Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 270 · 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) rolling your eyes (b) a ten-minute answer (c) making up an answer (d) staying calm
2. 2.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) keeping answers short (d) arguing angrily
3. 3.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) questions and answers (b) quiz and award (c) queue and arrive (d) quick and amazing
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.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) arguing angrily (c) thanking the asker (d) making up an answer
7. 7.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Does that help?”
9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) staying calm (c) rolling your eyes (d) answering only friends
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) keeping answers short (c) answering only friends (d) staying calm
13. 13.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) say you will find out (b) laugh at the asker (c) ignore the question (d) make up an answer
14. 14.🙋 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
15. 15.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🙋 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
17. 17.🙋 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
18. 18.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) guess and answer (b) pretend you heard (c) walk away (d) politely ask again
19. 19.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) look at your notes (b) interrupt them (c) start packing up (d) listen till they finish
21. 21.🙋 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
22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) making up an answer (c) thanking the asker (d) admitting you don’t know
24. 24.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🙋 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
26. 26.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
28. 28.🙋 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
29. 29.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) repeating the question (c) a ten-minute answer (d) answering only friends
32. 32.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
33. 33.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
34. 34.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) answer only friends (c) ignore them all (d) shout over them
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) thanking the asker (c) interrupting the asker (d) repeating the question
37. 37.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
38. 38.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) answering only friends (c) arguing angrily (d) a ten-minute answer
40. 40.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True

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