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