Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 576 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) looking at everyone (c) answering only friends (d) admitting you don’t know
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.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) answer only friends (b) take them one by one (c) ignore them all (d) shout over them
4. 4.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
6. 6.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) rolling your eyes (c) answering only friends (d) thanking the asker
8. 8.🙋 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
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: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
11. 11.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) a ten-minute answer (c) repeating the question (d) looking at everyone
12. 12.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) arguing angrily (c) interrupting the asker (d) rolling your eyes
13. 13.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) interrupting the asker (d) admitting you don’t know
14. 14.🙋 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
15. 15.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
16. 16.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🙋 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
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) thanking the asker (c) repeating the question (d) keeping answers short
21. 21.🙋 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
22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
23. 23.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
25. 25.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
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.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
29. 29.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) questions and answers (b) quick and amazing (c) quiz and award (d) queue and arrive
30. 30.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🙋 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
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.🙋 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
34. 34.🙋 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
35. 35.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🙋 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) staying calm (c) answering only friends (d) interrupting the asker
38. 38.🙋 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
39. 39.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False

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