Chapter 12: Preparing for a Presentation

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. The number of people, objects, or things included in a study is referred to as the ______.

a. population

b. lay people

c. experts

d. base

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Statistics

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. An audience that listens to your presentation because its members have personally chosen to be there is known as a ______.

a. captive audience

b. voluntary audience

c. hostile audience

d. brainstorming audience

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Audience View of the Occasion

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Characteristics of a person or an audience that can provide insight into one’s knowledge, experiences, interests, needs, attitudes, beliefs, and values are called ______.

a. democrats

b. demographics

c. demonstrators

d. demagogues

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Testimony that comes from oneself and is enhanced by one’s connection with the audience is called ______.

a. personal testimony

b. probable testimony

c. impersonal testimony

d. matrimony

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Testimony

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. The ______ of your presentation encompasses the narrow, explicit goal of your presentation and entails the precise impact you want to have on your audience.

a. general purpose

b. general idea

c. thesis statement

d. specific purpose

Learning Objective: 12.4: Distinguish the general purpose, specific purpose statement, and thesis of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. When preparing a presentation on the effects of smoking, you decide to interview a pulmonary physician at your university. The testimony provided by this physician is ______testimony.

a. personal

b. expert

c. comparative

d. lay

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Testimony

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. These definitions are concrete explanations of meaning that are more original or personal than what a dictionary might provide.

a. Operational

b. Testimonial

c. Demographical

d. Informal

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Definitions

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Which of the following are personal beliefs or speculations that have not been proved or verified?

a. Values

b. Opinions

c. Facts

d. Medians

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Facts and Opinions

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Which of the following is not discussed in the chapter as a general purpose of a presentation?

a. To inform

b. To persuade

c. To incriminate

d. To evoke

Learning Objective: 12.4: Distinguish the general purpose, specific purpose statement, and thesis of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. When you brainstorm by generating a list of ideas encompassing a specific topic, you are using which type of brainstorming?

a. Inventory brainstorming

b. Illuminating brainstorming

c. Topic-specific brainstorming

d. None of the above

Learning Objective: 12.2: Recognize factors you should consider when determining the topic of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Searching for a Topic

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. A listing of a person’s preferences, likes, dislikes, and experiences is called a/an ______.

a. hypothetical inventory

b. individual inventory

c. illustrative inventory

d. persuasive inventory

Learning Objective: 12.3: Identify strategies you can use when searching for the topic of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Searching for a Topic

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Which of the following is a useful resource when searching for a topic?

a. Current events

b. Individual inventory

c. Suggestions from other people

d. All of the above are useful resources.

Learning Objective: 12.3: Identify strategies you can use when searching for the topic of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Searching for a Topic

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. When your general purpose is to influence audience beliefs, values, or attitudes, you are preparing which type of presentation?

a. Presentation to entertain

b. Presentation to inform

c. Presentation to persuade

d. Presentation to evoke

Learning Objective: 12.4: Distinguish the general purpose, specific purpose statement, and thesis of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Specific cases used to represent a larger whole to clarify or explain something are called ______.

a. illustrators

b. opinions

c. operations

d. examples

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Examples

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. ______ refers to whom or what a study includes.

a. Mean

b. Population

c. Mode

d. Median

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Statistics

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. In the following series of numbers (6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), 8 is the ______.

a. mean

b. median

c. mode

d. base

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Statistics

Difficulty Level: Hard

17. In the following series of numbers (6, 6, 6, 8, 9, 10, 10), 6 is the______.

a. mean

b. median

c. mode

d. base

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Statistics

Difficulty Level: Hard

18. When you use ______ brainstorming, you generate a list of ideas with no topic boundary.

a. topic-specific

b. open

c. demographic

d. specified

Learning Objective: 12.3: Identify strategies you can use when searching for the topic of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Searching for a Topic

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. When you use ______ brainstorming, you generate a list of ideas encompassing a specific topic.

a. topic-specific

b. open

c. demographic

d. specified

Learning Objective: 12.3: Identify strategies you can use when searching for the topic of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Searching for a Topic

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. Which of the following is worded as a specific purpose for a presentation?

a. The purpose of this presentation is to inform.

b. The purpose of this presentation is to persuade.

c. The purpose of this presentation is to convince the audience to become organ donors.

d. The purpose of this presentation is to evoke.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Distinguish the general purpose, specific purpose statement, and thesis of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. When considering current events and issues as possible topics, which of the following might be useful to help find a topic?

a. Internet news site

b. A news channel

c. A radio program

d. These might all be useful.

