Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling 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.
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- 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.🙋 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.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
- 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.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.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) a ten-minute answer (c) rolling your eyes (d) thanking the asker
- 10.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
- 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.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.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🙋 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.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) keeping answers short (d) arguing angrily
- 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.🙋 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.🙋 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.🙋 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.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
- 23.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) staying calm (c) answering only friends (d) looking at everyone
- 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.🙋 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.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) interrupting the asker (c) staying calm (d) making up an answer
- 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.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
- 32.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) looking at everyone (c) thanking the asker (d) keeping answers short
- 34.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
- 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.🙋 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.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
- 38.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) queue and arrive (b) quick and amazing (c) quiz and award (d) questions and answers
- 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.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
Answer key
- making up an answer
- politely ask again
- True
- False
- thank the asker
- admitting you don’t know
- an impolite reply
- listen to the question
- thanking the asker
- False
- a good Q&A habit
- repeating the question
- True
- thanking the asker
- an impolite reply
- a poor Q&A habit
- keeping answers short
- listen to the question
- an impolite reply
- take them one by one
- listen till they finish
- a good Q&A habit
- True
- say you will find out
- answering only friends
- interrupting the asker
- listen to the question
- a good Q&A habit
- staying calm
- an impolite reply
- a good Q&A habit
- a good Q&A habit
- interrupting the asker
- a good Q&A habit
- listen to the question
- a polite reply
- a poor Q&A habit
- questions and answers
- answer briefly
- a poor Q&A habit
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