Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 443 · 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: check if it helped or answer briefly? (a) check if it helped (b) answer briefly
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) arguing angrily (c) keeping answers short (d) answering only friends
3. 3.🙋 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
4. 4.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
5. 5.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) listen till they finish (b) interrupt them (c) look at your notes (d) start packing up
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) a ten-minute answer (c) answering only friends (d) thanking the asker
7. 7.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
8. 8.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) making up an answer (c) a ten-minute answer (d) admitting you don’t know
10. 10.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
12. 12.🙋 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
13. 13.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) arguing angrily (c) making up an answer (d) staying calm
15. 15.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) keeping answers short (c) staying calm (d) arguing angrily
17. 17.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) looking at everyone (c) staying calm (d) a ten-minute answer
20. 20.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) thanking the asker (c) making up an answer (d) interrupting the asker
21. 21.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) keeping answers short (c) staying calm (d) thanking the asker
22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
23. 23.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) answering only friends (c) a ten-minute answer (d) keeping answers short
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
26. 26.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
28. 28.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) say you will find out (b) make up an answer (c) ignore the question (d) laugh at the asker
30. 30.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) arguing angrily (c) answering only friends (d) rolling your eyes
31. 31.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) quiz and award (c) queue and arrive (d) questions and answers
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) repeating the question (c) staying calm (d) making up an answer
35. 35.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) rolling your eyes (c) interrupting the asker (d) looking at everyone
37. 37.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
38. 38.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
40. 40.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Does that help?” (b) “Happy now?” (c) “Any more silly ones?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”

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