Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 914 · 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: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) quiz and award (c) queue and arrive (d) questions and answers
4. 4.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
5. 5.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) repeating the question (c) a ten-minute answer (d) answering only friends
6. 6.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (c) “Does that help?” (d) “Happy now?”
7. 7.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) thanking the asker (c) a ten-minute answer (d) answering only friends
8. 8.🙋 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
9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
10. 10.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
11. 11.🙋 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
12. 12.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🙋 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
14. 14.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
15. 15.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) ignore them all (b) shout over them (c) answer only friends (d) take them one by one
17. 17.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) admitting you don’t know (c) looking at everyone (d) interrupting the asker
20. 20.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) arguing angrily (c) admitting you don’t know (d) repeating the question
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
25. 25.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) pretend you heard (b) walk away (c) guess and answer (d) politely ask again
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) answering only friends (d) admitting you don’t know
27. 27.🙋 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
28. 28.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
29. 29.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
30. 30.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🙋 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
33. 33.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
34. 34.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) staying calm (c) making up an answer (d) keeping answers short
35. 35.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) admitting you don’t know (c) a ten-minute answer (d) interrupting the asker
36. 36.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) arguing angrily (c) staying calm (d) making up an answer
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) answering only friends (c) making up an answer (d) looking at everyone
38. 38.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) listen till they finish (b) start packing up (c) interrupt them (d) look at your notes
39. 39.🙋 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
40. 40.🙋 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

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