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Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 644 · 40 questions
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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.

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

Answer key

  1. repeating the question
  2. an impolite reply
  3. a ten-minute answer
  4. a poor Q&A habit
  5. a polite reply
  6. False
  7. staying calm
  8. a ten-minute answer
  9. a polite reply
  10. thanking the asker
  11. thank the asker
  12. staying calm
  13. rolling your eyes
  14. answer briefly
  15. a good Q&A habit
  16. looking at everyone
  17. thank the asker
  18. a poor Q&A habit
  19. True
  20. answer briefly
  21. questions and answers
  22. keeping answers short
  23. an impolite reply
  24. True
  25. admitting you don’t know
  26. “Does that help?”
  27. an impolite reply
  28. a good Q&A habit
  29. thank the asker
  30. answering only friends
  31. say you will find out
  32. answering only friends
  33. listen to the question
  34. True
  35. making up an answer
  36. an impolite reply
  37. listen to the question
  38. interrupting the asker
  39. a polite reply
  40. a polite reply

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