Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 649 · 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.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) politely ask again (c) pretend you heard (d) guess and answer
2. 2.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) keeping answers short (c) looking at everyone (d) rolling your eyes
3. 3.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
4. 4.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
5. 5.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Does that help?”
6. 6.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) making up an answer (c) answering only friends (d) rolling your eyes
8. 8.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) thanking the asker (c) admitting you don’t know (d) answering only friends
10. 10.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
12. 12.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) staying calm (c) keeping answers short (d) arguing angrily
13. 13.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a silly question.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
14. 14.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) make up an answer (b) say you will find out (c) laugh at the asker (d) ignore the question
15. 15.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
17. 17.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
20. 20.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
21. 21.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
22. 22.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) making up an answer (c) rolling your eyes (d) staying calm
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) arguing angrily (c) looking at everyone (d) answering only friends
25. 25.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
26. 26.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) shout over them (b) answer only friends (c) take them one by one (d) ignore them all
27. 27.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) making up an answer (c) rolling your eyes (d) answering only friends
28. 28.🙋 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
29. 29.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
30. 30.🙋 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
31. 31.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) a ten-minute answer (c) thanking the asker (d) making up an answer
33. 33.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
35. 35.🙋 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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) interrupting the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) a ten-minute answer
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) repeating the question (c) arguing angrily (d) a ten-minute answer
38. 38.🙋 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
39. 39.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🙋 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

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