Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 860 · 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: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) repeating the question (c) answering only friends (d) keeping answers short
3. 3.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) ignore the question (b) laugh at the asker (c) say you will find out (d) make up an answer
4. 4.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) looking at everyone (c) answering only friends (d) keeping answers short
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) admitting you don’t know (c) staying calm (d) rolling your eyes
6. 6.🙋 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
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🙋 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
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
13. 13.🙋 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
14. 14.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) looking at everyone (c) rolling your eyes (d) answering only friends
15. 15.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
16. 16.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) making up an answer (c) a ten-minute answer (d) answering only friends
17. 17.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
18. 18.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) questions and answers (b) quiz and award (c) quick and amazing (d) queue and arrive
19. 19.🙋 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
20. 20.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) listen till they finish (b) look at your notes (c) start packing up (d) interrupt them
24. 24.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Happy now?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Does that help?”
25. 25.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) pretend you heard (b) guess and answer (c) politely ask again (d) walk away
27. 27.🙋 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
28. 28.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🙋 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
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) thanking the asker (c) admitting you don’t know (d) interrupting the asker
31. 31.🙋 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
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) a ten-minute answer (c) looking at everyone (d) repeating the question
34. 34.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) making up an answer (c) thanking the asker (d) a ten-minute answer
35. 35.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) thanking the asker (c) admitting you don’t know (d) a ten-minute answer
37. 37.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) shout over them (b) answer only friends (c) ignore them all (d) take them one by one
38. 38.🙋 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
39. 39.🙋 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
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) repeating the question (c) rolling your eyes (d) answering only friends

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