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Chapter 12: Organizing Your Presentation
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. What is the primary use of stories?
a. to entertain people
b. to pass along wisdom and information
c. to add narrative coherence to a speech
d. to help people make decisions
Learning Objective: 12-1. Explain how stories are judged.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Telling a Story
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Walter Fisher (1984) argues that ______ are how we build communities and relationships and create our lives.
a. politics
b. narratives
c. occupations
d. families
Learning Objective: 12-1. Explain how stories are judged.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Telling a Story
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Walter Fisher (1984) defined ______ as “a theory of symbolic actions—words and/or deeds—that have sequence and meaning for those who live, create, and interpret them.”
a. family
b. occupation
c. narrative
d. politics
Learning Objective: 12-1. Explain how stories are judged.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 6. Identifying and Explaining Fundamental Communication Processes
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Telling a Story
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Communication theorist Walter Fisher calls human beings Homo narrans. What does this mean?
a. man, the storyteller
b. the storytelling animal
c. the verbal animal
d. Man, the narrator
Learning Objective: 12-1. Explain how stories are judged.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 6. Identifying and Explaining Fundamental Communication Processes
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Telling a Story
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Narrative ______ should be your general organizational goal for a presentation if you want to connect and engage with your audience.
a. coherence and fidelity
b. balance and coherence
c. drama and fidelity
d. history and culture
Learning Objective: 12-1. Explain how stories are judged.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Telling a Story
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. To judge the quality of a narrative, one should consider narrative ______, or how well a story hangs together or makes sense, and narrative ______, or how well a story matches our lived experiences.
a. fidelity; coherence
b. consensus; reliability
c. fidelity; consensus
d. coherence; fidelity
Learning Objective: 12-1. Explain how stories are judged.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Telling a Story
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. If a speech is disorganized, the audience will ______.
a. work harder to ultimately comprehend the information
b. sympathize with the speaker’s nervousness
c. connect to the speaker but not to the topic
d. question the speaker’s authority
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 5. Expressing Messages
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Organizational Patterns
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. Organizing your speech will allow your audience to ______.
a. give clearer feedback
b. ask clarifying questions
c. remember the topic
d. research the topic
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Organizational patterns
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. A(n) ______ helps you define the points of your presentation and keep the audience on track.
a. topical index
b. table of contents
c. organizational pattern
d. thematic structure
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Organizational Patterns
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Which of these is a type of organizational pattern used in preparing a speech?
a. need-satisfaction
b. spatial
c. numerical
d. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Organizational Patterns
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Which organizational pattern uses the order of steps, from first to last, with steps leading to a final result?
a. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
b. problem-cause-solution
c. topical
d. chronological
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Chronological Pattern
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. The chronological pattern is used most often with topics involving ______.
a. history occasions or development of an event
b. location or physical relationship
c. the impact of one thing on another
d. steps required to address a problem
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Chronological Pattern
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Which organizational pattern should a speaker use for a presentation about how coffee beans are processed?
a. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
b. chronological
c. topical
d. problem-cause-solution
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Chronological Pattern
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Which organizational pattern is prepared according to subject matter?
a. problem-cause-solution
b. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
c. topical
d. chronological
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Topical Pattern
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. Which organizational pattern is the most commonly used among speakers?
a. topical
b. chronological
c. spatial
d. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Topical Pattern
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. Jo has decided to present an informative speech explaining the disadvantages of drinking bottled water. Which organizational pattern would be her best choice for this topic?
a. spatial
b. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
c. topical
d. chronological
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Topical Pattern
Difficulty Level: Hard
17. Luis presents a speech on the three most popular misconceptions about veganism. Which organizational pattern has he chosen?
a. problem-cause-solution
b. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
c. topical
d. chronological
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Topical Pattern
Difficulty Level: Hard
18. Noah has decided to present his informative speech on personality disorders. He discovers through his research there are three main categories of these disorders. Which organizational pattern would be the most logical choice for Noah’s speech?
a. chronological
b. topical
c. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
d. problem-cause-solution
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Topical Pattern
Difficulty Level: Hard
19. Erin plans to present her informative speech about the Cold War. Which organizational pattern would be best suited for this topic?
a. spatial
b. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
c. topical
d. chronological
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Chronological Pattern
Difficulty Level: Hard
20. Marquis is going to prepare an informative speech on the regions of the brain and their functions. Which organizational pattern would be the best choice for this topic?
