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Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 430 · 40 questions
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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.

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

Answer key

  1. staying calm
  2. “Does that help?”
  3. thank the asker
  4. thank the asker
  5. a poor Q&A habit
  6. a good Q&A habit
  7. thanking the asker
  8. a good Q&A habit
  9. an impolite reply
  10. a good Q&A habit
  11. an impolite reply
  12. take them one by one
  13. listen to the question
  14. True
  15. interrupting the asker
  16. a poor Q&A habit
  17. True
  18. admitting you don’t know
  19. True
  20. a poor Q&A habit
  21. True
  22. say you will find out
  23. answering only friends
  24. arguing angrily
  25. questions and answers
  26. a polite reply
  27. a poor Q&A habit
  28. an impolite reply
  29. listen to the question
  30. a polite reply
  31. staying calm
  32. an impolite reply
  33. True
  34. listen to the question
  35. a good Q&A habit
  36. a poor Q&A habit
  37. repeating the question
  38. a poor Q&A habit
  39. a polite reply
  40. a good Q&A habit

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