Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 874 · 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 silly question.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
2. 2.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) pretend you heard (b) politely ask again (c) walk away (d) guess and answer
3. 3.🙋 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) making up an answer (c) thanking the asker (d) repeating the question
5. 5.🙋 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
6. 6.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I don’t know. Next.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
7. 7.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
9. 9.🙋 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
10. 10.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) staying calm (c) making up an answer (d) a ten-minute answer
12. 12.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
13. 13.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) keeping answers short (c) repeating the question (d) looking at everyone
14. 14.🙋 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
15. 15.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
17. 17.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) answering only friends (c) interrupting the asker (d) repeating the question
20. 20.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
21. 21.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) interrupting the asker (c) thanking the asker (d) looking at everyone
22. 22.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
23. 23.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Happy now?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Does that help?”
24. 24.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
25. 25.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) ignore the question (b) say you will find out (c) laugh at the asker (d) make up an answer
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) arguing angrily (c) making up an answer (d) keeping answers short
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) a ten-minute answer (c) rolling your eyes (d) interrupting the asker
29. 29.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) keeping answers short (c) thanking the asker (d) looking at everyone
31. 31.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) queue and arrive (b) quiz and award (c) questions and answers (d) quick and amazing
32. 32.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) interrupting the asker (c) making up an answer (d) a ten-minute answer
33. 33.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
34. 34.🙋 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
35. 35.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) thanking the asker (c) a ten-minute answer (d) rolling your eyes
36. 36.🙋 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
37. 37.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
38. 38.🙋 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
39. 39.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
40. 40.🙋 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

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