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Ineffective presentations suffer what type of consequences? - correct answer ✔✔ -Inefficient
use of time
-vital information not communicated
-lost sales
-waste of financial resources
-ALL OF THESE
Which of the following is not a typical purpose of most business presentations? - correct answer
✔✔ Enhancing
A publisher's presentation to a group of authors to describe how the publishing process works
has the purpose of - correct answer ✔✔ Explaining
A presentation that brings sales representatives up to date on new products has the purpose of
- correct answer ✔✔ reporting
Knowing your purpose enables you to _____ after you deliver your presentation. - correct
answer ✔✔ judge your effectiveness
Identify a psychological need that you should analyze when learning about the audience for an
oral presentation. - correct answer ✔✔ attitudes
If you believe your listeners are likely to be hostile to you or your message, your presentation
will have to - correct answer ✔✔ establish your credibility and possibly quote other experts.
, Which of the following is NOT a recommended guideline for preparing notes for a presentation?
- correct answer ✔✔ type the notes in all capital letters for easy reading
The audience is probably the most judgmental during the ____ of the presentation. - correct
answer ✔✔ opening
Which of the following is NOT an effective attention-getter for a business presentation? - correct
answer ✔✔ joking about the bad food served before the presentation
Which opening sentence weakens your credibility as a speaker? - correct answer ✔✔ 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 -
correct answer ✔✔ make excuses for your lack of time and 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. -
correct answer ✔✔ cause/effect/solution
Which of the following is NOT credible evidence you can use to support a point in your
presentation? - correct answer ✔✔ emotional language
Which organizational plan is MOST effective to discuss various alternatives based on particular
conditions or standards? - correct answer ✔✔ criteria
A presentation that discusses a sudden number of cases of employee illness, the source of the
illness, and remedies follows the ____ organizational plan. - correct answer ✔✔
cause/effect/solution