Exam 12: Designing and Delivering Business Presentations

Tristan is developing a presentation for employee orientation.Which of the following should NOT be used as a technique to ensure that the audience understands the points of his presentation?

During the question-and-answer period at the end of your presentation,

Scarlette is developing appropriate presentation visuals for an upcoming workshop.Which of the following is a limitation of using an electronic presentation?

The way in which a speaker produces and joins sounds is referred to as

Which of the following sentences would be most effective in a presentation to employees in your Tokyo office regarding new hiring policies?

North Americans are perceived by members of some cultures as too casual in their presentation style.

A male friend has asked for advice on how he should dress to give a presentation at a local business organization's annual awards banquet to be held in a downtown hotel.Which of the following would be your BEST suggestion?

José is making a presentation to potential donors for International University about design and construction plans for the new Health Sciences Center planned for the institution.He has never spoken to these donors before and he is new to the university.Which of the following techniques should he use to make an effective presentation?

To avoid clutter,you should limit slide content to key ideas presented in as few words as possible.

Speakers who use presentation visuals are considered better prepared and more persuasive and interesting then speakers who do not use visuals.

In a typical business presentation,the number of major points should be limited to three to five.

Improving Presentation Visuals

Explain the value of knowing an audience in preparing a presentation.

An engineer would like to give an electronic presentation on his company's new security product to a client.The engineer would like to project a high-tech,classy,and simple image in his presentation.What color scheme would you recommend that he use?

Under the Copyright Act of 1976,copyright is automatic as soon as a file is posted to the Internet.

Sun Microsystems CEO,Scott McNealy,once banned the use of PowerPoint by his employees.

Management is requiring employees at Sentac Enterprises to attend a presentation by your consulting firm about how to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.What technique should you use to get the audience interested in the presentation?

Black text against a white background provides the greatest contrast.

Gerome has planned a distance presentation for new employees in his company's six locations.Since he has not previously met the participants in person,he should schedule a conference call with the participants to establish rapport prior to the distance presentation.