Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 501 · 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.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
2. 2.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
4. 4.🙋 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
5. 5.🙋 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) answering only friends (c) rolling your eyes (d) interrupting the asker
7. 7.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) pretend you heard (c) guess and answer (d) politely ask again
8. 8.🙋 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
9. 9.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) a ten-minute answer (c) looking at everyone (d) making up an answer
11. 11.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) making up an answer (d) repeating the question
13. 13.🙋 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
14. 14.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) ignore them all (b) take them one by one (c) answer only friends (d) shout over them
15. 15.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: listen to the question or answer briefly? (a) listen to the question (b) answer briefly
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) admitting you don’t know (c) rolling your eyes (d) looking at everyone
17. 17.🙋 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
18. 18.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
19. 19.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) keeping answers short (c) thanking the asker (d) interrupting the asker
20. 20.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
21. 21.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) quick and amazing (c) queue and arrive (d) questions and answers
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.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
27. 27.🙋 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
28. 28.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Does that help?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”
29. 29.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
30. 30.🙋 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
31. 31.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
32. 32.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) arguing angrily (c) admitting you don’t know (d) repeating the question
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) answering only friends (c) admitting you don’t know (d) thanking the asker
35. 35.🙋 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
36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
37. 37.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
39. 39.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) staying calm (c) rolling your eyes (d) interrupting the asker

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