Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGION IX, ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE
KATIPUNAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
KATIPUNAN, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE

FINAL Exam in Oral Communication

Name: ________________________________________ Grade & Section: __________________

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the answer sheet provided by
shading the letter corresponds to your answer.

1. It is a type of speech style used between or among participants who have a very personal relationship.
A. Intimate A. Static, ritualistic, and archaic.
B. Casual B. Used only for imparting information
C. Consultative C. Non-public speech style that use private
D. Formal vocabulary
E. Frozen D. Used among people who do not share
2. What speech style is appropriate to use between friends common experiences
who are chatting about their dance number? 10. President Benigno Aquino III is hosting a state dinner at
A. Intimate the Malacaang Palace in honor of the visiting US
B. Casual President Barack Obama. Which of the following speech
C. Consultative styles must be used on the occasion?
D. Formal A. Intimate
E. Frozen B. Casual
3. Which of the following requires an intimate speech style? C. Consultative
A. When communicating to your acquaintances D. Formal
B. When delivering a Speech 11. It is a speech act which also known as the effect of the
C. When praying the rosary utterance toward the addressee. This involves a change in
D. When talking to your partner about your future the addressees behavior, attitude, or feelings.
plans A. Locutionary
4. Identify the type of speech style used in this statement: B. Illocutionary
Oh well, I spose you cant have em all, yeah? C. Perlocutionary
A. Intimate D. Prelocutionary
B. Casual 12. It is a type of illocutionary act that commits a speaker to
C. Consultative some future course of action such as offering and
D. Formal promising.
E. Frozen A. Assertives
5. This style is characterized by lack of listeners B. Directives
participation. Only the speaker is the source of C. Commissives
information. D. Expressive
A. Intimate 13. Which of the following utterances is not an example of a
B. Casual directive illocutionary act?
C. Consultative A. Could you please buy me some food?
D. Formal B. Please let me go.
E. Frozen C. What are you waiting for? Do it now.
6. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a D. Im deeply sorry for what I said to you yesterday.
consultative style?
A. Used for people who do not have shared 14-18 Categorize the following utterances
experiences or meaning into their corresponding category of
B. Requires two-way participation illocutionary act. Choose your
C. Interruptions can occur during the answer here.
communication A. Assertives
D. The use of slang is common B. Directives
7. Ms. Aguilar has been invited to be a guest speaker at a C. Commissives
graduating ceremony in Mariano University. Which of the D. Expressive
following lines is an appropriate introduction in her E. Declaration
commencement speech? 14. I am wearing a tangerine blouse today.
A. Hello Philippines and hello world! 15. Please help me here.
B. Hi there! How are you today? 16. I will eat a balanced diet starting tomorrow.
C. Guests, faculty, parents and graduates, good 17. Im so grateful you come to my party.
morning. 18. I nominate Mr. Go for class President.
D. Good morning friends and enemies.
8. The following are statements that use the frozen speech 19. John was watching TV when his mother arrived from the
style Except _. market. Upon entering the door, she says, These bags
A. Panunumpa sa Watawat are so heavy! What do you think should be the
B. I, Juan dela Rosa, solemnly swear to do my perlocutionary act for the speech act to be successful?
duty. A. Let me help you. Ill be the one to carry them
C. What have you done to me, dear? Mom.
D. Panatang makabayan. B. What are those Mom?
9. Which of the following statements is true about the frozen C. Thank you! You arrive safely Mom.
speech style? D. Finally, you made it Mom!
20. Speakers who are assigned to control the flow of the
conversation are called ________ authorities.
A. Low authorities
B. High authorities
C. With authorities
D. Weak authorities
21. Which of the following situations does not refer to
nomination?
A. Interviewer interrogates the applicant about his
personal, educational, and professional
backgrounds.
B. Panel discussion
C. Forum
D. Shifting back to the main topic
22. Which of the following should a lower authority practice in
a conversation?
A. Use nonverbal cues to initiate that he/she wants
to join the conversation.
B. Control the flow of the conversation.
C. Ask questions that will maintain the quality and
productivity of communication.
D. Interrupt while the higher authority is still
speaking.
23. 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 ones 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.
24. It refers to the process in which a participant stops
speaking and yields the floor to another participant so he
or she could begin to speak.
A. Keep-turn
B. Release-turn
C. Take-turn
D. Turn-over
25. 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
26. Which of the following verbal cues does NOT imply that a
speaker wants to keep his turn?
A. Additionally
B. Likewise
C. On the contrary
D. Thats all
27. Keeping the interaction going on by asking questions and
eliciting a response is called_________.
A. Turn taking
B. Topic control
C. Topic shifting
D. Repair
28. This occurs when the speaker intentionally or
unintentionally changes the topic of the conversation.
A. Turn taking
B. Topic control
C. Topic shifting
D. Repair
29. This happens when the speaker manipulates the
discussion to maintain its flow without changing the topic.
A. Turn taking
B. Topic control
C. Topic shifting
D. Repair
30. 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.
B. I will respond to that after I have discussed few more
slides.
C. Okay, thank you. But, going back to our topic.
D. Can I have the floor, please?
31. 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
B. Overlapping
C. Hogging the floor
D. Dead Air
32. It is committed when the speaker refuses to yield the floor
to another participant who wants to join the discussion.
A. Grabbing the floor
B. Overlapping
C. Hogging the floor
D. Dead Air
33. Overlapping is somehow similar to grabbing the
floor, except that _.
A. Both of them are talking at the same time
B. A speaker ignores others who try to join the
discussion
C. A participant takes over the role of being a speaker
D. No one wants to take the floor.
34. 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
35-40 Identify the following violations made in the
following situations.
A. Grabbing the floor
B. Overlapping
C. Hogging the floor
D. Dead air
35. One of the students immediately shared his insight
without letting the teacher finish the question. The
violation committed is described as _.
36. As Ralph was explaining about the immediate response
they got from the rescuers, angry victims yelled to
express their dismay.
37. The teacher was discussing about the ecosystem when
Calvin interrupted and shared what he had seen in a
documentary but the teacher ignores him.
38. During a debate, a member from the pro team keeps on
interrupting the member from the anti.
39. 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.
40. The moderator of a panel discussion noticed that nobody
among the participants would want to share their
thoughts.