Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 158 · 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: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
4. 4.🙋 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
5. 5.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) ignore them all (c) shout over them (d) answer only friends
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) keeping answers short (d) rolling your eyes
8. 8.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Does that help?” (b) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (c) “Any more silly ones?” (d) “Happy now?”
13. 13.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
16. 16.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) staying calm (c) answering only friends (d) admitting you don’t know
17. 17.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) repeating the question (c) keeping answers short (d) making up an answer
19. 19.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
20. 20.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) a ten-minute answer (c) thanking the asker (d) staying calm
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) rolling your eyes (c) thanking the asker (d) admitting you don’t know
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) rolling your eyes (c) arguing angrily (d) thanking the asker
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) making up an answer (c) looking at everyone (d) thanking the asker
28. 28.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) answering only friends (c) interrupting the asker (d) looking at everyone
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) a ten-minute answer (c) interrupting the asker (d) staying calm
33. 33.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) say you will find out (b) ignore the question (c) make up an answer (d) laugh at the asker
34. 34.🙋 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
35. 35.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
37. 37.🙋 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
38. 38.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🙋 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
40. 40.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit

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