Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 207 · 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.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) look at your notes (b) start packing up (c) listen till they finish (d) interrupt them
2. 2.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) arguing angrily (c) answering only friends (d) admitting you don’t know
3. 3.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
4. 4.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🙋 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
6. 6.🙋 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
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.🙋 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
9. 9.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) thanking the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) staying calm
10. 10.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) answering only friends (d) keeping answers short
11. 11.🙋 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
12. 12.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) guess and answer (c) politely ask again (d) pretend you heard
13. 13.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) quick and amazing (c) questions and answers (d) queue and arrive
14. 14.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
15. 15.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) ignore the question (c) make up an answer (d) say you will find out
16. 16.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
17. 17.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) answer only friends (b) shout over them (c) take them one by one (d) ignore them all
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Could you please repeat the question?” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
20. 20.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) interrupting the asker (c) making up an answer (d) answering only friends
22. 22.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) arguing angrily (c) a ten-minute answer (d) interrupting the asker
24. 24.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
26. 26.🙋 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
27. 27.🙋 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
28. 28.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) answering only friends (c) thanking the asker (d) admitting you don’t know
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) arguing angrily (c) keeping answers short (d) looking at everyone
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) rolling your eyes (c) answering only friends (d) repeating the question
34. 34.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (b) “Happy now?” (c) “Does that help?” (d) “Any more silly ones?”
37. 37.🙋 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
38. 38.🙋 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
39. 39.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) making up an answer (c) rolling your eyes (d) a ten-minute answer
40. 40.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit

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