Audience Participation Quiz

What is the role of audience members in a presentation?

• To be a critic

• To be a speaker

• To be an active listener

• To be a passive observer

What is the importance of arriving on time for a presentation?

• To show off

• To be respectful to the speaker

• To avoid the presentation

• To be fashionably late

What should audience members do when they have questions during a presentation?

• Interrupt the speaker immediately

• Wait for the speaker to indicate readiness

• Ask questions loudly

• Keep the questions to themselves

How should audience members behave when they disagree with the speaker?

• Be rude and disrespectful

• Be polite and respectful

• Ignore the speaker

• Boo the speaker

What should audience members avoid doing during a presentation?

• All of the above

• Being distracting

• Eating and drinking

• Texting and talking to others

Why is it important to applaud and thank the speaker?

• To ignore the speaker

• To show off

• To make the speaker feel uncomfortable

• To demonstrate appreciation for the speaker's time and effort

Audience participation (or just good manners) can determine whether a presentation is...

• engaging or uncomfortable.

• entertaining or boring.

• too short or too long.

• well-prepared or obviously not well-prepared.

Why are some students unaware of the norms and expectations of audience membership? Choose two correct answers.

• They may have missed out on a lot of in-person instruction during remote learning.

• Some adults do
  not exhibit professional behavior during
  presentations.

• They may have not paid attention during their teacher's presentation on how to be a good audience member.

• They were raised by wolves.

Why is being a good audience member also important regarding other audience members?

• The presentation may not feel especially relevant
  to you but could contain important
  information for someone sitting near you.
  

• It's not, other audience members control their own experiences.

• It's important that we set a good example for those around us.

• If you are loud during a presentation, other audience members might get mad and beat you up in the parking lot later.

Why is knowing how to be a good audience member just as important as knowing how to be a good presenter?

• We will spend much more of our time
  listening to presentations than giving them.

  
  

• We want to make a good impression on the speaker just in case we encounter them again later.

• There are a lot more audience members in the world than presenters.

• Being a good audience member is NOT as important as being a good presenter.