Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 283 · 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.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) answering only friends (d) keeping answers short
3. 3.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) pretend you heard (b) guess and answer (c) walk away (d) politely ask again
4. 4.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) admitting you don’t know (d) making up an answer
6. 6.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) looking at everyone (c) interrupting the asker (d) arguing angrily
8. 8.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) ignore the question (b) laugh at the asker (c) say you will find out (d) make up an answer
9. 9.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) staying calm (c) rolling your eyes (d) arguing angrily
12. 12.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) answering only friends (c) looking at everyone (d) interrupting the asker
14. 14.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) thanking the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) interrupting the asker
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) arguing angrily (c) staying calm (d) thanking the asker
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) making up an answer (c) admitting you don’t know (d) thanking the asker
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.🙋 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
20. 20.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) queue and arrive (b) quick and amazing (c) questions and answers (d) quiz and award
22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
23. 23.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) looking at everyone (c) staying calm (d) interrupting the asker
28. 28.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
29. 29.🙋 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
30. 30.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
32. 32.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) staying calm (c) arguing angrily (d) keeping answers short
33. 33.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Does that help?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”
35. 35.🙋 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
36. 36.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
37. 37.🙋 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
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
39. 39.🙋 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
40. 40.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True

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