Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 492 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) rolling your eyes (c) staying calm (d) arguing angrily
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) arguing angrily (c) making up an answer (d) interrupting the asker
3. 3.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) thanking the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) answering only friends
4. 4.🙋 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) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
5. 5.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) staying calm (c) admitting you don’t know (d) rolling your eyes
6. 6.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) making up an answer (c) rolling your eyes (d) arguing angrily
8. 8.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
10. 10.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) interrupt them (b) listen till they finish (c) look at your notes (d) start packing up
11. 11.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Does that help?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”
12. 12.🙋 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
13. 13.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) answering only friends (c) admitting you don’t know (d) looking at everyone
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) thanking the asker (c) answering only friends (d) looking at everyone
15. 15.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
16. 16.🙋 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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) looking at everyone (c) repeating the question (d) staying calm
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🙋 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
22. 22.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) pretend you heard (b) walk away (c) guess and answer (d) politely ask again
23. 23.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) repeating the question (c) keeping answers short (d) admitting you don’t know
26. 26.🙋 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
27. 27.🙋 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
28. 28.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
30. 30.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) interrupting the asker (c) thanking the asker (d) looking at everyone
32. 32.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) repeating the question (c) making up an answer (d) looking at everyone
34. 34.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) a ten-minute answer (c) arguing angrily (d) keeping answers short
37. 37.🙋 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
38. 38.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) answer only friends (b) take them one by one (c) ignore them all (d) shout over them

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