Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 356 · 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.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) make up an answer (b) laugh at the asker (c) say you will find out (d) ignore the question
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) a ten-minute answer (c) interrupting the asker (d) keeping answers short
4. 4.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) arguing angrily (c) admitting you don’t know (d) interrupting the asker
5. 5.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
6. 6.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) a ten-minute answer (c) making up an answer (d) staying calm
7. 7.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) pretend you heard (c) politely ask again (d) guess and answer
8. 8.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a silly question.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
9. 9.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) keeping answers short (c) looking at everyone (d) interrupting the asker
10. 10.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🙋 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
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) thanking the asker (c) admitting you don’t know (d) keeping answers short
13. 13.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) arguing angrily (c) a ten-minute answer (d) looking at everyone
14. 14.🙋 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
15. 15.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) look at your notes (b) interrupt them (c) listen till they finish (d) start packing up
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.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) queue and arrive (b) quiz and award (c) questions and answers (d) quick and amazing
18. 18.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🙋 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
20. 20.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) staying calm (c) thanking the asker (d) a ten-minute answer
21. 21.🙋 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
22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
23. 23.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (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 don’t know. Next.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
25. 25.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) shout over them (b) answer only friends (c) ignore them all (d) take them one by one
26. 26.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) staying calm (c) looking at everyone (d) rolling your eyes
28. 28.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) answering only friends (c) admitting you don’t know (d) arguing angrily
30. 30.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) keeping answers short (c) answering only friends (d) staying calm
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) making up an answer
34. 34.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) making up an answer (c) answering only friends (d) interrupting the asker
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) arguing angrily (c) making up an answer (d) rolling your eyes
36. 36.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
38. 38.🙋 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
39. 39.🙋 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
40. 40.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True

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