Ch.10 Preparing Effective Visual Aids
A single hue with different saturation levels
To show that two or more items on a visual are related, your text recommends using:
6
Using the formula in the text, what is the maximum number of visuals suggested for a 10 minute speech?
Graphic visuals
Visual aids such as maps, charts, graphs, and diagrams are called
Text visuals
Visual aids that normally include only printed words are called:
True
When audience members are given handouts, they tend to read the handout instead of listening to the speaker.
Four to six
When designing a text visual, it is best to limit each visual to no more than ____ lines of text.
24 point
When designing transparencies, what is the minimum point size for subtitles?
False
When giving a presentation that uses a projection screen or computer screen, make sure to keep your eyes on the screen to ensure that the slides are in the right place.
6 seconds
When listeners spend more than ____ to grasp the content of a visual aid, they slip into reading mode and hear almost nothing the speaker has to say
10%
When no visual aids are used in a presentation, the audience usually remembers:
They substitute for concrete evidence
Which is not an advantage of visual aids?
A diagram showing how to fold a piece of paper to create an origami bird along with the speaker.
Which of the following handouts would be most appropriately distributed before or during a speech?
Effective visuals use phrases rather than sentences
Which of the following is true of effective text visuals?
Verbally, with a graph to illustrate
Which of the following methods would be best in presenting complicated statistical information?
She could make a larger model of the jewelry
A speaker gives a speech about how to distinguish antique jewelry from reproductions. The piece of jewelry that most clearly illustrates her point is obviously too small for the audience to see from the front of the room. What could the speaker do?
Information overload
A speech containing many statistics or technical terms without visual aids can cause the listener to suffer from:
Markerboard
A type of visual aid that makes speakers appear less prepared is a(n):
Posters
All of the following types of visuals work well with audiences of 50 or more except:
"making the hearer see things"
Aristotle defined graphic as:
Color
Audience recall is better when ____ visuals are used.
False
Computer-generated slides will always aid your presentation.
Use ones that are overcrowded and difficult to read
Many speakers either don't use visual aids or:
False
Meetings take more time when visuals are used.
3 inches
On a poster or flip chart, titles should be:
Contiguity
Pictures and images should be placed immediately next to the words they represent in visuals because of this principle:
True
Research indicates that an "average" presenter who uses visuals can be as effective as an "expert" presenter who uses no visual
Even poorly designed visuals improve memory
Research on memory has shown all of the following except:
Titles or emphasis
Sans serif typefaces are best for:
True
Selecting a picture just so you can have a picture will likely hamper audience recall.
Right
Simultaneous processing of information and visual imagery are done by this part of the brain.
True
Sometimes the only way to be sure that your slides are sending the message you desire is to see them projected on a screen.
Left
Step-by-step, analytical processing of information is done by this part of the brain.
40%
The average supervisor spends as much as ____ of the workweek in meetings.
Yellow
The color most remembered on visual aids is
True
The left hemisphere of the brain is most involved in attending to details.
The actual color selected from available colors
The term hue refers to:
Red and green
These colors should probably not be used together, as color blind people could not see them.
