Delivering Your Speech Nonverbal + Complete Test Bank Ch.13 - Test Bank | Public Speaking Playbook 3e by Gamble by Teri Kwal Gamble. DOCX document preview.
Test Bank
Chapter 13: Delivering Your Speech: Nonverbal Messages Matter
Multiple Choice
1. Audience members are better able to concentrate on what you have to say when they ______.
a. are attracted by the sound of your voice
b. are distracted by the sound of your voice
c. are neutral to the sound of your voice
d. can just hear your voice well enough
Learning Objective: 13.4: Effectively give voice and body to a speech.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.2. Take Control of How You Sound
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Researchers have discovered that the bulk of message’s personal and connotative meaning is communicated via ______.
a. verbal delivery
b. nonverbal delivery
c. both verbal and nonverbal delivery
d. neither verbal nor nonverbal delivery
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
speaking.
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Which of the following is a suggested question to ask yourself regarding the sound of your speech?
a. Does my voice help me convey the meaning of my speech clearly?
b. If I were in my audience, would I be attracted to the sound of my voice?
c. Does my voice come across as condescending?
d. Do I sound like a famous speechmaker?
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.2. Take Control of How You Sound
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Pitch, volume, rate, articulation, and pronunciation are all examples of ______.
a. linguistic cues
b. speech cues
c. paralinguistic cues
d. language cues
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.1. Nonverbal Messages: Beyond the Speaker’s Words
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Which of the following is an example of paralinguistic cues?
a. posture
b. gestures
c. rate
d. eye contact
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.3. Properly Use Pitch, Volume, Rate, Articulation, and Pronunciation
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Our ______ pitch is the level at which we speak most often.
a. habitual
b. normal
c. optimal
d. ideal
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.3a. Vary Pitch
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Our ______ pitch is where our voice functions best and where we have extensive vocal variation up and down the scale.
a. habitual
b. normal
c. optimal
d. ideal
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.3a. Vary Pitch
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. When you say words in a ______ during a speech, it means you are not happy.
a. monotone
b. high tone
c. low tone
d. upbeat tone
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: 13.3a. Vary Pitch
Difficulty Level: Hard
9. ______ voices are stereotyped as more mature, sexier, and stronger.
a. Higher-pitched
b. Louder
c. Quieter
d. Lower-pitched
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.4. Be Aware of Accents, Dialects, and Regionalisms
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. ______ voices are frequently associated with helplessness, nervousness, and tension.
a. Higher-pitched
b. Louder
c. Flat
d. Lower-pitched
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.4. Be Aware of Accents, Dialects, and Regionalisms
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. For both men and women, the vocal cue of ______ has the stereotype of being masculine, sluggish, cold, and withdrawn.
a. breathiness
b. thinness
c. flatness
d. nasality
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.4. Be Aware of Accents, Dialects, and Regionalisms
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. You should regulate your volume to reflect which of the following?
a. the size of the room
b. audience gender
c. audience age
d. How aggressively you wish to make your points.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.3b. Adapt Volume to the Situation and Cultural Norms
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Generally, in the United States, we consider a voice that is too ______ as intrusive and aggressive.
a. loud
b. low
c. deep
d. high
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.3b. Adapt Volume to the Situation and Cultural Norms
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Generally, in the United States, we consider a voice that is too ______ as meek, hesitant, and less credible.
a. loud
b. low
c. deep
d. high
Learning Objective: 13.4: Effectively give voice and body to a speech.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.3b. Adapt Volume to the Situation and Cultural Norms
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. ______ is the speed at which you speak words.
a. Timing
b. Pace
c. Tempo
d. Rate
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.3c. Adjust Rate, Use Silent Pauses, Avoid Fillers
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. The average rate at which we speak is between ______ words per minute.
a. 50 and 100
b. 125 and 175
c. 200 and 250
d. 500 and 550
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.3c. Adjust Rate, Use Silent Pauses, Avoid Fillers
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. Which of the following is a mood you would express through a slower speaking rate?
