Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ORIENTAL MINDORO

FINAL EXAMINATION
ORAL COMMUNICATION IN CONTEXT
Name: _____________________________ Date: _________________
Grade & Section: _____________________ Score: ______________/50

MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the space provided before each number.

1. What type of speech is delivered by reading aloud a written message?

a. Extemporaneous b. Impromptu c. Manuscript d. Memorized
2. What type of speech in reciting a written message word-for-word from memory?
a. Extemporaneous b. Impromptu c. Manuscript d. Memorized
3. Which of the following speech designed to captivate an audience’s attention and regale or amuse them while
delivering a message?
a. Expository Speech b. Persuasive Speech c. Entertainment Speech d. Impromptu Speech
4. The following are types of speeches according to purpose except;
a. Extemporaneous b. Entertainment c. Expository d. Persuasive
5. What type of speech does this speaking situation fall: “First day at work or in class”?
a. Extemporaneous b. Impromptu c. Manuscript d. Memorized
6. Extemporaneous Speech is described as?
a. Speaking with limited preparation c. Speaking with planned speech
b. Speaking without advanced preparation d. Speaking with recited written message
7. Jessie is about to deliver her Impromptu speech in class. What important tips must he apply to deliver it well?
a. Organize your points logically (most important to least important).
b. Rehearse the speech over and over until it sound natural.
c. Once you are requested to say something, pause for a moment to plan in your head what to say.
d. Observe how actors and actresses perform their script in theater.
8. As a speaker, how will you deliver your persuasive speech to your audience?
a. Deliver it in a way that you will provide the audience with understanding of concept or idea.
b. Deliver it in a way that you can amuse your audience.
c. Deliver it in a way that you will let them feel uninteresting about your speech.
d. Deliver it in a way that you will influence their own ideas and decisions.
9. You are a candidate for a student government election and you are about to deliver a campaign speech before a
voting public. What is the advantage of delivering that speech?
a. It will help you be focused and brief.
b. Your campaign speech will be your guided speech.
c. It will helps you look confident as you engage yourself to the audience.
d. You can easily get the attention of your audience.
10. What is the most common disadvantage of delivering a Manuscript Speech?
a. May not have time to plan, organize and rehearse. c. May have a boring and uninteresting
presentation
b. Tendency to be disorganized d. He/she might not control his stage fright.
11. What among the following is the best example of the entertainment type of speech?
a. Lectures of the teachers c. Newscaster
b. Campaign speeches of the running candidates d. Humorous speech of the comedians
12. What approach will you use in a smaller size of audience?
a. formal b. intimate c. conversational d. ceremonial
13. What is the main function of speaking with a microphone?
a. to emphasize the important words, phrases or sentences. c. to increase the volume of your voice.
 b. to keep your audience interested. d. to clarify the enunciation and
pronunciation of word.
14. What is the best thing you can do if you are tasked to speak in an open-air venue or outside a building?
a. Challenge yourself on how you can get and maintain the attention of your audience.
b. Deliver your speech without considering the behavior of the audience.
c. Present you speech with advanced preparation.
d. Use facts and real-life experiences as your examples.
15. You are asked by your teacher to represent your class in a student government election. What will you do so that
your campaign speech will be more effective?
a. Make big adjustments in terms of you nonverbal cues. c. Determine your approach with your audience.
b. Pronounce and enunciate words correctly. d. Dress properly and appropriately.
16. How will you use the podium or lectern in proper way?
a. Use distracting mannerisms like leaning in the podium.
b. Stand straight and avoid gripping the edges of the podium, which will not help them enhance their message.
c. Avoid having a poker face or a highly animated face.
d. Balance your weight.
17. You read the rules and criteria in a contest in your school. What will you do to deliver it well?
a. Master your voice and find your pitch level. c. Do not overdress.
b. Use precise movements. d. Have fun.
18. The following are disadvantages of speaking in an open air venue or outside the building except;
a. You will encounter a lot of communication barriers such as noise, inattentive audiences, weather, etc.
b. You might be forced to make judgements, especially in voice projection.
c. There will be a possible absence of technology such as audio-visual equipment.
d. There is a tendency to underuse or overuse it.
19. The tips: Practice, practice, practice can be very useful to a public speaker who is?
a. Speaking to a specific audience size. c. Speaking with a podium or lectern.
b. Speaking in different venues. d. All of the above.
20. The following are the common challenges in different speaking situations that you are dealing with. What is the most
important thing that you need to ponder when you are in this situation?
a. Stand straight, as good posture exudes confidence.
b. Master your speech.
c. Check your voice in the microphone to see whether you are audible enough.
d. Ask the organizers about the availability of equipment.
21. A Grade 11 student shares his funny experiences while preparing for his final examinations. What is the
general purpose of his speech?
a.To Persuade b. To Inform c. To Entertain d. To Convince
22. You were given a topic for you to write a speech about. However, the topic can cover a lot of information for a 5-
minute speech. What can you do to address this problem?
a. Choose a writing pattern c. Narrow down the topic
b. Gather some data d. Study your audience
23. You were tasked to deliver an informative speech about the life and achievements of the late former Senator Miriam
Defensor-Santiago. What writing pattern should you follow?
a. Biographical b. Categorical c. Causal d. Problem-Solution
24. Your teacher asked your classmate to deliver a speech about the reasons and results of massive traffic
problems in the city. What writing pattern should your classmate observe?
a. Biographical b. Categorical c. Causal d. Problem-Solution
