Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 577 · 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.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
2. 2.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) say you will find out (b) make up an answer (c) laugh at the asker (d) ignore the question
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.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) answer only friends (b) ignore them all (c) take them one by one (d) shout over them
6. 6.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Does that help?” (b) “Happy now?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Any more silly ones?”
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) making up an answer (c) admitting you don’t know (d) answering only friends
10. 10.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🙋 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) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
12. 12.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) rolling your eyes (c) answering only friends (d) staying calm
13. 13.🙋 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
14. 14.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) quick and amazing (c) queue and arrive (d) questions and answers
15. 15.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) guess and answer (b) pretend you heard (c) politely ask again (d) walk away
16. 16.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
17. 17.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) staying calm (c) interrupting the asker (d) making up an answer
19. 19.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) rolling your eyes (c) repeating the question (d) staying calm
21. 21.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
22. 22.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Could you please repeat the question?” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
24. 24.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🙋 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
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) admitting you don’t know (c) keeping answers short (d) interrupting the asker
27. 27.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) interrupting the asker (c) keeping answers short (d) repeating the question
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) keeping answers short (c) a ten-minute answer (d) rolling your eyes
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) admitting you don’t know (c) repeating the question (d) making up an answer
30. 30.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
31. 31.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) repeating the question (c) staying calm (d) making up an answer
34. 34.🙋 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) a ten-minute answer (c) thanking the asker (d) repeating the question
36. 36.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
37. 37.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
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.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
40. 40.🙋 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

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