a. humor
b. happiness
c. excitement
d. concern
Learning Objective: 13.4: Effectively give voice and body to a speech.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.3c. Adjust Rate, Use Silent Pauses, Avoid Fillers
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. Which of the following is a mood you would express through a quicker speaking rate?
a. excitement
b. eagerness
c. seriousness
d. urgency
Learning Objective: 13.4: Effectively give voice and body to a speech.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 3.3c. Adjust Rate, Use Silent Pauses, Avoid Fillers
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. One way to slow the pace of your speech is to ______.
a. repeat yourself
b. pause
c. talk very slow
d. start late
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.3c. Adjust Rate, Use Silent Pauses, Avoid Fillers
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. Which of the following is an appropriate time to pause in your speech?
a. before starting
b. in the middle of a main idea
c. while presenting a piece of evidence for a subtopic
d. during the conclusion of the speech
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.3c. Adjust Rate, Use Silent Pauses, Avoid Fillers
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. Which of the following is a verbal filler?
a. “In sum”
b. “Uh”
c. “Furthermore”
d. “In conclusion”
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.3c. Adjust Rate, Use Silent Pauses, Avoid Fillers
Difficulty Level: Easy
22. When it comes to articulation, you should ideally ______.
a. let the sounds run together
b. omit the final sounds of words
c. speak the sounds distinctly
d. use incorrect punctuation
Learning Objective: 13.4: Effectively give voice and body to a speech.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.3d. Attend to Articulation and Pronunciation
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. Which of the following is a common mispronunciation error?
a. adding unnecessary sounds
b. adding necessary sounds
c. articulation
d. replicating an accent
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.3d. Attend to Articulation and Pronunciation
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. Which of the following is true regarding pronunciation?
a. Use slang when reasonable.
b. Speak at a faster pace.
c. Ask your practice audience to point out errors.
d. Wait for a real audience member to point out an error in pronunciation.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.3d. Attend to Articulation and Pronunciation
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. A/an ______ is a speech pattern characteristic of a group of people from a particular area or of a specific ethnicity.
a. dialect
b. regionalism
c. pronunciation
d. articulation
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain how cultural background and stereotypes affect the use and interpretation of nonverbal cues.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.4. Be Aware of Accents, Dialects, and Regionalisms
Difficulty Level: Medium
26. Most people have grown accustomed to ______ speech, and prefer to listen either to it or to someone who sounds just like they themselves do.
a. Southern
b. Northern
c. Midwestern
d. West Coast
Learning Objective: 13.4: Effectively give voice and body to a speech.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.4. Be Aware of Accents, Dialects, and Regionalisms
Difficulty Level: Medium
27. Audience members will perceive you as more credible if ______.
a. you keep your dialect
b. you entirely change your dialect
c. you adapt your dialect
d. you don’t care about your dialect
Learning Objective: 13.4: Effectively give voice and body to a speech.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.4. Be Aware of Accents, Dialects, and Regionalisms
Difficulty Level: Medium
28. Which of the following is a way your audience can respond nonverbally?
a. smiling or frowning
b. sighing
c. clapping and whistling
d. asking questions
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.6e. Approach the Audience Confidently
Difficulty Level: Easy
29. In addition to what you say, which of the following communicates something about you almost immediately?
a. your experience public speaking
b. your demeanor
c. your audience size
d. your past
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6d. Use Appearance to Support Performance
Difficulty Level: Medium
30. Which of the following is something that audiences form opinions on based on your body language?
a. your believability
b. your knowledge base
c. your evidence
d. your experience
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6d. Use Appearance to Support Performance
Difficulty Level: Medium
31. Kinesics refers to ______.
a. body language
b. space and distance
c. eye contact
d. the acceptance of your message
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.6. Coordinate Your Body Language and Spoken Words
Difficulty Level: Easy
32. Proxemics refers to ______.
a. body language
b. space and distance
c. eye contact
d. the acceptance of your message
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.5b. Decide Where to Speak From
