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Q1. Norm reported on poor study skills among college students by indicating that in his five classes combined, he only saw 24 students take one page or more of notes during the average class period. Norm was using direct observation to support his point.
a. true
b. false
Q2. The principle of the problem-solution organizational pattern is best reflected in which of the following phrases?
a. Use the process of elimination.
b. One thing leads to another.
c. Take things one step at a time.
d. Analyze the similarities and differences.
e. Find out what's wrong and fix it.
Q3. In a rhetorical proof, reasoning links the supporting material to the claim.
a. true
b. false
Q4. Charlton argued that if we outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. What kind of reasoning is this?
a. example
b. cause
c. analogy
d. narrative
e. sign
Q5. What are the two types of analogy?
a. division and composition
b. metaphor and simile
c. literary and oral
d. literal and figurative
e. causal and sign
Q6. Which organizational pattern focuses on similarities and differences among ideas?
a. comparison-contrast
b. chronological
c. residues
d. spatial
e. problem-solution
Q7. Speakers and listeners together decide whether reasoning is sound.
a. true
b. false
Q8. A post hoc fallacy is a fallacy that the speaker discovers after the speech has been delivered.
a. true
b. false
Q9. When choosing supporting material, it is best to choose support that can be cited easily in the speech.
a. true
b. false
Q10. Memory skills are critical for speakers when rehearsing both mentally and aloud.
a. true
b. false
Q11. What type of supporting material includes averages, medians, indices, and standardized scores?
a. facts
b. statistics
c. examples
d. documents
e. testimony
Q12. Choda gave a speech about growing up in Israel. As support, she discussed her home life, her schooling, and her life in the military. What type of supporting material is this?
a. statistics
b. documents
c. direct observation
d. personal experience
e. testimony
Q13. Your research notes should include full bibliographic citations for all sources, print and electronic.
a. true
b. false
Q14. Which of the following is a document?
a. a will
b. a web site
c. a dictionary definition
d. a journal article
e. a personal letter
Q15. A speech topic that cannot be adequately discussed in the time allowed is not appropriate in scope.
a. true
b. false
Q16. Eyewitnesses testifying in court are usually providing expert testimony.
a. true
b. false
Q17. A good topic is interesting to the audience, but when an audience has a high level of interest in a topic, their bias may prevent them from listening carefully.
a. true
b. false
Q18. Which type of reasoning includes prediction, assignment of responsibility, explanation, and steps to a goal?
a. example
b. narrative
c. sign
d. analogy
e. cause
Q19. When gathering information in an interview, it is important to have a specific set of questions and to stick closely to them so as not to waste the interviewee's time.
a. true
b. false
Q20. Generally proofs are reasonable if many diverse listeners, using critical judgment, would accept them.
a. true
b. false
Q21. Jill read an poll which indicated that Senator Jones enjoyed a 63 percent approval rating in his home state of Virginia. Jill concluded that his cousins from Virginia must like Senator Jones. What fallacy has Jill committed?
a. fallacy of division
b. fallacy of decorum
c. fallacy of stereotyping
d. fallacy of aggregation
e. fallacy of composition
Q22. Which effect puts the speaker's strongest ideas first?
a. primacy
b. recency
c. dependent
d. independent
e. residual
Q23. Any type of supporting material could provide the specific cases you use when you reason from example.
a. true
b. false
Q24. When speaking to an audience of listeners who are strongly opposed to one's position, it is best to pursue the purpose of inducing a specific action.
a. true
b. false
Q25. Some information on the web comes in the form of 'fugitive materials,' so called because the accuracy of the information in these documents is suspect.
a. true
b. false