Deck 1: Communication Competence and Public Speaking

Question 1

Sensitivity in the communication competence model is

A) the successful performance of a communication behavior
B) receptive accuracy whereby you can detect, decode, and comprehend signals in your social environment
C) a conscious decision to invest time and energy in improving our communication with others
D) a set of standards for judging the moral correctness of communication behavior

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Context for communication is

A) how well we progress toward the achievement of our goals
B) the degree of proficiency exhibited by our communication with others
C) the who, what, where, when, why, and how of the communication event
D) the successful performance of a communication behavior

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Important reasons to become a competent public speaker include

A) the frequency of required oral presentations in college classes
B) prospective employers' desire that employees possess such skills
C) the relevance of public speaking to a host of common public and social events
D) all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

"Public speaking is a transactional process" means

A) the speaker is the sender and the audience is the group of listeners
B) the speaker and audience members are both senders and receivers of messages simultaneously
C) the speaker influences the audience members
D) none of the above

Question 5

Rules in public speaking situations

A) are universal, applicable to all situations
B) can be changed if they do not achieve a common purpose
C) are always explicit, even in very different cultures
D) a and c

Question 6

"Students in a public speaking class should not interrupt a fellow classmate during his or her speech." This is

A) a rule that governs appropriate behavior from listeners
B) an implicit rule if the instructor never mentions it but it is assumed by students
C) an explicit rule if the instructor verbally accentuates this before students begin their speech presentations
D) all of the above

Question 7

Shared meaning during a speech occurs when both the speaker and the audience

A) agree with the message
B) have mutual understanding of the speaker's message
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Question 8

Being a competent public speaker means that

A) you never offend your audience
B) you are a proficient speaker in every context
C) you are proficient in a particular speaking context
D) you display immutable, inborn traits that make you proficient in every context

Question 9

"The lorry driver taking kit to the football pitch was so knackered he pulled into the lay-by near the petrol station for a quick kip" is British slang. Inability to accurately translate this is a problem of

A) Unshared meaning of the message
B) Semantic noise
C) Cultural misunderstanding
D) All of the above

Question 10

When you think about your communication and concentrate on changing what you do to become more effective, you are exhibiting

A) Mindfulness
B) Sensitivity
C) Appropriateness
D) A and B

Question 11

Pseudo-paraphrasing is

A) Unethical plagiarism
B) Quoting another person's words verbatim
C) Merely using synonyms for a few words in a lengthy quotation by another person
D) A and C

Question 12

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

A) Type option here
B) Type option here
C) Type option here
D) Type option here

Question 13

There are rules associated with every public speaking context.

Question 14

The content dimension of a message is the information communicated, and the relationship dimension is how the words that compose the message relate to each other to produce meaning.

Question 15

Communication competence in public speaking is based on two primary variables: effectiveness and appropriateness.

Question 16

To be an effective public speaker, the key focus of any speech has to be on your audience.

Question 17

Being "audience oriented" means that you should hide your true viewpoints from the audience so you don't offend listeners.

Question 18

Every communication context is guided by rules.

Question 19

Heckling a speaker is never appropriate and is thus incompetent communication.

Question 20

It is not plagiarism to "borrow" a few sentences or paragraphs from another student's speech found on YouTube without attribution.

Question 21

Effective speakers are born that way; you can't train someone to be an effective speaker if he or she is a poor speaker initially.

Question 22

Using verbal obscenity is inappropriate in all contexts for a public speech.

Question 23

There are no universal rules applicable to every speech situation.

Question 24

Public speaking is like one big conversation with a bunch of people.

Question 25

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not protect hate speech.

Question 26

Everyone knows what hate speech is, and there is a consensus regarding how to define it.