Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 390 · 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.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
2. 2.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
3. 3.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) answer only friends (c) ignore them all (d) shout over them
4. 4.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
5. 5.🙋 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
6. 6.🙋 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
7. 7.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
8. 8.🙋 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
9. 9.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) making up an answer (c) arguing angrily (d) staying calm
10. 10.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) rolling your eyes (c) a ten-minute answer (d) admitting you don’t know
12. 12.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) arguing angrily (c) rolling your eyes (d) thanking the asker
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) making up an answer (c) a ten-minute answer (d) staying calm
15. 15.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
17. 17.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
18. 18.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) guess and answer (b) politely ask again (c) pretend you heard (d) walk away
19. 19.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) questions and answers (c) quick and amazing (d) queue and arrive
20. 20.🙋 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
21. 21.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) arguing angrily (c) repeating the question (d) rolling your eyes
25. 25.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) say you will find out (b) laugh at the asker (c) ignore the question (d) make up an answer
26. 26.🙋 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
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) looking at everyone (c) rolling your eyes (d) interrupting the asker
28. 28.🙋 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
29. 29.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) staying calm (c) interrupting the asker (d) keeping answers short
30. 30.🙋 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
31. 31.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) repeating the question (c) interrupting the asker (d) rolling your eyes
33. 33.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
34. 34.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) arguing angrily (c) interrupting the asker (d) making up an answer
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) staying calm (c) thanking the asker (d) looking at everyone
36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
37. 37.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
39. 39.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) admitting you don’t know (c) arguing angrily (d) looking at everyone

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