3.16.2022 Name :…………………………………………………… Registration number :…………………………….. Course Title : Public Speaking and Debating EXAM (questions and answers) 1-What Do You Believe About Publit Speaking ? Throughout this text are 17 self-tests asking you to pause and reflect on you thoughts and behaviors. In Working with these tests, focus on the statements in the test. On the issues they raise, aurl on the thoughts they help generate. The number you get "right " or "worng" or the score you get (some tests yield scores for comparison purposes) ore'fur less important. For each of the following statements, respond with T if the statement is a generally accurate reflection of your thinking about public speaking or with F if the statement is a generally inaccurate reflection. a. Public speaking is a useful art for formalloccasions but has little place in my own professional or social life. b. Good public speakers are born, not made. c. The more speeches you give, the better you'll become at it. d. You'll never be a good public speaker if'you're afraid to give a speech. e. It's best to memorize your speech, especially if you're fearful. f. Public speaking is a one-way process, going from speaker to audience and rarely from audience to speaker. g. if you're a good writer, you'll be a good public speaker ; a poor writer, a poor speaker. h. like a good novel, play, or essay, 0 good speech is relevant to all people ' at all times. i. The First Amendment allows the public speaker total freedom of expression. j. The skills of public speaking are similar throughout the world. These assumptions can get in the way of learning the skills of public speaking. Briefly, here are the reasons why each of the statements is generally false, reasons that will be explained in more detail throughout the rest of the text. (a) Public speaking is actually more often found in relatively informal situations than in formal ones, though clearly it's also used extensively in formal business and politics. Further, as you go up the argonizational ladder, your need to speak in public will increase. (b) Effective public speaking is a learned skill; although some people are born brighter or more extroverted, all can improve their abilities and become more effective public speakers. (c) if you practice badhabits, you're more likely to grow less effective than more effective ; consequently, it's important to learn and follow the principles of effectiveness. (d) Most speakers are nervous, managing, not eliminating, fear will enable you to become effective regardless of your current level of fear. (e) Memorizing your speech is probably the worst thing you can do ; there are easier ways to deal with fear. (a) Audiences also send messages that effective speakers attend and adapt to. (f) Speaking and writing are really two different processes ; poor writers can be great speakers and great writers can be poor Speakers. However, speaking and writing do share many skills, for example, breadth of knowledge, dili-gence, and a desire to communicate will be assets to both speaker and writer. (g)Speeches are generally given for aspeciiic audience and a specific occasion rather than for all time. Some speeches do, however, express universal values and themes that make them more widely relevant. (h) Actually, freedom of expression does not legalize slander, libel, defamation, or plagiarism. (i) The techniques of public speaking are actually culture specific ; speakers in Asian cultures, lor example, would be advised to appear modest while speakers in the United States would be advised to appear confident-t i?competent, and authoritative. What's Your Cultural Awareness ? 2. The following questions are designed to stimulate you to reflect on what you know about if the world and its cultures. 2.1. The maior language at education in India is (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Urdu 2.2. The major ancestral group in the United States (as of the 1990 census) was : (a) German (b) Irish (c) Mexican 2.3. The largest number of Africans are : (a) Christians (b) Muslims (c) Tribal religionists 2.4. The nation with the highest literacy rate (100 percent) is : (a) Cuba (b) Kyrgyzstan (c) United States 2.5. The nation holding the most US. patents granted to residents of areas outside the United States and its territories is : (a) France (b) Germany (c) japan 2.6. The country with the longest expectation of life at birth is: (a) Canada (b) Japan (c) Sweden 2.7. Based on protected census figures for the year 2020, the country with the largest Papulation (we're purposely omitting Chinou-that would be too easy} will be : (a) India (b) Indonesia (c) United States 2.8. The nation whose per capita annual income is less than $I ,000 is : (a) Nigeria (b) Pakistan (c) Philippines 2.9. The state with the largest number of native Americans (defined by the US Department of commerce, Bureau of the Census as American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut) is : (a) Arizona (b) California (c) Oklahoma 2.10. The divorce rate is highest in : (a) Japan (b) Sweden (c) United States The answers : All, except item 6, are from current Almanacs and are as follows : (2.1) English. (2.2) Germans constitute the largest group, Irish the second, and English the third ; more complete answers are given in Figure 1. (2.3) (By the time you read this, more up to date data may be available. Visit http://www.census.gov/ for the latest census data or " http://www.fedstats.gov/ for a wide variety of statistics.) (3) The largest number of 3 Africans are Christian (327, 204,000 Africans are Christian) with Muslims 7. (278, 250,800), and tribal religionists (70, 588,000) the next largest groups. (2.4) Of thenations listed In this question, only Kyrgyzstan has a literacy rate at 100 percent along with such other countries as Armenia, Australia, and Andorra. Cuba has a literacy rate of 99 percent (along with North Korea, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Ireland, and Barbados). The literacy rate for the United States is 97 percent. These figures contrast sharply with those nations that have literacy rates below 50 percent, for example. Iran, Bangladesh, Senegal, Uganda, and Afghanistan. (2.5) Japan holds the largesl number of patents, Germany is second, and France is third. (2.6) Japan has the longest life spain, Canada is second, and Sweden is third (Newsweek Dec 28 1998-Jan 4 1999, p. 71). (2.7) China is projected to have the greatest population with 1, 424, 725,000. India will rank a close second with a projected population of 1,320,746,000 The United States will he a distant third with 323,1 13,000, Indonesia will be fourth with 276,474,000, and Pakistan will be fifth with 275,100,000. By the year .2100, it's rsiedicted. India will have the world's largest population. (2.8) All three nations listed have per capita annual incomes of less than $1,000. (2.9) the three states listed have the greatest Native American population ; Oklahoma ranks lirst with 252,420 California is second with 242,164, and Arizona is third with 203,527. The three States with the fewest are Vermont (1 ,696), Delaware (2,019), and New Hampshir (2,134). (2.10) The divorce rate is highest in the United States (4.7 per 1000 population) Sweden has à divorce rate at 2.22, and Japan has à divorce rate at 1.27. Did these questions and their answers surprise you in any way For example, or you surprised that the United States is not in the top three in terms of life span Are surprised at the religions ot Africa Are you surprised that the divorce rate in the Unite States is twice as high as it is in Sweden Can you trace any at these surprises to ster types you might have at certain countries .