SPCH- Quiz #10
When you use the Insert>Video buttons to add a video from YouTube to your presentation, how can you find out the title of the video?
hover your cursor over the video thumbnail image and the title will pop up
Jeff's presentation is called "Successful Forecasting for 2019 and Beyond." Where should he type this title in order to have it format automatically as the presentation title?
in the title box where it says Click to Add Title
Cleo has found a short video on YouTube that really captures the mood and energy she wants her staff to strive for during the upcoming back-to-school rush. She should ________.
include the video because it's relevant and will add interest and engage her staff
You're considering the development of your slides for a presentation to a diverse audience. To ensure that the message you intend to communicate is the message that's received, a presentation best practice is to:
incorporate appropriate images and media to engage multiple learning styles
Tom's toy company is introducing five new dolls in their SuperTeens line. He wants to present them all on one slide before he goes into detail about each one. In order to space them evenly on the slide, he should ________.
insert the five photos on the slide, select all five, then choose the Arrange pulldown menu and select Distribute
You are creating a presentation to celebrate the high performers on your team. You think it would be a really nifty idea to have your store mascot, Wallace the Walrus, giving his signature thumbs-up next to photos of each of the people being honored. The problem is that you want Wallace to face right, and the image you have of him is facing left. What's your best option?
insert the picture you have and use the Flip Horizontally command to make Wallace face the right way
Identifying the purpose of a presentation is important for which of these reasons?
it determines your content and approach in both creating and delivery of the presentation
The purpose of the 10/20/30 rule is to do which of these?
keep slides cleanly designed and easy to follow for both the presenter and the audience
Shanika has been assigned her first-ever presentation since being promoted to the corporate office. She's really nervous about it, especially since her boss keeps tossing around the phrase "death by PowerPoint." Once Shanika figures out what this means, she should be able to avoid it by focusing on which of these things?
keeping her slides clean, easily deliverable, and audience-focused
Lashonda is working on her first presentation in her new job as sales analyst. She wants to show that she knows her stuff, but she also wants to make her mark and stand out from the crowd. What should she do?
make sure her information is presented in a way that's useful to her audience; this includes slide design that helps with the flow but isn't distracting from her main purpose
CarolAnn has been asked to speak at a conference, and she's working on her presentation. The conference wants to preload all the presentations onto one laptop, so there are strict limits about file sizes. One of the restrictions is that picture files cannot be any larger than 640 x 480 pixels. CarolAnn is planning to use stock photos in her presentation. How worried should she be about this limitation?
not worried at all. She can set a size filter in Bing and search only for pictures that fall within that size.
Tressie already has a Gmail account. To log into Google Slides, she also needs ________.
nothing, a Gmail account is all she needs
The phrase "death by PowerPoint" refers to which idea?
people can get lazy with PowerPoint, make their slides too confusing or busy, and not focus on audience understanding
Preet needs to find a really high-quality picture of a Mike's Merch store in her area, Clover, Indiana. A Google image search on the store location yields a lot of amateur cell-phone photos. Rather than scrolling through endless bad pictures, what should she do?
search on "mike's merch clover indiana stock photo" and scroll through the high quality photos
Suzanne has painstakingly arranged a series of overlapping images to create a sort of prototype of a window display. She wants to have the layered files as a single image so she can resize it and move it around without messing up her careful arrangement. What should she do?
select all the individual objects in the image and then click on the Arrange pulldown menu and choose Group
After a scare when she had to leave her desk suddenly before she could save her presentation, Petra now names and saves her Google Slides files as soon as she gets started. Her steps to doing so are ________.
she clicks on Untitled Presentation in the top left corner and then types in the title she wants
Frannie has started her own brand of eco-friendly clothing, and she's getting ready to give a sales presentation to a local retailer she hopes will carry her clothes. She has found a few themes she likes, but none of them are primarily green, which she wants to use to communicate her key point of difference. What's Frannie's best option?
since most themes come in a few different colors, she should click on a theme she likes and then look at the menu to the right of it to see whether it comes in green
To create a text box in Google Slides, simply click on the add-ons dropdown menutext box buttonthe place in the slide where you want the text box button. A crosshair symbolbox iconunderscore cursor will appear, and you can click on Formatclick and dragstart typing to get a box the right size. Check Answer
text box button; crosshair symbol; click and drag.
