Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 127 · 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.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
2. 2.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) staying calm (c) making up an answer (d) interrupting the asker
3. 3.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) politely ask again (b) pretend you heard (c) walk away (d) guess and answer
4. 4.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
5. 5.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) making up an answer (c) arguing angrily (d) admitting you don’t know
6. 6.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) admitting you don’t know (c) making up an answer (d) repeating the question
8. 8.🙋 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) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
9. 9.🙋 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
10. 10.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
12. 12.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a great question — thank you.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
13. 13.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
14. 14.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🙋 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
16. 16.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) answering only friends (c) making up an answer (d) looking at everyone
17. 17.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🙋 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
20. 20.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a silly question.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
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.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) keeping answers short (c) admitting you don’t know (d) looking at everyone
23. 23.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) a ten-minute answer (c) arguing angrily (d) looking at everyone
25. 25.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) making up an answer (c) a ten-minute answer (d) answering only friends
27. 27.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🙋 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
30. 30.🙋 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
31. 31.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Does that help?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”
34. 34.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) ignore them all (b) answer only friends (c) shout over them (d) take them one by one
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) a ten-minute answer (c) thanking the asker (d) interrupting the asker
37. 37.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🙋 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
39. 39.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) questions and answers (b) queue and arrive (c) quiz and award (d) quick and amazing
40. 40.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) admitting you don’t know (c) thanking the asker (d) answering only friends

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