Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 112 · 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) making up an answer (b) staying calm (c) admitting you don’t know (d) repeating the question
2. 2.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
3. 3.🙋 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
4. 4.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) queue and arrive (c) quiz and award (d) questions and answers
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) arguing angrily (c) making up an answer (d) thanking the asker
6. 6.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) arguing angrily (c) keeping answers short (d) rolling your eyes
7. 7.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) answering only friends (c) thanking the asker (d) repeating the question
9. 9.🙋 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
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) interrupting the asker (c) answering only friends (d) rolling your eyes
11. 11.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) start packing up (b) listen till they finish (c) interrupt them (d) look at your notes
12. 12.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) answer only friends (c) ignore them all (d) shout over them
13. 13.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) admitting you don’t know (c) a ten-minute answer (d) making up an answer
15. 15.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
16. 16.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (c) “Does that help?” (d) “Happy now?”
17. 17.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a silly question.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.🙋 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
20. 20.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I don’t know. Next.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
23. 23.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
26. 26.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) thanking the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) a ten-minute answer
27. 27.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
29. 29.🙋 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
30. 30.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) arguing angrily (c) repeating the question (d) rolling your eyes
32. 32.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
33. 33.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) politely ask again (b) pretend you heard (c) guess and answer (d) walk away
35. 35.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) admitting you don’t know (c) making up an answer (d) keeping answers short
36. 36.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) staying calm (c) looking at everyone (d) repeating the question
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
39. 39.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) make up an answer (b) ignore the question (c) laugh at the asker (d) say you will find out

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