Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 697 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) repeating the question (c) staying calm (d) answering only friends
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) a ten-minute answer (c) interrupting the asker (d) answering only friends
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) making up an answer (c) repeating the question (d) thanking the asker
5. 5.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) answer only friends (b) ignore them all (c) shout over them (d) take them one by one
6. 6.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) a ten-minute answer (c) thanking the asker (d) keeping answers short
9. 9.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
10. 10.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
11. 11.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) ignore the question (c) say you will find out (d) make up an answer
13. 13.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) politely ask again (b) pretend you heard (c) walk away (d) guess and answer
14. 14.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
15. 15.🙋 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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) staying calm (c) rolling your eyes (d) looking at everyone
17. 17.🙋 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
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) answering only friends (c) looking at everyone (d) arguing angrily
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) arguing angrily (c) staying calm (d) rolling your eyes
22. 22.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) listen till they finish (b) interrupt them (c) look at your notes (d) start packing up
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) looking at everyone (c) thanking the asker (d) staying calm
24. 24.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
25. 25.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
26. 26.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
27. 27.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) answering only friends (c) interrupting the asker (d) a ten-minute answer
28. 28.🙋 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
29. 29.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) keeping answers short (c) a ten-minute answer (d) looking at everyone
30. 30.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🙋 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
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.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
34. 34.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
35. 35.🙋 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
36. 36.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) making up an answer (c) interrupting the asker (d) looking at everyone
37. 37.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
38. 38.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) a ten-minute answer (c) rolling your eyes (d) making up an answer
39. 39.🙋 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
40. 40.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False

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