Sana is preparing a presentation on customer service. She thinks it will be easier to understand her presentation if she has the customer dialogue in one font and the salesperson response in a different font. In order to achieve this, she should look for a theme ________.
that she likes; she can change the fonts within the theme to whatever meets her needs
The start of your presentation should focus on which of these?
the current situation, or the "what is," so that your audience knows where you are starting from and can get on board with you
Kevin and Gosia are collaborating on a presentation to regional managers about ensuring effective communication at all levels, especially with regard to part-time store employees. They are pretty sure their recommendations will be met with enthusiasm, but they also need to establish their credibility since they're speaking to upper management. Which of these should they focus on?
the objective of their presentation and the regional managers' desire to have their stores run smoothly
Kate has a video stored on her desktop that's also on the company's YouTube channel. Which version is easier to add to her presentation?
they're about equally easy
There are three different ways to delete a slide from the ________.
thumbnail pane
When tailoring a presentation to your audience, a key question to answer for yourself is which of these?
what's in it for them?
Which of these is NOT an advantage of using PowerPoint online?
you can automatically share the file with a colleague
The benefit of a strong, unified message is which of these?
your audience will feel that you know what you're talking about and you understand them; if you're really good, you succeed at building your idea inside their minds
Pecia is a regional manager, and she's finishing a presentation in which she describes the benefits of in-store product demonstrations. Which of these would be a strong Call to Action to conclude her talk?
"As you can see from the data I presented and the examples I gave, in-store demos help people feel informed about products and therefore motivated to buy, which will really help your store's numbers. Please think about which employees you want to train on staging demos and when and where in your store to stage them. Reach out to me with any questions or suggestions, and remember to use the online demo discussion I've set up. This is going to be fun and profitable for all of us."
Claire is creating her first presentation as a manager. Her boss warns her against making her presentation too "loud and busy." Claire's best response to her boss would be which of these?
"I promise not to go over the top, but research shows that giving people information in a few different ways throughout the presentation is the most effective way to make it memorable."
Claire is creating her first presentation as a manager. Her boss warns her against making her presentation too "loud and busy." Claire's best response to her boss would be which of these?`
"I promise not to go over the top, but research shows that giving people information in a few different ways throughout the presentation is the most effective way to make it memorable."
Which of these is an example of the What-Is/What-Could-Be model?
"We currently only allow the Merchandising and Display Supervisor to develop store displays, so if that person is feeling uninspired or bored, we end up with the same ideas repeatedly. If we allow sales staff to pitch display ideas, the Merch Supervisor will be able to cultivate and polish those ideas. We will end up with fresher displays, we will recognize undiscovered employee talent, and our Merch Supervisors will still be in charge of final outcomes.
To balance readability and information processing, the 10/20/30 formatting rule recommends a:
30 point font size
Which of the following is the best lead-in for your presentation?
A chart illustrating the new product development performance relative to plan.
Laura has to give a presentation to senior nursing staff at a nursing home. The topic of the presentation is new patient-care products Laura's company is introducing. She has the opportunity to talk with the Executive Director of the nursing home before she starts her presentation. Which set of questions is the MOST useful in helping Laura to make appropriate decisions about her presentation?
Are all of your senior nurses native English speakers? How comfortable would they be with an interactive presentation? Is there any terminology I should be aware of to avoid giving offense?
