Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 424 · 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 of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) looking at everyone (c) making up an answer (d) staying calm
2. 2.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
3. 3.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) repeating the question (c) making up an answer (d) a ten-minute answer
4. 4.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) thanking the asker (c) looking at everyone (d) interrupting the asker
6. 6.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) looking at everyone (c) answering only friends (d) repeating the question
9. 9.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) looking at everyone (c) a ten-minute answer (d) interrupting the asker
12. 12.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (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: check if it helped or answer briefly? (a) check if it helped (b) answer briefly
16. 16.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) shout over them (c) ignore them all (d) answer only friends
17. 17.🙋 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
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) quiz and award (c) questions and answers (d) queue and arrive
20. 20.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) listen till they finish (b) interrupt them (c) start packing up (d) look at your notes
21. 21.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) looking at everyone (c) rolling your eyes (d) arguing angrily
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) admitting you don’t know (c) keeping answers short (d) staying calm
24. 24.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🙋 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
26. 26.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) repeating the question (c) interrupting the asker (d) admitting you don’t know
27. 27.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
28. 28.🙋 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
29. 29.🙋 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
30. 30.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
31. 31.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
35. 35.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) admitting you don’t know (c) interrupting the asker (d) making up an answer
37. 37.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) keeping answers short (d) making up an answer
38. 38.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) arguing angrily (c) staying calm (d) rolling your eyes
39. 39.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
40. 40.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit

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