Purposive Communication Multiple Choice Quiz. This test covers a few topics in Purposive Communication course which include speech types according to purpose and delivery, characteristics of academic writing, types of information sources, and APA writing style.
- What speech is widely used by politicians, periodical editors, sales agents, and marketing strategists?
- Argumentative Speech
- Informative Speech
- Persuasive Speech
- Explanation Speech
- Which speech tries to make the listeners believe that the speaker’s ideas are better based on the reasons at hand?
- Description Speech
- Persuasive Speech
- Informative Speech
- Argumentative Speech
- What speech is delivered through reading from a paper script or teleprompter?
- Memorized Speech
- Impromptu Speech
- Manuscript Speech
- Extemporaneous Speech
- What speech delivery mode is common in beauty pageants and special events such as weddings and birthday celebrations?
- Manuscript Speech
- Impromptu Speech
- Extemporaneous Speech
- Memorized Speech
- Which speech delivery involves the speaker’s use of note cards or prompts for an outline?
- Extemporaneous Speech
- Manuscript Speech
- Memorized Speech
- Impromptu Speech
- What written communication evaluates one or more potential action steps and recommends how the organization should proceed?
- Progress Report
- Feasibility Report
- Status Report
- Incident Report
- Which speech delivery mode requires one to speak on a spur of a moment or without any prior preparation?
- Memorized Speech
- Impromptu Speech
- Manuscript Speech
- Extemporaneous Speech
- What report usually contains discussions on the project’s purpose and description of its current status?
- Feasibility Report
- Incident Report
- Progress Report
- Police Report
- Its primary goal is to get the reader agree with the point of view on a topic:
- Persuasive Paper
- Argumentative Paper
- Informative Paper
- Reaction Paper
- It is more formal and academic than a persuasive paper and aims to get the reader recognize that the writer’s arguments are valid and logical:
- Persuasive Paper
- Argumentative Paper
- Informative Paper
- Reaction Paper
- A well-written body of an argumentative paper usually contains four elements – transition, topic sentence, specific evidence and analysis, and:
- Brief Wrap-Up Sentence
- Introduction
- Rebuttal
- Context-Setting
- In an argumentative speech, it refers to the response to a claim, counterclaim, backing, or warrant with an aim to refute it:
- Counterclaim
- Rebuttal
- Warrant
- Backing
- Which characteristic of academic writing encourages the writer to choose topics that are interesting and relevant?
- Social and Cultural Relevance
- Adherence to Principles of Documentation
- Specific and Clear Language
- Balanced and Credible Voice
- What characteristic of academic writing requires the writer’s personality and reactions to be more subdued to allow the reader to focus on the subject?
- Balanced and Credible Voice
- Adherence to Principles of Documentation
- Specific and Clear Language
- Social and Cultural Relevance
- These refer to materials in digital format that can be accessed using computers:
- Books
- Electronic Resources
- General Reference Materials
- Government Documents
- Research data from Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), press statements from the Office of the Press Secretary, court rulings, and others are a few examples of these:
- General Reference Materials
- Government Documents
- Electronic Resources
- Academic Journals
- These are collections of articles usually written by scholars in academic or professional fields:
- General Reference Materials
- Academic Journals
- Electronic Resources
- Periodicals
- Dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and handbooks are just a few examples of these:
- Electronic Resources
- Academic Journals
- General Reference Materials
- Government Documents
- These refer to publications that are published at regular intervals such as daily newspapers, weekly magazines, and quarterly journals:
- Academic Journals
- Periodicals
- Government Documents
- Electronic Resources
- It is the act of stating something written or spoken in different words, especially in a shorter and simpler form to make the meaning clearer:
- Restating
- Paraphrasing
- Direct Quoting
- Explaining
- It is a report of the exact words of an author or speaker and is placed inside quotation marks in a written work:
- Paraphrase
- Direct Quotation
- Restatement
- Report
- It is a formal reference, that is written within the body of a work, to a published or unpublished source that the writer consulted and obtained information from while writing the paper:
- In-text Citation
- References Page
- Works Cited Page
- Footnote
- ‘Works Cited’ pages are generally used when listing sources in:
- APA Writing Style
- MLA Writing Style
- Vancouver Style
- Chicago Manual of Style
- Which writing style emphasizes the author and the date of a piece of work and is most commonly used in social sciences and business?
- APA Writing Style
- MLA Writing Style
- Chicago Manual of Style
- Vancouver Style
- Which writing style is typically reserved for writers and students preparing manuscripts in various humanities disciplines such as local and foreign language and literature, cultural studies, and literary criticism?
- Vancouver Style
- MLA Writing Style
- Chicago Manual of Style
- APA Writing Style