Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 252 · 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.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) making up an answer (c) staying calm (d) interrupting the asker
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.🙋 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
4. 4.🙋 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
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) admitting you don’t know
6. 6.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) answering only friends (c) making up an answer (d) interrupting the asker
9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (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? “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) thanking the asker (c) repeating the question (d) making up an answer
12. 12.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) shout over them (b) answer only friends (c) ignore them all (d) take them one by one
14. 14.🙋 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
15. 15.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🙋 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
17. 17.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) making up an answer (c) answering only friends (d) repeating the question
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) staying calm (c) keeping answers short (d) answering only friends
19. 19.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
21. 21.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) queue and arrive (c) quiz and award (d) questions and answers
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) looking at everyone (c) answering only friends (d) interrupting the asker
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🙋 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
27. 27.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
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: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) admitting you don’t know (c) looking at everyone (d) interrupting the asker
34. 34.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) rolling your eyes (c) admitting you don’t know (d) interrupting the asker
35. 35.🙋 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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) a ten-minute answer (c) repeating the question (d) admitting you don’t know
37. 37.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) arguing angrily (c) a ten-minute answer (d) interrupting the asker
39. 39.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🙋 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

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