ONLINE EXAMINATION FOR ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE

TEST I. IDENTIFICATION (2pts. Each)

1. It is the expression of thought or feeling by means of spoken words resonating in sounds used
separately or in combination.
2. This is the art of influencing the beliefs or actions of other people; we make them believe or act as
we want them to, through the use of reasoning.
3. It is a formal direct oral contest in argumentation between two or more persons; a formal discussion
on a particular topic in which opposing arguments are put forward.
4. The subject of the debate. It is a statement that affirms or denies something. It is also referred to as
the topic, motion, or a resolution.
5. These are the essentially vital points or elements affirmed by the affirmative and negated by the
negative, upon whose establishment hangs the establishment of the main proposition.
6. These are issues that are always present in a proposition of policy. It seeks to answer the questions:
(1) is the measure necessary? (2) is it beneficial? (3) is it practicable?
7. It is the appeal to emotion. Its purpose is to move one to desire something, to influence him to act in
the way one wishes him to act.
8. This process involves the putting of materials in a cohesive manner and conveying them in the most
efficient manner before the audience.
9. This consists of sorting all the information, facts, statistics, data, inferences, arguments, evidences,
and proofs.
10. It is the appeal to reason. Its purpose is to create belief. This is also known as intellectual agreement.

TEST II. MULTIPLE CHOICE (10pts.)

1. What does “Audi Alteram Partem” translate to?

a. speech is the index of intention b. appeal to reason
c. hear the other side d. none of the above
2. meaning of the Latin word “Arguerre”
a. to argue b. to chide
c. to debate d. to fight
3. “Index Animi Sermo Est”
a. hear the other side b. speech is the index of intention
c. expressing reversal d. none of the above
4. meaning of the Latin word “Battere”
a. battery b. butter
 c. to fight d. to chide
5. This process consists of the logical organization of the materials gathered.
a. arrangement b. selection
c. conviction d. debate
6. This process consists in the determination of those ideas in the truth of which one would like others
to believe the way he or she wants them to believe.
a. persuasion b. proposition
c. issues d. invention
7. Which of the following is NOT a form of proposition?
a. bill b. resolution
c. pleading d. application
8. It is one whose main concern is the wisdom or unwisdom, doability or non-doability of an action. It
answers the question: is it wise to do this course of action?
a. proposition of policy b. proposition of persuasion
c. proposition of conviction d. proposition of fact
9. It refers to those issues characterized by the absence of clash of opinion because they are
incontrovertible.
a. debate issue b. argument issue
c. admitted issue d. none of the above
10. Which is NOT a feature of Debate Proposition?
a. It must be debatable b. It must never be biased
c. It must be stated in the form of an affirmation d. It must have been over-debated

TEST III. ENUMERATION (20pts.)

A. Basic Physical Distances Between People. (4)

B. Approaches in Argumentation and Debate. (2)
C. Processes in the Work of Argumentation and Debate. (4)
D. Types of Debate. (4)
E. Classes of Proposition. (2)
F. Kinds of Issues Used in Debate. (3)
G. What is the Full Name of Your Professor in Argumentation and Debate? (1)

TEST IV. DEFINITION – Define the terms provided below. (5pts. Each)

1) Public Speaking
2) Argumentation
3) Debate