Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 831 · 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.🙋 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
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) queue and arrive (c) quick and amazing (d) questions and answers
4. 4.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) repeating the question (c) keeping answers short (d) a ten-minute answer
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) thanking the asker (c) repeating the question (d) interrupting the asker
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) thanking the asker (c) making up an answer (d) interrupting the asker
9. 9.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a silly question.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
10. 10.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
11. 11.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) repeating the question (c) arguing angrily (d) interrupting the asker
12. 12.🙋 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) looking at everyone (c) answering only friends (d) staying calm
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) making up an answer (c) a ten-minute answer (d) keeping answers short
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.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
17. 17.🙋 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
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) answering only friends (c) arguing angrily (d) repeating the question
20. 20.🙋 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
21. 21.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) make up an answer (b) say you will find out (c) laugh at the asker (d) ignore the question
22. 22.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) repeating the question (c) staying calm (d) admitting you don’t know
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) admitting you don’t know (c) staying calm (d) thanking the asker
26. 26.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
27. 27.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
28. 28.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) pretend you heard (c) guess and answer (d) politely ask again
29. 29.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) thanking the asker (c) interrupting the asker (d) staying calm
30. 30.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) interrupt them (b) start packing up (c) listen till they finish (d) look at your notes
31. 31.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) answering only friends (c) admitting you don’t know (d) a ten-minute answer
32. 32.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.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
35. 35.🙋 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
36. 36.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
37. 37.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
39. 39.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🙋 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

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