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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. People retain more of...
what they hear when they see and hear the information at the same time
Once the purpose of your presentation is determined
Avoid mixed messages - reinforce your message through your delivery
92%

2. Open your presentation with...
Confident - knowledgeable
Combining verbal and nonverbal - Connect- convey - continue - Take the information you need - Turn to face your audience - Tell them your information
unexpected and predictable
Leads to: confidence - more cometence - more confidence

3. Non-verbal communication dominates verbal communication - So...
Avoid mixed messages - reinforce your message through your delivery
outline
Leads to: confidence - more cometence - more confidence
unexpected and predictable

4. Take - turn - tell
20 minutes
outline
Once the purpose of your presentation is determined
Combining verbal and nonverbal - Connect- convey - continue - Take the information you need - Turn to face your audience - Tell them your information

5. Most presentations should be no longer than...
distracts the audience
Once the purpose of your presentation is determined
20 minutes
92%

6. How many percent of communication received is not the content of the message
consistent
Make eye contact - Convey your information - Continue with another person
92%
distracts the audience

7. One clear - concise statement
Once the purpose of your presentation is determined
what they hear when they see and hear the information at the same time
unexpected and predictable
92%

8. Introduction - a body - and a conclusion
92%
Confident - knowledgeable
outline
what they hear when they see and hear the information at the same time

9. Connect with one person
Limit the text on slides - Exceptions - quotes - Use graphics that ilustrate the story - when in doubt be simple
Once the purpose of your presentation is determined
Make eye contact - Convey your information - Continue with another person
Avoid mixed messages - reinforce your message through your delivery

10. Visual presentation should be...
consistent
outline
Confident - knowledgeable
Avoid mixed messages - reinforce your message through your delivery

11. Combing verbal and nonverbal
20 minutes
Avoid mixed messages - reinforce your message through your delivery
consistent
Limit the text on slides - Exceptions - quotes - Use graphics that ilustrate the story - when in doubt be simple

12. Ideal number of words in a sentence - and lines on a slide
Limit the text on slides - Exceptions - quotes - Use graphics that ilustrate the story - when in doubt be simple
6
distracts the audience
consistent

13. How do you want the audience to perceive you?
what they hear when they see and hear the information at the same time
Confident - knowledgeable
Avoid mixed messages - reinforce your message through your delivery
6

14. Too many special effects in electronic presentations...
Make eye contact - Convey your information - Continue with another person
consistent
distracts the audience
unexpected and predictable

15. Competence
distracts the audience
92%
outline
Leads to: confidence - more cometence - more confidence