Poster Presentation (B)
Go through the part about the features of poster presentation and test your understanding by taking the following quiz!
1. Which of the following is NOT a typical structural feature of poster presentations?
- A. Greeting the audience at the beginning
- B. Self-introduction at the beginning
- C. Stating the contribution made by the research in the methodology
- D. Starting from the introduction, methodology, results to discussion
2. Which of the following is NOT a typical sentential feature of poster presentations?
- A. Use of simple sentence structure
- B. Use of complicated sentence structure
- C. Use of past tense in the methodology section
- D. Use of active voice
3. Which of the following is a typical lexical feature of poster presentations?
- A. Use of signposting devices
- B. Use of first and second personal pronouns
- C. Use of comparative and/or comparative adjectives in the results
- D. All of the above
4. What is the function of incorporating an anecdote at the beginning of poster presentations?
- A. To capture the audience’s attention and arouse their interest
- B. To let the audience understand the rationale behind the study
- C. To make the presentation more concise
- D. To extend the time of presentation
5. In poster presentations, where should we state the contribution made by the research?
- A. Introduction only
- B. Conclusion only
- C. Results and discussion
- D. Introduction and conclusion
6. Why is it important to use signposting devices?
- A. To make the content of the presentation more comprehensible
- B. To guide the audience through the presentation according to the chronological order or degree of significance
- C. To highlight the logical flow of the arguments
- D. All of the above
7. What is the function of indicating immediacy in poster presentations?
- A. To pinpoint the urgency of the issue or problem under study, as to increase the significance of the research
- B. To address the audience directly and increase interactivity with the audience
- C. To increase the value of the research and intensify the audience’s interest of the research
- D. To link the research discussion to an action in the past
8. Which of the following includes an in-group marker?
- A. Do you know how much food we waste on our campus every day?
- B. The interviewees agreed that public transportation is necessary to their daily life.
- C. I hope the research can explore the relationship between water quality and the brain development of children.
- D. We invited 10 students and 20 teachers to indicate their attitude towards exercising.
9. If we want to increase the interactivity of a poster presentation, what should we do?
- A. Use of a clear structure starting from introduction, methodology, results to discussion
- B. Use of sentences with complicated structure
- C. Use of first and second personal pronouns and questions
- D. None of the above
10. Which of the following statements about the use of tense in poster presentations is correct?
- A. We have to use present tense throughout the presentation due to consistency.
- B. We must not use future tense in any part in order to reduce confusion of the research.
- C. We can freely use different tenses to arouse the audience’s interest in the research.
- D. None of the above.
