Public Speaking Skills Quiz

Identifying Errors

• Ivy loves singing, cooking, and teaching. (No error)
• Mark is courageous, intelligent, and compassionate. (No error)
• I like to fish, swim, and hike. (No error)
• You should listen attentively, study intensely, and work with persistence. (No error)
• Having eaten their dessert, they cleaned the table. (No error)
• She walked the dark forests and explored dirty caves. (No error)
• The lake attracted many birds with gentle waves. (No error)

Multiple Choice Questions

• As a speaker, which of the following would you do? Choose a meaningful and relevant topic.
• Facial expressions, posture, and eye contact are all skills in... Nonverbal communication.

One of the best ways to show audience or people you are listening to a speech is...

• Appropriate amount of eye contact.

Keeping a good posture is important because...

• It helps show the audience you are confident and have a good attitude.
• It helps the audience understand that you are a focused person.

It refers to the speaker giving a speech without prior planning or preparation.

• Impromptu speech

Which of these is NOT an example of a verbal communication skill?

• Eye contact

It refers to the speaker's stance and how they carry themselves during the presentation.

• Body language

Which of the following refers to the movements or positions of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, and emotion?

• Gesture

Know the profile of your listeners...

• Audience

Which of the following gambits may you use in delivering your speech?

• I would like to talk about...
• Summing up the points I discussed earlier...
• To summarize...
• Thank you for that...

How will you give justice to a well-written speech?

• Observe ethics by coming prepared.
• Master your voice and find your pitch level.
• Breathe in and out to relax before you speak.
• Clearly and accurately articulate your message.

When you do not feel happy about the topic that you are going to deliver...

• Convey your gladness in delivering the topic.

It refers to a social networking service that is used for professional networking.

• LinkedIn

Which of the following is the importance of speech delivery?

• Communicate your confidence and preparedness to your audience.

Which of the following written modes of professional communication is usually issued and disseminated by those occupying mid-level positions and up in an organization to remind one's constituents who need to do or act upon something?

• Memorandum

Which of the following written modes of professional communication tend to attract clients or secure support from possible investors or organizations?

• Business proposals

Which of the following is NOT a strategy in debate that can positively affect the outcome?

• Providing an indirect response to something they said is much more persuasive than moving forward as if there is no opposing side.

It refers to the notes taken to record meaningful discussions, decisions, and key takeaways from a meeting.

• Minutes of the meeting

In a typical debate, two sides are given a proposition to debate using a structured format that differs based on the type. What are those two sides?

• Affirmative and negative

When you do not feel happy about the topic that you are going to deliver...

• Convey your gladness in delivering the topic. In this case, the goal is to project a positive attitude regardless of personal feeling.

All of the following are the macro-skills to be an effective debater, EXCEPT...

• Viewing

It is a type of debate held in formal settings such as in school, in the House of Representatives, and in the Senate.

• Formal

It refers to the exchange of arguments that follows a certain procedure or a set of rules and has a definite format.

• Debate

Why is there a need to pronounce and enunciate words correctly when delivering a speech?

• To have a positive impression from the audience.
• Avoid confusion and distraction to the audience

It refers to the facial expression, posture, gesture, and movement.

• Body language

Which is the following is NOT a technique to open and close your oral presentation?

• Singing a line from a song

Which of the following will you consider so you can render an effective speech and be a good public speaker?

• Know the profile of your listeners.
• Know who will be introducing you and who will be speaking before and after you.
• Work on your posture and do not avoid bad habits when speaking.
• Know how to deal with any unpleasant incident or conflict with your audience and always stay in control of the situation.

In speech delivery, our goal is to...

• Develop a good speech.
• There are different ways in preparing a speech.

A speech, if delivered flawlessly, is considered successful...

• One can deliver a speech without much preparation. (This statement is false, in reality, speeches need preparation.)

The audience solely determines the success of the speech.

• Using a lectern can help a person gain confidence in speaking.

Rehearsing is a major requirement in speech preparation.

• Your oral report or speech needs planning, researching, and rehearsing.

Using a microphone can assure a speaker in getting the attention of the audience.

• Speaking in an open-air venue is very challenging.

Stage presence matters in oral presentation or public speaking.

• The approach of a speaker can be formal, informal, and personal in oral report.

Our speech should comprise introduction, body, and conclusion.

• There's a need to elucidate your points when delivering a speech.

Paralinguistic cues include facial expression, posture, gesture, and movement.

A debate is an exchange of arguments that follows a certain procedure or a set of rules and has a definite format.

• A debate is carried out formally in a public meeting.

Debaters come prepared...

• You need all the language macro-skills to be an effective debater.

For you to become a successful debater...

• Your being a voracious reader will manifest itself in the way you speak.

It is in the listening skill where the 'making of a full man' is achieved.

• You should be mindful of how you look in a debate.

• Do not wear colors that are ostentatiously attractive.

• Female speakers should wear business attire that will make them look respectable.

• Male speakers need to wear business attire, avoiding loud colors.

• Assumptions lead to rich arguments and poor decision-making.

• Ethics may characterize the way people think of themselves. It may be thought of as a complex foundation of morally based rules.