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Communication Skills Quiz 3

Ques 1: A confident communicator without meaningful content is quickly exposed, regardless of how good their speaking skills may be.

(a) FALSE

(b) TRUE

Answer: Option(B): 

Ques 2: Slightly stretching the vowel sounds in each word and visualizing your brain and tongue moving in perfect synchronicity are examples of _____ while talking.

(a) breathing

(b) pausing

(c) speeding yourself up

(d) slowing yourself down

Answer: Option(D): slowing yourself down

Ques 3: When communicating to others, it is important to make every word count. Which action would show your attitude and emotions as well as engage your audience?

(a) making every sentence sound different

(b) enunciating every single word

(c) choosing words carefully

(d) speaking in a monotone fashion

Answer: Option(A): making every sentence sound different

Ques 4: Speaking quickly helps you control what you say as you say it.

(a) FALSE

(b) TRUE

Answer: Option(A): FALSE

Ques 5: Jason tends to be a fast talker. You look around the room and notice his audience seems lost, on their phones, and basically not paying attention. During a break, you advise Jason to use pause techniques. Which technique would benefit Jason more quickly?

(a) pausing long enough to enable people to process what he just said

(b) pausing before and after most sentences

(c) pausing to connect with people in a more meaningful way

(d) pausing when he's making a request or issuing a call to action

Answer: Option(C): pausing to connect with people in a more meaningful way

Ques 6: What is the effect of pausing in a presentation?

(a) all of these answers

(b) It gives listeners time to think.

(c) It lets the speaker connect with people in a more meaningful way.

(d) It shows people you're confident.

Answer: Option(A): all of these answers

Ques 7: Of the several habits, or tendencies, that communicate a lack of conviction, which one indicates confidence?

(a) the use of uptalk

(b) the use of hedging

(c) the use of qualifiers

(d) the use of a varied pace and emphasis

Answer: Option(D): the use of a varied pace and emphasis

Feedback

Varying pace and emphasis maintains interest and connotes authority.

Ques 8: You are listening to a speaker who seems to be ending sentences on up inflections. This is known as _____.


(a) inflecting

(b) uptalk

(c) apologizing

(d) hedging
Answer: Option(B): uptalk
Ques 9: By using phrases like "sort of," "kind of," or "it seems like," you are expressing yourself in a way that _____.
(a) is polite and expected among effective communicators

(b) encourages others to participate in the conversation

(c) lacks power, authority, and confidence

(d) conveys strength and conviction

Answer: Option(C): lacks power, authority, and confidence

Ques 10: Because your voice reveals so much about your attitudes and emotions, you should _____.

(a) avoid giving emphasis to any words in your sentences

(b) use it to the fullest by changing pace, volume, and inflection

(c) aim to keep it as monotone as possible

(d) try to remain distant and detached from the heart of what you're trying to say

Answer: Option(B): use it to the fullest by changing pace, volume, and inflection
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