Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 908 · 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.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
2. 2.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) looking at everyone (c) making up an answer (d) answering only friends
3. 3.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
4. 4.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) interrupting the asker (c) a ten-minute answer (d) making up an answer
6. 6.🙋 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
7. 7.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) admitting you don’t know (c) staying calm (d) thanking the asker
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) repeating the question (c) arguing angrily (d) keeping answers short
9. 9.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.🙋 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
12. 12.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) arguing angrily (d) admitting you don’t know
14. 14.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) repeating the question (c) making up an answer (d) rolling your eyes
15. 15.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) looking at everyone (c) arguing angrily (d) keeping answers short
17. 17.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) looking at everyone (c) keeping answers short (d) thanking the asker
20. 20.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
21. 21.🙋 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
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) staying calm (c) answering only friends (d) a ten-minute answer
26. 26.🙋 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
27. 27.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
28. 28.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) questions and answers (b) queue and arrive (c) quick and amazing (d) quiz and award
29. 29.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🙋 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
31. 31.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Happy now?” (b) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (c) “Any more silly ones?” (d) “Does that help?”
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) repeating the question (c) arguing angrily (d) a ten-minute answer
34. 34.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) answering only friends (c) admitting you don’t know (d) keeping answers short
36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
37. 37.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) shout over them (b) ignore them all (c) answer only friends (d) take them one by one
38. 38.🙋 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
39. 39.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) making up an answer (c) keeping answers short (d) rolling your eyes
40. 40.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit

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