Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 652 · 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.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) a ten-minute answer (c) answering only friends (d) rolling your eyes
4. 4.🙋 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
5. 5.🙋 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
6. 6.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) interrupt them (b) start packing up (c) listen till they finish (d) look at your notes
7. 7.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) a ten-minute answer (c) arguing angrily (d) interrupting the asker
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) keeping answers short (c) repeating the question (d) admitting you don’t know
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) answering only friends (d) keeping answers short
10. 10.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
11. 11.🙋 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
12. 12.🙋 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
13. 13.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
14. 14.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
15. 15.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) arguing angrily (c) rolling your eyes (d) repeating the question
18. 18.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) queue and arrive (c) quiz and award (d) questions and answers
19. 19.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) say you will find out (c) ignore the question (d) make up an answer
20. 20.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) interrupting the asker (c) staying calm (d) admitting you don’t know
21. 21.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) staying calm (c) rolling your eyes (d) interrupting the asker
26. 26.🙋 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
27. 27.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Happy now?” (c) “Does that help?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”
28. 28.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
29. 29.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.🙋 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
34. 34.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
35. 35.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) thanking the asker (c) keeping answers short (d) admitting you don’t know
36. 36.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) answering only friends (c) thanking the asker (d) looking at everyone
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
39. 39.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
40. 40.🙋 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

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