1. Which of these should you focus on before a speech?
Answers: • All of these
2. If the microphone is malfunctioning, what should you do?
Answers: • Pause a moment only, then continue in a louder voice if at all possible.
3. True or false? With enough practice and experience, stage fright will disappear entirely.
Answers: • False
4. The method of connecting to an audience through common ground is called ________.
Answers: • identifying
5. Which visual cue is critical to engaging your audience?
Answers: • Standing or sitting upright, head up and confident
6. When public speaking, what is the generally accepted number of points you should focus on?
Answers: • 3
7. Finish this statement: A PowerPoint presentation should
Answers: • Outline at a high-level the presentation objectives
8. When making eye contact with the audience, should you link eyes with a single individual for a prolonged period of time?
Answers: • No
9. Who should be responsible of knowing how the equipment works?
Answers: • You and any technical support
10. When using an analagous example, a speaker is using a/an ___________.
Answers: • comparative figure of speech
11. Which of these should you avoid?
Answers: • Using as many words as possible when making your point to prove you know what you are talking about
12. Which of the following is best practice for memorization?
Answers: • Adequately familiarize yourself with the speech, and refer to your copy as needed.
13. True or False? When making a presentation, it's best to read the text on your slides so you don't get off track
Answers: • False
14. Which is NOT important for effective communication with your audience?
Answers: • memorization
15. What is positive nervousness?
Answers: • Channeling nervous energy into your presentation
16. Which statement demonstrates lack of confidence in the subject?
Answers: • All of these
17. The first step in structuring a speech should be
Answers: • determining your main points
18. What makes you a better public speaker?
Answers: • Experience
19. True or False? You should stay put whilst you are making a speech.
Answers: • False
20. True or false? Comparative design is a great way to find common ground with an audience.
Answers: • True
21. When should you introduce props to the audience?
Answers: • Throughout the speech, not all at once.
22. The topic of your speech should be:
Answers: • Of interest to you
23. True or False? It is not okay to use offensive language even if you know your audience.
Answers: • True
24. Stage fright diminishes with practice and experience.
Answers: • True
25. A chronological speech design ________.
Answers: • moves from event to event
26. How should your posture be when public speaking?
Answers: • Tall and strong
27. Who should you practice your speech with?
Answers: • Anyone
28. What should you do just before speaking publicly?
Answers: • Stay hydrated, keep positive and excited, relax.
29. True or false? Repetition is never effective when giving a presentation.
Answers: • False
30. What would always be a successful enhancement to a business presentation?
Answers: • Greater depth and breadth of knowledge on the subject
31. True or False? It is better to memorize your speech word for word.
Answers: • False
32. Maslow's heirarchy of needs helps a speaker conceptualize how to _______ their audience.
Answers: • motivate
33. Which of these is optimal?
Answers: • A concise, clear speech at a relaxed pace.
34. Why are diction and enunciation important?
Answers: • For the clarity of your presentation.
35. Which of these are NOT recommended presentation styles?
Answers: • Reading every word of your presentation from your notes
36. To fight anxiety during a speech, you should:
Answers: • None of these
37. Which of these are a main goal of the opening segment of your presentation?
Answers: • All of these
38. Making a presentation, it's best to be __________
Answers: • Friendly and responsive to questions
39. Many great public speakers suffer from nerves.
Answers: • True
40. True or False? You should repeat what you said earlier in your speech as a closing to your speech.
Answers: • True
41. True or False? Filler words should be withheld from presentations, including "Umm", "Like" or "Uh"
Answers: • True
42. Before a speech, you should:
Answers: • Know the equipment you will be using
43. How can stage fright be a good thing?
Answers: • It increases stimulation and is necessary to get you in the 'zone.'
44. What is one thing you want your audience to be able to do after your speech?
Answers: • Sum up the take-away message
45. True or False? You should focus eye contact on one person.
Answers: • False
46. True or False? Using visuals is a distraction for the audience.
Answers: • False
47. Which part of your speech should be the strongest?
Answers: • Beginning and end
48. What should you do if you can't answer a question?
Answers: • Say ' That's a good question!', telling them that you honestly don't know the answer and you will try get back to them.
49. You should have a 'target' audience member in mind when writing and performing your speech.
Answers: • True
50. True or false? Audience feedback only comes from verbal clues.
Answers: • False
51. How should you prepare the day before a public speaking engagement?
Answers: • Eat well, exercise, and get a good night's sleep.
52. What is the best way to improve your public speaking?
Answers: • Practice - at home, in the mirror, with friends, in front of an audience.
53. How can you know what to expect before a presentation?
Answers: • All of these
54. Which of these are a useful method for becoming a better and more credible public speaker?
Answers: • Gathering and analyzing information about your audience
55. To be a good presenter, you need to be _________
Answers: • Well prepared
56. True or False? You should repeat questions when asked by someone in the audience so that everyone knows what question you are answering.
