Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 756 · 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.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) answering only friends
2. 2.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) ignore the question (b) make up an answer (c) laugh at the asker (d) say you will find out
3. 3.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
4. 4.🙋 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
5. 5.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) start packing up (b) interrupt them (c) look at your notes (d) listen till they finish
7. 7.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) making up an answer (c) answering only friends (d) repeating the question
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) looking at everyone (c) a ten-minute answer (d) thanking the asker
9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
10. 10.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Happy now?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Does that help?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”
11. 11.🙋 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
12. 12.🙋 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
13. 13.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
14. 14.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) ignore them all (b) take them one by one (c) shout over them (d) answer only friends
15. 15.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) politely ask again (c) pretend you heard (d) guess and answer
16. 16.🙋 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
17. 17.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) staying calm (c) arguing angrily (d) admitting you don’t know
18. 18.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
19. 19.🙋 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
20. 20.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) answering only friends (c) keeping answers short (d) interrupting the asker
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) repeating the question (c) interrupting the asker (d) arguing angrily
22. 22.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a great question — thank you.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
24. 24.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
25. 25.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
26. 26.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
28. 28.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) staying calm (c) looking at everyone (d) keeping answers short
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) making up an answer (c) looking at everyone (d) staying calm
30. 30.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.🙋 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
34. 34.🙋 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
35. 35.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) a ten-minute answer (c) making up an answer (d) thanking the asker
37. 37.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) admitting you don’t know (c) interrupting the asker (d) repeating the question
39. 39.🙋 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
40. 40.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) questions and answers (b) queue and arrive (c) quiz and award (d) quick and amazing

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