Informative and Persuasive Presentations MCQs

Informative and Persuasive Presentations MCQs

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1: When a per­son’s authority or credibility in one area is used to support another area, it is called

A.   Appeal to authority

B.   Appeal to relationships

C.   Appeal to people

D.   None

2: Bandwagon appeal means

A.   Appeal to authority

B.   Appeal to relationships

C.   Appeal to people

D.   None

3: When rela­tionships are used to justify certain behaviors and to con­vince others of their appropriateness, it is called

A.   Appeal to authority

B.   Appeal to relationships

C.   Appeal to people

D.   None

4: Ad hominem argument is the

A.   Argument against the source

B.   Argument against the message

C.   Both

D.   None

5: Assimilation effct maintains that if someone advocates a position within your latitude of acceptance, you will view it as _______to your anchor position than it really is

A.   Distant

B.   Closer

C.   Both

D.   None

6: According to audience involvement the greater the significance and impor­tance audience members perceive the issue as having in their lives, the less involved they will be with the issue

A.   True

B.   False

7: Claim of conjecture is a claim maintaining that something will be _____in the future

A.   Only true

B.   Only false

C.   True or false

D.   None

8: A claim maintaining that something is true or false now is called

A.   Claim of fact

B.   Claim of policy

C.   Claim of value

D.   None

9: A claim maintaining that a course of action should or should not be taken is called

A.   Claim of fact

B.   Claim of policy

C.   Claim of value

D.   None

10: A claim maintaining that something is good or bad, beneficial or detrimental,is called

A.   Claim of fact

B.   Claim of policy

C.   Claim of value

D.   None

11: Composition fallacy argues that the parts are not the same as the whole

A.   True

B.   False

12: Concrete words are the words representing ________objects

A.   Imaginary

B.   Tangible

C.   Both

D.   None

13: If someone advocates a position within your latitude of rejec­tion, you will view it as further from your anchor position than it really is refers to

A.   Assimilation effect

B.   Composition effect

C.   Contrast effect

D.   None

14: Cum Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc means

A.   With this;therefore,not because of this

B.   With this;therefore,because of this

C.   After this;therefore,because of this

D.   After this;therefore,not because of this

15: Using general conclusions, premises, or principles to reach a conclusion about a specific example or instance is called

A.   Inductive reasoning

B.   Deductive reasoning

C.   Specific reasoning

D.   None

16: Definitions and descriptions provide the audience with an extended explanation or depiction of an _______person, concept, or event

A.   Object

B.   Creation

C.   Place

D.   All of these

17: Language that provides the audi­ence with a clearer picture of what you are discussing by describing it in a concise manner

A.   True

B.   False

18: Division fallacy argues the whole is the same as its parts

A.   True

B.   False

19: A syllogism that ________one or two of the three components of a syllogism is called enthymeme

A.   Includes

B.   Excludes

C.   Both

D.   None

20: Equivocation relies on__________of language to make an argument

A.   Certainty

B.   Explicitness

C.   Ambiguousness

D.   None

21: Artistic proof involving the use of speaker credibility to influence an audience refers to

A.   Ethos

B.   Logos

C.   Pathos

D.   None

22: Expository presentation provides the audience with a concise review of an object, creation, place, person, con­cept, or event

A.   True

B.   False

23: An argument that appears legitimate and based on true reasoning

A.   True

B.   False

24: False alternatives occur when only two options are provided, one of which is generally pre­sented as the poor choice or one that should be avoided

A.   True

B.   False

25: When a conclu­sion is based on a single occurrence or ________ data or sample size it is called hasty generalization

A.   Sufficient

B.   More than sufficient

C.   Insufficient

D.   All of these

26: A presentation that describes the procedure or methods through which something is accom­plished with the expectation that the audience will be able to perform the process is called

A.   How to demonstration

B.   Method demonstration

C.   Process demonstration

D.   None

27: Deriving a general conclusion from specific evidence, examples, or instances is called

A.   Inductive reasoning

B.   Deductive reasoning

C.   Specific reasoning

D.   None

28: __________Includes the range of positions that the audience deems acceptable

A.   Latitude of acceptance

B.   Latitude of noncommitment

C.   Latitude of rejection

D.   None

29: __________Includes positions that the audience neither wholly accepts nor wholly rejects

A.   Latitude of acceptance

B.   Latitude of noncommitment

C.   Latitude of rejection

D.   None

30: __________Includes those positions that the audience deems unacceptable

A.   Latitude of acceptance

B.   Latitude of noncommitment

C.   Latitude of rejection

D.   None

31: Artistic proof involving the use of logic or reasoning to influence an audience refers to

A.   Ethos

B.   Logos

C.   Pathos

D.   None

32: Artistic proof involving the use of emotional appeals to influence an audience refers to

A.   Ethos

B.   Logos

C.   Pathos

D.   None

33: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc means

A.   With this;therefore,not because of this

B.   With this;therefore,because of this

C.   After this;therefore,because of this

D.   After this;therefore,not because of this

34: A presentation that is delivered in an attempt to influence audience members’ behavior rather than merely their beliefs is called

A.   Presentation to actuate

B.   Presentation to convince

C.   Expository presentation

D.   None

35: An attempt to influence audience thinking is called

A.   Presentation to actuate

B.   Presentation to convince

C.   Expository presentation

D.   None

36: A presentation that describes the procedure or method through which something is accom­plished without the expectation that the audience will actually perform the process refers to

A.   How to demonstration

B.   Method demonstration

C.   Process demonstration

D.   None

37: Red herring is the use of another issue to draw attention towards the real issue

A.   True

B.   False

38: Social judgment theory is the theory explaining how people may respond to surrounding a__________surrounding a particular topic or issue

A.   Only Single position

B.   Range of positions

C.   Both

D.   None

39: Syllogism means a form of argumentation consisting of

A.   A major premise

B.   A minor premise

C.   A conclusion

D.   All of these