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Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 754 · 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.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) staying calm (c) making up an answer (d) thanking the asker
  2. 2.🙋 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
  3. 3.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🙋 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
  6. 6.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) admitting you don’t know (d) making up an answer
  7. 7.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
  8. 8.🙋 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
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) a ten-minute answer (c) rolling your eyes (d) thanking the asker
  10. 10.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  12. 12.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) rolling your eyes (c) making up an answer (d) a ten-minute answer
  13. 13.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) interrupting the asker (c) making up an answer (d) a ten-minute answer
  15. 15.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
  16. 16.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) keeping answers short (d) arguing angrily
  18. 18.🙋 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
  19. 19.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I don’t know. Next.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
  20. 20.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) shout over them (c) ignore them all (d) answer only friends
  21. 21.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) start packing up (b) listen till they finish (c) look at your notes (d) interrupt them
  22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  23. 23.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) ignore the question (b) say you will find out (c) make up an answer (d) laugh at the asker
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) staying calm (c) answering only friends (d) looking at everyone
  26. 26.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) keeping answers short
  27. 27.🙋 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
  28. 28.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) interrupting the asker (c) staying calm (d) making up an answer
  30. 30.🙋 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
  31. 31.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  32. 32.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) looking at everyone (c) thanking the asker (d) keeping answers short
  34. 34.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (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: answer briefly or listen to the question? (a) answer briefly (b) listen to the question
  36. 36.🙋 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) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
  37. 37.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  38. 38.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) queue and arrive (b) quick and amazing (c) quiz and award (d) questions and answers
  39. 39.🙋 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
  40. 40.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit

Answer key

  1. making up an answer
  2. politely ask again
  3. True
  4. False
  5. thank the asker
  6. admitting you don’t know
  7. an impolite reply
  8. listen to the question
  9. thanking the asker
  10. False
  11. a good Q&A habit
  12. repeating the question
  13. True
  14. thanking the asker
  15. an impolite reply
  16. a poor Q&A habit
  17. keeping answers short
  18. listen to the question
  19. an impolite reply
  20. take them one by one
  21. listen till they finish
  22. a good Q&A habit
  23. True
  24. say you will find out
  25. answering only friends
  26. interrupting the asker
  27. listen to the question
  28. a good Q&A habit
  29. staying calm
  30. an impolite reply
  31. a good Q&A habit
  32. a good Q&A habit
  33. interrupting the asker
  34. a good Q&A habit
  35. listen to the question
  36. a polite reply
  37. a poor Q&A habit
  38. questions and answers
  39. answer briefly
  40. a poor Q&A habit

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