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Presentation Skills

Instructions:

Answer 15 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Most presentations should be no longer than...
Combining verbal and nonverbal - Connect- convey - continue - Take the information you need - Turn to face your audience - Tell them your information
outline
20 minutes
Make eye contact - Convey your information - Continue with another person

2. Take - turn - tell
Avoid mixed messages - reinforce your message through your delivery
Combining verbal and nonverbal - Connect- convey - continue - Take the information you need - Turn to face your audience - Tell them your information
92%
Confident - knowledgeable

3. Introduction - a body - and a conclusion
consistent
Avoid mixed messages - reinforce your message through your delivery
Confident - knowledgeable
outline

4. Connect with one person
Make eye contact - Convey your information - Continue with another person
outline
Combining verbal and nonverbal - Connect- convey - continue - Take the information you need - Turn to face your audience - Tell them your information
Once the purpose of your presentation is determined

5. How do you want the audience to perceive you?
consistent
unexpected and predictable
Confident - knowledgeable
6

6. Open your presentation with...
Make eye contact - Convey your information - Continue with another person
unexpected and predictable
what they hear when they see and hear the information at the same time
Combining verbal and nonverbal - Connect- convey - continue - Take the information you need - Turn to face your audience - Tell them your information

7. People retain more of...
Confident - knowledgeable
20 minutes
outline
what they hear when they see and hear the information at the same time

8. Non-verbal communication dominates verbal communication - So...
6
Avoid mixed messages - reinforce your message through your delivery
Limit the text on slides - Exceptions - quotes - Use graphics that ilustrate the story - when in doubt be simple
what they hear when they see and hear the information at the same time

9. Combing verbal and nonverbal
Combining verbal and nonverbal - Connect- convey - continue - Take the information you need - Turn to face your audience - Tell them your information
Make eye contact - Convey your information - Continue with another person
Once the purpose of your presentation is determined
Limit the text on slides - Exceptions - quotes - Use graphics that ilustrate the story - when in doubt be simple

10. How many percent of communication received is not the content of the message
outline
unexpected and predictable
Confident - knowledgeable
92%

11. Visual presentation should be...
Leads to: confidence - more cometence - more confidence
Combining verbal and nonverbal - Connect- convey - continue - Take the information you need - Turn to face your audience - Tell them your information
Limit the text on slides - Exceptions - quotes - Use graphics that ilustrate the story - when in doubt be simple
consistent

12. Ideal number of words in a sentence - and lines on a slide
Avoid mixed messages - reinforce your message through your delivery
Make eye contact - Convey your information - Continue with another person
Limit the text on slides - Exceptions - quotes - Use graphics that ilustrate the story - when in doubt be simple
6

13. Competence
what they hear when they see and hear the information at the same time
Leads to: confidence - more cometence - more confidence
20 minutes
distracts the audience

14. Too many special effects in electronic presentations...
distracts the audience
what they hear when they see and hear the information at the same time
Combining verbal and nonverbal - Connect- convey - continue - Take the information you need - Turn to face your audience - Tell them your information
Confident - knowledgeable

15. One clear - concise statement
20 minutes
Once the purpose of your presentation is determined
unexpected and predictable
Avoid mixed messages - reinforce your message through your delivery