Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 587 · 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) answering only friends (b) a ten-minute answer (c) rolling your eyes (d) keeping answers short
2. 2.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
3. 3.🙋 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
4. 4.🙋 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
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) repeating the question (c) interrupting the asker (d) thanking the asker
6. 6.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) admitting you don’t know (c) rolling your eyes (d) making up an answer
7. 7.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
8. 8.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) politely ask again (b) walk away (c) guess and answer (d) pretend you heard
9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) a ten-minute answer (c) repeating the question (d) staying calm
11. 11.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) shout over them (c) answer only friends (d) ignore them all
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) answering only friends (c) repeating the question (d) admitting you don’t know
13. 13.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
14. 14.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) thanking the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) answering only friends
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.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) staying calm (c) making up an answer (d) interrupting the asker
17. 17.🙋 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
18. 18.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🙋 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
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) arguing angrily (c) a ten-minute answer (d) interrupting the asker
21. 21.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) ignore the question (b) make up an answer (c) laugh at the asker (d) say you will find out
22. 22.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) making up an answer (c) arguing angrily (d) looking at everyone
23. 23.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) keeping answers short (c) admitting you don’t know (d) rolling your eyes
25. 25.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) repeating the question (c) staying calm (d) interrupting the asker
27. 27.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) repeating the question (c) rolling your eyes (d) admitting you don’t know
29. 29.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
30. 30.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🙋 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) rolling your eyes (c) a ten-minute answer (d) making up an answer
33. 33.🙋 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
34. 34.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🙋 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
36. 36.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) questions and answers (c) queue and arrive (d) quick and amazing
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
39. 39.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
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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