a. spatial
b. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
c. topical
d. chronological
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Spatial Pattern
Difficulty Level: Hard
21. Lourdes has chosen to prepare an informative speech on the scientific evidence regarding the connections between human factors and global warming. Which organizational pattern would be the best choice for this topic?
a. cause-and-effect
b. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
c. topical
d. spatial
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Cause-and-Effect Pattern
Difficulty Level: Hard
22. Brandi has chosen identity theft as her persuasive topic. She would like to be sure members of her class learn not only how widespread the problem is, but also how identity thieves succeed in perpetrating this fraud and how her classmates can avoid being victimized. Which organizational pattern would be her best choice for this topic?
a. cause-and-effect
b. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
c. topical
d. problem-cause-solution
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Problem-Cause-Solution Pattern
Difficulty Level: Hard
23. Which of these organizational patterns is best suited for a persuasive speech?
a. chronological
b. spatial
c. topical
d. problem-cause-solution
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Problem-Cause-Solution Pattern
Difficulty Level: Easy
24. Which organizational pattern uses a five-step process to persuade an audience?
a. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
b. problem-cause-solution
c. topical
d. chronological
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 6. Identifying and Explaining Fundamental Communication Processes
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Monroe's Motivated Sequence
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. What are the steps of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence?
a. introduction, need, solution, visualization, action
b. introduction, problem, solution, visualization, conclusion
c. attention, visualization, solution, action, conclusion
d. attention, need, satisfaction, visualization, action
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 6. Identifying and Explaining Fundamental Communication Processes
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Monroe's Motivated Sequence
Difficulty Level: Medium
26. In one part of Gus’s persuasive speech on composting, he creates a vivid picture of how the U.S.’s excess garbage problem could improve if residents of the United States began to compost. He creates an equally vivid picture of what the country will look like if we continue to throw away what we could compost. What stage of which organizational pattern does this part of Gus’s speech represent?
a. the solution stage of a problem-cause-solution pattern
b. the visualization stage of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
c. the effect stage of a cause-effect pattern
d. the final step in a chronological pattern
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Monroe's Motivated Sequence
Difficulty Level: Hard
27. Maria plans to present her persuasive speech on the need to plan for retirement early in life. Which organizational patterns would be the best choice for this topic?
a. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence or chronological
b. problem-cause-solution or topical
c. problem-cause-solution or Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
d. cause-effect or topical
Learning Objective: 12-2: Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Monroe's Motivated Sequence
Difficulty Level: Medium
28. Which statement is true regarding Monroe’s Motivated Sequence?
a. It is a persuasive organizational pattern.
b. It is a variation of the problem-cause-solution organizational pattern.
c. It is the least known organizational pattern of those discussed in the chapter.
d. It requires a different type of attention getter than other organizational patterns.
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 6. Identifying and Explaining Fundamental Communication Processes
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Monroe's Motivated Sequence
Difficulty Level: Medium
29. What organizational pattern is best paired with presentational software that follows a more linear model, such as PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, and Google Slides?
a. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
b. problem-cause-solution
c. topical
d. chronological
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Monroe's Motivated Sequence
Difficulty Level: Easy
30. What organizational pattern works best with presentational software that allows nonlinear movement, such as Prezi?
a. spatial
b. problem-cause-solution
c. topical
d. chronological
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Monroe's Motivated Sequence
Difficulty Level: Easy
31. Why is the introduction to a speech so important?
a. It composes 10% to 15% of the speech.
b. We have only a few seconds to make an initial impression.
c. It is often written after the main points have been outlined.
d. Audience members have short attention spans.
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Gaining the Audience's Attention
Difficulty Level: Medium
32. Which of these is a suggested technique for gaining the attention of the audience during the introduction of your presentation?
a. open-ended question
b. telling a long story
c. offering a quotation
d. greeting the audience
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Gaining the Audience's Attention
Difficulty Level: Medium
33. A question asked in a manner that does not invite an actual response is known as a ______.
a. show of hands
b. closed question
c. direct question
d. rhetorical question
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Rhetorical Question
Difficulty Level: Easy
34. Which attention-getting device can also be used as “on the spot” audience analysis?
a. asking a direct question
b. reciting a quotation
c. making a personal reference
d. using humor
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Direct Question
Difficulty Level: Medium
35. Which attention-getting device do the authors of your textbook suggest is a bit overused?
a. asking a direct question
b. reciting a quotation
c. making a personal reference
d. using humor
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Direct Question
Difficulty Level: Easy
36. Harry, the CEO of a small company, introduces his second address to his Board of Directors by reminding them of how he tripped walking to the podium the last time he gave this speech. This is an example of using a(n) ______ to capture the audience’s attention.
