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

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 Vocalized pauses are an effective way to increase a speakers credibility.

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 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 An impromptu speech is delivered with little or no immediate preparation.

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 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: According to your textbook, Let every nation know that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty is an example of a. metaphor. b. parallelism. c. identification. d. antithesis. e. simile.

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.