Week 4 Quiz

The running speech opens with the line "Picture the dish-return conveyor at closing time," describing no particular night. Which kind of supporting material is that line?

Select one.

• A statistic from a credible source
• Expert testimony
• A hypothetical example
• Lay testimony from a firsthand witness

The running speech reports that researchers Wenhao Zhang and Junehee Kwon found that a week without trays in a university dining hall reduced how much food diners took but did not show a significant reduction in food waste. What kind of supporting material is this?

Select one.

• Lay testimony
• Expert testimony
• A brief example
• A hypothetical example

At an illustrative neighborhood meeting about a pedestrian crossing near campus, a crossing guard says, "I have worked that corner every school morning for years, and I wave cars down at least once a week." What kind of supporting material is the guard's account?

Select one.

• Lay testimony
• Expert testimony
• A statistic
• A hypothetical example

An oral citation is complete as long as the speaker lists the source in the written bibliography at the end of the preparation outline.

True or false.

• True
• False

Which of these is a complete oral citation, naming who, what, and when before the evidence?

Select one.

• "Studies show that about 35 percent of the food available in the United States in 2019 went unsold or uneaten."
• "About 35 percent of the food available in the United States in 2019 went unsold or uneaten, according to PBS News."
• "As Associated Press reporter Dee-Ann Durbin wrote for PBS News in 2022, about 35 percent of the food available in the United States in 2019 went unsold or uneaten, according to ReFED, a group that studies food waste."
• "As one reporter wrote, about 35 percent of the food available in the United States in 2019 went unsold or uneaten, according to a group that studies food waste."

Which of these are among the five questions of the course's credibility checklist? Select all that apply.

Select every option that applies.

• Currency
• Popularity
• Authority
• Purpose
• Design

An illustrative wellness site has a medical-blue logo, no author, no date, an unsourced claim, and a "buy now" button for a supplement. Which checklist question does the "buy now" button bear on most directly?

Select one.

• Relevance
• Currency
• Purpose
• Accuracy

The running speech runs each of the three sources in the mini-source set through every question on the five-question credibility checklist. How many checks is that in all?

Select one.

• 8
• 15
• 3
• 5

In an illustrative speech, a speaker puts a published study's finding into their own words and names no source. How does the course classify this?

Select one.

• Plagiarism, because a paraphrase still needs its source
• Fabrication, because the words were changed
• Acceptable, because the wording now belongs entirely to the speaker
• Lay testimony, because the speaker is retelling it

In an illustrative case, a chatbot hands a speaker a citation with an author, a title, a journal, and a year. The speaker cannot find the article in any database or in the journal itself, but says the citation aloud anyway. What has the speaker done?

Select one.

• Plagiarized, because the wording came from a chatbot
• Cited expert testimony, because a journal is named
• Met the oral-citation standard, because the author, title, journal, and year are all named
• Passed along possible fabrication, because the study may not exist