Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 549 · 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.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
3. 3.🙋 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
4. 4.🙋 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
5. 5.🙋 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
6. 6.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) interrupt them (b) look at your notes (c) start packing up (d) listen till they finish
7. 7.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) politely ask again (c) guess and answer (d) pretend you heard
8. 8.🙋 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
9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
10. 10.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
11. 11.🙋 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
12. 12.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) thanking the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) making up an answer
14. 14.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
15. 15.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) shout over them (b) answer only friends (c) ignore them all (d) take them one by one
16. 16.🙋 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
17. 17.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Happy now?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Does that help?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”
18. 18.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) queue and arrive (b) quiz and award (c) quick and amazing (d) questions and answers
21. 21.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) thanking the asker (c) looking at everyone (d) repeating the question
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🙋 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
26. 26.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) keeping answers short (c) interrupting the asker (d) repeating the question
27. 27.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
28. 28.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
29. 29.🙋 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
30. 30.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) say you will find out (b) laugh at the asker (c) ignore the question (d) make up an answer
31. 31.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) rolling your eyes (c) interrupting the asker (d) making up an answer
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) keeping answers short (b) rolling your eyes (c) making up an answer (d) answering only friends
34. 34.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (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? “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) keeping answers short (c) making up an answer (d) admitting you don’t know
37. 37.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) staying calm (c) looking at everyone (d) answering only friends
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) rolling your eyes
39. 39.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
40. 40.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) arguing angrily

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