Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 790 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) thanking the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) admitting you don’t know
2. 2.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) repeating the question (d) answering only friends
3. 3.🙋 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
4. 4.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) staying calm (c) making up an answer (d) repeating the question
6. 6.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: check if it helped or thank the asker? (a) check if it helped (b) thank the asker
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
9. 9.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) answering only friends (c) looking at everyone (d) repeating the question
10. 10.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
11. 11.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
12. 12.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) questions and answers (c) quiz and award (d) queue and arrive
13. 13.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) arguing angrily (c) staying calm (d) answering only friends
15. 15.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) a ten-minute answer (c) staying calm (d) making up an answer
16. 16.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.🙋 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
20. 20.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) politely ask again (b) walk away (c) guess and answer (d) pretend you heard
21. 21.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) making up an answer (c) looking at everyone (d) thanking the asker
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) admitting you don’t know (c) arguing angrily (d) interrupting the asker
23. 23.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
24. 24.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) a ten-minute answer (c) answering only friends (d) keeping answers short
25. 25.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
26. 26.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) answer only friends (b) ignore them all (c) shout over them (d) take them one by one
27. 27.🙋 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
28. 28.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
29. 29.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
30. 30.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) making up an answer (c) rolling your eyes (d) a ten-minute answer
32. 32.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
33. 33.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Does that help?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Happy now?”
34. 34.🙋 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) interrupting the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) rolling your eyes
36. 36.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) ignore the question (c) make up an answer (d) say you will find out
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) interrupting the asker (c) looking at everyone (d) staying calm
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
39. 39.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🙋 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

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