Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 560 · 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.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) answering only friends (c) interrupting the asker (d) admitting you don’t know
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.🙋 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
4. 4.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) answering only friends (c) staying calm (d) making up an answer
5. 5.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) questions and answers (c) queue and arrive (d) quiz and award
6. 6.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
7. 7.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) politely ask again (b) pretend you heard (c) guess and answer (d) walk away
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) staying calm (c) rolling your eyes (d) thanking the asker
9. 9.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
12. 12.🙋 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
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 of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) answering only friends (c) interrupting the asker (d) looking at everyone
15. 15.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
16. 16.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
20. 20.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
21. 21.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (c) “Does that help?” (d) “Happy now?”
22. 22.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) making up an answer (c) a ten-minute answer (d) answering only friends
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) repeating the question (c) interrupting the asker (d) staying calm
25. 25.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: check if it helped or thank the asker? (a) check if it helped (b) thank the asker
28. 28.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
29. 29.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) admitting you don’t know (c) keeping answers short (d) answering only friends
30. 30.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🙋 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
32. 32.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) answering only friends (c) rolling your eyes (d) keeping answers short
33. 33.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) making up an answer (c) thanking the asker (d) looking at everyone
34. 34.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
35. 35.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) answer only friends (b) shout over them (c) take them one by one (d) ignore them all
36. 36.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) staying calm (c) a ten-minute answer (d) repeating the question
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.🙋 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
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) arguing angrily (c) answering only friends (d) repeating the question
40. 40.🙋 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

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