Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 358 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) keeping answers short (c) a ten-minute answer (d) thanking the asker
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.🙋 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
4. 4.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) making up an answer (c) interrupting the asker (d) looking at everyone
5. 5.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
6. 6.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🙋 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
10. 10.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) look at your notes (b) interrupt them (c) start packing up (d) listen till they finish
11. 11.🙋 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
12. 12.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) shout over them (c) answer only friends (d) ignore them all
14. 14.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🙋 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
16. 16.🙋 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
17. 17.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) staying calm (c) rolling your eyes (d) looking at everyone
21. 21.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
23. 23.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) a ten-minute answer (c) rolling your eyes (d) looking at everyone
25. 25.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) politely ask again (b) pretend you heard (c) walk away (d) guess and answer
26. 26.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) making up an answer (c) answering only friends (d) interrupting the asker
27. 27.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) staying calm (c) thanking the asker (d) repeating the question
28. 28.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Does that help?” (b) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (c) “Any more silly ones?” (d) “Happy now?”
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) making up an answer (d) admitting you don’t know
31. 31.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.🙋 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
34. 34.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) thanking the asker (c) staying calm (d) answering only friends
35. 35.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
36. 36.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) staying calm (c) arguing angrily (d) keeping answers short
37. 37.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
39. 39.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
40. 40.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) making up an answer (c) looking at everyone (d) repeating the question

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