Q&A Hero

Q: T F If you receive a hostile question during a question-and-answer session, you should respond in a hostile manner.

Q: T F If you are asked a hostile question during a question-and-answer session, you should avoid sounding hostile in your response.

Q: T F During a question-and-answer session, you should direct your answer solely to the person who asked you the question.

Q: T F During a question-and-answer session, you should direct your answers primarily to the audience as a whole rather than solely to the individual questioner.

Q: T F When conducting a question-and-answer session, you should usually restate or paraphrase each question before you answer it.

Q: T F When faced with an inquiry you cant answer during a question-and-answer session, you should usually try to bluff your way through the answer so as to preserve your credibility on the topic.

Q: T F Unless there is a moderator, the speaker is responsible for making sure the question-and-answer session stays on track and finishes within the specified time limits.

Q: T F To keep control of the question-and-answer session, a speaker should usually allow no more than one follow-up question from each questioner. Multiple-Choice Questions (Students are to indicate the best answer for each question by circling the correct letter.)

Q: Good speech delivery a. is accompanied by frequent gestures. b. requires that the speaker have a strong voice. c. sounds conversational even though it has been rehearsed. d. draws the attention of the audience away from the message. e. is best achieved by reading from a manuscript.

Q: Good speech delivery a. has a conversational quality. b. does not call attention to itself. c. requires a strong voice. d. all of the above. e. a and b only.

Q: Communication based on a speakers body and voice, rather than on the use of words, is called a. implicit communication. b. nonverbal communication. c. unintentional communication. d. instinctive communication. e. physical communication.

Q: T F As your textbook explains, you are most likely to be successful in a question-and-answer session if you approach each question as a challenge to your competence and intelligence.

Q: T F According to your textbook, the first step in practicing your speech delivery is to go through your preparation outline aloud to see how it translates into spoken discourse.

Q: T F According to your textbook, the final step in practicing your speech delivery is to prepare your speaking outline.

Q: T F A single practice session of two or three hours is usually the best way to rehearse your speech.

Q: T F The question-and-answer session can have as much impact on an audience as what a speaker says during the speech itself.

Q: T F Handling the question-and-answer session well can enhance a speakers credibility and strengthen the impact of his or her speech.

Q: T F In most cases, the question-and-answer session has little impact on an audiences response to a speech.

Q: T F When preparing for a question-and-answer session, it is unethical to anticipate potential questions and to write out answers ahead of time.

Q: T F When preparing for a question-and-answer session, it is a bad idea to write out answers to possible questions because doing so can decrease the conversational quality of your delivery.

Q: T F According to your textbook, when preparing for a question-and-answer session, you should anticipate possible questions, write out your answers in full, and practice the delivery of your answers.

Q: T F When answering questions after a speech, you should try to make your answers as long as possible to use up the time allotted.

Q: T F You should start to establish eye contact with the audience even before you begin to speak.

Q: T F In the United States, public speakers who establish strong eye contact are usually perceived as more credible than speakers who have weak eye contact.

Q: T F In the United States, public speakers who establish strong eye contact with listeners are usually perceived as less credible than speakers who have weaker eye contact.

Q: T F Poor eye contact during a speech can make you lose the attention of your audience.

Q: T F You should try to look at the audience about 50 percent of the time while you are giving a speech.

Q: T F According to your textbook, the first step in rehearsing a speech is to practice in front of a mirror.

Q: T F Frequent gestures are a sure sign of an effective speaker.

Q: T F Since most people are nervous about public speaking, it is perfectly acceptable to finish a speech by declaring, Am I glad thats over!

Q: T F When you reach the end of your speech, you should maintain eye contact with the audience for a moment after you finish talking.

Q: T F Rehearsing how you behave at the beginning and end of your speech is one of the easiest things you can do to improve your image with an audience.

Q: T F As your textbook explains, learning how to gesture is one of the first things a beginning public speaker should concentrate on.

Q: T F Most people recognize and understand about the same number of words in reading as occur in spontaneous speech.

Q: T F Most people recognize and understand about three times as many words in reading as occur in spontaneous speech.

Q: T F If you say the s in Illinois or the p in pneumonia, you are making a mistake in articulation.

Q: T F You can articulate a word sharply and still mispronounce it.

