Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 291 · 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.🙋 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
2. 2.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: check if it helped or listen to the question? (a) check if it helped (b) listen to the question
3. 3.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🙋 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
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) a ten-minute answer (c) looking at everyone (d) repeating the question
6. 6.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) interrupt them (b) listen till they finish (c) look at your notes (d) start packing up
8. 8.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) making up an answer (c) looking at everyone (d) repeating the question
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) questions and answers (b) queue and arrive (c) quiz and award (d) quick and amazing
12. 12.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) politely ask again (b) walk away (c) guess and answer (d) pretend you heard
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) answering only friends (c) interrupting the asker (d) admitting you don’t know
14. 14.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) a ten-minute answer (c) thanking the asker (d) admitting you don’t know
15. 15.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
17. 17.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) repeating the question (c) arguing angrily (d) answering only friends
20. 20.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) staying calm (c) interrupting the asker (d) thanking the asker
21. 21.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) thanking the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) a ten-minute answer
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (b) “Does that help?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Any more silly ones?”
26. 26.🙋 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
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) thanking the asker (c) interrupting the asker (d) rolling your eyes
28. 28.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
29. 29.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) rolling your eyes (c) a ten-minute answer (d) answering only friends
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) interrupting the asker (c) looking at everyone (d) admitting you don’t know
32. 32.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) looking at everyone (c) answering only friends (d) interrupting the asker
33. 33.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) staying calm (c) keeping answers short (d) rolling your eyes
36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
37. 37.🙋 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
38. 38.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) thanking the asker (c) admitting you don’t know (d) repeating the question
40. 40.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True

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