Public Speaking Matters 1st Edition By Floyd – Test Bank

Overview

True/false

1. Most speeches have between two and five main points.
Answer: True
Level: Remembering
Topic: Main points

2. If you have more than five main points, your audience will be more likely to remember them all.
Answer: False
Level: Understanding
Topic: Main points

3. You want some of your main points to seem unrelated to the topic of your presentation to keep the audience interested.
Answer: False
Level: Understanding
Topics: Related main points; Main points

4. Main points should be similar and cover the same information.
Answer: False
Level: Remembering
Topics: Main points; Distinct main points

5. The time you devote to each of the main points during your speech should be equal.
Answer: True
Level: Remembering
Topics: Main points; Time allocation

6. Your main points should be roughly equal in importance.
Answer:True
Level: Remembering
Topics: Main paints; Equally important main points

7. Quotations, definitions, and statistics will often be incorporated in your main points.
Answer: False
Level: Understanding
Topics: Main points; Subpoints

8. Good public speakers use transitions to link together the parts of their speech.
Answer: True
Level: Remembering
Topic: Transitions

9. Summaries and previews are two different types of transitions and cannot be used together.
Answer: False
Level: Remembering
Topics: Transitions; Summaries; Previews

10. Signposts are typically full sentences.
Answer: False
Level: Remembering
Topics: Transitions; Signposts