Difficulty Level: Easy
33. Even as you approach the speaker’s stand, you are sending what types of messages to your audience?
a. verbal
b. nonverbal
c. aural
d. physical
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.6e. Approach the Audience Confidently
Difficulty Level: Easy
34. On the day you give your speech, be sure to ______.
a. walk deliberately to the front of a room
b. walk shyly to the front of a room
c. not walk to the front of the room but instead stay among audience members
d. walk out of the speaking room
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.2. Take Control of How You Sound
Difficulty Level: Easy
35. If what you do with your body is inconsistent with what you say, your listeners will tend to believe ______.
a. your body language
b. your words
c. your words if they are evidence based
d. neither your words nor your body language
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6. Coordinate Your Body Language and Spoken Words
Difficulty Level: Medium
36. Your movement while speaking in front of an audience should be ______.
a. purposeful
b. chaotic
c. sparse
d. intense
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.2. Take Control of How You Sound
Difficulty Level: Medium
37. Which of the following is true regarding body movements?
a. They should be large.
b. They should be random to keep your audience engaged.
c. They must be a distraction for the audience.
d. They should make it easier for the audience to listen to you.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6. Coordinate Your Body Language and Spoken Words
Difficulty Level: Medium
38. Which of the following is an acceptable gesture?
a. Playing with your hair.
b. Jiggling bracelets or pocket change.
c. Using fingers to show numbers.
d. Tapping your foot.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.6a. Gesture Meaningfully
Difficulty Level: Easy
39. Hold your hands stiffly at your sides will likely make you look ______.
a. tense and uncomfortable
b. overly confident and too self-assured
c. distant and closed off
d. relaxed and composed
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6a. Gesture Meaningfully
Difficulty Level: Medium
40. John looks very distant and closed off as he is giving his speech. Of the following, what is John likely doing with his gestures?
a. clasping his hands behind his back
b. holding his hands stiffly at his sides
c. crossing his arms
d. letting his arms hang to the side
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: 13.6a. Gesture Meaningfully
Difficulty Level: Hard
41. Letting your arms hang naturally and loosely at your sides tends to make you appear ______.
a. tensed
b. too self-assured
c. uncomfortable
d. composed
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6a. Gesture Meaningfully
Difficulty Level: Medium
42. Signaling when you are about to hit a main point with one, two, or three fingers is an example of a/an ______.
a. illustrator
b. emblem
c. clarifier
d. demonstrator
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6a. Gesture Meaningfully
Difficulty Level: Medium
43. ______ are nonverbal symbols that have a direct verbal translation and are widely understood by the members of a culture.
a. Illustrators
b. Emblems
c. Cues
d. Clues
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6a. Gesture Meaningfully
Difficulty Level: Medium
44. Under most conditions, gestures should ______ verbal content.
a. coincide with
b. precede
c. follow
d. remain separate from
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.6a. Gesture Meaningfully
Difficulty Level: Easy
45. A speaker who ______ an audience is usually perceived more positively than one who ______.
a. leans away from; leans toward
b. leans toward; leans away from
c. stands upright to; leans toward
d. leans away from; stands upright to
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6b. Remember, Posture Matters
Difficulty Level: Medium
46. Audience members rely on a speaker’s ______ to reveal what’s behind the speaker’s words.
a. words themselves
b. way he or she dresses
c. facial cues
d. attitude
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6c. Use Facial Expressions and Eye Contact to Connect
Difficulty Level: Medium
47. When you ______ an emotion, you exaggerate your facial expressions to reflect the degree of expression you believe audience members expect you to exhibit.
a. intensify
b. deintensify
c. neutralize
d. mask
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6c. Use Facial Expressions and Eye Contact to Connect
Difficulty Level: Medium
48. When you ______ an emotion, you diminish your facial expressions so that audience members will judge your behavior as more acceptable.
a. intensify
b. deintensify
c. neutralize
d. mask
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6c. Use Facial Expressions and Eye Contact to Connect
Difficulty Level: Medium
49. When you ______ an emotion, you suppress your real feelings so as to suggest greater inner strength and resilience to listeners.
