Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 866 · 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.🙋 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
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) thanking the asker (c) looking at everyone (d) keeping answers short
4. 4.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) making up an answer (c) admitting you don’t know (d) repeating the question
5. 5.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
6. 6.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) thanking the asker (c) looking at everyone (d) a ten-minute answer
7. 7.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
8. 8.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) guess and answer (b) walk away (c) pretend you heard (d) politely ask again
10. 10.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🙋 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
12. 12.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Does that help?”
14. 14.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🙋 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
16. 16.🙋 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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) admitting you don’t know (c) making up an answer (d) repeating the question
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) admitting you don’t know (c) interrupting the asker (d) rolling your eyes
20. 20.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) admitting you don’t know (c) looking at everyone (d) interrupting the asker
21. 21.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) interrupting the asker (c) repeating the question (d) answering only friends
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) answering only friends (c) looking at everyone (d) staying calm
25. 25.🙋 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
26. 26.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) answering only friends (c) looking at everyone (d) a ten-minute answer
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) looking at everyone (c) interrupting the asker (d) staying calm
29. 29.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
30. 30.🙋 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
31. 31.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) making up an answer (c) arguing angrily (d) rolling your eyes
34. 34.🙋 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
35. 35.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) keeping answers short (c) looking at everyone (d) repeating the question
36. 36.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) keeping answers short (c) arguing angrily (d) a ten-minute answer
37. 37.🙋 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
38. 38.🙋 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
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) thanking the asker (c) admitting you don’t know (d) looking at everyone
40. 40.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit

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