Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 453 · 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: answer briefly or check if it helped? (a) answer briefly (b) check if it helped
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) staying calm (c) interrupting the asker (d) making up an answer
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) a ten-minute answer (c) thanking the asker (d) rolling your eyes
5. 5.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
6. 6.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) arguing angrily (c) staying calm (d) answering only friends
7. 7.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (b) “Happy now?” (c) “Any more silly ones?” (d) “Does that help?”
8. 8.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) queue and arrive (b) quick and amazing (c) questions and answers (d) quiz and award
9. 9.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a silly question.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
11. 11.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
12. 12.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) looking at everyone (c) interrupting the asker (d) a ten-minute answer
13. 13.🙋 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
14. 14.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🙋 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
20. 20.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) repeating the question (c) keeping answers short (d) interrupting the asker
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) answering only friends (c) repeating the question (d) keeping answers short
26. 26.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) making up an answer (c) interrupting the asker (d) repeating the question
27. 27.🙋 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
28. 28.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
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.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) a ten-minute answer (c) keeping answers short (d) making up an answer
31. 31.🙋 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
32. 32.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) thanking the asker (c) making up an answer (d) answering only friends
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) admitting you don’t know (c) staying calm (d) making up an answer
34. 34.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
35. 35.🙋 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
36. 36.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) interrupting the asker (d) repeating the question
38. 38.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🙋 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
40. 40.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False

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