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Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 286 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) answering only friends
  2. 2.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) queue and arrive (c) quick and amazing (d) questions and answers
  3. 3.🙋 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
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) repeating the question (c) answering only friends (d) interrupting the asker
  5. 5.🙋 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
  6. 6.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) making up an answer (c) a ten-minute answer (d) interrupting the asker
  7. 7.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Happy now?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Does that help?”
  9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  10. 10.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) making up an answer (c) a ten-minute answer (d) repeating the question
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) making up an answer (c) looking at everyone (d) a ten-minute answer
  12. 12.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) shout over them (b) take them one by one (c) ignore them all (d) answer only friends
  13. 13.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
  14. 14.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) guess and answer (b) walk away (c) pretend you heard (d) politely ask again
  15. 15.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) interrupting the asker (c) staying calm (d) keeping answers short
  16. 16.🙋 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
  17. 17.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) make up an answer (b) laugh at the asker (c) ignore the question (d) say you will find out
  18. 18.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) making up an answer (c) arguing angrily (d) answering only friends
  20. 20.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  21. 21.🙋 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
  22. 22.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
  24. 24.🙋 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
  25. 25.🙋 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
  26. 26.🙋 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
  27. 27.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) arguing angrily (c) making up an answer (d) rolling your eyes
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) staying calm (c) repeating the question (d) thanking the asker
  32. 32.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
  33. 33.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) admitting you don’t know (c) arguing angrily (d) thanking the asker
  34. 34.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) interrupting the asker (c) repeating the question (d) thanking the asker
  38. 38.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) answering only friends (c) arguing angrily (d) admitting you don’t know

Answer key

  1. answering only friends
  2. questions and answers
  3. listen to the question
  4. repeating the question
  5. a polite reply
  6. keeping answers short
  7. True
  8. “Does that help?”
  9. a good Q&A habit
  10. repeating the question
  11. looking at everyone
  12. take them one by one
  13. thank the asker
  14. politely ask again
  15. interrupting the asker
  16. answer briefly
  17. say you will find out
  18. a poor Q&A habit
  19. admitting you don’t know
  20. a poor Q&A habit
  21. a polite reply
  22. True
  23. thank the asker
  24. a polite reply
  25. answer briefly
  26. listen to the question
  27. False
  28. True
  29. an impolite reply
  30. keeping answers short
  31. rolling your eyes
  32. an impolite reply
  33. arguing angrily
  34. False
  35. a poor Q&A habit
  36. a good Q&A habit
  37. interrupting the asker
  38. False
  39. True
  40. admitting you don’t know

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