Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 448 · 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.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
3. 3.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
5. 5.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) arguing angrily (c) looking at everyone (d) staying calm
6. 6.🙋 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
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) rolling your eyes (c) keeping answers short (d) making up an answer
9. 9.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) arguing angrily (c) looking at everyone (d) interrupting the asker
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.🙋 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) admitting you don’t know (c) answering only friends (d) keeping answers short
13. 13.🙋 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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) looking at everyone (c) thanking the asker (d) keeping answers short
15. 15.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) make up an answer (c) say you will find out (d) ignore the question
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) repeating the question (c) looking at everyone (d) admitting you don’t know
18. 18.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) interrupting the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) staying calm
20. 20.🙋 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
21. 21.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) ignore them all (c) answer only friends (d) shout over them
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) making up an answer (c) admitting you don’t know (d) interrupting the asker
23. 23.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
24. 24.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
26. 26.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) rolling your eyes (c) repeating the question (d) making up an answer
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) a ten-minute answer (c) interrupting the asker (d) answering only friends
28. 28.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
29. 29.🙋 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
30. 30.🙋 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
31. 31.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
33. 33.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) staying calm (c) admitting you don’t know (d) answering only friends
34. 34.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
36. 36.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) looking at everyone (c) admitting you don’t know (d) interrupting the asker
37. 37.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) staying calm (c) a ten-minute answer (d) making up an answer
40. 40.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False

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