Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 898 · 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.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) staying calm (c) answering only friends (d) admitting you don’t know
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) admitting you don’t know (c) staying calm (d) repeating the question
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) arguing angrily (c) interrupting the asker (d) a ten-minute answer
6. 6.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) interrupting the asker (c) repeating the question (d) thanking the asker
8. 8.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
9. 9.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) a ten-minute answer (c) repeating the question (d) keeping answers short
10. 10.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) staying calm (c) looking at everyone (d) making up an answer
11. 11.🙋 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
12. 12.🙋 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
13. 13.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) guess and answer (c) politely ask again (d) pretend you heard
14. 14.🙋 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
15. 15.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) arguing angrily (c) looking at everyone (d) rolling your eyes
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) arguing angrily (c) thanking the asker (d) a ten-minute answer
19. 19.🙋 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
20. 20.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) repeating the question (c) a ten-minute answer (d) answering only friends
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) repeating the question (c) arguing angrily (d) looking at everyone
26. 26.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) keeping answers short (c) making up an answer (d) answering only friends
28. 28.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
29. 29.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (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? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) answering only friends (c) interrupting the asker (d) keeping answers short
32. 32.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) questions and answers (c) queue and arrive (d) quiz and award
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) keeping answers short (c) rolling your eyes (d) repeating the question
34. 34.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
36. 36.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) arguing angrily (c) answering only friends (d) interrupting the asker
37. 37.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) rolling your eyes (c) thanking the asker (d) looking at everyone
39. 39.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
40. 40.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) shout over them (c) answer only friends (d) ignore them all

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