Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 804 · 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.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) quick and amazing (c) questions and answers (d) queue and arrive
2. 2.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
3. 3.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
4. 4.🙋 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
5. 5.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) keeping answers short (c) staying calm (d) admitting you don’t know
8. 8.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) answer only friends (b) take them one by one (c) ignore them all (d) shout over them
9. 9.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) keeping answers short (c) making up an answer (d) interrupting the asker
10. 10.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
11. 11.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) interrupting the asker (c) admitting you don’t know (d) looking at everyone
12. 12.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Does that help?” (b) “Happy now?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Any more silly ones?”
13. 13.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) guess and answer (b) pretend you heard (c) walk away (d) politely ask again
15. 15.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) admitting you don’t know (c) making up an answer (d) keeping answers short
16. 16.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) admitting you don’t know (c) thanking the asker (d) a ten-minute answer
17. 17.🙋 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
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) arguing angrily (c) admitting you don’t know (d) interrupting the asker
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) staying calm (c) thanking the asker (d) arguing angrily
21. 21.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) staying calm (c) making up an answer (d) rolling your eyes
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) keeping answers short
23. 23.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) making up an answer (c) admitting you don’t know (d) repeating the question
27. 27.🙋 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
28. 28.🙋 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
29. 29.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I don’t know. Next.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
30. 30.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) admitting you don’t know (c) keeping answers short (d) staying calm
31. 31.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) thanking the asker (c) answering only friends (d) rolling your eyes
35. 35.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) interrupt them (b) look at your notes (c) listen till they finish (d) start packing up
36. 36.🙋 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) rolling your eyes (c) keeping answers short (d) making up an answer
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
39. 39.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True

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