Answers: • True
57. Strong public speakers are born, not made.
Answers: • False
58. Which of these is the best option to calm down during your speech?
Answers: • All of these
59. Towards the end of a presentation, what should be the focus?
Answers: • Reviewing key points
60. What is the best way to feel confident in public speaking?
Answers: • Knowing your surroundings
61. Your appearance matters when you are speaking publicly.
Answers: • True
62. What could be fatal to the success of a presentation?
Answers:
• All of these
63. What should you do if you are momentarily overwhelmed, for example, by coughing or emotion?
Answers: • Pause, breath, and take a drink. Then continue.
64. Stage fright is a normal part of public speaking.
Answers: • True
65. How much preparation time should a speech take?
Answers: • Until you feel absolutely confident
66. Faster is better.
Answers: • False
67. How should your voice sound when speaking publicly?
Answers: • Clear and confident
68. What is the best plan when preparing for a presentation?
Answers: • All of these
69. When is it acceptable to chew whilst public speaking?
Answers: • Never
70. If you are nervous, you should do what?
Answers: • Take a deep breath
71. The audience is the enemy.
Answers: • False
72. What should be considered before making a presentation?
Answers: • All of these
73. What is the best way to practice and review for a presentation?
Answers: • All of these
74. Which of the following is NOT a commonly accepted type of speech design?
Answers: • Exclamatory
75. Which of the following is NOT an example of a plosive?
Answers: • a
76. You should always be ______ when speaking.
Answers: • honest
77. What is an argument in which a speaker rejects another speaker's claim based on the speaker's character and not the claim itself?
Answers: • Ad hominem fallacy
78. What is the best way to recover from a slip-up?
Answers: • Repeat the phrase if necessary, and continue unfazed.
79. When using visuals, you should:
Answers: • Stand on the side you write with
80. How should you approach the pacing of your speech?
Answers: • Go slow. You know this information cold, but it's your audience's first time.
81. To have the best chance of your audience identifying with you and your message it is best to use mostly _____ person pronouns.
Answers: • Third
82. Making a great presentation depends on many factors. Which factors are most important?
Answers: • Know your subject, prepare, be professional, project confidence
83. True or false? It's always best to leave basic printed brochures about your services after a presentation
Answers: • False
Answers: • All of these
2. If the microphone is malfunctioning, what should you do?
Answers: • Pause a moment only, then continue in a louder voice if at all possible.
3. True or false? With enough practice and experience, stage fright will disappear entirely.
Answers: • False
4. The method of connecting to an audience through common ground is called ________.
Answers: • identifying
5. Which visual cue is critical to engaging your audience?
Answers: • Standing or sitting upright, head up and confident
6. When public speaking, what is the generally accepted number of points you should focus on?
Answers: • 3
7. Finish this statement: A PowerPoint presentation should
Answers: • Outline at a high-level the presentation objectives
8. When making eye contact with the audience, should you link eyes with a single individual for a prolonged period of time?
Answers: • No
9. Who should be responsible of knowing how the equipment works?
Answers: • You and any technical support
10. When using an analagous example, a speaker is using a/an ___________.
Answers: • comparative figure of speech
11. Which of these should you avoid?
Answers: • Using as many words as possible when making your point to prove you know what you are talking about
12. Which of the following is best practice for memorization?
Answers: • Adequately familiarize yourself with the speech, and refer to your copy as needed.
13. True or False? When making a presentation, it's best to read the text on your slides so you don't get off track
Answers: • False
14. Which is NOT important for effective communication with your audience?
Answers: • memorization
15. What is positive nervousness?
Answers: • Channeling nervous energy into your presentation
16. Which statement demonstrates lack of confidence in the subject?
Answers: • All of these
17. The first step in structuring a speech should be
Answers: • determining your main points
18. What makes you a better public speaker?
Answers: • Experience
19. True or False? You should stay put whilst you are making a speech.
Answers: • False
20. True or false? Comparative design is a great way to find common ground with an audience.
Answers: • True
21. When should you introduce props to the audience?
Answers: • Throughout the speech, not all at once.
22. The topic of your speech should be:
Answers: • Of interest to you
23. True or False? It is not okay to use offensive language even if you know your audience.
Answers: • True
24. Stage fright diminishes with practice and experience.
Answers: • True
25. A chronological speech design ________.
Answers: • moves from event to event
26. How should your posture be when public speaking?
Answers: • Tall and strong
27. Who should you practice your speech with?
Answers: • Anyone
28. What should you do just before speaking publicly?
Answers: • Stay hydrated, keep positive and excited, relax.
