Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 191 · 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.🙋 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
2. 2.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
4. 4.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
5. 5.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
7. 7.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
8. 8.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) queue and arrive (c) questions and answers (d) quick and amazing
9. 9.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
10. 10.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) rolling your eyes (c) staying calm (d) thanking the asker
11. 11.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) a ten-minute answer (c) keeping answers short (d) rolling your eyes
13. 13.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) keeping answers short (c) staying calm (d) thanking the asker
15. 15.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🙋 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
17. 17.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) repeating the question (c) arguing angrily (d) staying calm
18. 18.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) thanking the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) answering only friends
20. 20.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) make up an answer (c) say you will find out (d) ignore the question
21. 21.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) arguing angrily (c) interrupting the asker (d) staying calm
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) thanking the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) looking at everyone
26. 26.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: listen to the question or answer briefly? (a) listen to the question (b) answer briefly
27. 27.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) interrupting the asker (c) staying calm (d) repeating the question
28. 28.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) thanking the asker (c) answering only friends (d) staying calm
30. 30.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) ignore them all (b) take them one by one (c) shout over them (d) answer only friends
31. 31.🙋 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
32. 32.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🙋 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) looking at everyone
36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
37. 37.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
38. 38.🙋 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
39. 39.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or listen to the question? (a) answer briefly (b) listen to the question
40. 40.🙋 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

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