Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 465 · 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.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
2. 2.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
3. 3.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: listen to the question or check if it helped? (a) listen to the question (b) check if it helped
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) answering only friends (c) interrupting the asker (d) arguing angrily
6. 6.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) repeating the question (c) looking at everyone (d) keeping answers short
9. 9.🙋 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
10. 10.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
12. 12.🙋 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) interrupting the asker (c) keeping answers short (d) repeating the question
14. 14.🙋 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) repeating the question (d) arguing angrily
16. 16.🙋 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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) answering only friends (c) keeping answers short (d) interrupting the asker
18. 18.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) make up an answer (b) ignore the question (c) laugh at the asker (d) say you will find out
19. 19.🙋 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
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) repeating the question (c) looking at everyone (d) making up an answer
21. 21.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) questions and answers (b) queue and arrive (c) quiz and award (d) quick and amazing
22. 22.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) arguing angrily (c) thanking the asker (d) rolling your eyes
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) rolling your eyes (c) thanking the asker (d) keeping answers short
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) looking at everyone (c) answering only friends (d) repeating the question
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) thanking the asker (c) interrupting the asker (d) arguing angrily
27. 27.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) staying calm (c) making up an answer (d) repeating the question
28. 28.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
30. 30.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
31. 31.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) looking at everyone (c) keeping answers short (d) a ten-minute answer
33. 33.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) a ten-minute answer (c) interrupting the asker (d) keeping answers short
35. 35.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
36. 36.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) ignore them all (b) shout over them (c) answer only friends (d) take them one by one
38. 38.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) admitting you don’t know (c) thanking the asker (d) arguing angrily
39. 39.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
40. 40.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit

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