Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 618 · 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.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
4. 4.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) keeping answers short (c) arguing angrily (d) repeating the question
5. 5.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
6. 6.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) answering only friends (c) admitting you don’t know (d) rolling your eyes
7. 7.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
8. 8.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) repeating the question (c) interrupting the asker (d) staying calm
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) admitting you don’t know (c) making up an answer (d) keeping answers short
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) rolling your eyes (c) making up an answer (d) repeating the question
12. 12.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) looking at everyone (c) making up an answer (d) a ten-minute answer
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) staying calm (d) a ten-minute answer
14. 14.🙋 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
15. 15.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
17. 17.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) interrupting the asker (c) a ten-minute answer (d) answering only friends
20. 20.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) a ten-minute answer (c) keeping answers short (d) thanking the asker
21. 21.🙋 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
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) a ten-minute answer (c) answering only friends (d) keeping answers short
26. 26.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) looking at everyone (c) making up an answer (d) interrupting the asker
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) thanking the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) making up an answer
29. 29.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) interrupting the asker (c) thanking the asker (d) staying calm
30. 30.🙋 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
31. 31.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
35. 35.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Does that help?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Happy now?”
36. 36.🙋 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
37. 37.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) arguing angrily (c) keeping answers short (d) repeating the question
39. 39.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
40. 40.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False

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