Exam 14: Presentation Aids

As general rule, you should always put titles on your visual aids.

As you consider the benefits and functions of presentation aids, keep in mind the most basic principle of all:

Presentation software programs provide stock templates for slides.

Two cognitive principles that can impact the effectiveness of presentation slides are coherence and contrast.

According to the textbook, maps show how things work and photographs show reality.

A good technique for maintaining audience attention is to keep a slide visible until you are ready to discuss the next slide.

Which of the following is/are included in the category of nonprojected visual media?

Presentation aids are meant to support a presentation and to take the place of the speaker.

________translat data into physical layouts.

Microsoft Office—which includes PowerPoint—controls about 96 percent of the retail market.

When using a bar graph, make the space separating the bars smaller than the width of the bars.

Always begin a presentation by building rapport with the audience regardless of how many presentations aids you use.

Do not use a “pointer” to point directly at the audience.

In general, your textbook recommends that the minimum type size on presentation slides should be no smaller than

Presentation aids can increase the amount of meaning conveyed.

Maps translate data into physical layouts.

Sounds clips used in a presentation should be brief and ten seconds is considered to be plenty.

Two types of charts are"pie" and "line."

Laser pointers that flash a small beam of light on a screen are very effective for isolating small items on presentation aids.

Which of the following typefaces is most appropriate for the majority of presentation slides?