Business Presentations: Question and Answers
Chapter 14—Business Presentations
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What is the least accurate statement about oral presentations?
a. Only employees at upper levels find it necessary give persuasive oral presentations.
b. Many future business people don’t take opportunities in college to develop speaking skills.
c. A recent study shows that the No. 1 predictor of success and upward mobility is how much you enjoy public speaking and how effective you are at it.
d. Speaking skills are useful at every career stage.
2. What is the most important part of preparing for a presentation?
a. Selecting your delivery style
b. Deciding what you want to accomplish
c. Preparing professional PowerPoint slides
d. Selecting appropriate attire
3. Kendra has been asked to give a presentation on the status of an important project. The first thing she should do is
a. develop an outline of the points she wants to cover in her presentation.
b. prepare the visual aids she will want to use in delivering the presentation.
c. determine the purpose of her presentation.
d. write the text of her presentation.
4. You will be presenting a proposal to an audience, and you expect them to be uninterested in your ideas. You should
a. be calm and controlled and speak evenly and slowly.
b. be warm, pleasant, and open and use lots of eye contact and smiles.
c. use a pro/con pattern and present at least five or six points.
d. be dynamic and entertaining and move around, using large gestures.
5. You will be presenting information about a major change in benefits to your staff, and you expect them to be hostile to the changes in the package. What is the best advice for delivering your presentation?
a. Avoid using anecdotes and humor in your presentation.
b. Move around and use large gestures to appear confident and authoritative.
c. Include a question-and-answer period at the end of your presentation.
d. Be dynamic and entertaining so that you can capture and retain audience
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What is the least accurate statement about oral presentations?
a. Only employees at upper levels find it necessary give persuasive oral presentations.
b. Many future business people don’t take opportunities in college to develop speaking skills.
c. A recent study shows that the No. 1 predictor of success and upward mobility is how much you enjoy public speaking and how effective you are at it.
d. Speaking skills are useful at every career stage.
2. What is the most important part of preparing for a presentation?
a. Selecting your delivery style
b. Deciding what you want to accomplish
c. Preparing professional PowerPoint slides
d. Selecting appropriate attire
3. Kendra has been asked to give a presentation on the status of an important project. The first thing she should do is
a. develop an outline of the points she wants to cover in her presentation.
b. prepare the visual aids she will want to use in delivering the presentation.
c. determine the purpose of her presentation.
d. write the text of her presentation.
4. You will be presenting a proposal to an audience, and you expect them to be uninterested in your ideas. You should
a. be calm and controlled and speak evenly and slowly.
b. be warm, pleasant, and open and use lots of eye contact and smiles.
c. use a pro/con pattern and present at least five or six points.
d. be dynamic and entertaining and move around, using large gestures.
5. You will be presenting information about a major change in benefits to your staff, and you expect them to be hostile to the changes in the package. What is the best advice for delivering your presentation?
a. Avoid using anecdotes and humor in your presentation.
b. Move around and use large gestures to appear confident and authoritative.
c. Include a question-and-answer period at the end of your presentation.
d. Be dynamic and entertaining so that you can capture and retain audience