One of the slides in your presentation is an introduction of three new team members, with a row of three headshots and three text boxes with brief profiles below. You built it on the fly, and the rows of boxes are not even. To format the two rows horizontally, you would use which of the following functions:
Arrange > Center on page
To save a new Microsoft PowerPoint presentation online:
Click to edit Presentation and rename
To save a new Google Slides presentation:
Click to edit Untitled presentation and rename
In his marketing job, Jonas creates and delivers a lot of presentations. He has a post-it above his desk with the three important things he wants to remember about every presentation he does. What does the post-it say?
Content! Organization! Delivery!
The key elements of a good presentation are:
Content, organization and delivery
You want to experiment with different color, layout, and font options, but the number of possible combinations is overwhelming. You decide to scroll through the theme options to see how they work with your material. To do that:
From the Design tab, select a theme and click it to apply
Your meeting organizer sends you an email asking you to edit your presentation down to 15 minutes to accommodate a "drop in" visit from your President. To delete one or more slides:
From the Home tab, click on a slide thumbnail and select Delete.
You're building a layered slide, with a full-size image and a text box. You created the text first and it's now obscured by the image. To bring your text forward, you would use the following commands:
From the Home tab, select Arrange > Send to back
You have vowed to create a custom presentation using none of the default slide layouts. To add text in an area where there is no preformatted text box:
From the Insert tab, select Text box
Mike and Nancy want to rearrange slides from an old presentation to create a new one for a staff meeting. Nancy is pretty much a Google Slides expert, so she knows the most efficient way to work. She switches the presentation to presentation viewrearrange viewgrid view and then she and Mike drag the slides into the order they want themmake notes about which slides to rewrite into the desired orderuse Cut and Paste to rearrange the slides to decide on the new order. Check Answer
Grid view; drag the slides into the order they want them
On which dropdown menu can you find an alternate way to add a picture WITHOUT using the Image button?
Insert
Good content is strong in both style and substance. Three people at the same company are doing presentations on sales forecasting. Which example seems to balance these the best?
Josette's presentation in which she has thought about what data her audience really needs and what kinds of useful recommendations she can make. The slides use color to keep the audience on track, and there is a good balance of words and images, all of which are relevant to the presentation
You want to add emotion to your presentation and decide to look for a compelling image. To do that:
Select Insert > Image > Search the web > Enter search term > Select Insert
You're creating a class presentation on note-taking strategies and want to include the YouTube video that taught you how—and why—to use Cornell notes. To add it to your presentation:
Select Insert > Online Video > Search YouTube > Select a video > Insert
You want to incorporate a powerful image to balance the text and data in your presentation. You recently took a photo that would be perfect. To insert your photo:
Select Insert > Picture > Click to select and click Open to insert
You're doing a lunch & learn for your team, and you want to add something that will be engaging as well as informative. You saw a YouTube clip recently that would be a perfect addition. To add it to your presentation:
Select Insert > Video > Search YouTube > Select Insert
You are ready to venture outside the box (slide layout templates). To add a text in an area where there is no preformatted text box:
Select Insert and then Text box
Your meeting organizer sends you an email asking you to edit your presentation down to 15 minutes to accommodate a "drop in" visit from your President. You think it would be easier to delete and move slides in grid view. To shift from the default to grid view:
Select View and then Grid View
The first step in developing a presentation is to identify:
The intended outcome of your presentation
You're delivering a presentation to your sales team on integrating social media into their prospecting routine. Which of the following is NOT a primary factor to consider?
The room you're presenting in has a slow Internet connection.