a. inappropriate joke
b. quotation
c. surprising statement
d. anecdote
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Telling an Anecdote
Difficulty Level: Medium
37. Lonette begins her speech to fellow breast cancer survivors by talking about her daughter’s almost simultaneous diagnosis. Which attention-getting devices is she using?
a. personal experience
b. humor
c. quotation
d. rhetorical question
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Personal Experience
Difficulty Level: Medium
38. Which is a guideline for using a quotation as an attention getter in a speech introduction?
a. Avoid using quotations from songs.
b. Attribute the quotation to the person who said it.
c. Be sure it is humorous.
d. Choose a quotation from a well-known person.
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Offering a Quotation
Difficulty Level: Medium
39. Gavin found a clever quotation the day of his speech and began with it as his attention getter. This would be advisable only if the quotation was ______.
a. funny
b. related to his topic
c. from a familiar source
d. explained sufficiently
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Offering a Quotation
Difficulty Level: Medium
40. After you have captured the audience’s attention, the next step is to introduce your topic with a ______.
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
Answer Location: Introducing Your Thesis
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Difficulty Level: Easy
41. The third step of the introduction, demonstrating importance and credibility, lets the audience know ______.
a. what your main points will be
b. how you chose the topic
c. why they should care about the topic
d. that you are an expert in the topic
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Demonstrating Importance and Credibility
Difficulty Level: Medium
42. What part of the speech introduction is known as the “why” statement?
a. getting the audience’s attention
b. introducing your thesis
c. demonstrating importance and credibility
d. preview of main points
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Demonstrating Importance and Credibility
Difficulty Level: Easy
43. The “why” statement is often referred to as ______.
a. audience response
b. audience feedback
c. audience relevance
d. audience analysis
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Demonstrating Importance and Credibility
Difficulty Level: Medium
44. Generally, the body of a speech composes about ______ of the presentation.
a. one-third
b. one-half
c. two-thirds
d. three quarters
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Body
Difficulty Level: Easy
45. What is true regarding the development of the main points of your presentation?
a. The main points run through the introduction, body, and conclusion.
b. Five is the ideal number of main points.
c. Each main point should be worded in a detailed, comprehensive manner.
d. The main points are organized using organizational patterns.
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Main Points
Difficulty Level: Medium
46. A great conclusion should ______.
a. say “Thank you”
b. solidify the audience’s relationship with the speaker
c. compose about 20% of your presentation
d. avoid using the same elements suggested for the introduction
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Conclusion
Difficulty Level: Medium
47. Which type of transition indicates that the speaker is moving from one main point to another?
a. internal preview
b. section transition
c. signpost
d. internal summary
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Section Transition
Difficulty Level: Easy
48. ______ is one type of nonverbal transition.
a. Taking a few steps
b. Gesturing to your left
c. Pacing while you speak
d. Moving in a choreographed manner
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Nonverbal Transitions
Difficulty Level: Medium
49. An ______ is the opposite of an internal preview in that it reminds audience members of what they just heard or learned.
a. external conclusion
b. internal conclusion
c. external summary
d. internal summary
Learning Objective: 12-4. Demonstrate the basics of outlining.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Internal Summary
Difficulty Level: Easy
50. Words and phrases such as first, beginning with, to clarify, and for example are examples of ______, which let the audience know exactly where the speaker is within a presentation.
a. transitions
b. internal previews
c. internal summaries
d. signposts
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Signposts
Difficulty Level: Easy
51. Which is a guideline for outlines?
a. Three types of outlines are recommended.
b. Notes are helpful on the full-sentence outline.
c. Each point should provide several ideas.
d. Facts and statistics should be cited.
Learning Objective: 12-4. Demonstrate the basics of outlining.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 6. Identifying and Explaining Fundamental Communication Processes
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Outlines
Difficulty Level: Medium
52. A ______ is a formal outline that is fully written out.
a. coordination outline
b. consistent outline
c. keyword outline
d. full-sentence outline
Learning Objective: 12-4. Demonstrate the basics of outlining.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 6. Identifying and Explaining Fundamental Communication Processes
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Outlines
Difficulty Level: Easy
53. A ______ is an outline that uses words and phrases.
a. keyword outline
b. coordination outline
c. consistent outline
d. full-sentence outline
Learning Objective: 12-4. Demonstrate the basics of outlining.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 6. Identifying and Explaining Fundamental Communication Processes
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Outlines
Difficulty Level: Easy
54. A(n) ______ provides a brief mention of the source material next to the information used in the outline.
a. footnote
b. in-text citation
c. reference
d. in-text note
Learning Objective: 12-4. Demonstrate the basics of outlining.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 6. Identifying and Explaining Fundamental Communication Processes
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ethical Connection
Difficulty Level: Easy
55. Which statement is true about proper outline format?
a. Main points are indicated by Arabic numerals.
b. Indentation is optional.
c. Each point in the outline should include at least two main ideas.
d. Main points are indicated by Roman numerals.
