Presentation Skills Quiz

To be able to give a good presentation, a full rehearsal is?

• necessary

• audience based

• optional

• useless

To prevent a graph or chart from showing a misleading trend on presentation materials, it is important to:

• Use 3-D charts or graphs

• Use colors for graphs and charts

• Use complete scales for axes instead of partial scales

• Use stacked graphs or charts

When using content from external sources in presentation materials, it is necessary to include:

• Citations and references

• Trademark symbol

• Acknowledgments

• Copyright disclaimer

Your presentation should consist of title slide,___, body, and___

• objects and summary

• opinions and paragraphs

• objectives and summary

• options and pages

You should use___and graphs as visuals for data?

• Spreadsheets

• Tables

• Charts

• Words

Which question is not relevant to an experiment mentioned in a technical report?

• What outcome do you expect?

• Will successful results confirm an effective sponsorship?

• What resources should be measured?

• What are appropriate sources of test data?

First step engrossed in writing instruction, regarded as?

• organization of steps

• clarifying the audience

• reviewing instruction criteria

• detail analysis

While giving your presentation, how might you improve the way you are speaking?

• By varying your pitch and volume to emphasize certain parts of the speech

• By talking quickly so people feel pumped

• Using jargon

• Directing your voice primarily at those sat near the front

When you write the first draft of a technical report, which of the following parts should be written first?

• The abstract

• The conclusion

• The introduction

• The main text

What is NOT a good strategy if you are unable to answer a question from an audience member during your presentation?

• Acknowledge you don't know the answer and say he question was irrelevant to the topic of the presentation

• Ask others in the audience if they could answer the question

• Ask the audience member to see you after the presentation so you can understand the question better and answer it

• Acknowledge you don't know the answer and would think and get back to the questioner