Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 110 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) answering only friends (c) interrupting the asker (d) a ten-minute answer
2. 2.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Happy now?” (c) “Does that help?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”
3. 3.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) keeping answers short (c) looking at everyone (d) interrupting the asker
4. 4.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
5. 5.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
6. 6.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) keeping answers short (c) making up an answer (d) rolling your eyes
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) repeating the question (c) making up an answer (d) a ten-minute answer
9. 9.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a great question — thank you.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) pretend you heard (c) guess and answer (d) politely ask again
12. 12.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) listen till they finish (b) start packing up (c) interrupt them (d) look at your notes
13. 13.🙋 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
14. 14.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
15. 15.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) staying calm (c) answering only friends (d) arguing angrily
16. 16.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) rolling your eyes (c) a ten-minute answer (d) making up an answer
17. 17.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) admitting you don’t know (c) staying calm (d) making up an answer
18. 18.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
19. 19.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) ignore them all (b) shout over them (c) answer only friends (d) take them one by one
20. 20.🙋 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
21. 21.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) admitting you don’t know (c) repeating the question (d) staying calm
22. 22.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Could you please repeat the question?” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
23. 23.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: check if it helped or listen to the question? (a) check if it helped (b) listen to the question
24. 24.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
26. 26.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
27. 27.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I don’t know. Next.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
28. 28.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) answering only friends (c) admitting you don’t know (d) staying calm
30. 30.🙋 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
31. 31.🙋 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
32. 32.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
33. 33.🙋 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
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) a ten-minute answer (d) staying calm
35. 35.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) queue and arrive (c) quick and amazing (d) questions and answers
36. 36.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: listen to the question or thank the asker? (a) listen to the question (b) thank the asker
37. 37.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) admitting you don’t know (c) answering only friends (d) keeping answers short
38. 38.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
40. 40.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) making up an answer (c) keeping answers short (d) rolling your eyes

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