Learning Objective: 12-4. Demonstrate the basics of outlining.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 6. Identifying and Explaining Fundamental Communication Processes
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Consistent Format
Difficulty Level: Medium
56. ______ provide a brief mention of the source material by indicating the author’s last name and the year the information was produced or documented.
a. Footnotes
b. In-text citations
c. References
d. In-text notes
Learning Objective: 12-4. Demonstrate the basics of outlining.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 6. Identifying and Explaining Fundamental Communication Processes
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: In-Text Citations
Difficulty Level: Medium
57. Time considerations are ______.
a. the time of day you will be speaking
b. the amount of time you are asked to speak
c. potential time zone differences
d. techniques for meeting time limitations
Learning Objective: 12-5. Analyze how time considerations influence your presentations.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 6. Identifying and Explaining Fundamental Communication Processes
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Time Considerations
Difficulty Level: Medium
58. Time limits provided by instructors, bosses, and those who have invited you to speak ______.
a. should be seen as suggestions
b. are estimates
c. can be met with proper planning
d. are likely to be changed
Learning Objective: 12-5. Analyze how time considerations influence your presentations.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Time Considerations
Difficulty Level: Easy
59. If, with no warning, you are told to cut your presentation time, what is one of your options?
a. Don’t take the time to cite your sources.
b. Cut the introduction, and launch right into the body.
c. Cut the conclusion, and just say “Thank you” to end your speech.
d. Present the same basic message in an abbreviated way.
Learning Objective: 12-5. Analyze how time considerations influence your presentations.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Time Considerations
Difficulty Level: Medium
60. If, with no warning, you are told you have additional time to present, what is one of your viable options?
a. Speak very slowly.
b. Cut one of the main points.
c. Include information you originally left out.
d. Incorporate more pauses.
Learning Objective: 12-5. Analyze how time considerations influence your presentations.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Time Considerations
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. Now, in the Communication Age, there are fewer stories than ever before.
Learning Objective: 12-5. Analyze how time considerations influence your presentations.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Telling a Story
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Thorough audience analysis can help you achieve narrative fidelity.
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Telling a Story
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Walter Fisher argues that stories or narratives are how we build communities and relationships and create our lives.
Learning Objective: 12-1. Explain how stories are judged.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Telling a Story
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Providing information by location or physical relationship requires a topical pattern of organization.
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Organizational Patterns
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. It is unnecessary to use the words cause and effect in a presentation that follows a cause-and-effect organizational pattern because your argument is implied through your discussion of the issue.
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Cause-and-Effect Pattern
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Your topic and approach should help you determine the organizational pattern you will use.
Learning Objective: 12-3: Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. The introduction usually comprises 10% to 15% of a presentation.
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introducing the Topic
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Humor is a great method of gaining audience attention and is effective regardless of the speaking occasion.
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Humor
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. The first step in an introduction, which can utilize a number of different methods, such as asking a question or telling a story, is known as the ______.
a. attention getter
b. preview
c. thesis introduction
d. “why” statement
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Getting the Audience's Attention
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. The second step in the introduction is to introduce your topic, which is often referred to as a thesis statement.
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introducing the Topic
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Each main point acts as a thesis for the subpoints that follow it.
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Main Points
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. We should expect that the amount of time spent on the different main points in a speech will vary widely.
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Main Points
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. Speakers should say “Thank you” to signal the end of their speeches.
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Conclusion
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. Sentences or phrases that connect what you were just speaking about with what you will be speaking about next are known as ______.
a. signposts
b. internal previews
c. internal summaries
d. transitions
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Transitions
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. In terms of nonverbal transitions, movement should be well rehearsed and appear choreographed.
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Nonverbal Transitions
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. A keyword outline helps speakers to organize their presentations and build an argument.
Learning Objective: 12-4. Demonstrate the basics of outlining.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Outlines
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. If you have an A in your outline, you must have a B.
