COM421 – EFFECTIVE

SPEAKING FINAL TEST (30%)

STUDENT NAME: PUTRI NURUL HIDAYAH BINTI AHMAD NAZRI

STUDENT ID: 2022672392

GROUP: N4BA2503

LECTURER: WAN ADMIZA BINTI WAN HASSAN

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~ Instruction:

1. This paper consists of 35 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ).

2. Answer ALL question.
3. Highlight the correct answer.
4. Submission format: PDF.

1. If the audience is in favor of a persuasive speech, the speaker should…

a. reinforce and strengthen their beliefs

b. be more appealing when delivering speech
c. immediately force their beliefs
d. take it easy and divert their attention

2. Which of the points below is not the characteristic of effective informative

speaking?

a. Intellectually stimulating
b. Relevant
c. Creative
d. Insignificant

3. How does a speaker address a diverse learning style of the audience in

terms of feeling?

a. Focus on visual aids and facial expression.

b. Respond to concrete, vivid images, examples, stories and
testimonials.
c. Work best through clear macrostructure as well as definitions,
explanations and statistics.
d. Cultivate interaction.

4. Which of the examples below does not help memorability in informative

speeches?

a. Repetition
b. Transitions
c. Mnemonic
d. Platonic

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5. Productive thinking occurs when…

a. we contemplate something from a variety of perspectives, then select

the ideas best suited to a particular audience.
b. we confirm a certain perspective immediately to suit a particular
audience.
c. we contemplate a variety of perspectives and decide to discuss
further about the ideas.
d. we contemplate every perspective but won’t make a final decision.

6. Demonstrating how a remote topic relates to the audience in a familiar way

will aid ___________ to your informative speech.

a. accuracy
b. relevancy
c. creativity
d. memorability

7. The audience will not perceive information to be intellectually stimulating

when it…

a. is new to them
b. piques their curiosity
c. excites their interest
d. is well familiar to them

8. A speech whose goal is to explain or describe facts, truths, and principles in a

way that stimulates interest, facilitates understanding, and increases the
likelihood of remembering is known as…

a. persuasive speech
b. informative speech
c. ceremonial speech
d. professional speech

9. Ways to be animated in your speech is shown below except to be:

a. lively
b. energetic
c. moody
d. enthusiastic

10. How does the speaker not speak intelligibly?

a. Appropriate vocal quality

b. Proper articulation and accent
c. Speak fast like native speaker
d. Appropriate vocal pitch

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11. How does a speaker achieve good vocal expressiveness?

a. Use pauses strategically

b. Avoid using pauses
c. Use pauses at every word
d. Avoid stressing certain word

12. What is an extemporaneous speech?

a. Researched and planned ahead time.

b. Wording is fully scripted.
c. Need a lot of skill to effectively deliver them.
d. Hardest to give effectively.

13. How do you not adapt to your audience?

a. Be aware of and respond to audience feedback.

b. Handle questions respectfully.
c. Be confident answering to questions you don’t know.
d. Correct yourself when you misspeak.

14. When practicing your speech aloud, you should…

a. Revise, evaluate and mull over all aspects of the speech

b. Draft the things you should say in the speech.
c. Imagine speaking to yourself only.
d. Keep on revising your speech.

15. A graceful and controlled use of the body that gives the impression that you
are self-assured, calm and dignified is known as…

a. Elegance
b. Poise
c. Posture
d. Confidence

16. Below are the specific purposes of body movements when giving speech
except…

a. Emphasizing an important idea.

b. Referencing a presentational aid.
c. Clarifying macrostructure.
d. Clarifying misunderstanding.

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17. Which of the statements below is not the importance of eye contact when
giving professional speeches?

a. Help the audience concentrate on the speech.

b. Bolsters ethos.
c. Help gauge audience to ideas.
d. Help develop romantic feelings.

18. One complete rehearsal includes…

a. A practice, an analysis and a second practice.

b. An analysis and a practice.
c. A practice, a second practice and analysis.
d. A practice only.