To create a presentation in Google Slides, you need ________.
a Google login for Gmail, Calendar, or Drive
Samira is hosting a day-long seminar for store managers from all over her region on the topic of Bringing Technology to the Sales Floor. As she's thinking about what would help to advance the seminar objectives and engage the audience with the seminar theme, she comes up with three possibilities. Which of these would be the strongest?
a combination pen and tablet stylus
When it comes to representing data in a presentation, which if these is the best guiding principle?
a compelling infographic can really make the data come alive; do some online research to find examples that might be adaptable to your data
Adding a video that's stored on your desktop is about the same as ________ in terms of how difficult it is to do.
adding a photo from your desktop
When delivering a presentation, your gestures should ________.
be natural and help to emphasize the points you're making, when appropriate
Violet is new to PowerPoint, and she's a little afraid of the symbols in the second-row menu, so she prefers to use dropdown menus that have verbal descriptions of the commands. To insert a text box in a way that's comfortable for her, she should ________.
choose Text Box from the Insert dropdown menu
Which of these is NOT a way to delete a slide in Google Slides?
click Ctrl+A and then hit the Backspace key
Saji was exploring the Themes menu for a presentation she just started working on. She found one she really liked, but wanted to look at the next one just to check it out. Nope, she still likes the previous one better. What's the quickest way to get it back?
click Ctrl+Z and the cool theme will be restored
Petra has chosen the New Blank Presentation option in the presentation gallery. She wants to add her presentation title. Which of these should she do?
click in the title box where it says Click to Add Title and type the title she wants
As you're working on your presentation about a new planogram, you create a slide with a title and four bullet points. You realize that maybe you should show a picture of the part of the planogram you are talking about. You need to make room on your slide for the picture. Which is the most efficient way to do this?
click on any corner of the existing text box to resize it
Emilia is creating a presentation to use in training new hires. She has just started working on a Title and Content slide that defines key terms used in their store. Suddenly, she gets a great idea to make it into a kind of quiz game with the terms in one text box and the definitions in another, so her trainees will have to work together to try to match each term with the right definition. In order to fit this idea into the slide she's already started, she should ________.
click on any corner of the existing text box to resize it to half the slide width. Then she can copy and paste a new one next to it
An alternate way to add a picture WITHOUT using the Image button on the toolbar is which of these?
click on the Insert dropdown menu and choose Image
Katherine wants to include in her presentation a short video of kids jumping rope to motivate her team to have fun with their new pop-up store concept. What's her most efficient plan of action?
click on the Insert dropdown menu, choose Video, and then type "kids jumping rope" into the search bar. She can then click on the video she wants and hit the Select button. The video is now in her presentation
Ned's company, Hugecorp, has a private YouTube channel that contains a library of training videos. He has a list on his desktop of the URLs for all the videos. What's the most efficient way to include a video called "Basic Customer Service" in his presentation?
click on the Insert dropdown menu, choose Video. When the dialogue box opens, click By URL at the top, and paste in the URL for the video
Tonya's presentation has a slide that includes a large section of an Excel spreadsheet. To keep her on track while she's delivering the slides, she wants to add some bullet points to sum up the spreadsheet. How
click on the Insert menu and then choose Text Box
A manager from another store uploaded to OneDrive a picture of a really cool display for Angela to use in her presentation to her regional manager. What are the steps for Angela to get the photo into her presentation quickly and easily?
click on the Insert menu; choose Online Pictures; choose OneDrive from the pulldown menu; click on the folder the photo is in; click on the photo
LaDonna has done a lot of presentations in PowerPoint, and she's eager to see what Google Slides has to offer in the way of themes. To view the theme menu, she needs to ________.
click on the Slide dropdown menu and then choose Change Theme
To see the themes available in Google Slides, you need to ________.
click on the Slide dropdown menu and then choose Change Theme
Kasey and Samuel are working together on a project. Kasey created a cool collage by arranging several staff photos and turning them into a single image by using the Group command. Samuel wants to use just one of those photos for a slide he's working on. What should he do?
click on the grouped image, click the Arrange pulldown menu, and click Ungroup. If he's being thoughtful, he should remember to regroup the image as it was once he has the photo he needs
Zoe wants to be sure her company's logo is in the center of her title slide. What should she do?