Learning Objective: 12-4. Demonstrate the basics of outlining.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 6. Identifying and Explaining Fundamental Communication Processes
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Consistent Format
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. When you are creating an outline for a speech, it is important that statements or ideas of equal status be given equal status on the outline.
Learning Objective: 12-4. Demonstrate the basics of outlining.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Coordination of Points
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. If you are given additional time for your presentation, it is recommended you slow down some.
Learning Objective: 12-5. Analyze how time considerations influence your presentations.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Time Considerations
Difficulty Level: Easy
20. If you are given less time for your presentation, you can simply leave out your conclusion.
Learning Objective: 12-5. Analyze how time considerations influence your presentations.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Time Considerations
Difficulty Level: Easy
Short Answer
1. Give an example of a speech topic that would be appropriate for the chronological pattern and explain why.
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Chronological Pattern
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. Give an example of a speech topic that would be appropriate for the topical organizational pattern and explain why.
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Topical Pattern
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. Give an example of a speech topic that would be appropriate for the spatial organizational pattern and explain why.
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Spatial Pattern
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. Give an example of a speech topic that would be appropriate for the cause-and-effect organizational pattern and explain why.
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Cause-and-Effect Pattern
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. Give an example of a speech topic that would be appropriate for the problem-cause-solution organizational pattern and explain why.
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Problem-Cause-Solution Pattern
Difficulty Level: Hard
6. Give an example of a speech topic that would be appropriate for the Monroe’s Motivated Sequence organizational pattern and explain why.
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
Difficulty Level: Hard
7. What method could you use to get the attention of an audience for an informative speech about the research on brain injuries in football players? Explain how you would use this method for this topic.
Learning Objective: 12-1. Explain how stories are judged.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Getting the Audience’s Attention
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. Compare and contrast the preview statement in the introduction to a speech to an internal preview.
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of the presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Telling a Story
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Write out three main points for a key-word outline (the body of a speech only) on the topic of making the best peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Use either the topical or chronological organizational pattern, and use the correct letters and numbers for main points.
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of the presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Outlines
Difficulty Level: Hard
10. Bruce is a college chemistry major who has been invited to give a presentation for his younger brother’s high school chemistry class about what it is like to major in chemistry. He is asked to prepare about 10 minutes of information, but when he gets to the class, he is told the teacher is sick and there is a sub in charge. The sub asks if he can stretch his presentation to take up at least 30 minutes. What should Bruce do?
Learning Objective: 12-5. Time Considerations
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Telling a Story
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. If you were going to teach a mixed-age group of people at a community center how to set up the most secure privacy settings on Facebook, what type of organizational pattern would you apply? Why?
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Chronological Pattern
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. Imagine you are preparing to give a presentation about a campuswide event that will take place simultaneously at various locations around your college or university’s campus. What organizational pattern would you employ? Briefly explain your choice.
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Spatial Pattern
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. How would you use Monroe’s Motivated Sequence to organize a speech about volunteering at a local soup kitchen?
Learning Objective: 12-2. Describe different types of organizational patterns and why they are used.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Monroe's Motivated Sequence
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of asking a direct question as a method to get your audience’s attention in the introduction. Provide one potential advantage and one potential disadvantage.
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Direct Question
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. How would you choose an effective and appropriate quotation to use as an attention getter for a presentation?
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Offering a Quotation
Difficulty Level: Hard
6. Why are transitions important in public presentations? What would speeches be like without them?
Learning Objective: 12-3. Create the various parts of a presentation (introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions).
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Transitions
Difficulty Level: Hard
7. Describe the two types of outlines discussed in the text. Explain when you would use each type of outline.
Learning Objective: 12-4. Demonstrate the basics of outlining.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 6. Identifying and Explaining Fundamental Communication Processes
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Outlines
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. If a student turned in an outline and reference page for a speech but failed to include in-text citations in the body of the outline, would this be considered plagiarism? Explain your answer.
Learning Objective: 12-4. Demonstrate the basics of outlining.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 6. Identifying and Explaining Fundamental Communication Processes
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Ethical Connection
Difficulty Level: Hard
9. What would you do if the time allocated for your presentation was suddenly shortened?
Learning Objective: 12-5. Analyze how time considerations influence your presentations.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Time Considerations
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Explain what you would do if you were given a longer time to speak than you anticipated.
Learning Objective: 12-5. Analyze how time considerations influence your presentations.
TOP: NCA Core Competency: 7. Creating and Analyzing Message Strategies
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Time Considerations
Difficulty Level: Medium
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