Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 153 · 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: answer briefly or check if it helped? (a) answer briefly (b) check if it helped
2. 2.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) look at your notes (b) start packing up (c) listen till they finish (d) interrupt them
3. 3.🙋 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
4. 4.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) keeping answers short (c) rolling your eyes (d) thanking the asker
5. 5.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) make up an answer (b) laugh at the asker (c) ignore the question (d) say you will find out
6. 6.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
7. 7.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) queue and arrive (c) quiz and award (d) questions and answers
8. 8.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
9. 9.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
10. 10.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) shout over them (b) take them one by one (c) answer only friends (d) ignore them all
11. 11.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) admitting you don’t know (c) looking at everyone (d) staying calm
12. 12.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) interrupting the asker (c) making up an answer (d) arguing angrily
14. 14.🙋 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
15. 15.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
16. 16.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🙋 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
21. 21.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Happy now?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Does that help?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”
26. 26.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
27. 27.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) arguing angrily (c) rolling your eyes (d) a ten-minute answer
29. 29.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) staying calm (c) arguing angrily (d) keeping answers short
31. 31.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) looking at everyone (c) a ten-minute answer (d) admitting you don’t know
34. 34.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) thanking the asker (c) interrupting the asker (d) answering only friends
37. 37.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) arguing angrily (c) admitting you don’t know (d) keeping answers short
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) looking at everyone (c) repeating the question (d) admitting you don’t know
39. 39.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) repeating the question (c) keeping answers short (d) interrupting the asker

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