Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 385 · 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.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) answering only friends (c) admitting you don’t know (d) making up an answer
4. 4.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) answering only friends (c) interrupting the asker (d) looking at everyone
6. 6.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) thanking the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) admitting you don’t know
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
9. 9.🙋 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) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
12. 12.🙋 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) arguing angrily (d) admitting you don’t know
14. 14.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
15. 15.🙋 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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) repeating the question (c) answering only friends (d) making up an answer
17. 17.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) repeating the question (c) staying calm (d) making up an answer
19. 19.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good 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.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) a ten-minute answer (c) answering only friends (d) interrupting the asker
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) ignore them all (b) take them one by one (c) shout over them (d) answer only friends
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) interrupting the asker (c) keeping answers short (d) a ten-minute answer
27. 27.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) ignore the question (c) say you will find out (d) make up an answer
30. 30.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
31. 31.🙋 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
32. 32.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🙋 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
34. 34.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) staying calm (c) making up an answer (d) looking at everyone
35. 35.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) looking at everyone (c) repeating the question (d) a ten-minute answer
36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) rolling your eyes
38. 38.🙋 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
39. 39.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) staying calm (c) interrupting the asker (d) making up an answer

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