Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 437 · 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) keeping answers short (b) arguing angrily (c) rolling your eyes (d) making up an answer
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a great question — thank you.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
4. 4.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
5. 5.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) interrupt them (b) start packing up (c) listen till they finish (d) look at your notes
7. 7.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🙋 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
9. 9.🙋 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
10. 10.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) questions and answers (c) queue and arrive (d) quick and amazing
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.🙋 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
13. 13.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
14. 14.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) admitting you don’t know (c) repeating the question (d) interrupting the asker
15. 15.🙋 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
16. 16.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
17. 17.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) answering only friends
20. 20.🙋 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
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) answering only friends (c) making up an answer (d) a ten-minute answer
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) repeating the question (c) interrupting the asker (d) keeping answers short
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) staying calm (c) interrupting the asker (d) a ten-minute answer
25. 25.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) politely ask again (c) guess and answer (d) pretend you heard
26. 26.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) keeping answers short (c) making up an answer (d) repeating the question
27. 27.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
30. 30.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) arguing angrily (c) looking at everyone (d) answering only friends
32. 32.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Happy now?” (b) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (c) “Does that help?” (d) “Any more silly ones?”
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) keeping answers short (c) thanking the asker (d) making up an answer
34. 34.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
35. 35.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) repeating the question (c) arguing angrily (d) staying calm
36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
37. 37.🙋 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
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
39. 39.🙋 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
40. 40.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) arguing angrily (c) answering only friends (d) looking at everyone

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