a. intensify
b. deintensify
c. neutralize
d. mask
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6c. Use Facial Expressions and Eye Contact to Connect
Difficulty Level: Medium
50. When you ______ an emotion, you try to replace one emotion with another to which you believe audience members will respond more favorably.
a. intensify
b. deintensify
c. neutralize
d. mask
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6c. Use Facial Expressions and Eye Contact to Connect
Difficulty Level: Medium
51. Of all the facial cues you exhibit, none does more to affect your relationship with your audience than the presence or absence of ______.
a. gestures
b. eye contact
c. smiling
d. frowning
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6c. Use Facial Expressions and Eye Contact to Connect
Difficulty Level: Medium
52. ______ contact allows for a sharing between speaker and the audience.
a. Eye
b. Hand
c. Mind
d. Personal
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.6c. Use Facial Expressions and Eye Contact to Connect
Difficulty Level: Easy
53. Your clothing and grooming are which of the following?
a. important in creating a good first impression with your audience members
b. has no impact on the charisma of the speaker
c. unrelated in general to the speaker’s competence
d. unimportant for speechmaking
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.6d. Use Appearance to Support Performance
Difficulty Level: Easy
Fill-in-the-Blank
1. ______ is the highness or lowness of your voice on a tonal scale.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.3a. Vary Pitch
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. With rising and/or falling ______, you can give a sentence very different meanings from genuinely expressing happiness, to sarcasm, to distain.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: 13.3a. Vary Pitch
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. ______ is the loudness or softness of the voice, its intensity.
Learning Objective: 13.4: Effectively give voice and body to a speech.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: 13.3b. Adapt Volume to the Situation and Cultural Norms
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. ______ is the way you pronounce individual sounds.
Learning Objective: 13.4: Effectively give voice and body to a speech.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: 13.4: Be Aware of Accents, Dialects, and Regionalisms
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. ______ is whether or not the words themselves are said correctly.
Learning Objective: 13.4: Effectively give voice and body to a speech.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.3d. Attend to Articulation and Pronunciation
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. A ______ is a speech pattern characteristic of a group of people from a particular area or of a specific ethnicity.
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain how cultural background and stereotypes affect the use and interpretation of nonverbal cues.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.4. Be Aware of Accents, Dialects, and Regionalisms
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. If you don’t have a ______ dialect, this doesn’t mean your dialect is “bad” or inferior. Still, ask yourself whether your dialect could prevent understanding in your audience.
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain how cultural background and stereotypes affect the use and interpretation of nonverbal cues.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.4. Be Aware of Accents, Dialects, and Regionalisms
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. The study of ______, or body language, includes a consideration of gestures, body movements, facial expressions, eye behavior, and posture.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.1. Nonverbal Messages: Beyond the Speaker’s Words
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. ______ refers to the use of space and distance in communication.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.1. Nonverbal Messages: Beyond the Speaker’s Words
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Don’t make any silly ______ or nervous sounds as you approach your speaking location.
Learning Objective: 13.4: Effectively give voice and body to a speech.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6e. Approach the Audience Confidently
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. The speaker’s ______ in relationship to an audience matters.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.5a. Aim for Immediacy
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. A speaker whose ______ are stiff and unnatural may be perceived as uptight, undynamic, and unsure.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.1 Nonverbal Messages: Beyond the Speaker’s Words
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. ______ signals that the lines of communication are open between speaker and listeners.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6c. Use Facial Expressions and Eye Contact to Connect
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Talk to the audience not just with words but with your ______.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6d. Use Appearance to Support Performance
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. The study of ______, or body language, includes a consideration of gestures, body movements, facial expressions, eye behavior, and posture.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6. Coordinate Your Body Language and Spoken Words
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. ______ refers to the use of space and distance in communication.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.5b. Decide Where to Speak From
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. Don’t make any silly ______ or nervous sounds as you approach your speaking location.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6e. Approach the Audience Confidently
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. The speaker’s ______ in relationship to an audience matters.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.5a. Aim for Immediacy
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. A speaker whose ______ are stiff and unnatural may be perceived as uptight, undynamic, and unsure.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6a. Gesture Meaningfully
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. ______ signals that the lines of communication are open between speaker and listeners.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6c. Use Facial Expressions and Eye Contact to Connect
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. Talk to the audience not just with words but with your ______.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: 13.6d. Use Appearance to Support Performance
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. Studies suggest that audience members attribute more meaning to nonverbal communication than to words.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.2. Take Control of How You Sound
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. The adequacy of your voice influences audience perceptions of your credibility as a speaker.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.2. Take Control of How You Sound
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Our habitual pitch is the level at which we speak most often.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.3a. Vary Pitch
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Our optimal pitch is where our voice functions best and where we have extensive vocal variation up and down the scale.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.3a. Vary Pitch
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. For male speakers, one stereotype of increased pitch variety is femininity.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.4. Be Aware of Accents, Dialects, and Regionalisms
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Pauses are perceived the same in all cultures.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.3c. Adjust Rate, Use Silent Pauses, Avoid Fillers
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. The focus of articulation is on the production of speech sounds, whereas the focus of pronunciation is on whether the words themselves are said correctly.
