Chapter 14

Question 1

True or False:
If presentation technology is allowed to dominate a speech, it can divert attention from the speaker’s message.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

According to your textbook, when you are going to give an audience material to take home from a speech, you should usually distribute the material

Answer 2

after the speech

Question 3

True or False:
One drawback of using Prezi for presenting visual aids is that its zooming, panning, and transition effects can distract from the content of your speech.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or False:
When using presentation software, you need to limit the amount of information you put on each slide.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

If you wanted to show the increase in the cost of commercials during the Super Bowl over the past 40 years, the best kind of visual aid would probably be a ______

Answer 5

line graph

Question 6

True or False:
In most circumstances, you should keep your visual aids on display throughout your speech.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

True or False:
You should include in a visual aid only what you need to make your point.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

__________ are especially valuable for showing an audience statistical trends and patterns.

Answer 8

graphs

Question 9

True or False:
According to your textbook, blue text on a green background is usually a good choice of colors for a visual aid.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Camille prepared excellent PowerPoint slides for her speech about education reform, but the speech didn’t go as well as she had hoped. She had trouble finding the Enter key on her computer to advance her slides, and sometimes she skipped a slide because she held the key down too long. According to your textbook, Camille could have presented her slides more effectively if she had

Answer 10

practiced using the keyboard until she could advance the slides easily.

Question 11

True or False:
Visual aids usually should be used only in informative speeches.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

True or False:
When you are giving an audience material to take home from a speech, you should usually distribute the material in the middle of your speech.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

True or False:
According to your textbook, the most effective way to use PowerPoint is to read to your audience from the slides that are on screen.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Which of the following graphs would probably be the best kind of visual aid to illustrate the rising cost of a college degree?

Answer 14

line graph

Question 15

As your textbook explains, if you are going to use PowerPoint or another presentation program in a speech, you should

Answer 15

allow extra time to prepare your slides and plan where you can employ slides to greatest advantage.

Question 16

True or False:
Because technology has become so advanced, it is seldom necessary to bring a backup of your PowerPoint slides on the day of your speech.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

According to your textbook, which of the following is an advantage of using visual aids in a speech?

Answer 17

increase the clarity of a speaker’s message, increase the audience’s retention of a speaker’s message, and increase the persuasiveness of a speaker’s message

Question 18

True or False:
One advantage of using presentation technology is that it enables you to integrate different kinds of visual aids in the same speech.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or False:
According to your textbook, it is usually a good idea to use a different font for each PowerPoint slide in your speech.

Answer 19

False