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Q: When giving a technical presentation it is not helpful to use visual aids.

Q: According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, all needs are equally important and must be fulfilled simultaneously.

Q: Most public speeches are delivered extemporaneously.

Q: It is not necessary to put statistics into context in order to make them meaningful in a speech.

Q: An incorruptible speaker, or one who will not compromise the truth, possesses A)trustworthiness. B)dignity. C)integrity. D)candor.

Q: Because technical presentations are more scientific, there is no place for concrete imagery that will help listeners visualize the project.

Q: One element of an ethos-based appeal is the speaker's grasp of the topic and expertise.

Q: Audience analysis should play a role in the speaker's choice of sources.

Q: A person's feeling of worth, honor, or respect is called A)trustworthiness. B)dignity. C)integrity. D)candor.

Q: The request for funding presentation can be delivered as an individual or a team presentation.

Q: According to Aristotle, appealing to the emotions of listeners is called ethos.

Q: Speaking from an outline of key words and phrases is called impromptu speaking.

Q: All trustworthy sources are appropriate for every audience.

Q: Speech that is ____________ is potentially harmful to a person's reputation at work or in the community and might be illegal if you spoke with a reckless disregard for the truth. A) manipulative B) honest C) defamatory D) illegal

Q: The request for funding presentation usually begins with a list of specific reasons a particular project or idea should be funded.

Q: A successful argument must appeal to audience emotion or pathos.

Q: Delivering a speech that is improvisational is called speaking extemporaneously.

Q: Audiences are more likely to accept sources as reliable and credible if they are affiliated with reputable institutions.

Q: The ________ Amendment assures protection to both honest and dishonest speakers. A)First B)Second C)Third D)Fourth

Q: A request for funding presentation is informative in nature.

Q: Persuasive appeals are directed at the audience's reasoning and logic or logos.

Q: Speaking from a manuscript is considered best for brief speeches, such as toasts and introductions.

Q: It is better to use a variety of sources, rather than a single source, to support a major speech point.

Q: An ethical speaker is conscious of ________ values. A)the speaker's B)the speaker's and the university's C)the speaker's and the audience's D)the speaker's and all other people's

Q: In the request for funding presentation, a member or team provides evidence that a project, proposal, or design is worth funding.

Q: An argument is a stated position with support either for or against an idea or issue.

Q: Speaking from memory is the most natural way to deliver a message.

Q: Source reliability refers to our trust in the source's credentials and the track record of the source for accurate information.

Q: Research reveals that people place their greatest trust in speakers who exhibit all of the following except A) a solid grasp of the subject. B) genuine interest in the welfare of their listeners. C) regular use of emotional appeals. D) sound reasoning skills.

Q: The architecture design review enables the audience to visualize the design, and then it sells it.

Q: A successful persuasive speaker should aim for large-scale changes.

Q: Speaking from a manuscript is most useful when the speaker is required to be very precise in his or her message.

Q: Source reliability is based on how well the speaker presents the source, not the source's credentials.

Q: Which of the following is a Greek word meaning character? A)logos B)ethos C)pathos D)mythos

Q: In an engineering design review, the team explains what they will do with the funds received.

Q: Success in persuasive speech requires attention to what motivates listeners.

Q: A speaker can build rapport with his or her audience by appearing confident.

Q: A strong citation includes the author (or origin), the type of source, the title, and the date.

Q: Paraphrasing alters the form, but not the substance, of another person's ideas.

Q: In an engineering design review presentation, it is not necessary to include a discussion of marketing and budget issues.

Q: All persuasive speeches explicitly seek a response from the audience.

Q: Successful speech delivery can most often be achieved by focusing on the delivery itself rather than on the ideas you want to convey.

Q: Ideas that are considered common knowledge need to be cited in your speech.

Q: It is not necessary to acknowledge direct quotations in a speech.

Q: An engineering design review typically doesn"t discuss any future plans or unresolved problems.

Q: The general goal of persuasive speeches is to advocate, or to ask others to accept your views.

Q: Speakers who lack enthusiasm often lose their audience's attention.

Q: Acknowledging speech sources builds your credibility and demonstrates good ethics.

Q: Verbatim statements are known as paraphrases.

Q: A prototype is often used in request for funding presentations.

Q: Topical, chronological, spatial, and cause-effect are all ______ _______ that can be used to organize an informative speech.

Q: Effective delivery is quite different from everyday conversation in that it relies on theatrical, stylized gestures.

Q: _______ __________ goes beyond basic search commands to narrow results even more.

Q: If something is common knowledge, it does not need to be cited.

Q: An engineering design review explains problem-solving steps in devising a product or system in response to an identified need.

Q: Because people have different _____ _____ , plan on conveying and reinforcing information in a variety of modes.

Q: It is important for a speaker to incorporate elements of conversational style in delivering a speech.

Q: _______ _________ are words placed between keywords in a search that specify how the keywords are related.

Q: Any source that requires credit in written form should be acknowledged in oral form.

Q: Technical disciplines include engineering fields, computer science"oriented fields, and design-oriented fields.

Q: ______ help an audience relate an unfamiliar idea to something they already know.

Q: _______ is the repetition of the same sounds, usually initial consonants, in two or more neighboring words or syllables.

Q: Companies that charge for guaranteed higher rankings practice _______ _______ .

Q: Plagiarism is the act of crediting sources in a speech.

Q: Progress reports are the most common type of presentation assigned in technical courses.

Q: Revealing the ________, a little known story revealing what led up to an event, can spark interest about an event familiar to the audience.

Q: The _______ meaning of a word is the special association that different people bring to bear on it.

Q: _______ directories are searchable catalogs of Web sites that are useful for finding and narrowing a speech topic.

Q: Acknowledging sources is an essential aspect of ethical speechmaking.

Q: Oral presentations in technical courses often focus on product design rather than to research.

Q: Informative speeches may be about objects or phenomena, _________, events ________, concepts, or issues.

Q: The __________ protocol is used only for the transmission of user data, typically in multicast fashion among all participants in a session.

Q: RTCP receivers provide reception quality feedback using a Sender Report or a ________ Report.

Q: The ___________ Protocol describes the content of sessions, including telephony, Internet radio, and multimedia applications.

Q: A ________ is a network element that receives requests in order to service them and sends back responses to those requests.

Q: A _________ is any network element that sends SIP requests and receives SIP responses.

Q: SIP supports five facets of establishing and terminating multimedia communications: user location, user availability, session setup, session management, and _________ .

Q: The __________, defined in RFC 3261, is an application level control protocol for setting up, modifying, and terminating real-time sessions between participants over an IP data network.

Q: The _______ is designed to support digital and analog phones and connect to IP-based networks using VoIP, as well as provide if needed a connection to the public switched telephone network using traditional technology.

Q: The term _______ refers to software operating on a PC that implements VoIP.