Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 344 · 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 already said that. Weren’t you listening?” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
2. 2.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) questions and answers (b) quick and amazing (c) quiz and award (d) queue and arrive
3. 3.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) thanking the asker (c) repeating the question (d) answering only friends
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.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or listen to the question? (a) answer briefly (b) listen to the question
6. 6.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) interrupting the asker (c) keeping answers short (d) looking at everyone
7. 7.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a great question — thank you.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
8. 8.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) staying calm (c) a ten-minute answer (d) thanking the asker
9. 9.🙋 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
10. 10.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Happy now?” (b) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (c) “Does that help?” (d) “Any more silly ones?”
11. 11.🙋 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
12. 12.🙋 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
13. 13.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
14. 14.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) keeping answers short (c) making up an answer (d) interrupting the asker
15. 15.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: check if it helped or thank the asker? (a) check if it helped (b) thank the asker
16. 16.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
17. 17.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) guess and answer (b) pretend you heard (c) walk away (d) politely ask again
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) interrupting the asker (c) looking at everyone (d) staying calm
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) keeping answers short (c) rolling your eyes (d) answering only friends
20. 20.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
21. 21.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
24. 24.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) make up an answer (c) ignore the question (d) say you will find out
25. 25.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) start packing up (b) listen till they finish (c) interrupt them (d) look at your notes
26. 26.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
27. 27.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) rolling your eyes (c) making up an answer (d) interrupting the asker
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) looking at everyone (c) repeating the question (d) making up an answer
29. 29.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
31. 31.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: listen to the question or answer briefly? (a) listen to the question (b) answer briefly
32. 32.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) keeping answers short (c) staying calm (d) looking at everyone
34. 34.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) staying calm (c) looking at everyone (d) keeping answers short
35. 35.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
36. 36.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🙋 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
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
39. 39.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) a ten-minute answer (d) admitting you don’t know
40. 40.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True

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