Academic Poster (A)
Go through the introduction of academic poster and test your understanding by taking the following quiz!
1. Academic posters can be regarded as a _ genre.
- A. research
- B. literary
- C. music
- D. film
2. Academic posters include:
- A. only texts.
- B. only images.
- C. only graphs.
- D. texts, images and graphs.
3. Which of these are NOT found in a printed academic poster?
- A. Images.
- B. Semiotic features.
- C. Videos and GIFs.
- D. Graphs & maps.
4. Academic posters are:
- A. a series of 3D holograms.
- B. a set of slides.
- C. a part of a video tape/ film.
- D. a 2D visual display.
5. What distinguishes academic posters from other research genres?
- A. Academic posters contain multimodal characteristics.
- B. Academic posters can be of IMRD structure.
- C. Academic posters contain written texts.
- D. The findings shown on academic posters are more reliable.
6. According to Swales & Feak (2000), most researchers would choose _ as a form of presentation in conferences.
- A. Spread sheets
- B. Word documents
- C. Videos
- D. Powerpoint slides
7. Why did Swales (2000) believe that it is hard for academic poster to find its place in traditional conference presentation?
- A. Posters are too easy to make.
- B. Posters are only used by PhD students.
- C. Posters contain elements such as photos that may distract readers.
- D. None of the above.
8. Recently, universities have started treating academic posters as:
- A. a teaching & evaluation device.
- B. an unprofessional academic genre.
- C. a genre no longer used or appreciated.
- D. None of the above.