19. Below are the characteristics of an effective delivery style except for…

a. Using a conversational tone

b. Being animated
c. Be dynamic in delivery
d. Be stern throughout the speech

20. What is a ‘pitch’?

a. The speed at which you talk

b. The timbre of your voice
c. The highness or lowness of the tones of your voice
d. How loudly or softly you speak

21. What does ‘withdrawing’ mean in conflict management?

a. Physically removing yourself from the conflict.

b. Emotionally removing yourself from the conflict.
c. Physically or psychologically removing yourself from conflict.
d. Physically, emotionally and psychologically removing yourself from
conflict.

22. What is a symposium?

a. A discussion in which a limited number of participants (usually three

to five) present individual speeches on the same subject.
b. A discussion in which a limited number of participants (usually three
to five) present individual speeches on various subjects.
c. A discussion of a vast audience on the same subject.
d. A discussion of a vast audience on various subjects.

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23. What is the right combination for the five common conflict management
styles?
a. Withdrawing, accommodating, forcing, compromising, collaborating.
b. Adapting, accommodating, assisting, compromising, collaborating.
c. Adapting, withdrawing, assisting, compromising, collaborating.
d. Withdrawing, accommodating, assisting, compromising, collaborating.

24. A graceful and controlled use of the body that gives the impression that you
are self-assured, calm and dignified is known as…

a. Elegance
b. Poise
c. Posture
d. Confidence

25. Below are the specific purposes of body movements when giving speech
except…

a. Emphasizing an important idea.

b. Referencing a presentational aid.
c. Clarifying macrostructure.
d. Clarifying misunderstanding.

26. Which statement is the truest? A proposition…

a. is a declarative sentence that clearly indicates the position you will

advocate.
b. is a statement of proposal in marriage.
c. is a declaration statement of the most ideal ideas.
d. is a declarative sentence of your commitment to change ones attitude.

27. One complete rehearsal includes…

a. A practice, an analysis and a second practice.

b. An analysis and a practice.
c. A practice, a second practice and analysis.
d. A practice only.

28. Which of the statements below is not the importance of eye contact when
giving professional speeches?

a. Help the audience concentrate on the speech.

b. Bolsters ethos.
c. Help gauge audience to ideas.
d. Help develop romantic feelings.

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29. Which of the statements below best describes inductive reasoning.

a. Providing specific evidence to support any arguments.

b. Arriving at a general conclusion based on several pieces of specific
evidence.
c. Arriving at a conclusion based on general evidence.
d. Providing evidence to support the main thesis.

30. When giving a speech, the eye and mouth movements are important to
convey…

a. the whole context of the speech

b. personableness and good character
c. the issues you are currently facing
d. weird engagement

31. Below are the characteristics of an effective delivery style except for…

a. Using a conversational tone

b. Being animated
c. Be dynamic in delivery
d. Be stern throughout the speech

32. Which of the following is not the relevant types of available expository for
informative speeches?

a. Exposition of historical events or forces.

b. Exposition of a theory, principle, or law.
c. Exposition of creative work.
d. Exposition of an orchestra.

33. Which of the following is not part of the systematic group problem-solving
method?

a. Identify and define the problem.

b. Analyze the problem.
c. Determine criteria to remove a group member.
d. Generate a host of solutions.

34. What is considered as unethical in the given ethical guidelines in persuasive

speech given below.

a. Be stern in your stand to change your audience attitude.

b. Aim to improve the well-being of the audience with sincere advocacy.
c. Provide choices for the audience to think about your proposition. d.
Be engaging.

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35. Which of the following is not the correct collection of methods of informing
in informative speech?

a. Description – Definition – Comparison and contrast – Narration –

Demonstration
b. Description – Subscription – Definition – Narration – Demonstration
c. Description – Presentation – Comparison and contrast – Narration –
Demonstration
d. Description – Presentation – Definition – Narration – Demonstration

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