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Which of the following is a major effect of slides on a technical presentation?
Which of the following is a major effect of slides on a technical presentation?
- Delivery by the presenter
- Focus of the presentation
- Comprehension of the content by the audience
- References cited during the talk (correct)
What was not identified by engineers and scientists as one of the biggest problems with slides?
What was not identified by engineers and scientists as one of the biggest problems with slides?
- Lack of color—boring black and white scenes (correct)
- Too much clutter
- Too many words
- Type too small
What did Sweller discover about how people learn when viewing text while a speaker is talking?
What did Sweller discover about how people learn when viewing text while a speaker is talking?
- Cognitive overload occurs if the presenter shows too many words. (correct)
- Dazzling animations lead to more comprehension.
- Bullet lists are processed more readily than graphics.
- Audiences fall asleep if slides are in black and white.
Which of the following is not true about PowerPoint’s defaults?
Which of the following is not true about PowerPoint’s defaults?
Which of the following is not one of the key principles of the assertion-evidence approach to engineering presentation?
Which of the following is not one of the key principles of the assertion-evidence approach to engineering presentation?