Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 818 · 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 poor Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) looking at everyone (c) staying calm (d) thanking the asker
2. 2.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
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.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) say you will find out (b) make up an answer (c) ignore the question (d) laugh at the asker
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.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
8. 8.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) thanking the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) making up an answer
12. 12.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) look at your notes (b) interrupt them (c) listen till they finish (d) start packing up
13. 13.🙋 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
14. 14.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
15. 15.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) arguing angrily (c) rolling your eyes (d) interrupting the asker
16. 16.🙋 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
17. 17.🙋 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
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) interrupting the asker (c) looking at everyone (d) repeating the question
19. 19.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) arguing angrily (c) making up an answer (d) keeping answers short
20. 20.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Happy now?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Does that help?”
21. 21.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) repeating the question (c) making up an answer (d) keeping answers short
24. 24.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
25. 25.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
26. 26.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) arguing angrily (c) thanking the asker (d) repeating the question
28. 28.🙋 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
29. 29.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) answering only friends (c) staying calm (d) interrupting the asker
31. 31.🙋 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) looking at everyone (c) a ten-minute answer (d) staying calm
33. 33.🙋 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
34. 34.🙋 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) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
35. 35.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) looking at everyone (c) interrupting the asker (d) answering only friends
37. 37.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
38. 38.🙋 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
39. 39.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: listen to the question or thank the asker? (a) listen to the question (b) thank the asker
40. 40.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) politely ask again (b) walk away (c) pretend you heard (d) guess and answer

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