Multiple Choice Questions

Question 12.1

When choosing an organizational pattern for your speech, you should consider __________.

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is B.

Question 12.2

If you want to inform your audience of the sequence of events that led up to the 9/11 attacks, you would likely utilize which of the following organizational patterns?

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is B.

Question 12.3

If your speech is about the arrangement of an office space or the design of an engine, it might be best to use which of the following organizational patterns?

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.

Question 12.4

If you want to inform your audience of what could happen if global warming continues, which organizational pattern would you utilize?

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D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.

Question 12.5

A speech about the explosion of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, might follow what kind of organizational arrangement?

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is A.

Question 12.6

In order to persuade your audience to take a certain action, it is useful to first outline specifically the root of the problem and then present your proposed action. This approach is an example of which organizational pattern?

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.

Question 12.7

When each main point is a subtopic of the speech topic, which organizational pattern is the most ideal?

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is A.

Question 12.8

Which of the following organizational patterns requires the speaker to paint a vivid picture for the audience with the use of plots and characters?

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.

Question 12.9

If you were attempting to persuade your audience to take action, which organizational arrangement would be most appropriate?

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is D.

Question 12.10

A spatial pattern of arrangement would probably be most useful in describing which of the following?

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is B.

Question 12.11

When organizing a speech with the causal or cause-effect pattern of arrangement, one possible order to put main points in is: __________.

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is D.

Question 12.12

Which of the following would be the most effective arrangement for explaining the remedy for the common cold?

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is D.

Question 12.13

A topical pattern of arrangement would probably be most useful in describing which of the following?

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is A.

Question 12.14

“During the early 1900s, oil drilling was a lucrative business in the southwestern part of the United States, but it was not an easy job.” This is an example of what pattern of arrangement?

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is B.

Question 12.15

Which arrangement type would provide you with the greatest freedom to structure main points according to the way you would like to present your topic?

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is A.
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