Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 445 · 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) admitting you don’t know (c) keeping answers short (d) making up an answer
2. 2.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) answer only friends (b) shout over them (c) take them one by one (d) ignore them all
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) repeating the question (c) staying calm (d) keeping answers short
4. 4.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) looking at everyone (c) admitting you don’t know (d) rolling your eyes
5. 5.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
6. 6.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) keeping answers short
7. 7.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
8. 8.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) arguing angrily (c) interrupting the asker (d) staying calm
9. 9.🙋 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
10. 10.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
11. 11.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) arguing angrily (c) staying calm (d) looking at everyone
12. 12.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) answering only friends (c) interrupting the asker (d) keeping answers short
14. 14.🙋 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
15. 15.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
16. 16.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I don’t know. Next.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
17. 17.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
18. 18.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Happy now?” (b) “Does that help?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Any more silly ones?”
19. 19.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) making up an answer (c) repeating the question (d) interrupting the asker
21. 21.🙋 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
22. 22.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) politely ask again (b) walk away (c) guess and answer (d) pretend you heard
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) admitting you don’t know (c) answering only friends (d) repeating the question
24. 24.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
25. 25.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) questions and answers (c) queue and arrive (d) quiz and award
26. 26.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) repeating the question (c) interrupting the asker (d) making up an answer
27. 27.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) ignore the question (b) make up an answer (c) say you will find out (d) laugh at the asker
28. 28.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) rolling your eyes (c) making up an answer (d) answering only friends
29. 29.🙋 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
30. 30.🙋 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
31. 31.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) staying calm (c) admitting you don’t know (d) repeating the question
33. 33.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) answering only friends (d) looking at everyone
34. 34.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
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.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) making up an answer (c) thanking the asker (d) a ten-minute answer
40. 40.🙋 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

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