Public Speaking Test Review

In the communication process the person who creates a message to give to another person or persons is the ...

• receiver

• channel

• sender

• medium

Something that hinders or prevents communication: can be internal or external.

• Medium

• Interference

• Context

• Listening

A speaker who takes into consideration the needs of her listeners at all stages of the speech process is called...

• Unethical

• Ethical

• Audience-centered

• Effective

Another name for stage fright is...

• Context interference

• Speech Avoidance

• Audience Awareness

• Communication Apprehension

Responses by audience members or listeners that show comprehension or confusion about a message are called

• Feeback

• Context

• Channels

• Messages

The guidelines for choosing the right course of action within a given dilemma is known as

• morality

• confusion

• ethics

• values

When you take a speech from another source in its entirety and pass if off as your own, you are committing

• source citation

• patchwork plagiarism

• incremental plagiarism

• global plagiarism

If you are paying attention to someone in an effort to understand what she means, you are...

• hearing

• sending

• listening

• watching

Which level of listening involves trying to determine the emotional content of what is being said?

• critical listening

• empathic listening

• informative listening

• appreciative listening

Which of the following parts of the human body IS NOT a part of the communication process?

• Teeth

• Ears

• Tongue

• Elbow