Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 938 · 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 good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) making up an answer (d) staying calm
2. 2.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) questions and answers (b) quick and amazing (c) queue and arrive (d) quiz and award
3. 3.🙋 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
4. 4.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
5. 5.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) say you will find out (c) make up an answer (d) ignore the question
8. 8.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) staying calm (c) interrupting the asker (d) thanking the asker
11. 11.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) arguing angrily (c) interrupting the asker (d) answering only friends
12. 12.🙋 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) repeating the question (c) looking at everyone (d) admitting you don’t know
14. 14.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) look at your notes (b) start packing up (c) interrupt them (d) listen till they finish
15. 15.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
16. 16.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
17. 17.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
18. 18.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) thanking the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) making up an answer
20. 20.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) staying calm (c) keeping answers short (d) answering only friends
21. 21.🙋 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
22. 22.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) politely ask again (b) walk away (c) guess and answer (d) pretend you heard
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) arguing angrily (c) answering only friends (d) repeating the question
29. 29.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) ignore them all (c) shout over them (d) answer only friends
30. 30.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) answering only friends (d) looking at everyone
31. 31.🙋 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
32. 32.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (b) “Happy now?” (c) “Any more silly ones?” (d) “Does that help?”
33. 33.🙋 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
34. 34.🙋 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
35. 35.🙋 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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) making up an answer (c) keeping answers short (d) repeating the question
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) looking at everyone (c) arguing angrily (d) thanking the asker
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
39. 39.🙋 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
40. 40.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) admitting you don’t know (c) arguing angrily (d) repeating the question

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