25. An audience member complained that the point/message of the speech is not clear. How can this problem be
resolved in the future?
a. Edit the speech for variety c. Edit the speech for focus
b. Edit the speech for impact d. Edit the speech for continuity
26. Which of the following SHOULD NOT be considered in writing a speech?
a. A speech should be personal in tone.
b. A speech should keep the words short and simple.
c. A speech should use active verbs and contractions.
d. A speech should include a lot of jargons and acronyms.
27. Which of the following specific purposes will follow the chronological writing pattern?
A. To persuade audience that living in the Philippines is better than living in Australia
B. To inform the audience about the significant events in the 1986 EDSA Revolution
C. To explain to the audience the possible effects of overeating to one’s health
 D. None of the above
28. Which of the following specific purposes will indicate a categorical/topical writing pattern?
A. Explaining why the community members should promote reducing, reusing, and recycling
B. Describing the significant events before, during, and after the 2016 National Elections
C. Clarifying why the Philippines is more habitable than Indonesia
D. None of the above
29. Which of these factors NEED NOT be considered while preparing a speech for the audience?
A. Appearance of the audience C. Educational background of the audience
B. Age of the audience D. Number of people in the audience
30. How can you tell if the speech was edited for its continuity?
A. The speech has a clear message.
B. The speech was funny and humorous.
C. The audience could easily follow the speaker.
D. The audience found something special in the speech.
31. How would you improve a speech that could possibly be boring?
A. Add spice to the speech by shifting the tone and style from formal to conversational and vice-versa
or moving around the stage.
B. Keep your speech short, simple, and clear, by eliminating unrelated sentences and by using simple
words.
C. Keep the flow of your presentation smooth by adding transition words and phrases.
D. Make all ideas in your speech clear by arranging them in logical order
32. This occurs when the speaker intentionally or unintentionally changes the topic of the conversation.
a. Turn –taking c. Topic – shifting
b. Topic control d. Repair
33. This happens when the speaker manipulates the discussion to maintain its flow without changing the topic.
a. Turn –taking c. Topic – shifting
b. Topic control d. Repair
34. It is committed when a speaker is not able to fulfill his or her purpose because he or she was interrupted by a
participant who wants to take the floor.
a. Grabbing the floor c. Hogging the floor
b. Overlapping d. Dead Air
35. It is committed when the speaker refuses to yield the floor to another participant who wants to join the discussion.
A. Grabbing the floor c. Hogging the floor
B. Overlapping d. Dead Air
36. Ms. Aguilar has been invited to be a guest speaker at a graduating ceremony in Mariano University. Which of the
following lines is an appropriate introduction in her commencement speech?
A. Hello Philippines and hello world! c. Guests, faculty, parents and graduates, good morning
B. Hi there! How are you today? d. Good morning friends and enemies.
37. Sir Ralph is discussing the rock cycle. James, his student, interrupts him by saying something about the various
types of rocks. Which of the following is the appropriate way to express an interest in joining or participating in a
discussion?
A. Raise one’s hand in order to be recognized by the teacher.
B. Stand and tell something about the topic.
C. Talk while the teacher is explaining.
D. Shout so that the teacher can recognize you.
38. Which of the following statements will be helpful in shifting the topic back to the original flow of the conversation?
A. I appreciate your comment. C. Okay, thank you. But, going back to our topic….
B. I will respond to that after I have discussed few more slides. D. Can I have the floor, please?
39. Which is true about release-turn?
A. Another participant can take the role of the speaker
B. Speaker must not stop until he fulfills his purpose in a conversation
C. Speaker continues to speak
D. Speaker is finished talking and is ready to yield the floor to another person
40. Which of the following verbal cues does NOT imply that a speaker wants to keep his turn?
A. Additionally C. On the contrary
B. Likewise D. That’s all
41. Keeping the interaction going on by asking questions and eliciting a response is called_________.
A. Turn –taking C. Topic – shifting
B. Topic control D. REPAIR
42. Overlapping is somehow similar to grabbing the floor, except that _.
A. Both of them are talking at the same time C. participant takes over the role of being a speaker
B. A speaker ignores others who try to join the discussion D. No one wants to take the floor.
43. Which of the following situations describe hogging the floor?
A. While the speaker is keeping his turn somebody wants to join the discussion but the speaker ignores him
B. While the speaker is keeping his turn somebody takes over his turn
C. While the speaker is talking, someone interrupts him and he is not able to fulfill his purpose
D. While the speaker is talking, he suddenly stops and gives his turn to another participant
44-49. Identify the following violations made in the following situations.
A. Grabbing the floor B. Overlapping C. Hogging the floor D. Dead air
44. One of the students immediately shared his insight without letting the teacher finish the quest. The violation
committed is described as ________________.
45. As Ralph was explaining about the immediate response they got from the rescuers, angry victims yelled to express
their dismay.
46. The teacher was discussing about the ecosystem when Calvin interrupted and shared what he had seen in a
documentary but the teacher ignores him.
47. During a debate, a member from the pro team keeps on interrupting the member from the anti.
48. Susie was in a board meeting. They were discussing how to double up their sales in the next six months. She was
explaining her report and proceeded to ask questions but nobody wants to answer or share their insights.
49. The moderator of a panel discussion noticed that nobody among the participants would want to share their thoughts

50. Identify the type of speech style used in this statement: “Oh well, I s’pose you can’t have ‘em all, yeah?”
a. Intimate c. consultative
b. casual d. formal

GOD BLESS YOU!

Prepared by:

ROSETTE E. MUJE
Teacher II

Noted:

MELBETH P. MENDOZA
Assistant Principal II