Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 262 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) making up an answer (c) arguing angrily (d) a ten-minute answer
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) arguing angrily (c) answering only friends (d) repeating the question
4. 4.🙋 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
5. 5.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) answering only friends (c) rolling your eyes (d) interrupting the asker
6. 6.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) repeating the question (c) making up an answer (d) thanking the asker
9. 9.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) making up an answer (c) a ten-minute answer (d) rolling your eyes
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🙋 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
13. 13.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) make up an answer (c) ignore the question (d) say you will find out
14. 14.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) keeping answers short
15. 15.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) interrupting the asker (c) admitting you don’t know (d) thanking the asker
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) making up an answer (c) staying calm (d) keeping answers short
20. 20.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) keeping answers short (c) staying calm (d) repeating the question
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) looking at everyone (c) arguing angrily (d) a ten-minute answer
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) politely ask again (b) guess and answer (c) walk away (d) pretend you heard
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) admitting you don’t know (c) thanking the asker (d) repeating the question
26. 26.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
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.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) admitting you don’t know (c) keeping answers short (d) staying calm
29. 29.🙋 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
30. 30.🙋 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
31. 31.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
33. 33.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) looking at everyone (c) thanking the asker (d) arguing angrily
34. 34.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Happy now?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Does that help?”
35. 35.🙋 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) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
36. 36.🙋 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
37. 37.🙋 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
38. 38.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) start packing up (b) interrupt them (c) listen till they finish (d) look at your notes
39. 39.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit

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