Learning Objective: 12.3: Identify strategies you can use when searching for the topic of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Searching for a Topic

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. Which of the following ancient Greek and Roman classical rhetorical canons of speech preparation refers to the style of the speech?

a. Dispositio

b. Elocutio

c. Inventio

d. Pronunciatio

Learning Objective: 12.6: Determine which factors you should consider when selecting sources for a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Selecting and Searching for Sources (Inventio)

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. Which of the following ancient Greek and Roman classical rhetorical canons of speech preparation refers to the layout of the speech?

a. Dispositio

b. Elocutio

c. Inventio

d. Pronunciatio

Learning Objective: 12.6: Determine which factors you should consider when selecting sources for a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Selecting and Searching for Sources (Inventio)

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. Which of the following ancient Greek and Roman classical rhetorical canons of speech preparation refers to the delivery of the speech?

a. Dispositio

b. Elocutio

c. Inventio

d. Pronunciatio

Learning Objective: 12.6: Determine which factors you should consider when selecting sources for a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Selecting and Searching for Sources (Inventio)

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Which of the following ancient Greek and Roman classical rhetorical canons of speech preparation refers to the research and creativity of the speech?

a. Dispositio

b. Elocutio

c. Inventio

d. Pronunciatio

Learning Objective: 12.6: Determine which factors you should consider when selecting sources for a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Selecting and Searching for Sources (Inventio)

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. Consider the following statistic: “According to noted economist Jake N. Elwood, the amount of credit card debt accrued by the average American has tripled in the past 5 years.” This is an example of a statistic that demonstrates ______.

a. frequency

b. scope

c. trends

d. associations

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Statistics

Difficulty Level: Medium

27. Consider the following statistic: “According to the Mayberry Gazette, 25% of Camden County residents overpaid an average of $570 in local taxes last year.” This is an example of a statistic that demonstrates ______.

a. frequency

b. scope

c. trends

d. associations

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Statistics

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. Consider the following statistic: “According to the Surgeon General, two out of three Americans experience problems with acid reflux.” This is an example of a statistic that demonstrates ______.

a. frequency

b. scope

c. trends

d. associations

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Statistics

Difficulty Level: Medium

29. Consider the following statistic: “The amount of money a person earns each year is related to his or her level of education. An article from Money Quarterly revealed that individuals who have earned a bachelor’s degree can expect to earn an average of $15,000 more each year than those with only a high school diploma. Individuals who have earned their master’s degree earn an additional $10,000.” This is an example of a statistic that demonstrates ______.

a. frequency

b. scope

c. trends

d. associations

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Statistics

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. There are similarities between public speaking and personal relationships in your everyday life.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Presenting and Relationships

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. The most successful individuals who are viewed as credible tend to be those who are (a) considered knowledgeable about the topic, (b) trusted, and (c) concerned about their appearance.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: A Speaker’s Relationship With the Audience

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. The specific purpose and the thesis statement are the same thing.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Distinguish the general purpose, specific purpose statement, and thesis of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Thesis Statement

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Lay testimony comes from someone without expertise in a particular area but who possesses experience in that area. It comes from a regular person providing his or her experience with your topic.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Testimony

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Comparisons demonstrate or reveal how things are similar.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Comparisons and Contrasts

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Contrasts demonstrate or reveal how things are different.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Comparisons and Contrasts

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. A captive audience should always be considered to be a hostile audience.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Audience View of the Occasion

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. A voluntary audience listens to your presentation because its members have personally chosen to be there.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Audience View of the Occasion

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. If someone shares the same demographics as you, then that person possesses the same knowledge and experiences that you do.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Oral citations are references to the source of the evidence and support material used during your presentation.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Quality of Evidence and Support Material

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. Statistics are straightforward, so all presenters use them so they do not mislead their audiences.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Statistics

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. A presenter should include as many statistics as possible into a presentation.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Statistics

Difficulty Level: Hard

13. Inventio is Latin for “finding.”

Learning Objective: 12.6: Determine which factors you should consider when selecting sources for a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Selecting and Searching for Sources (Inventio)

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Duck and McMahan encourage the use of superlatives because they are verifiable.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Facts and Opinions

Difficulty Level: Hard

15. Duck and McMahan suggest that great presenters, such as TED-talk speakers, work the hardest on the preparation of a talk.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Getting Ready to Present

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Duck and McMahan suggest that a speaker should choose a topic that is unfamiliar to her.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Recognize factors you should consider when determining the topic of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Consider Yourself

