Exam 14: Using Visual Aids  

Visual aids should be displayed only while you are discussing them.

It is usually enough to practice your speech just once using your visual aids.

When choosing fonts for a PowerPoint slide, you should usually use

A __________ graph is best suited for showing comparisons between two or more items.

When you are going to give an audience material to take home from a speech, you should usually distribute the material after you finish speaking.

Passing visual aids among the audience during a speech is helpful to a speaker because it allows listeners to inspect the aids at their own pace.

Once you have finished discussing a visual aid, you should leave it on display until you get to the next visual aid.

Iyou want to demonstrate a process that takes longer to complete than the time allotted for your speech, you will probably have choose a different topic.

When you plan to use presentation technology in your speech, you should always bring a backup copy oyour slides on a flash drive.

According to your textbook, a general rule when using presentation technology such as PowerPoint is to include no more than a half-dozen lines otype on a single slide.

List five othe guidelines discussed in your textbook for preparing visual aids.

Enrique was asked by the president ohis company to prepare a visual aid showing the proportion oemployees who get to work by driving, carpooling, public transportation, or some other method. The best kind ovisual aid for him to use would be

As your textbook explains, visual aids are most effective when they are displayed

Iyou wanted to compare the changes over the last 10 years in the number opeople who get their news from newspapers and the number opeople who get their news from the Internet, the best kind ovisual aid would probably be a

On the morning ohis classroom speech, Jonah felt that he needed more visual interest in the speech. On his way to class, he bought poster board and a marker and wrote down his main points for the audience to see. Did Robert follow the guidelines for visual aids presented in your textbook?

According to your textbook, visual aids are most effective when they are

A __________ graph is best suited for showing changes in statistics over time or space.

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

Iyou wanted to demonstrate the comparative spending othe United States and Canada on four different kinds osocial services, which type ovisual aid would be most effective?

Iyou wanted to show the increase in the cost ocommercials during the Super Bowl over the past 40 years, the best kind ovisual aid would probably be a