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Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 884 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🙋 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
  2. 2.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) make up an answer (b) ignore the question (c) say you will find out (d) laugh at the asker
  3. 3.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) keeping answers short (c) making up an answer (d) rolling your eyes
  4. 4.🙋 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
  5. 5.🙋 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
  6. 6.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  7. 7.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) interrupting the asker (c) keeping answers short (d) making up an answer
  9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  10. 10.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) looking at everyone (c) thanking the asker (d) keeping answers short
  11. 11.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) staying calm (c) making up an answer (d) rolling your eyes
  13. 13.🙋 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
  14. 14.🙋 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
  15. 15.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
  17. 17.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Does that help?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”
  19. 19.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) answering only friends (c) looking at everyone (d) keeping answers short
  20. 20.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
  21. 21.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) guess and answer (b) pretend you heard (c) politely ask again (d) walk away
  23. 23.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) queue and arrive (b) quiz and award (c) quick and amazing (d) questions and answers
  24. 24.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  25. 25.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
  26. 26.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) keeping answers short (c) repeating the question (d) interrupting the asker
  27. 27.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  29. 29.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🙋 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
  31. 31.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
  32. 32.🙋 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
  33. 33.🙋 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
  34. 34.🙋 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
  35. 35.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
  36. 36.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) admitting you don’t know (c) rolling your eyes (d) making up an answer
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) answering only friends (c) repeating the question (d) making up an answer
  40. 40.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) admitting you don’t know (c) making up an answer (d) looking at everyone

Answer key

  1. answer briefly
  2. say you will find out
  3. keeping answers short
  4. a polite reply
  5. an impolite reply
  6. a good Q&A habit
  7. False
  8. keeping answers short
  9. a good Q&A habit
  10. rolling your eyes
  11. False
  12. staying calm
  13. a polite reply
  14. a polite reply
  15. False
  16. a polite reply
  17. False
  18. “Does that help?”
  19. answering only friends
  20. an impolite reply
  21. True
  22. politely ask again
  23. questions and answers
  24. a poor Q&A habit
  25. thank the asker
  26. interrupting the asker
  27. True
  28. a good Q&A habit
  29. False
  30. an impolite reply
  31. a good Q&A habit
  32. listen to the question
  33. listen to the question
  34. listen to the question
  35. a poor Q&A habit
  36. False
  37. True
  38. admitting you don’t know
  39. repeating the question
  40. making up an answer

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