Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 588 · 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: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
5. 5.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
6. 6.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) shout over them (b) take them one by one (c) ignore them all (d) answer only friends
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.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
10. 10.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a great question — thank you.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) looking at everyone (c) a ten-minute answer (d) making up an answer
12. 12.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Happy now?” (b) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (c) “Does that help?” (d) “Any more silly ones?”
13. 13.🙋 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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) thanking the asker (c) repeating the question (d) keeping answers short
15. 15.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) interrupting the asker (c) making up an answer (d) keeping answers short
16. 16.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
17. 17.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) making up an answer (c) thanking the asker (d) arguing angrily
19. 19.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🙋 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
21. 21.🙋 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
22. 22.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) questions and answers (b) quick and amazing (c) quiz and award (d) queue and arrive
26. 26.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) ignore the question (b) laugh at the asker (c) say you will find out (d) make up an answer
27. 27.🙋 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
28. 28.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) looking at everyone (c) staying calm (d) a ten-minute answer
30. 30.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) making up an answer (c) arguing angrily (d) looking at everyone
32. 32.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) pretend you heard (b) guess and answer (c) walk away (d) politely ask again
33. 33.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) answering only friends (c) repeating the question (d) rolling your eyes
35. 35.🙋 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
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.🙋 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
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) looking at everyone (c) interrupting the asker (d) keeping answers short
39. 39.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) looking at everyone (c) repeating the question (d) thanking the asker
40. 40.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply

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