Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 719 · 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.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) start packing up (b) interrupt them (c) look at your notes (d) listen till they finish
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) a ten-minute answer (c) repeating the question (d) keeping answers short
3. 3.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🙋 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
5. 5.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) a ten-minute answer (c) interrupting the asker (d) making up an answer
7. 7.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
8. 8.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
9. 9.🙋 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
10. 10.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) looking at everyone
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) looking at everyone (c) answering only friends (d) admitting you don’t know
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.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) thanking the asker (c) answering only friends (d) looking at everyone
14. 14.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) guess and answer (b) pretend you heard (c) politely ask again (d) walk away
15. 15.🙋 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
16. 16.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) rolling your eyes (c) interrupting the asker (d) repeating the question
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (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 silly question.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) thanking the asker (d) arguing angrily
20. 20.🙋 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
21. 21.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
23. 23.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: listen to the question or answer briefly? (a) listen to the question (b) answer briefly
24. 24.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) questions and answers (c) queue and arrive (d) quick and amazing
25. 25.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) staying calm
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) staying calm (c) arguing angrily (d) keeping answers short
27. 27.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) interrupting the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) looking at everyone
28. 28.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Does that help?”
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) making up an answer (c) answering only friends (d) keeping answers short
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) interrupting the asker (c) repeating the question (d) making up an answer
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
34. 34.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) make up an answer (b) laugh at the asker (c) say you will find out (d) ignore the question
35. 35.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) staying calm (c) interrupting the asker (d) a ten-minute answer
36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
37. 37.🙋 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
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
39. 39.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
40. 40.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit

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