Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 325 · 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? “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
2. 2.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) admitting you don’t know (c) thanking the asker (d) keeping answers short
3. 3.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Does that help?”
5. 5.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) answer only friends (b) shout over them (c) ignore them all (d) take them one by one
7. 7.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Could you please repeat the question?” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
8. 8.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
9. 9.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
12. 12.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) answering only friends (c) interrupting the asker (d) making up an answer
13. 13.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
14. 14.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
15. 15.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) ignore the question (b) make up an answer (c) laugh at the asker (d) say you will find out
16. 16.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) making up an answer (c) admitting you don’t know (d) answering only friends
18. 18.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
19. 19.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
20. 20.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
21. 21.🙋 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
22. 22.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) queue and arrive (c) questions and answers (d) quiz and award
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) making up an answer (c) a ten-minute answer (d) answering only friends
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.🙋 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
26. 26.🙋 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
27. 27.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) staying calm (c) rolling your eyes (d) arguing angrily
28. 28.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) thanking the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) a ten-minute answer
29. 29.🙋 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
30. 30.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
31. 31.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) interrupting the asker (c) staying calm (d) keeping answers short
34. 34.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) answering only friends (c) arguing angrily (d) interrupting the asker
37. 37.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) thanking the asker (c) a ten-minute answer (d) looking at everyone
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) interrupting the asker (c) repeating the question (d) thanking the asker
39. 39.🙋 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
40. 40.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False

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