COMM 301 Week 3 Quiz 1

COMM 301 Week 3 Quiz 1 | Los Rios Community College

Question 1

At its heart, communication apprehension is:    

·         the psychological response to evaluation.  

·         an outcome of having a negative attitude.  

·         easily overcome by ignoring the audience.  

·         fictional; it’s an excuse for laziness.

 

 Question 2

Starting a speech by telling a joke:  

·         is risky; it might unintentionally offend your audience, or fall flat.  

·         shows that you are an engaging speaker.  

·         is a reliable way to warm up an audience.  

·         gets the audience to settle down and pay attention.

 

Question 3

Mistakes or verbal stumbles during a speech:  

·         distract the audience from receiving the message.   

·         do not undermine the entire speech.  

·         completely distract the audience from the main message.  

·         are the most memorable part of the speech.

 

Question 4

Memorizing a speech word-for-word is:  

·         the most effective strategy for reducing communication anxiety.  

·         likely to make your anxiety worse, not better.  

·         a guarantee of a polished delivery.  

·         the best way to make sure you don’t forget details.

 

Question 5

Audiences are generally:  

·         judgmental; attentive to mistakes. 

·         hostile; they want to see you mess up.

·         bored and not really listening anyway.

·         interested in what you have to say.

 

Question 6

A speaker’s nervousness:  

·         is clearly evident to people in the audience. 

·         is invisible to the audience most of the time. 

·         makes that speaker seem insecure.  

·         ethically compels us to apologize to the audience.

 

Question 7

A little nervousness helps you give a better speech because:  

·         it forces you to prepare, memorize, and rehearse your speech.  

·         nervousness leads to brilliant thoughts.  

·         it exposes an interesting dimension of your personality.  

·         you can use the extra energy to give an animated speech.

  

Question 8

If you memorize your speech, you are:  

·         avoiding communication anxiety.   

·         likely to have a “canned” delivery style.  

·         responsive to the audience’s interest in you.  

·         certain to present your speech perfectly.

 

Question 9

Fear of speaking rarely shows up in lists of people’s common fears.  

·         True  

·         False

 

Question 10

Communication apprehension usually produces physical symptoms.

 

·         True  

·         False