Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 106 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Listen, thank, answer, check): Steps: 1 listen to the whole question, 2 thank the asker, 3 answer briefly, 4 check if it helped. Polite: “Great question — thank you.”, “I am not sure, but I will find out.”, “Could you please repeat the question?” Impolite: “That is a silly question.”, “I already said that.”, “Ask someone else.” Take questions one by one, fairly.

1. 1.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or check if it helped? (a) thank the asker (b) check if it helped
2. 2.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
3. 3.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or listen to the question? (a) answer briefly (b) listen to the question
5. 5.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or listen to the question? (a) thank the asker (b) listen to the question
7. 7.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
9. 9.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) thanking the asker (c) staying calm (d) making up an answer
10. 10.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) admitting you don’t know (c) a ten-minute answer (d) looking at everyone
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) thanking the asker (c) admitting you don’t know (d) looking at everyone
12. 12.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
13. 13.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) interrupt them (b) start packing up (c) listen till they finish (d) look at your notes
14. 14.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
15. 15.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
16. 16.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: listen to the question or check if it helped? (a) listen to the question (b) check if it helped
17. 17.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) repeating the question (c) interrupting the asker (d) thanking the asker
19. 19.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) staying calm (c) repeating the question (d) thanking the asker
21. 21.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Could you please repeat the question?” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
22. 22.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) shout over them (b) take them one by one (c) ignore them all (d) answer only friends
23. 23.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) politely ask again (b) walk away (c) pretend you heard (d) guess and answer
24. 24.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
25. 25.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: check if it helped or answer briefly? (a) check if it helped (b) answer briefly
26. 26.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
27. 27.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) looking at everyone (c) answering only friends (d) keeping answers short
29. 29.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or check if it helped? (a) answer briefly (b) check if it helped
30. 30.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
32. 32.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) interrupting the asker (c) repeating the question (d) looking at everyone
33. 33.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
35. 35.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
36. 36.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) arguing angrily (c) making up an answer (d) a ten-minute answer
37. 37.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: check if it helped or thank the asker? (a) check if it helped (b) thank the asker
38. 38.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
39. 39.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) thanking the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) making up an answer

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