Maria Works for ABC Marketing Research Company

question 28

Multiple Choice

Maria works for ABC Marketing Research Company. Her boss has a meeting with a new client, but his plane is running late so she decided to help out by warming up the visual projector, laying out the copies of the presentation of the client, and making coffee. Just as the clients began to arrive, her boss phoned and asked Maria to actually begin to give the oral progress report to the client until he can arrive at the meeting. He estimated he would only be a few minutes late. Maria knows nothing of the client, and the meeting is due to start in five minutes. Maria rushes into the conference room to give the report. Maria's boss is even later than he expected, so Maria continues to talk until he gets there 45 minutes late. Though Maria seemingly had no alternative to her predicament, which of the following oral presentation steps did she NOT violate?

• A) audience analysis
• B) succinct presentation
• C) presentation practice
• D) early arrival
• E) check out the room and media

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Definitions:

Cutting

A self-harm behavior involving deliberate injury to one's skin with a sharp object, often as a way to cope with emotional distress or psychological pain.

Adaptive Mechanisms

Psychological strategies that individuals use to cope with stress and maintain emotional well-being.

Identification

Perceiving the self as similar to and behaving like another person.

Introjection

The assimilation of the attributes of others.