If Your Speech or Presentation Requires the Audience to Participate

question 43

Multiple Choice

If your speech or presentation requires the audience to participate in an upcoming project,you should

• A) go directly to the question-and-answer session after you cover the main points of your speech.
• B) close your speech on a note of uncertainty.
• C) close your speech by explaining who is responsible for doing what.
• D) lead people to believe that the decision will be easy to carry out.
• E) do none of the above.

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Definitions:

Denominator Level

The activity level used to compute a predetermined overhead rate, often reflecting capacity or expected usage.

Budget Variance

The difference between budgeted figures for a set period and the actual figures achieved.

Variable Overhead Rate Variance

The difference between the actual variable overhead incurred and the standard cost allocated for the actual level of activity.

Unfavorable

A term used in budgeting and variance analysis to describe a situation where actual costs are higher than expected or budgeted costs.