Ch1 Communication Competence And Public Verified Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 1

1) Sensitivity in the communication competence model is

a. the successful performance of a communication behavior

b. receptive accuracy whereby you can detect, decode, and comprehend signals in your social environment

c. a conscious decision to invest time and energy in improving our communication with others

d. a set of standards for judging the moral correctness of communication behavior

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 2

2) Noise from a communication perspective includes

a. startling sounds

b. biases and assumptions

c. confusing word choices

d. all of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 3

3) Lucy finds a great article on the Internet while researching her speech. She especially likes a paragraph in the article that makes one of her main points while using language that is vivid and amusing. She changes a few words of the paragraph and then uses it in her speech without attributing it to the original author. Lucy has

a. Plagiarized the author’s work

b. Used a bit of literary license, which is acceptable

c. Merely paraphrased the author’s work, not plagiarized it

d. Been ethical in her use of the paragraph

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 4

4) Rules

a. provide a basis for determining the appropriateness of our communication

b. can be both implicit and explicit

c. should be renegotiated when there is a clash between rules

d. all of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 5

5) Which of the following is an ethical component of the communication competence model for public speaking?

a. Sensitivity

b. Commitment

c. Choice

d. Relativism

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 6

6) Context for communication is

a. how well we progress toward the achievement of our goals

b. the degree of proficiency exhibited by our communication with others

c. the who, what, where, when, why, and how of the communication event

d. the successful performance of a communication behavior

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 7

7) Important reasons to become a competent public speaker include

a. the frequency of required oral presentations in college classes

b. prospective employers’ desire that employees possess such skills

c. the relevance of public speaking to a host of common public and social events

d. all of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 8

8) “Public speaking is a transactional process” means

a. the speaker is the sender and the audience is the group of listeners

b. the speaker and audience members are both senders and receivers of messages simultaneously

c. the speaker influences the audience members

d. none of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 9

9) Rules in public speaking situations

a. are universal, applicable to all situations

b. can be changed if they do not achieve a common purpose

c. are always explicit, even in very different cultures

d. a and c

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 10

10) “Students in a public speaking class should not interrupt a fellow classmate during his or her speech.” This is

a. a rule that governs appropriate behavior from listeners

b. an implicit rule if the instructor never mentions it but it is assumed by students

c. an explicit rule if the instructor verbally accentuates this before students begin their speech presentations

d. all of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 11

11) Shared meaning during a speech occurs when both the speaker and the audience

a. agree with the message

b. have mutual understanding of the speaker’s message

c. both a and b

d. neither a nor b

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 12

12) Being a competent public speaker means that

a. you never offend your audience

b. you are a proficient speaker in every context

c. you are proficient in a particular speaking context

d. you display immutable, inborn traits that make you proficient in every context

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 13

13) “The lorry driver taking kit to the football pitch was so knackered he pulled into the lay-by near the petrol station for a quick kip” is British slang. Inability to accurately translate this is a problem of

a. Unshared meaning of the message

b. Semantic noise

c. Cultural misunderstanding

d. All of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 14

14) When you think about your communication and concentrate on changing what you do to become more effective, you are exhibiting

a. Mindfulness

b. Sensitivity

c. Appropriateness

d. A and B

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 15

15) Pseudo-paraphrasing is

a. Unethical plagiarism

b. Quoting another person’s words verbatim

c. Merely using synonyms for a few words in a lengthy quotation by another person

d. A and C

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 1, Question 16

16) The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

a. Type option here

b. Type option here

c. Type option here

d. Type option here

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 17

17) A person’s communication is either competent or incompetent.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 18

18) Your communication in public speaking situations can be appropriate without being effective.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 19

19) There are rules associated with every public speaking context.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 20

20) The content dimension of a message is the information communicated, and the relationship dimension is how the words that compose the message relate to each other to produce meaning.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 21

21) Rules determine the appropriateness of our communication with others.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 22

22) Communication competence in public speaking is based on two primary variables: effectiveness and appropriateness.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 23

23) To be an effective public speaker, the key focus of any speech has to be on your audience.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 24

24) Being “audience oriented” means that you should hide your true viewpoints from the audience so you don’t offend listeners.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 25

25) Every communication context is guided by rules.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 26

26) Heckling a speaker is never appropriate and is thus incompetent communication.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 27

27) It is not plagiarism to “borrow” a few sentences or paragraphs from another student’s speech found on YouTube without attribution.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 28

28) Effective speakers are born that way; you can’t train someone to be an effective speaker if he or she is a poor speaker initially.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 29

29) Using verbal obscenity is inappropriate in all contexts for a public speech.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 30

30) There are no universal rules applicable to every speech situation.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 31

31) Public speaking is like one big conversation with a bunch of people.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 32

32) The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not protect hate speech.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 1, Question 33

33) Everyone knows what hate speech is, and there is a consensus regarding how to define it.

a. True

b. False