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GEB 3213 Final Exam with accurate detailed solutions
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Ineffective presentations suffer what types of consequences?
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a. inefficient use of time
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b. vital information not communicated
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c. lost sales
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d. waste of financial resources
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e. all of these - ✔✔all of these
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Which of the following is not a typical purpose of most business presentations?
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a. explaining
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b. motivating
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c. reporting
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d. persuading
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e. enhancing - ✔✔enhancing
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A publisher's presentation to a group of authors to describe how the publishing process
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works has the purpose of
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a. reporting.
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b. explaining.
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c. persuading.
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d. motivating.
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e. lecturing. - ✔✔explaining
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A presentation that brings sales representatives up to date on new products has the purpose
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of
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a. reporting.
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b. explaining.
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c. lecturing.
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d. persuading.
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e. motivating. - ✔✔reporting
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Knowing your purpose enables you to _____ after you deliver your presentation.
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a. analyze your audience
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b. understand your audience's motivations
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c. evaluate the quality of data
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d. review the quality of visual aids
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e. judge your effectiveness - ✔✔judge your effectiveness
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Identify a psychological need that you should analyze when learning about the audience for
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an oral presentation.
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a. age
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b. organizational status
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c. attitudes
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d. education
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e. demographics - ✔✔attitudes
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If you believe your listeners are likely to be hostile to you or your message, your
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presentation will have to || || ||
a. include few examples to avoid overwhelming the audience.
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b. be more modest, downplaying your credentials.
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c. use language that is familiar to the majority of the audience.
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d. establish your credibility and possibly quote other experts.
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e. use complex terminology to demonstrate your mastery of the material. - ✔✔establish
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your credibility and possibly quote other experts
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Which of the following is not a recommended guideline for preparing notes for a
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presentation?
a. Number the pages or index cards.
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b. Use large size letters on your note cards.
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c. Type the notes in all capital letters for easy reading.
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d. Write on only one side of the note card.
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e. Consider including notes about emphasis and pauses. - ✔✔type the notes in all capital
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letters for easy reading
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The audience is probably the most judgmental during the _____ of the presentation.
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a. opening
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b. middle
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c. ending
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d. question-and-answer period
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e. summary - ✔✔opening
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Which of the following is not an effective attention-getter for a business presentation?
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a. quoting a well-known individual
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b. joking about the bad food served before the presentation
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c. presenting a hypothetical situation to stimulate thought about the topic
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d. stating a startling fact or statistic
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e. discussing a personal experience that relates to the topic of the presentation - ✔✔joking
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about the bad food served before the presentation
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Which opening sentence weakens your credibility as a speaker?
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a. Give us liberty, or give us death.
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b. During the next hour, 30 people will die in car crashes.
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c. How many people feel tied to their cell phones?
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d. I wish I had had more time to prepare for this presentation.
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e. Today, I'll cover three ways to get the most from your paycheck. - ✔✔I wish I had more
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time to prepare for this presentation.
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When planning the opening of your presentation, your aim is to do all of the following
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except
a. capture audience interest.
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b. build rapport with your listeners.
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c. make a good first impression on the audience.
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d. introduce the topic.
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e. make excuses for your lack of time or preparation. - ✔✔make excuses for your lack of
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time or preparation
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A presentation that first mentions unsafe working conditions and how this contributes to
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high employee turnover, followed by suggested remedies, follows the _____ organizational
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plan.
a. criteria
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b. order of importance
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c. direct sequence
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d. chronological
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e. cause/effect/solution - ✔✔cause/effect/solution
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GEB 3213 Final Exam with accurate detailed solutions
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Ineffective presentations suffer what types of consequences?
|| || || || || ||
a. inefficient use of time
|| || || ||
b. vital information not communicated
|| || || ||
c. lost sales
|| ||
d. waste of financial resources
|| || || ||
e. all of these - ✔✔all of these
|| || || || || || ||
Which of the following is not a typical purpose of most business presentations?
