Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 792 · 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) making up an answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) keeping answers short (d) interrupting the asker
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) staying calm (c) rolling your eyes (d) looking at everyone
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) interrupting the asker (c) keeping answers short (d) thanking the asker
4. 4.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
5. 5.🙋 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
6. 6.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
9. 9.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Does that help?”
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) admitting you don’t know (c) making up an answer (d) interrupting the asker
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.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) pretend you heard (c) politely ask again (d) guess and answer
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) repeating the question (c) interrupting the asker (d) rolling your eyes
14. 14.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
15. 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. 16.🙋 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
17. 17.🙋 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
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) a ten-minute answer (c) making up an answer (d) keeping answers short
20. 20.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) questions and answers (c) queue and arrive (d) quiz and award
21. 21.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) a ten-minute answer (c) staying calm (d) keeping answers short
24. 24.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
25. 25.🙋 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
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) admitting you don’t know (c) answering only friends (d) staying calm
27. 27.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
29. 29.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) repeating the question (c) keeping answers short (d) staying calm
31. 31.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) shout over them (b) take them one by one (c) answer only friends (d) ignore them all
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.🙋 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
34. 34.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) rolling your eyes (c) admitting you don’t know (d) answering only friends
36. 36.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a silly question.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) admitting you don’t know (c) keeping answers short (d) arguing angrily
38. 38.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) listen till they finish (b) start packing up (c) look at your notes (d) interrupt them
39. 39.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🙋 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

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