29. True or false? Repetition is never effective when giving a presentation.
Answers: • False
30. What would always be a successful enhancement to a business presentation?
Answers: • Greater depth and breadth of knowledge on the subject
31. True or False? It is better to memorize your speech word for word.
Answers: • False
32. Maslow's heirarchy of needs helps a speaker conceptualize how to _______ their audience.
Answers: • motivate
33. Which of these is optimal?
Answers: • A concise, clear speech at a relaxed pace.
34. Why are diction and enunciation important?
Answers: • For the clarity of your presentation.
35. Which of these are NOT recommended presentation styles?
Answers: • Reading every word of your presentation from your notes
36. To fight anxiety during a speech, you should:
Answers: • None of these
37. Which of these are a main goal of the opening segment of your presentation?
Answers: • All of these
38. Making a presentation, it's best to be __________
Answers: • Friendly and responsive to questions
39. Many great public speakers suffer from nerves.
Answers: • True
40. True or False? You should repeat what you said earlier in your speech as a closing to your speech.
Answers: • True
41. True or False? Filler words should be withheld from presentations, including "Umm", "Like" or "Uh"
Answers: • True
42. Before a speech, you should:
Answers: • Know the equipment you will be using
43. How can stage fright be a good thing?
Answers: • It increases stimulation and is necessary to get you in the 'zone.'
44. What is one thing you want your audience to be able to do after your speech?
Answers: • Sum up the take-away message
45. True or False? You should focus eye contact on one person.
Answers: • False
46. True or False? Using visuals is a distraction for the audience.
Answers: • False
47. Which part of your speech should be the strongest?
Answers: • Beginning and end
48. What should you do if you can't answer a question?
Answers: • Say ' That's a good question!', telling them that you honestly don't know the answer and you will try get back to them.
49. You should have a 'target' audience member in mind when writing and performing your speech.
Answers: • True
50. True or false? Audience feedback only comes from verbal clues.
Answers: • False
51. How should you prepare the day before a public speaking engagement?
Answers: • Eat well, exercise, and get a good night's sleep.
52. What is the best way to improve your public speaking?
Answers: • Practice - at home, in the mirror, with friends, in front of an audience.
53. How can you know what to expect before a presentation?
Answers: • All of these
54. Which of these are a useful method for becoming a better and more credible public speaker?
Answers: • Gathering and analyzing information about your audience
55. To be a good presenter, you need to be _________
Answers: • Well prepared
56. True or False? You should repeat questions when asked by someone in the audience so that everyone knows what question you are answering.
Answers: • True
57. Strong public speakers are born, not made.
Answers: • False
58. Which of these is the best option to calm down during your speech?
Answers: • All of these
59. Towards the end of a presentation, what should be the focus?
Answers: • Reviewing key points
60. What is the best way to feel confident in public speaking?
Answers: • Knowing your surroundings
61. Your appearance matters when you are speaking publicly.
Answers: • True
62. What could be fatal to the success of a presentation?
Answers:
• All of these
63. What should you do if you are momentarily overwhelmed, for example, by coughing or emotion?
Answers: • Pause, breath, and take a drink. Then continue.
64. Stage fright is a normal part of public speaking.
Answers: • True
65. How much preparation time should a speech take?
Answers: • Until you feel absolutely confident
66. Faster is better.
Answers: • False
67. How should your voice sound when speaking publicly?
Answers: • Clear and confident
68. What is the best plan when preparing for a presentation?
Answers: • All of these
69. When is it acceptable to chew whilst public speaking?
Answers: • Never
70. If you are nervous, you should do what?
Answers: • Take a deep breath
71. The audience is the enemy.
Answers: • False
72. What should be considered before making a presentation?
Answers: • All of these
73. What is the best way to practice and review for a presentation?
Answers: • All of these
74. Which of the following is NOT a commonly accepted type of speech design?
Answers: • Exclamatory
75. Which of the following is NOT an example of a plosive?
Answers: • a
76. You should always be ______ when speaking.
Answers: • honest
77. What is an argument in which a speaker rejects another speaker's claim based on the speaker's character and not the claim itself?
Answers: • Ad hominem fallacy
78. What is the best way to recover from a slip-up?
Answers: • Repeat the phrase if necessary, and continue unfazed.
79. When using visuals, you should:
Answers: • Stand on the side you write with
80. How should you approach the pacing of your speech?
Answers: • Go slow. You know this information cold, but it's your audience's first time.
81. To have the best chance of your audience identifying with you and your message it is best to use mostly _____ person pronouns.
Answers: • Third
82. Making a great presentation depends on many factors. Which factors are most important?
Answers: • Know your subject, prepare, be professional, project confidence
83. True or false? It's always best to leave basic printed brochures about your services after a presentation
Answers: • False
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