Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 502 · 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? “I don’t know. Next.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
2. 2.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) arguing angrily (c) making up an answer (d) staying calm
4. 4.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
5. 5.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) making up an answer (c) looking at everyone (d) answering only friends
7. 7.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Happy now?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Does that help?”
8. 8.🙋 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
9. 9.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) ignore the question (b) say you will find out (c) make up an answer (d) laugh at the asker
11. 11.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) looking at everyone (c) rolling your eyes (d) making up an answer
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) interrupting the asker (c) thanking the asker (d) admitting you don’t know
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) repeating the question (b) thanking the asker (c) admitting you don’t know (d) a ten-minute answer
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) repeating the question (c) a ten-minute answer (d) interrupting the asker
16. 16.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) staying calm (c) keeping answers short (d) rolling your eyes
18. 18.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
20. 20.🙋 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
21. 21.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) looking at everyone (c) answering only friends (d) admitting you don’t know
22. 22.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) interrupt them (b) start packing up (c) listen till they finish (d) look at your notes
23. 23.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) guess and answer (b) pretend you heard (c) politely ask again (d) walk away
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) making up an answer (c) arguing angrily (d) keeping answers short
25. 25.🙋 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
26. 26.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) questions and answers (b) quick and amazing (c) quiz and award (d) queue and arrive
27. 27.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🙋 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
29. 29.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) shout over them (c) answer only friends (d) ignore them all
31. 31.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
34. 34.🙋 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
35. 35.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
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.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) keeping answers short (c) repeating the question (d) admitting you don’t know
39. 39.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) a ten-minute answer (d) staying calm
40. 40.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True

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