Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 948 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) thanking the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) rolling your eyes
2. 2.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
5. 5.🙋 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
6. 6.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) arguing angrily (d) keeping answers short
7. 7.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
8. 8.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🙋 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
10. 10.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
11. 11.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) ignore them all (b) take them one by one (c) answer only friends (d) shout over them
12. 12.🙋 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
13. 13.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) repeating the question (c) interrupting the asker (d) answering only friends
14. 14.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) repeating the question (c) rolling your eyes (d) admitting you don’t know
15. 15.🙋 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
16. 16.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) queue and arrive (c) quick and amazing (d) questions and answers
18. 18.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) answering only friends (c) admitting you don’t know (d) thanking the asker
19. 19.🙋 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
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) interrupting the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) a ten-minute answer
21. 21.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
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) admitting you don’t know (b) thanking the asker (c) making up an answer (d) repeating the question
29. 29.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) admitting you don’t know (c) thanking the asker (d) making up an answer
30. 30.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (b) “Does that help?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Any more silly ones?”
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) repeating the question (c) admitting you don’t know (d) keeping answers short
32. 32.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🙋 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
34. 34.🙋 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
35. 35.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
37. 37.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) staying calm (c) a ten-minute answer (d) interrupting the asker
38. 38.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) ignore the question (b) laugh at the asker (c) make up an answer (d) say you will find out
39. 39.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: check if it helped or thank the asker? (a) check if it helped (b) thank the asker

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