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WorksheetsPRESENTATION AIDS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is presentation aids?
The assistance that speakers use to decrease their speech anxiety
The resources that speakers use to enhance their audience's understanding of their speech
The resources that speakers give to their audience
The resources that speakers use to enhance their speech
The following are presentation aids (you may choose multiple answers)
Youtube video
An audio clip of a famous person
A spray of perfume for the audience to smell
Printed slide handouts
List 3 benefits of using presentation aids
John wanted to promote a new pizza flavour that he has created to a group of his company board. What is aids that can ensure his company board accepts his new flavour invention?
Use sensory aids
A picture
A video of him showing the steps to make the pizza
handouts
What is the benefit of white space in your presentation slides?
To ensure you fulfil standard criteria to preparing presentation aids
To add pictures and gifs to the presentation aids
To ensure that your slides are made aesthetically pleasing
There should not be any white spaces in presentation slides
Which of the following is the guiding principle for effective presentation aids?
Ensure the aids are complex
Ensure the aids are easy
Ensure the aids are visible
Ensure the aids are fun
Eva was giving a presentation titled: why college athletes should be given scholarships? In her presentation, she used a picture of a shirtless famous athlete. Was it an appropriate visual to use in her presentation?
Yes, because it captured the audience's attention
Yes, because it was relative to her topic
No, because the image used did not complement her speech
No, the image used was stereotypical
Barney wanted to explain the danger of fast food. In his presentation, he used lots of statistics that showed death due to eating fast food to persuade his audience not to eat fast food. Is this an effective strategy?
Yes, by viewing the statistic, the audience would be persuaded of the danger of fast food.
Yes, the statistic helps in helping the audience understand about death due to fast food
No, the aids used does not match the talk
No, the statistic will have no effect on the audience
When preparing presentation aids, you should ensure that
the points are in paragraphs so that it helps you as the speaker to present the points
the slides are filled with visuals, pictures and symbols
only main ideas a listed on the slide
the slides are filled with paragraphs and visual aids
Which of the following statements are TRUE about preparing presentation aids
use varieties of colours
use varieties of fonts
add gifs to make the slides fun
limit the content to keywords/ main ideas
In your opinion, why should we need to avoid using variety of fonts and colours?
As Rahman was waiting for his turn to present, he decided to add one more presentation aid to ensure his presentation was effective. Was this the right choice?
Yes, it would enhance audience understanding
Yes, it makes the presentation interesting and creative
No, it is a distraction.
No, Rahman did not have time to practice with his new aid
Nancy wanted to give a presentation on types of dances. She started her presentation by showing a video clip of people dancing ballet. Then, she talked about all the different types of dances. Her final point was on ballet dancing. Was her choice of beginning her speech with a video clip of ballet dancing appropriate?
Yes because she did talk about ballet dancing
Yes, because her topic was about types of dances
No, she should have played the video when she is explaining about ballet dancing
No, showing video clips of ballet dancing would distract her audience from her presentation
When using object as your presentation aids, you should avoid
making reference to the object
passing the object to the members of the audience
holding the object while presenting
display the object for the audience to see
You can use any drawing or pictures as long as it complements your speech
True, if it helps the presentation we can use the pictures
False, I should ensure that the pictures used are not pixelated and can be viewed by everyone in the room
Danny wants to use a picture that can enhance the understanding of his audience for his second point. What is your advice on the appropriateness to display presentation aids during Danny's presentation?
You do not really need to practice your presentation unless you took it from the internet
True, because we are not familiar with the slides. Thus the practice is necessary
False, we need to practice regardless of whether we created the slides or took them from the internet.
Some presentational aids speak for themselves, you need not explain it
True
False
Not sure
I don't know
You need to modify the presentation that you obtain from another source.
True
False
Not sure
I don't know
Presentational aids are meant to replace your presentation
True
False
Not sure
I don't know