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a. explaining
||
b. motivating
||
c. reporting
||
d. persuading
||
e. enhancing - ✔✔enhancing
|| || ||
A publisher's presentation to a group of authors to describe how the publishing process
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
works has the purpose of
|| || || ||
a. reporting.
||
b. explaining.
||
c. persuading.
||
d. motivating.
||
e. lecturing. - ✔✔explaining
|| || ||
A presentation that brings sales representatives up to date on new products has the purpose
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
of
,2
a. reporting.
||
b. explaining.
||
c. lecturing.
||
d. persuading.
||
e. motivating. - ✔✔reporting
|| || ||
Knowing your purpose enables you to _____ after you deliver your presentation.
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
a. analyze your audience
|| || ||
b. understand your audience's motivations
|| || || ||
c. evaluate the quality of data
|| || || || ||
d. review the quality of visual aids
|| || || || || ||
e. judge your effectiveness - ✔✔judge your effectiveness
|| || || || || || ||
Identify a psychological need that you should analyze when learning about the audience for
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
an oral presentation.
|| || ||
a. age
||
b. organizational status
|| ||
c. attitudes
||
d. education
||
e. demographics - ✔✔attitudes
|| || ||
If you believe your listeners are likely to be hostile to you or your message, your
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
presentation will have to || || ||
a. include few examples to avoid overwhelming the audience.
|| || || || || || || ||
b. be more modest, downplaying your credentials.
|| || || || || ||
c. use language that is familiar to the majority of the audience.
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
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d. establish your credibility and possibly quote other experts.
|| || || || || || || ||
e. use complex terminology to demonstrate your mastery of the material. - ✔✔establish
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
your credibility and possibly quote other experts
|| || || || || ||
Which of the following is not a recommended guideline for preparing notes for a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
presentation?
a. Number the pages or index cards.
|| || || || || ||
b. Use large size letters on your note cards.
|| || || || || || || ||
c. Type the notes in all capital letters for easy reading.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
d. Write on only one side of the note card.
|| || || || || || || || ||
e. Consider including notes about emphasis and pauses. - ✔✔type the notes in all capital
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
letters for easy reading
|| || ||
The audience is probably the most judgmental during the _____ of the presentation.
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
a. opening
||
b. middle
||
c. ending
||
d. question-and-answer period
|| ||
e. summary - ✔✔opening
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Which of the following is not an effective attention-getter for a business presentation?
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
a. quoting a well-known individual
|| || || ||
b. joking about the bad food served before the presentation
|| || || || || || || || ||
c. presenting a hypothetical situation to stimulate thought about the topic
|| || || || || || || || || ||
d. stating a startling fact or statistic
|| || || || || ||
e. discussing a personal experience that relates to the topic of the presentation - ✔✔joking
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
about the bad food served before the presentation
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, 2
Which opening sentence weakens your credibility as a speaker?
|| || || || || || || ||
a. Give us liberty, or give us death.
|| || || || || || ||
b. During the next hour, 30 people will die in car crashes.
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c. How many people feel tied to their cell phones?
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d. I wish I had had more time to prepare for this presentation.
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e. Today, I'll cover three ways to get the most from your paycheck. - ✔✔I wish I had more
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
time to prepare for this presentation.
|| || || || ||
When planning the opening of your presentation, your aim is to do all of the following
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
except
a. capture audience interest.
|| || ||
b. build rapport with your listeners.
|| || || || ||
c. make a good first impression on the audience.
|| || || || || || || ||
d. introduce the topic.
|| || ||
e. make excuses for your lack of time or preparation. - ✔✔make excuses for your lack of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
time or preparation
|| ||
A presentation that first mentions unsafe working conditions and how this contributes to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
high employee turnover, followed by suggested remedies, follows the _____ organizational
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
plan.
a. criteria
||
b. order of importance
|| || ||
c. direct sequence
|| ||
d. chronological
||
e. cause/effect/solution - ✔✔cause/effect/solution
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