Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling 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.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) rolling your eyes (c) answering only friends (d) making up an answer
- 2.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) rolling your eyes (c) interrupting the asker (d) admitting you don’t know
- 3.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
- 4.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) a ten-minute answer (c) keeping answers short (d) rolling your eyes
- 5.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
- 6.🙋 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
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) repeating the question (c) making up an answer (d) looking at everyone
- 8.🙋 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
- 9.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
- 11.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
- 12.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
- 13.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
- 14.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) guess and answer (b) politely ask again (c) pretend you heard (d) walk away
- 15.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) repeating the question (c) answering only friends (d) a ten-minute answer
- 16.🙋 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
- 17.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a great question — thank you.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) a ten-minute answer (c) answering only friends (d) rolling your eyes
- 19.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
- 20.🙋 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
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) making up an answer (c) interrupting the asker (d) answering only friends
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) interrupting the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) arguing angrily
- 23.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) looking at everyone (c) a ten-minute answer (d) making up an answer
- 26.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) arguing angrily (c) repeating the question (d) keeping answers short
- 27.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
- 28.🙋 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
- 29.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) thanking the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) repeating the question
- 31.🙋 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
- 32.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) interrupting the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) a ten-minute answer
- 33.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) queue and arrive (c) questions and answers (d) quick and amazing
- 34.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
- 35.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) answering only friends (c) thanking the asker (d) keeping answers short
- 37.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) keeping answers short (c) a ten-minute answer (d) admitting you don’t know
- 39.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) staying calm (c) interrupting the asker (d) keeping answers short
Answer key
- keeping answers short
- admitting you don’t know
- False
- keeping answers short
- a good Q&A habit
- thank the asker
- making up an answer
- a polite reply
- False
- a poor Q&A habit
- a good Q&A habit
- a good Q&A habit
- a poor Q&A habit
- politely ask again
- repeating the question
- listen to the question
- a polite reply
- repeating the question
- an impolite reply
- a polite reply
- admitting you don’t know
- thanking the asker
- False
- True
- looking at everyone
- arguing angrily
- a good Q&A habit
- an impolite reply
- a good Q&A habit
- rolling your eyes
- an impolite reply
- thanking the asker
- questions and answers
- an impolite reply
- a poor Q&A habit
- answering only friends
- False
- a ten-minute answer
- True
- interrupting the asker
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