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Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 744 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  2. 2.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) admitting you don’t know (c) rolling your eyes (d) keeping answers short
  3. 3.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) answer only friends (b) shout over them (c) ignore them all (d) take them one by one
  4. 4.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  5. 5.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🙋 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
  7. 7.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  8. 8.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  10. 10.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I don’t know. Next.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
  11. 11.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: listen to the question or check if it helped? (a) listen to the question (b) check if it helped
  12. 12.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (c) “Does that help?” (d) “Happy now?”
  13. 13.🙋 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
  14. 14.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
  15. 15.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  16. 16.🙋 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
  17. 17.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🙋 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
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) rolling your eyes (c) repeating the question (d) looking at everyone
  20. 20.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🙋 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
  22. 22.🙋 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) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) staying calm (c) interrupting the asker (d) looking at everyone
  24. 24.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  25. 25.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) interrupting the asker (c) answering only friends (d) keeping answers short
  26. 26.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) thanking the asker (c) repeating the question (d) staying calm
  27. 27.🙋 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
  28. 28.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) making up an answer (c) staying calm (d) keeping answers short
  30. 30.🙋 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
  31. 31.🙋 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
  32. 32.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) guess and answer (c) pretend you heard (d) politely ask again
  33. 33.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) repeating the question (c) admitting you don’t know (d) interrupting the asker
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) thanking the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) keeping answers short
  35. 35.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) a ten-minute answer (c) keeping answers short (d) staying calm
  36. 36.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) rolling your eyes (c) arguing angrily (d) interrupting the asker
  38. 38.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) looking at everyone (c) rolling your eyes (d) making up an answer
  40. 40.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker

Answer key

  1. a good Q&A habit
  2. rolling your eyes
  3. take them one by one
  4. a poor Q&A habit
  5. False
  6. listen to the question
  7. a poor Q&A habit
  8. False
  9. a poor Q&A habit
  10. an impolite reply
  11. listen to the question
  12. “Does that help?”
  13. a polite reply
  14. an impolite reply
  15. a good Q&A habit
  16. a polite reply
  17. True
  18. answer briefly
  19. rolling your eyes
  20. True
  21. answer briefly
  22. a polite reply
  23. interrupting the asker
  24. a good Q&A habit
  25. keeping answers short
  26. making up an answer
  27. a polite reply
  28. False
  29. making up an answer
  30. listen to the question
  31. listen to the question
  32. politely ask again
  33. interrupting the asker
  34. arguing angrily
  35. a ten-minute answer
  36. False
  37. staying calm
  38. thank the asker
  39. looking at everyone
  40. thank the asker

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