Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 743 · 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.🙋 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
2. 2.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) start packing up (b) interrupt them (c) look at your notes (d) listen till they finish
3. 3.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) interrupting the asker (c) admitting you don’t know (d) staying calm
4. 4.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Does that help?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) making up an answer (c) answering only friends (d) interrupting the asker
7. 7.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) answering only friends (c) admitting you don’t know (d) a ten-minute answer
8. 8.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) admitting you don’t know (c) staying calm (d) looking at everyone
9. 9.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) thanking the asker (c) looking at everyone (d) admitting you don’t know
12. 12.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (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: check if it helped or thank the asker? (a) check if it helped (b) thank the asker
15. 15.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
16. 16.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
17. 17.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
19. 19.🙋 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
20. 20.🙋 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
21. 21.🙋 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
22. 22.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) interrupting the asker (c) answering only friends (d) arguing angrily
23. 23.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
24. 24.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) arguing angrily (c) thanking the asker (d) keeping answers short
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) looking at everyone (c) a ten-minute answer (d) keeping answers short
26. 26.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) queue and arrive (b) questions and answers (c) quick and amazing (d) quiz and award
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) making up an answer (c) keeping answers short (d) a ten-minute answer
29. 29.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) keeping answers short (c) rolling your eyes (d) thanking the asker
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) thanking the asker (c) answering only friends (d) staying calm
31. 31.🙋 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
32. 32.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🙋 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
34. 34.🙋 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) looking at everyone (c) interrupting the asker (d) admitting you don’t know
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) staying calm (c) arguing angrily (d) making up an answer
37. 37.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
39. 39.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
40. 40.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False

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