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Listening/Communication

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Consists of complex affective, cognitive, and behavioral processes; which one of the following processes deals with interpreting the meaning of the message?

a)

affective

b)

cognitive

c)

behavioral

2.

What does behavioral context of listening relate to?

a)

attending to a message

b)

understanding a message

c)

responding to a message

3.

People always listen for the same reason – to obtain information.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Content oriented listeners focus on

a)

facts to evaluate

b)

feelings of the speaker

c)

the ultimate point of the conversation

5.

Listening style is your conscious approach to listening.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which ONE of the following gives the correct process of active listening?

a)

attending-understanding-evaluating-remembering-responding

b)

attending-remembering-understanding-evaluating-responding

c)

attending-understanding-remembering-evaluating-responding

7.

Which ONE of the following is one techniques to become a good active listener

a)

Understanding and decoding the message

b)

Adopting a listening posture

c)

Responding verbally to the message

8.

Understanding the message as a listening step means...

a)

encoding the message

b)

decoding the message

c)

responding to the message

9.

Which one of the following is not a technique for remembering

a)

taking notes

b)

repeating the information

c)

empathizing

10.

When we are evaluating a message, we have to separate facts from inferences because...

a)

facts can be verified whereas inferences are assumptions based on the facts

b)

facts can be true whereas inferences are definitely true based on the facts

c)

facts are verified whereas inferences are true facts

11.

I watched the security tapes. He is an honest man. His alibi checks out; he was at work during the robbery. He hasn't stolen the money.

a)

fact

b)

inference

12.

Process of critically analyzing a message to determine its truthfulness, utility, and trustworthiness is called

a)

attending

b)

remembering

c)

evaluating

13.

Public Speaking apprehension is the feeling of fear before or during the speech; and it has 3 symptoms. Which ONE of the following is not a symptom?

a)

emotional

b)

physical

c)

conversational

d)

cognitive

14.

Cause of Public Speaking Apprehension is the previous experience. Which one of the following states the correct list of previous experiences?

a)

modelling & negative reinforcement

b)

modelling & anticipation

c)

confrontation and adaptation

15.

If a presenter believes that s/he must impress a very critical audience, what type of orientation is s/he adopting?

a)

communication

b)

performance

c)

visualization

16.

If a speaker is visualizing the worst case scenarios in his/her mind, what kind of orientation is s/he adopting?

a)

speaking skills training

b)

visualization

c)

systematic desensitization

17.

Reducing anxiety by replacing anxiety-arousing negative self-talk with anxiety-reducing positive self-talk is ...

a)

cognitive restructuring

b)

communication orientation

c)

visualization

18.

This speech is delivered with only seconds or minutes to prepare is called ...

a)

Scripted speech

b)

Extemporaneous speech

c)

Impromptu speech

19.

This speech is researched and planned ahead of time but is delivered using only a speaking outline or notes...

a)

Extemporaneous speech

b)

Impromptu speech

c)

Scripted speech

20.

Graceful and controlled use of the body that

gives the impression of being self-assured, calm, and dignified is called ...

a)

Posture

b)

Poise

c)

Appearance

21.

´Which of the following is NOT one of the benefits of using presentational aids?

a)

they clarify and dramatize the verbal message

b)

they help audiences remember information

c)

they allow you to narrow down who you appeal to

d)

they make you feel more confident

22.

A  speech about the history of Kuwait with particular focus on buildings then and now, would benefit from:

a)

your watercolor drawings of today’s airports

b)

a bar chart showing construction activity in Kuwait city from 1995 to today

c)

a piece of concrete from when one building was demolished

d)

Models of the highways

23.

In persuasive speech, arguments are developed with the support of...

a)

ethos

pathos

d'artagnian

b)

ethos

pathos

logos

c)

ethical

pathological

cognitive

24.

–Convinces the audience that  something is good, fair, moral, sound, or its  opposite

a)

proposition of value

b)

proposition of policy

c)

proposition of fact

25.

–Convinces the audience that  something did or did not occur, is or is not true, or  will or will not occur

a)

proposition of value

b)

proposition of policy

c)

proposition of fact

26.

Which ONE of the following credibilities is perception of a speaker’s expertise  during the speech

a)

Terminal credibility

b)

Initial credibility

c)

Derived credibility

27.

An audience is not likely to be interested when  negative emotions are evoked.

a)

True

b)

False