True False
T F 1. Fortunately for speakers, audiences
are slow to judge a speaker's credibility and status, preferring instead
to hear them out and make their judgment after hearing the message.
T F 2. Failing to cite sources of information
is an offense called plagiarism.
T F 3. An analogy is good to use for proof
in your speech.
T F 4. Your source credibility is pretty much
the same from audience to audience because you don't change very much as
you change audiences.
T F 5. The only chance you have to affect your
credibility is your behavior during your speech.
T F 6. One of the important questions that
you should ask about your own personal experience is whether or not it
is typical.
T F 7. A speaker's delivery can have a positive
impact on source credibility.
T F 8. Evidence refers to data from which you
can draw a conclusion, make a judgment, or establish the probability that
something will occur.
T F 9. A survey by Playboy of its subscribers
and readers will give you a pretty accurate indication of how the general
population would respond to the issue.
T F 10. Competence is a dimension of source
credibility that reflects the speaker's honesty, fairness, and honor.
T F 11. If you are going to record an interviewee,
you must ask the person's permission.
T F 12. Information that you heard from a friend
is just as good as something that you experienced yourself.
T F 13. The use of nonfluencies can decrease
the audience's ratings of speaker competence and dynamism but seem not
to affect ratings of trustworthiness.
T F 14. How you are introduced will neither
increase nor decrease your source credibility.
T F 15. When seeking someone to interview for
your speech, it is all right to get into his or her office under false
pretenses as long as you get some good information for your speech.
T F 16. It is acceptable to round off a number,
i.e., to say over 250,000 instead of saying 250,125.
T F 17. An oral footnote contains everything
that is included in a written footnote except that it is stated in the
speech instead of written.
T F 18. You should use written resources like
books, reference works, magazines, and newspapers in your speech, but you
should not use information from broadcast news, TV, or radio documentaries.
T F 19. Testimonial evidence is evidence gathered
from a test.
T F 20. The so-called sleeper effect means
that your speech suffers from "mid-speech sag" and therefore invites your
audience to doze.
T F 21. A speaker who exhibits dynamism is
one who shares the audience's interests, attitudes, beliefs, and values.
T F 22. Surprising, a disorganized speech does
not reduce a speaker's credibility.
T F 23. Who conducted a survey and how they
did so are both very important questions to ask of this kind of evidence.
T F 24. The Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
is an index to magazine articles in print.
T F 25. The best place to find out about a
famous American who is dead would be Who's Who in America.
T F 26. Because students in a classroom hear
many speeches and because time elapses between the speeches, the teacher
should remind the audience about the origins of his or her credibility.
T F 27. A survey by Ford Motor Company about
how satisfied Ford owners are with a product is a reliable piece of information
to use in a speech.
T F 28. It is a good practice to ask an interviewee
if he or she has other sources of information or knows other people you
should interview for further information on your topic.
T F 29. The speaker says he was a bit drunk
when he was "roughed up" by the bouncer in a local bar, and he uses their
personal experience as evidence that everyone should avoid this bar because
customers are mistreated. Because the speaker is using his personal
experience, the experience is good evidence for the speech.
T F 30. Proof is sufficient evidence to convince
your audience that what you say is true.
Multiple Choice
31. If you neglect to cite your sources of information,
you can be accused of
A. plagiarism
B. omission
C. neglect
D. superficiality
32. The concept of common ground in public speaking is
most closely related to which dimension of source credibility?
A. trustworthiness
B. dynamism
C. competence
D. co-orientation
33. The best source to lead you to an article in Newsweek
about an incident six months ago would be the
A. card catalog
B. Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
C. Index to Social Sciences
D. World Almanac
34. When should you use personal experience in a speech?
A. When the "personal experience" is really that of a friend.
B. When the personal experience is true and typical.
C. When the personal experience is a chance occurrence.
D. When the personal experience is true and atypical.
35. In which of the following surveys should you place
the most trust?
A. a survey by a large oil company that shows its product
is better than that of other companies
B. a telephone survey by a weekly newspaper that indicates
prison reform is necessary
C. a university study by known sociologists that concludes
welfare payments are insufficient
D. a woman's magazine survey that questions its subscribers
about drug use by housewives
36. The sleeper effect means that the
A. speech was so boring that people in the audience fell
asleep
B. the speech had a delayed message impact because of separation
of speaker from message over time
C. the speech was so boring that it caused the speaker
to lose interest in the speech even while giving it
D. the speech was an unexpected success at the time it
was given
37. The definition of dynamism is that the speaker is perceived
as
A. qualified, educated, authorative, informed, and knowledgeable
B. honest, sincere, friendly, honorable, and kind
C. bold, energetic, active, and assertive
D. sharing the audience's attitudes, beliefs, and values
38. Which of the following is NOT a research-based finding
about source credibility?
A. The introduction of a speaker by another person can
increase the speaker's credibility.
B. The way the other person introduces you can increase
or decrease your credibility in the eyes of the audience.
C. The speaker's perceived status can increase or decrease
source credibility.
D. Audiences are mercifully slow in deciding a speaker's
status or source credibility.
39. Which of the following statements is NOT reflected
in the research on source credibility?
A. Source credibility is directly corrected with IQ.
B. Poor organization in a setting where good organization
is expected will lower credibility ratings.
C. Good delivery can enhance or improve credibility ratings.
D. Avoiding nonfluencies can help credibility ratings by
the audience.
40. Which testimonial evidence best meets the criteria
for evaluating such evidence?
A. A highly reputable chemist provides testimony about
the reasons why Christians should trust in Christ.
B. An Army officer testifies about what he heard from others
about the presence of MIAs in Cambodia.
C. A cafeteria worker, a student, testifies about conditions
in the cafeteria kitchen.
D. A university President tells parents why his university
is the best choice for their child.
41. Which of the following statements concerning source
credibility is consistent with the textbook?
A. Source credibility is a generalized trait that means
that a person with high credibility can be highly credible for a large
range and variety of audiences.
B. Source credibility is an audience perception that must
be established every time a person gives a speech to an audience.
C. Source credibility is an earned commodity that you get
by having a known reputation, good relationships with others, and respectability.
D. Source credibility is limited to the speech itself.
42. Inappropriate conduct for interviewing a source for
your speech would include
A. gaining entry by revealing your purpose: to secure information
for your speech.
B. recording information on a recorder and with notes whether
or not the interviewee knows about the recorder.
C. taking only the time requested unless the interviewee
wishes to extend the time.
D. using prepared questions for the interview to gain specific
information for your speech.
43. Which of the following statements about oral footnotes
is false?
A. An oral footnote always includes the name of the source.
B. An oral footnote includes all of the information found
in a written footnote.
C. An oral footnote may or may not include the page reference.
D. An oral footnote is required when you use a resource
outside yourself.
44. Which of the following is NOT one of the four dimensions
of source credibility?
A. trustworthiness
B. dynamism
C. personal attraction
D. co-orientation
45. Information from which you can draw a conclusion, make
a judgment, or establish probability is called
A. supporting material
B. proof
C. evidence
D. a claim