Learning Objective: 13.4: Effectively give voice and body to a speech.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.3d. Attend to Articulation and Pronunciation
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. If you don’t have a neutral dialect, this doesn’t mean your dialect is “bad.”
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain how cultural background and stereotypes affect the use and interpretation of nonverbal cues.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.4. Be Aware of Accents, Dialects, and Regionalisms
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. Studies suggest that audience members attribute more meaning to nonverbal communication than to words.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.2. Take Control of How You Sound
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. The adequacy of your voice influences audience perceptions of your credibility as a speaker.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.2. Take Control of How You Sound
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Our optimal pitch is where our voice functions best and where we have extensive vocal variation up and down the scale.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.3a. Vary Pitch
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. If you are not speaking, you are not communicating.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.1 Nonverbal Messages: Beyond the Speaker’s Words
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. You communicate to your audience before you even begin speaking.
Learning Objective: 13.4: Effectively give voice and body to a speech.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.6e. Approach the Audience Confidently
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. The amount of space between presenter and receivers can create a sense of immediacy or distance between them, depending on how far apart they are.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.5a. Aim for Immediacy
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. It is beneficial to have a single, all-purpose gesture.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6a. Gesture Meaningfully
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. An expressionless face is okay when giving a speech, especially a serious one.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 13.6c. Use Facial Expressions and Eye Contact to Connect
Difficulty Level: Easy
Short Answer/Essay
1. Explain why your voice is important to your speech.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: 13.3. Properly Use Pitch, Volume, Rate, Articulation, and Pronunciation
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. Explain how you can pitch your voice properly during a speech.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.3a. Vary Pitch
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Why is it important to consider culture when adjusting your volume?
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain how cultural background and stereotypes affect the use and interpretation of nonverbal cues.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: 13.3b. Adapt Volume to the Situation and Cultural Norms
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. How can you work to get rid of verbal fillers?
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.3c. Adjust Rate, Use Silent Pauses, Avoid Fillers
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Describe how and why you might “code-switch.”
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain how cultural background and stereotypes affect the use and interpretation of nonverbal cues.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.4. Be Aware of Accents, Dialects, and Regionalisms
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Discuss and exemplify the physical aspects of delivery.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.6. Coordinate Your Body Language and Spoken Words
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Describe how the speaker’s position in relationship to an audience matters.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 13.5a. Aim for Immediacy
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. How should gestures and verbal speech content be related?
Learning Objective: 13.3: Demonstrate how speakers use vocal, physical, and spatial cues to enhance the speaker–audience relationship.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: 13.6a. Gesture Meaningfully
Difficulty Level: Hard
9. How are feedback and eye contact related?
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: 13.6c. Use Facial Expressions and Eye Contact to Connect
Difficulty Level: Hard
10. Why is your appearance important when giving a speech?
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the role nonverbal cues play in public speaking.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: 13.6d. Use Appearance to Support Performance
Difficulty Level: Hard
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Test Bank | Public Speaking Playbook 3e by Gamble
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