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Generally, the longer you hold an attitude and the more support you discover in its favor, the less likely you will be to change it.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Attitudes usually do not change much but instead tend to remain constant.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Knowing the beliefs of an audience can assist in determining whether certain statements or views will be accepted without the need for support or whether the audience will need to be convinced by compelling evidence.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. The use of quality evidence will decrease audience members’ perceptions of your credibility.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Quality of Evidence and Support Material

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. With regard to selecting a topic, the best place to begin is by considering your knowledge, your experiences, and what you find important.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Recognize factors you should consider when determining the topic of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Searching for a Topic

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. Audiences’ preexisting attitudes will influence their view of you as a speaker, the topic, the occasion, and even the evidence provided to develop and support an argument.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values

Difficulty Level: Easy

Short Answer

1. Why do Duck and McMahan prefer the term evoke over the term entertain for a type of presentation?

Learning Objective: 12.4: Distinguish the general purpose, specific purpose statement, and thesis of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Presenting and Relationships

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Explain mean, median, and mode.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Statistics

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. What is an individual inventory? Why would you compile an individual inventory? List at least two categories that could be used to conduct an individual inventory.

Learning Objective: 12.3: Identify strategies you can use when searching for the topic of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Searching for a Topic

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. What is meant by a hypothetical illustration?

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Examples

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Briefly explain the goal of a thesis statement.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Distinguish the general purpose, specific purpose statement, and thesis of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Thesis Statement

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. List some suggestions to follow when conducting research and gathering material.

Learning Objective: 12.6: Determine which factors you should consider when selecting sources for a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Selecting and Searching for Sources (Inventio)

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. ______ testimony comes from oneself and is enhanced by one’s connection with the audience.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Testimony

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. ______ testimony comes from someone with special training, instruction, or knowledge in a particular topic.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Testimony

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. ______ testimony comes from someone without professional or qualified expertise in a particular area but who has extensive personal experience

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Testimony

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. ______ are fabricated illustrations using typical characteristics to describe particular situations, objects, or people, as well as illustrations describing what could happen in the future.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Examples

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. The term ______ describes presentations designed to “entertain, inspire, celebrate, commemorate, or bond or to help listeners to relive a significant event” from the audience.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Distinguish the general purpose, specific purpose statement, and thesis of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Another way to derive such a topic is by compiling an ______, or a listing of your preferences, likes, dislikes, and experiences.

Learning Objective: 12.3: Identify strategies you can use when searching for the topic of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Searching for a Topic

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. When ______ brainstorming, you generate a list of ideas with no topic boundary.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Recognize factors you should consider when determining the topic of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Searching for a Topic

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. When ______ brainstorming, you generate a list of ideas encompassing a specific topic.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Recognize factors you should consider when determining the topic of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Searching for a Topic

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. Why is it important to determine an audience’s knowledge of an issue when preparing for a presentation?

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Relationship With the Issue and Position

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Explain what Duck and McMahan mean when they suggest “considering yourself” when selecting a presentation topic.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Recognize factors you should consider when determining the topic of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Consider Yourself

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Explain at least two ways that a presenter can increase the effectiveness of statistics.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Statistics

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Define brainstorming and explain how it works.

Learning Objective: 12.3: Identify strategies you can use when searching for the topic of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Searching for a Topic

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. What are attitudes, beliefs, and values, and how do they affect a presentation?

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Choose one type of testimony and a subject area, and justify why you are qualified to give testimony in that area.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Testimony

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Explain at least two criteria that a presenter should consider when selecting quality sources.

Learning Objective: 12.6: Determine which factors you should consider when selecting sources for a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Selecting and Searching for Sources (Inventio)

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Explain at least two factors that a presenter should consider when conducting research and gathering material?

Learning Objective: 12.6: Determine which factors you should consider when selecting sources for a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Selecting and Searching for Sources (Inventio)

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Explain a captive audience.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Audience View of the Occasion

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Explain a voluntary audience.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Audience View of the Occasion

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. What are demographics? Provide some examples. Also, how can knowing demographics be helpful in speechmaking?

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. What are values? Provide some examples.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Identify factors you should consider when analyzing and relating to an audience.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Explain the differences between the two types of brainstorming.

Learning Objective: 12.3: Identify strategies you can use when searching for the topic of a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Searching for a Topic

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Explain the statistical base.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Statistics

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. What does population refer to? Provide an example.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Statistics

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Explain two important functions that examples can serve in your presentation.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Examples

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Explain the difference between comparing and contrasting.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Explain types of evidence and support material you can use to develop a presentation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Comparisons and Contrasts

Difficulty Level: Easy