang your main ideas and support.

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4b. Develop, Support, and Organize Your Speech

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. When it comes to vocal cues, you will want to regulate your ______, ______, ______, and ______.

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4c. Practice Delivery

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. Following a speech, ______ may come in the form of questions from the audience.

Learning Objective: 1.5: Deliver your first speech

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4c. Practice Delivery

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Becoming a skilled public speaker has benefits for the individual, both personal and professional, and society as a whole.

Learning Objective: 1.1: Demonstrate how developing public speaking skills helps you realize personal, professional, and societal goals

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Chapter 1. Public Speaking and You: Building Confidence

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Sending the message is the exclusive job of the source.

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.2. Discuss the Context of Public Speaking

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. By mastering the ability to communicate your ideas in public, you harness the power of interaction.

Learning Objective: 1.1: Demonstrate how developing public speaking skills helps you realize personal, professional, and societal goals

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.1a. Benefits for Your Personal Life

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. If you are answering questions from the audience after the speech, you are receiving feedback.

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.2. Discuss the Context of Public Speaking

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. The speaker is also referred to as the source of the message, and the listener is referred to as the receiver of the message.

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.2. Discuss the Context of Public Speaking

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Physical discomfort, a psychological state, intellectual ability, or the environment can create noise.

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.2. Discuss the Context of Public Speaking

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. If you say something you regret, it doesn’t take much to “erase” that communication in your audience’s mind.

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.2a. Picture the Parts Working Together

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. It is possible to use your stress and anxiety to build your confidence as a speaker.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 1.3a. Understand Public Speaking Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Keeping in mind that listeners are unlikely to perceive our signs of anxiety helps combat both the physical and the mental effects of speech anxiety.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3d. Use Skills Training

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Thought stopping is an example of cognitive restructuring.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 1.3c. Address the Mental Effects of Speech Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. We often feel more anxious presenting a speech when it does not interest us.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3d. Use Skills Training

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Practicing is not considered a component of your speech preparation.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3d. Use Skills Training

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. If you take your nerves about public speaking and use them to your advantage, you are harnessing positive energy.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.3c. Address the Mental Effects of Speech Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Performance anxiety is fear of preparing a speech, and process anxiety is fear of presenting a speech.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3a. Understand Public Speaking Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Ethnocentricity is the belief that your own group or culture is better than others.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3a. Understand Public Speaking Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. Visualizing a positive experience is a helpful way in refocusing your speech anxiety, and visualizing success from start to finish.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3e. Anxiety Can Be Transformative

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. The first step in topic selection is to analyze your interests.

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4a. Select Your Topic

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. The specific purpose expresses the central theme of your speech in one sentence.

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4b. Develop, Support and Organize Your Speech/The Thesis Statement

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. The conclusion of your speech should introduce one bit of new information to keep the audience engaged with your content.

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4b. Develop, Support, and Organize Your Speech

Difficulty Level: Hard

20. Signposts signal transitions between sections of your speech to help focus the audience’s attention.

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4b. Develop, Support, and Organize Your Speech

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Presenting a speech should become effortless.

Learning Objective: 1.5: Deliver your first speech

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4c. Practice Delivery

Difficulty Level: Medium

Short Answer/Essay

1. List and discuss the three areas in which being a skilled public speaker could benefit you.

Learning Objective: 1.1: Demonstrate how developing public speaking skills helps you realize personal, professional, and societal goals

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.1. Identify Speechmaking’s Benefits

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. List and discuss the four meanings of freedom of speech as referenced in the text.

Learning Objective: 1.1: Demonstrate how developing public speaking skills helps you realize personal, professional, and societal goals

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.1c. Benefits for Society

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Define and discuss the element of “noise” from the communication process. How can that impact a speaker?

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: 1.2. The Communication Process in Action

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. List and discuss three elements of the communication process and how they are pertinent to your speechmaking opportunities.

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: 1.2. Discuss the Context of Public Speaking

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. As the source of communication in the communicative model, what does your success ultimately depend on?

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.2a. Picture the Parts Working Together

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. How should a speaker consider audience expectations when preparing a speech?

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain the context of public speaking by listing and identifying the essential elements of communication

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.2b. Consider Audience Expectations

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. List and discuss three reasons for public speaking anxiety.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3a. Understand Public Speaking Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Discuss and provide three examples of how skills training can make us better public speakers.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3d. Use Skills Training

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Explain how you could use anxiety to perform more effectively.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3e. Anxiety Can Be Transformative

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Define and describe ethnocentrism. What impact can that have on the speaker and audience?

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3a. Understand Public Speaking Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. Explain what cognitive restructuring is and how it works.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3c. Address the Mental Effects of Speech Anxiety

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. What are three ways to combat the physical and mental effects of speech anxiety?

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3d. Use Skills Training

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. How can speech anxiety be transformative? Give examples.

Learning Objective: 1.3: Assess and build your speechmaking confidence

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.3e. Anxiety Can Be Transformative

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Explain why practicing your speech is important.

Learning Objective: 1.5: Deliver your first speech

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4c. Practice Delivery

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Why is it important to replicate the conditions of the speech as much as you can when you’re practicing?

Learning Objective: 1.5: Deliver your first speech

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: 1.4c. Practice Delivery

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Define and describe the purpose of the main points of a speech. Give an example of three possible main points for an informative speech about pet ownership.

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.4b. Develop, Support, and Organize Your Speech

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. What are signposts? Give a few examples and show how they are used in a speech.

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4b. Develop, Support and Organize Your Speech

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. What are supporting materials? Give examples of some, and explain supporting materials are important.

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.4b. Develop, Support and Organize Your Speech

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. What is the difference between the specific purpose and the thesis statement?

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4b. Develop, Support and Organize Your Speech

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. What are examples of vocal cues? Why are they important?

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 1.4c. Practice Delivery

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. What is the benefit of conducting a post-presentation analysis?

Learning Objective: 1.4: Demonstrate your understanding of basic speechmaking by approaching public speaking systematically

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4d. Conduct a Post-Presentation Analysis

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. What is a self-assessment? How can this benefit the speaker in the future?

Learning Objective: 1.6: Score your first speech performance to establish a baseline on which to build your skills

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 1.4d. Conduct a Post-Presentation Analysis

Difficulty Level: Medium