Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 793 · 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.🙋 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
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.🙋 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
4. 4.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
5. 5.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) questions and answers (c) quiz and award (d) queue and arrive
6. 6.🙋 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
7. 7.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🙋 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
9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) looking at everyone (c) arguing angrily (d) admitting you don’t know
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) rolling your eyes (c) interrupting the asker (d) looking at everyone
12. 12.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) guess and answer (c) politely ask again (d) pretend you heard
13. 13.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) thanking the asker (c) looking at everyone (d) keeping answers short
14. 14.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
15. 15.🙋 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
16. 16.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
17. 17.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) answering only friends (c) rolling your eyes (d) making up an answer
19. 19.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
20. 20.🙋 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
21. 21.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) shout over them (c) answer only friends (d) ignore them all
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) answering only friends (c) keeping answers short (d) looking at everyone
25. 25.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) repeating the question (c) looking at everyone (d) a ten-minute answer
27. 27.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
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 of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) making up an answer (c) arguing angrily (d) repeating the question
31. 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. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) interrupting the asker (c) staying calm (d) keeping answers short
34. 34.🙋 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
35. 35.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Happy now?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Does that help?”
36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
37. 37.🙋 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
38. 38.🙋 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
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) thanking the asker (c) staying calm (d) making up an answer
40. 40.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) arguing angrily (c) thanking the asker (d) a ten-minute answer

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