Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 543 · 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? “That is a silly question.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
2. 2.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Happy now?” (b) “Does that help?” (c) “Any more silly ones?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”
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.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
5. 5.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) ignore the question (c) say you will find out (d) make up an answer
6. 6.🙋 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
7. 7.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite 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.🙋 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) repeating the question (c) interrupting the asker (d) making up an answer
12. 12.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) making up an answer (c) admitting you don’t know (d) looking at everyone
13. 13.🙋 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
14. 14.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) making up an answer (c) a ten-minute answer (d) keeping answers short
15. 15.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) interrupt them (b) look at your notes (c) listen till they finish (d) start packing up
16. 16.🙋 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
17. 17.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) answering only friends (c) rolling your eyes (d) keeping answers short
20. 20.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
21. 21.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) repeating the question (c) admitting you don’t know (d) thanking the asker
24. 24.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
25. 25.🙋 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
26. 26.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) staying calm (c) admitting you don’t know (d) a ten-minute answer
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) making up an answer (c) looking at everyone (d) rolling your eyes
29. 29.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) rolling your eyes (c) arguing angrily (d) interrupting the asker
30. 30.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
33. 33.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
34. 34.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
35. 35.🙋 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
36. 36.🙋 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
37. 37.🙋 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
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) answering only friends (c) making up an answer (d) thanking the asker
39. 39.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) shout over them (b) take them one by one (c) answer only friends (d) ignore them all

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