Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 674 · 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: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) thanking the asker (c) keeping answers short (d) looking at everyone
3. 3.🙋 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
4. 4.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
5. 5.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) making up an answer (c) arguing angrily (d) staying calm
7. 7.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Does that help?” (d) “Happy now?”
9. 9.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Could you please repeat the question?” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) making up an answer (c) keeping answers short (d) answering only friends
12. 12.🙋 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
13. 13.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
14. 14.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) staying calm (c) interrupting the asker (d) thanking the asker
15. 15.🙋 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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) staying calm (c) answering only friends (d) thanking the asker
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) looking at everyone (c) repeating the question (d) rolling your eyes
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
20. 20.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
21. 21.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) make up an answer (b) laugh at the asker (c) ignore the question (d) say you will find out
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) interrupting the asker (c) repeating the question (d) staying calm
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) making up an answer (c) answering only friends (d) arguing angrily
24. 24.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) staying calm (c) making up an answer (d) admitting you don’t know
25. 25.🙋 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
26. 26.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
27. 27.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
28. 28.🙋 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
29. 29.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) answering only friends (c) keeping answers short (d) repeating the question
30. 30.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) thanking the asker (d) making up an answer
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) interrupting the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) keeping answers short
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) interrupting the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) looking at everyone
34. 34.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) answering only friends (c) making up an answer (d) interrupting the asker
35. 35.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
37. 37.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
38. 38.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) pretend you heard (c) politely ask again (d) guess and answer
39. 39.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) repeating the question (c) answering only friends (d) making up an answer
40. 40.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False

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