Selecting Presentation Aids

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Question 1

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What is one advantage of using presentation aids?

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They can help a speaker stay within the time limit.

They can substitute for a general lack of information.

They cover up a speaker's visible nervousness.

They help your audience understand and remember.

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Question 2

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How can you BEST use people as presentation aids in a speech?

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Rehearse with the person beforehand; introduce the individual to the audience just before his or her participation.

Never use other people as presentation aids in a speech because of the likeliness something will go wrong.

Ask for volunteers from your audience to help you on the spur-of-the-moment and act as your presentation aid.

Just use yourself as a presentation aid: with costumes, demonstrations, or illustrations.

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Question 3

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Alexis is using photographs of her recent trip to Greece in her informative speech about Modern Greek culture. How can she BEST incorporate her photos into the presentation?

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Enlarge or project them.

put them in a large, attention-getting frame.

Make copies and hand the copies out.

Pass the actual photos around to the entire audience.

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Question 4

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A _______ is a pictorial representation of statistical data.

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a model

a graph

a slide

a drawing

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Question 5

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Jennifer was giving a speech about date rape and wanted to use the statistic, "66% of all college women experience date rape while they are in college." To best demonstrate this figure, she can use all ofthe following EXCEPT

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a line graph.

a drawing.

a pie chart.

a bar graph.

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Question 6

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When illustrating how data is distributed in a given category or area with a presentation aid, your audience will most readily understand the information with

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a chart.

a bar graph.

a pie graph.

a line graph.

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Question 7

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______ are a type of visual that consists of flat areas of varying lengths used to represent information.

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Bar graphs

Pie graphs

Line graphs

Picture graphs

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Question 8

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______ are a type of visual aid that shows relationships between two or more variables.

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Line graphs

Pie graphs

Bar graphs

Picture graphs

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Question 9

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An effective presentation aid that can be used to summarize comments from audience members during a presentation is

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a model.

a transparency.

a chart.

a flipchart.

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Question 10

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Which type of fonts should you use for titles?

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serif fonts

sans serif fonts

script fonts

soft fonts

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Question 11

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Which fonts are easier to read for longer passages?

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serif

sans serif

script

decorative

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Question 12

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Although interesting and dramatic, _____ fonts should be used sparingly because they are hard to read.

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serif

sans serif

script

decorative

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Question 13

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_____ fonts are designed to convey a special tone or mood.

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Serif

Sans serif

Script

Decorative

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Question 14

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Anna is giving a speech on the basic functions of the Electoral College. As the presentation gets under way, she cannot figure out how to advance to her first slide, and ends up not using her visual aid.What guideline for selecting the right presentation aid was violated?

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estimate the audience size

think about the speech objective

evaluate your skill and experience using the chosen aid

know the room

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Question 15

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Which of the following is NOT a primary consideration when selecting a presentation aid?

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your skill and experience

length of the speech

interests of the audience

purpose of the speech

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Question 16

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Receivers better retain material they get via both audio and video "channels" of communication.

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True

False

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Question 17

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When you use models as presentation aids, you should make sure they are large enough to be seen by all audience members.

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True

False

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Question 18

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Most public-speaking teachers encourage frequent use of chalkboards and whiteboards.

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False

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Question 19

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Most audiences, especially those in the corporate world, expect a speaker to use computer-generated presentation aids.

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Question 20

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Clip art consists of images that are either in printed form or stored as electronic images in a computer file.

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True

False

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