click on the logo image, click on the Arrange pulldown menu, and click Center
Brendan has a bunch of very cool images on one slide that really convey the energy of a recent employee event. However, right now, the slide is kind of a mess, and he needs to clean it up. Which of these is the most efficient solution?
click the Arrange menu in PowerPoint and see what can be done using those commands to tidy up the images
Which of the following is NOT a way to add a new blank slide?
click the File menu and then click New
Finn has decided to add a graphic to a slide that already has a text box on it. He wants to reshape and resize the text box to make room for the graphic. He needs to ________.
click within the text box and then drag the anchor squares until he has the size and shape he wants
Maddie and Mary have been working on their presentation for a while when they decide to change slide themes. They will need to resize a few text boxes to accommodate the theme graphics. How should they do that?
click within the text boxes and then drag the anchor squares until they have the size and shape they want
Stephanie is preparing a presentation on new marketing ideas for a timeshare company that has properties near a coral reef. As she's editing her presentation, she reads the slogan idea, "Experience a childish sense of wonder!" Stephanie changes the word "childish" to "childlike" because the words are quite opposite in ________.
connotation
Which of these is NOT a way to rearrange slides in Google Slides,
cutting and pasting slide content into new slides in the right order
Luca is preparing a presentation on employment trends at his company over the last five years. He is struggling to find a clear and memorable way to show that seasonal temp workers have gotten steadily older and more experienced in that time period, which has had both positive and negative outcomes for the company. What's the best way for him to figure this out?
do some Googling to find infographics that represent age and choose one that will adapt well to his data in terms of both meaning and tone.
Chaz created a presentation about new packaging designs before she got the final art of the packages themselves. She chose a mostly yellow theme for her presentation because it looked fresh and springy. Now that the final art has arrived, it looks really flat and faded against the yellow background. Chaz is in a bit of a panic. How would you advise her to proceed?
don't panic! Your theme probably comes in a few other colors, and one of them is bound to look good with the packaging. If not, you can just delete the theme and have a plain presentation that highlights the packaging
Riley's supervisor has decided he wants the recommendations to come last in Riley's presentation instead of at the beginning, so Riley now has to move some slides around. Which of these methods should he use?
drag and drop the recommendation slides to the end of the presentation
Jaime wants to reorder a few of the slides in his presentation, he should ________.
drag and drop the slides into the right order in the thumbnail pane
Enzo is just starting a presentation in Google Slides. He wants to choose a theme that will really get his team excited. Finding a theme will be ________.
easy; there are lots of themes to choose from, and it's easy to "test-drive" themes to see which one he'll like best
Nestor's English is very good, but it's not his first language. He's working on a presentation to introduce a new executive fashion line for spring. He wants to talk about the uniqueness of some of the pieces in the line, so he uses an app to find synonyms for "unusual." The app gives him "memorable," "conspicuous," and "exceptional." Which word has the best connotation for his target audience?
exceptional
Which of these can you do in the Arrange menu in PowerPoint?
flip an object horizontally or vertically
Christopher is creating a training presentation on the history of fashion for new manager candidates. Because his presentation is going to be very public, he must make sure he uses only images that fall within the Creative Commons license restriction. He really wants an elegant line drawing—something that looks like vintage Chanel—for his agenda slide. What should he do?
go to the Bing image search, choose "line drawing" in the Type menu, "Creative Commons" in the License menu, and then type "Chanel" in the search bar.
You've created your first three slides when you accidentally close the tab for Google Slides. How can you get your work back?
go to your Google Drive and look for a Slides file called Untitled
Hassan and Marla are working on a presentation together about the relationship between merchandising displays in their bookstore chain and sales. Hassan is a sales-data cruncher who needs their audience to understand the correlation between merchandising, work-hours spent and sales. Marla is a merchandising specialist who's all about design and appearance. In constructing their presentation, what's the best way for them to collaborate`?
have Marla add some design to the data slides to make them easier to follow while both Hassan and Marla check the slides about merchandising to make sure they align with the data factually and thematically