Q: T F Ways of talking based on ethnic or regional speech patterns are called dialects.

Q: T F Dialects are usually based on regional or ethnic speech patterns.

Q: T F Over the years, linguists have concluded that no dialect is inherently better or worse than another dialect.

Q: T F Regional or ethnic dialects are fine in speeches as long as listeners find them acceptable.

Q: T F When a speakers body language is inconsistent with her or his words, listeners might believe the body language rather than the words.

Q: T F Research shows that personal appearance affects the audiences perception of the speaker.

Q: T F Personal appearance has little effect on the audiences perception of a speaker.

Q: T F Vocalized pauses are an effective way to increase a speakers credibility.

Q: T F Pitch is the relative highness or lowness of the speakers voice.

Q: T F People in the United States usually speak at a rate of between 120 and 180 words per minute.

Q: T F A faster rate of speech is usually called for when a speaker is explaining complex information.

Q: T F Pauses usually work best in a speech when they are planned in advance.

Q: T F A well-timed pause is an effective way to give dramatic impact to a statement.

Q: T F Using signposts, such as First, . . . ; second, . . . etc., is a good way to appear organized and confident when giving an impromptu speech.

Q: T F Speaking impromptu and speaking extemporaneously are essentially alike.

Q: T F An extemporaneous speech is carefully prepared and practiced in advance.

Q: T F An extemporaneous speech is delivered with little or no immediate preparation.

Q: T F In an extemporaneous speech, the exact wording is chosen at the moment of delivery.

Q: T F Each time you practice the same speech extemporaneously, the wording of the speech will be slightly different.

Q: T F Conversational quality in a speech means that the speaker talks the same as she or he would in ordinary conversation.

Q: T F The conversational quality of extemporaneous speaking means that a speech has been well rehearsed yet sounds spontaneous to the audience.

Q: T F No two people have identical vocal characteristics.

Q: T F A speaker always sounds louder to a listener than to the speaker.

Q: T F Impromptu speaking gives more precise control over thought and language than does extemporaneous speaking.

Q: T F An impromptu speech is delivered with little or no immediate preparation.

Q: T F Good speech delivery conveys a speakers ideas without calling attention to itself.

Q: T F Nonverbal communication is based on a persons use of voice and body, rather than on the use of words.

Q: T F One of the advantages of speaking from a manuscript is that it frees a speaker from the need to establish eye contact with the audience.

Q: T F Speaking from a manuscript allows for greater spontaneity and directness than does speaking extemporaneously.

Q: T F A manuscript speech is written out word for word and read to the audience.

Q: T F Speaking from a manuscript requires very little skill.

Q: T F When speaking from a manuscript, you should strive for the same directness and sincerity in your voice as in an extemporaneous speech.

Q: T F Trying to memorize a speech is a good way to ensure that youll communicate with your audience with conversational directness and sincerity.

Q: T F When speaking impromptu, you should do your best to look calm and confident no matter how nervous you may be feeling.

Q: When used effectively, repetition in a speech a. unifies a sequence of ideas. b. helps to build a strong cadence. c. reinforces an idea. d. all of the above. e. b and c only.

Q: When you see your street, see my street; when you see your house, see my house; when you see your children, see my children is an example of a. identification. b. repetition. c. assonance. d. antithesis. e. simile.

Q: He was the best in the outfield; he was the best at the plate; he was the best as a teammate is an example of a. metaphor. b. simile. c. repetition. d. antithesis. e. assonance.

Q: T F The impact of a speakers words is strongly influence by her or his nonverbal communication.

Q: T F Good speech delivery should call attention to itself.

Q: In Italy, each meal is a journey, with fascinating destinations along the way is an example of a. simile. b. metaphor. c. repetition. d. antithesis. e. abstraction.

Q: My grandmother is the glue that holds our family together is an example of a. metaphor. b. antithesis. c. abstraction. d. repetition. e. simile.

Q: Success attained after walking through the minefields of adversity is sweet indeed is an example of a. metaphor. b. parallelism. c. antithesis. d. repetition. e. simile.

Q: My teacher was a gardener nurturing the seeds of knowledge is an example of a. repetition. b. simile. c. antithesis. d. metaphor. e. abstraction.