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Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 538 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🙋 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
  2. 2.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🙋 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
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) repeating the question (c) interrupting the asker (d) thanking the asker
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) staying calm (c) a ten-minute answer (d) interrupting the asker
  6. 6.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) looking at everyone (c) rolling your eyes (d) answering only friends
  8. 8.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  10. 10.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  12. 12.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) interrupting the asker (c) keeping answers short (d) arguing angrily
  13. 13.🙋 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
  14. 14.🙋 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
  15. 15.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🙋 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
  17. 17.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) pretend you heard (b) walk away (c) politely ask again (d) guess and answer
  18. 18.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🙋 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
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) repeating the question (c) a ten-minute answer (d) looking at everyone
  22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  23. 23.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) rolling your eyes (c) repeating the question (d) staying calm
  25. 25.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  26. 26.🙋 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
  27. 27.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) thanking the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) interrupting the asker
  29. 29.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) rolling your eyes (c) admitting you don’t know (d) a ten-minute answer
  30. 30.🙋 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
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) rolling your eyes (c) making up an answer (d) repeating the question
  32. 32.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  33. 33.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) a ten-minute answer (c) arguing angrily (d) answering only friends
  34. 34.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  37. 37.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  39. 39.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) quick and amazing (c) questions and answers (d) queue and arrive
  40. 40.🙋 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

Answer key

  1. listen to the question
  2. True
  3. a polite reply
  4. interrupting the asker
  5. staying calm
  6. an impolite reply
  7. looking at everyone
  8. False
  9. a good Q&A habit
  10. True
  11. a poor Q&A habit
  12. keeping answers short
  13. a polite reply
  14. a polite reply
  15. True
  16. say you will find out
  17. politely ask again
  18. True
  19. False
  20. answer briefly
  21. a ten-minute answer
  22. a good Q&A habit
  23. a poor Q&A habit
  24. rolling your eyes
  25. a poor Q&A habit
  26. an impolite reply
  27. a polite reply
  28. thanking the asker
  29. admitting you don’t know
  30. listen to the question
  31. repeating the question
  32. a good Q&A habit
  33. thanking the asker
  34. False
  35. False
  36. a good Q&A habit
  37. a poor Q&A habit
  38. a good Q&A habit
  39. questions and answers
  40. listen to the question

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