Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 791 · 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 good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) arguing angrily (c) rolling your eyes (d) repeating the question
2. 2.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Does that help?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Happy now?”
3. 3.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) answering only friends (c) repeating the question (d) looking at everyone
5. 5.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) quick and amazing (c) queue and arrive (d) questions and answers
6. 6.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) repeating the question (c) a ten-minute answer (d) making up an answer
9. 9.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) staying calm (c) rolling your eyes (d) admitting you don’t know
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) a ten-minute answer (c) answering only friends (d) keeping answers short
12. 12.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) staying calm (c) making up an answer (d) answering only friends
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) rolling your eyes (c) arguing angrily (d) keeping answers short
15. 15.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: listen to the question or answer briefly? (a) listen to the question (b) answer briefly
16. 16.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) looking at everyone (c) rolling your eyes (d) interrupting the asker
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
21. 21.🙋 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
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
26. 26.🙋 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
27. 27.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
28. 28.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
29. 29.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
30. 30.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
31. 31.🙋 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
32. 32.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
33. 33.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
34. 34.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
35. 35.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) keeping answers short (c) thanking the asker (d) a ten-minute answer
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) admitting you don’t know (c) repeating the question (d) arguing angrily
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) looking at everyone
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) thanking the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) interrupting the asker
40. 40.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit

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