Assignment VI - Correct
Assignment VI - Correct
Assignment VI - Correct
1. What is the most important question you must ask yourself when you are asked to make a
presentation?
a. What should I say during the presentation?
b. Why am I making the presentation?
c. Who am I making the presentation to?
d. How am I making the presentation?
Solution: The objective of the presentation is the most important question that must
be kept in mind before going into the what, who and how.
2. “What” goes into the presentation is determined by the _____ and the ______. Choose the
most appropriate option to fill in the blanks:
a. Why, who
b. What, when
c. When, where
d. How, when
Solution: What goes into a presentation is determined by the why and who.
6. Born speakers can hear______ even before making a presentation. Fill in the blank with the
most appropriate option:
a. Their heart thudding
b. The applause
c. The laughter
d. The whispers
Solution: Born speakers can hear the applause because they are so confident.
10. When giving a presentation in front of an audience you should do all of the following except
for__?
a. take control
b. make eye contact
c. manage your nerves
d. look at your screen not the audience
Solution: When making a presentation, one must begin by managing one’s nerves, take
control and make eye contact.
12. Which of the following is the correct posture while presenting/public speaking?
a. Slouching and leaning against the wall
b. Standing straight with shoulders held back
c. Leaning on one hip
d. All of the above
Solution: The correct posture while presenting is standing straight with shoulders held
back as it makes you appear confident.
14. Which of the following is the right gesture to have while presenting?
a. Hands on the hips
b. Crossing your arms in the front
c. Clasping your hands at the back
d. Hands loosely hanging by your side
Solution: Hands should hang loosely by the side when presenting as it allows one to
gesture naturally.
15. Appropriate gestures are body signals that make you look _______.
a. Dramatic
b. Spontaneous
c. Comic
d. Affected
Solution: one must use spontaneous gestures while presenting as one would in a
normal conversation.
16. Which of the following is/are not considered as “hooks” in a presentation according to Bruna
Martinuzzi?
a. Using the word imagine
b. Taking the audience through a ‘what if’ scenario
c. Telling a story
d. Beginning with a complicated, technical statement
Solution: Beginning with a complicated, technical statement will not hook the audience
according to Bruna Martinuzzi.
19. While using visual data during presentation, the presenter should _________
a. Look at the data while speaking and turn their back to the audience.
b. Turn and point at the data and use phrases like “The data here shows that...”
c. Look at the notes, since the audience can already see and follow the data.
d. Examine the audience’s reactions and body language.
Solution: When presenting the data, the presenter must turn and point to the data and
use phrases like “The data here shows that…” so that they don’t lose eye contact and
connect the data.
20. The phrase “a very interesting study shows that”, refers to:
a. A previous study that has been conducted in the field.
b. A future study that will take place in the field.
c. Referring to the current presentation.
d. None of the above
Solution: It can only be a study that has already been conducted.
23. How do you deal with difficult questions that are asked after the presentation?
a. Hmm, that’s a good question. I don’t have the information to answer that question right now.
b. That’s a very strange question. Do I need to answer it?
c. I am sorry I have to leave now. I am in a rush.
d. Answer the question even if you don’t know the answer.
Solution: When you are faced with a difficult question for which you do not have a suitable
answer, you must admit that you are not in a position to answer the question.
24.
What is the issue with the given power point slide, if any?
a. It uses an ornate font
b. It mixes a picture with too much text.
c. It uses a white text against a green background
d. It is a very catchy slide.
Solution: The problem with this PowerPoint slide is that it uses too much text with a
picture.
25. What is not the feature of a good closing statement to any presentation?
a. Call your audience to action
b. Refer back to the opening message
c. Close with a summary
d. End with questions
Solution: One must not end with questions but a summary or calling the audience to action.