Academic Poster (C)
Go through the part about the multimodal features of academic poster and test your understanding by taking the following quiz!
1. Academic posters are usually in IMRD structure because:
- A. this is compulsory.
- B. this makes the poster look more attractive.
- C. this makes the poster look more professional.
- D. research papers are also usually in IMRD structure.
2. Complex & lengthy sentences are avoided because:
- A. they draw too much attention from the audience.
- B. shorter sentences take less time to read and are easy to understand.
- C. they increase the chances of making mistakes.
- D. they provide too much elaboration about certain points.
3. Point forms are used to:
- A. make the poster easier to read.
- B. allow more space for long sentences.
- C. make the poster look more like PowerPoint slides.
- D. highlight certain points on the posters.
4. Graphs, maps, and charts are usually included in an academic poster because:
- A. they demonstrate the effort of the poster designer.
- B. they allow the audience to understand the theories and/or data more easily.
- C. they take up space.
- D. None of the above.
5. Vertical columns and vectors are used to:
- A. break the traditional way of English reading.
- B. break the consistency of the poster.
- C. guide the audience to read the posters in a particular order.
- D. make the posters stand out.
6. Numbers/frame markers before subheadings do NOT help:
- A. highlight the content in one glance.
- B. open a new topic.
- C. give different level of importance to different sections.
- D. illustrate the order of text.
7. Which of the following is/are the reason(s) that left-right, top-bottom, triptych, and quadriptych arrangement is used?
- A. It classifies information into different levels of importance.
- B. It follows traditional way of reading English texts.
- C. It shows the audience the logical connections among various sections.
- D. All of the above.
