Deck 8: Giving Presentations: How Can I Best Present My Ideas at Work

Question 1

Explain what is meant by the statement "demonstrate your credibility with the topic."

Answer 1

Not Answer

Question 2

Examples familiar to your audience will be more effective than unfamiliar ones.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Credibility is important to first impressions, especially when giving a presentation. What's the best way to do that?

A) Pay attention to your clothing and grooming.
B) Distribute to your audience a copy of your resume.
C) Let the audience know what awards you have earned.
D) List your credentials on PPT slides.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following signposts is most likely to signal your conclusion to a speech?

A) "Third"
B) "In sum"
C) "Moreover"
D) "Along the same lines"

Question 5

Use of simple, concrete language can help your audience comprehend your material.

Question 6

Avoiding acronyms and unnecessary jargon or technical terms will help your audience understand and remember your message. Which strategy does this advice refer to?

A) Keep it concrete.
B) Be repetitive or redundant.
C) Use familiar and relevant examples.
D) Keep it simple.

Question 7

Describe three strategies you can use in the introduction to a presentation to compel your audience to listen.

Question 8

Which is a strategy used to compel the audience to listen?

A) Famous quotation
B) Preview
C) The use of a coherent plotline
D) Using transitions and signpost

Question 9

Speaker credibility is usually assumed by audience members.

Question 10

Redundant and repetitive are often confused. The difference is that redundant is:

A) Presenting the same message more than once, but with different wording each time
B) The same message more than once with the exact same wording
C) Being even more repetitive than is being repetitive
D) Time consuming due to the unnecessary repetition

Question 11

Eliciting audience members' active responses can be an effective way of concluding a presentation.

Question 12

List the six strategies for increasing audience retention and comprehension of your presentation.

Question 13

Speech introductions should include some compelling reason for the audience to listen.

Question 14

Repetition should be avoided in business presentations.

Question 15

What is a thesis statement for a speech?

A) The speaker's specific objective or purpose
B) An explicit preview of the organizational pattern
C) A concise summary of the central message
D) The narrative of the speech

Question 16

The function of a preview in a speech is to:

A) Help the audience contextualize or organize your presentation.
B) Compel the audience to listen.
C) Attract and maintain the audience's attention.
D) Compel the audience to remember both you and your message.

Question 17

A speech preview comes:

A) At the end of a speech
B) After the first major point
C) At the beginning of the conclusion
D) At the end of the introduction

Question 18

"Coca-cola was originally green" is an example of a(n):

A) Emotional appeal
B) Humor
C) Startling fact
D) Artifact

Question 19

Asking your audience to visualize an experience they've had is one way to make your presentation concrete.

Question 20

Use of transition language, such as "in conclusion," or "in summary" should be used prior to the end of your presentation.

Question 21

Is it ever possible to make a presentation simple or concrete? Explain.