Extemporaneous Speaking Questions Quiz

Extemporaneous public speaking is speaking __________.

• To a group with more than 15 individuals

• With less than ten minutes to prepare

• To an unknown audience

• With less than 30 minutes to prepare

Which of the following scenarios would be considered extemporaneous speaking?

• You are asked to speak at an event at the end of the month for a

  charity

• You are asked to be the keynote speaker at a local club’s banquet next week

• You are a replacement for a speaker at an event and only have 20 minutes to prepare

• You are speaking at a local art festival in a couple of days, but were not given a specific topic

Which of the following are three characteristics you need to know about your audience?

• Age, gender, occasion

• Education level, experience, alma mater

• Age, number of people, occasion

• Occasion, gender, education level

Which of the following would be an example of an informative speech?

• A speech about global warming

• A speech about your journey overcoming obstacles

• A speech about winning a national championship

Extemporaneous speeches should be arranged in which of the following orders?

• Introduction, connection, preview, body, review, conclusion

• Introduction, preview, connection, body, review, conclusion

• Introduction, connection, preview, body, conclusion, review

• Preview, introduction, connection, body, review, conclusion

A connection __________.

• Introduces you to the audience

• Builds a relationship with the audience

• Gives the audience a sneak peek at the speech

• Summarizes the main points of the speech

The body of a speech is made up of __________.

• Main points, supports and applications

• Connections, main points and supports

• Main points and connections

• Supports and a review of the content

Which of the following are characteristics of a review section?

• Recap all of the main points

• Reinforce valuable data

• Brief

• All of the answer choices are correct

Which of the following scenarios is an example of plagiarism?

• Paraphrasing the words in a published document and citing the

  appropriate source

• Summarizing the ideas of a document and citing the appropriate source

• Copying words from a website and not citing the source because websites are public domain

• Using a direct quotation from a document and citing the source

When using a microphone you should never __________.

• Keep the microphone at your chin

• Listen to what you sound like

• keep the microphone still

• Move the microphone from hand to hand