Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Identify the four benefits of studying public speaking.

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1.2. A police officer who warns citizens of crime and encourages them to set up a neighborhood watch

program is utilizing which benefit of public speaking?a.personal b.professional c.academic d.public

Answer: d

Chapter: 01

Module: 1.1

Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Identify the four benefits of studying public speaking.

Topic: Why Study Public Speaking?

Level: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

1.3. The skills you learn in a public speaking class can be used throughout all of your academic studies

and your future career. In other words, these skills are _____.a.stagnant b.transferable c.relative to the user . 1 .Test Bank

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Public Speaking

Multiple Choice 1.1.In addition to academic benefits, the benefits of studying and practicing public speaking are three-

fold: _____.

a.psychological, physiological, and behavioral b.economic, social, and ethical c.intellectual, physical, and spiritual

• personal, professional, and public

Answer:

d

Chapter: 01

Module: 1.1

Learning Objective:

LO 1.1 Identify the four benefits of studying public speaking.

Topic:

Why Study Public Speaking?

Difficulty:

Easy

Skill:

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• nontransferable

Answer: b

Chapter: 01

Module: 1.1

Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Identify the four benefits of studying public speaking.

Topic: Why Study Public Speaking?

Level: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

1.4. The word communicate is taken from a Latin verb and means _____.

• to inform
• to recall
• to share
• to clarify

Answer: c

Chapter: 01

Module: 1.2

Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Define communication, including its five basic levels.

Topic: Definitions of Communication

Level: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

1.5. Along with the interpreter and the referent, Ogden and Richards also include the _____ in the three

elements necessary for communication.

• symbol
• channel
• feedback
• cue

Answer: a

Chapter: 01

Module: 1.2

Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Define communication, including its five basic levels.

Topic: Definitions of Communication

Level: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

1.6.More recent presidential elections have focused on the voting stance of red and blue states. In Ogden and Richards’s triangle of meaning model, the states would be considered _____.a.messages b.symbols .2

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• codes
• cues

Answer: b

Chapter: 01

Module: 1.2

Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Define communication, including its five basic levels.

Topic: Definitions of Communication

Level: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

1.7. Which of the following statements is true about the elements in the triangle of meaning?

• The symbol is simply the person who is communicating.
• The referent is never an idea.
• The interpreter is the receiver of the message, the decoder delivers the message.
• The referent depends on each individual’s knowledge and experience.

Answer: d

Chapter: 01

Module: 1.2

Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Define communication, including its five basic levels.

Topic: Definitions of Communication

Level: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

1.8. The terms “Y2K” and “cool” would be the _____ in the triangle of meaning.

• referents
• symbols
• ideas
• messages

Answer: b

Chapter: 01

Module: 1.2

Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Define communication, including its five basic levels.

Topic: Definitions of Communication

Level: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

1.9. According to the triangle of meaning _____.

• meaning exists in people, not in words
• verbal communication is more important than nonverbal communication

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