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Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 811 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🙋 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
  2. 2.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) questions and answers (c) queue and arrive (d) quiz and award
  4. 4.🙋 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
  5. 5.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  7. 7.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
  8. 8.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
  9. 9.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) rolling your eyes (c) making up an answer (d) a ten-minute answer
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) making up an answer (c) looking at everyone (d) arguing angrily
  11. 11.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) keeping answers short (c) a ten-minute answer (d) staying calm
  13. 13.🙋 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
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) rolling your eyes (c) making up an answer (d) admitting you don’t know
  15. 15.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  16. 16.🙋 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
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) keeping answers short (c) interrupting the asker (d) thanking the asker
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) interrupting the asker (c) thanking the asker (d) arguing angrily
  19. 19.🙋 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
  20. 20.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
  21. 21.🙋 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
  22. 22.🙋 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
  23. 23.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
  24. 24.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) repeating the question (c) arguing angrily (d) keeping answers short
  26. 26.🙋 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
  27. 27.🙋 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
  28. 28.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) staying calm (c) looking at everyone (d) keeping answers short
  29. 29.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) arguing angrily (c) repeating the question (d) making up an answer
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) answering only friends (c) repeating the question (d) looking at everyone
  31. 31.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) answer only friends (b) shout over them (c) ignore them all (d) take them one by one
  32. 32.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  33. 33.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Does that help?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”
  34. 34.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
  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.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) admitting you don’t know (c) rolling your eyes (d) looking at everyone
  38. 38.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) ignore the question (c) say you will find out (d) make up an answer
  39. 39.🙋 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
  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

Answer key

  1. a polite reply
  2. False
  3. questions and answers
  4. thank the asker
  5. False
  6. a poor Q&A habit
  7. an impolite reply
  8. an impolite reply
  9. thanking the asker
  10. looking at everyone
  11. False
  12. a ten-minute answer
  13. thank the asker
  14. admitting you don’t know
  15. a poor Q&A habit
  16. listen to the question
  17. interrupting the asker
  18. thanking the asker
  19. answer briefly
  20. thank the asker
  21. a polite reply
  22. a polite reply
  23. a polite reply
  24. False
  25. arguing angrily
  26. an impolite reply
  27. a polite reply
  28. a ten-minute answer
  29. repeating the question
  30. answering only friends
  31. take them one by one
  32. a good Q&A habit
  33. “Does that help?”
  34. False
  35. False
  36. a poor Q&A habit
  37. rolling your eyes
  38. say you will find out
  39. answer briefly
  40. listen to the question

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