Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 274 · 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) making up an answer (c) answering only friends (d) thanking the asker
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) answering only friends (c) arguing angrily (d) staying calm
4. 4.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) repeating the question (c) answering only friends (d) staying calm
6. 6.🙋 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
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
10. 10.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) interrupt them (b) start packing up (c) listen till they finish (d) look at your notes
11. 11.🙋 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
12. 12.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
13. 13.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (b) “Happy now?” (c) “Any more silly ones?” (d) “Does that help?”
16. 16.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) repeating the question (c) arguing angrily (d) looking at everyone
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) a ten-minute answer (c) keeping answers short (d) making up an answer
18. 18.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
20. 20.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) admitting you don’t know (d) answering only friends
21. 21.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) rolling your eyes (c) answering only friends (d) interrupting the asker
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 is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) interrupting the asker (c) looking at everyone (d) admitting you don’t know
25. 25.🙋 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
26. 26.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
27. 27.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
28. 28.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
30. 30.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) answer only friends (b) ignore them all (c) shout over them (d) take them one by one
31. 31.🙋 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) making up an answer (c) rolling your eyes (d) admitting you don’t know
33. 33.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
34. 34.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
35. 35.🙋 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
36. 36.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
37. 37.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) ignore the question (b) laugh at the asker (c) make up an answer (d) say you will find out
38. 38.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) politely ask again (b) pretend you heard (c) guess and answer (d) walk away
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) repeating the question (c) answering only friends (d) rolling your eyes
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) keeping answers short (c) making up an answer (d) looking at everyone

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