Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 95 · 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) making up an answer (b) repeating the question (c) arguing angrily (d) answering only friends
2. 2.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) make up an answer (b) ignore the question (c) laugh at the asker (d) say you will find out
3. 3.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) rolling your eyes (c) a ten-minute answer (d) staying calm
4. 4.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) questions and answers (b) quiz and award (c) quick and amazing (d) queue and arrive
5. 5.🙋 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
6. 6.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) repeating the question (c) looking at everyone (d) a ten-minute answer
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) arguing angrily (c) a ten-minute answer (d) admitting you don’t know
9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) looking at everyone (c) repeating the question (d) interrupting the asker
11. 11.🙋 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
12. 12.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) staying calm (c) repeating the question (d) admitting you don’t know
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) a ten-minute answer (c) interrupting the asker (d) arguing angrily
14. 14.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
15. 15.🙋 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
16. 16.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) keeping answers short (c) thanking the asker (d) staying calm
18. 18.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) pretend you heard (b) guess and answer (c) walk away (d) politely ask again
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) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
20. 20.🙋 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
21. 21.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) look at your notes (b) start packing up (c) listen till they finish (d) interrupt them
27. 27.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) a ten-minute answer (c) making up an answer (d) thanking the asker
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) staying calm (c) a ten-minute answer (d) admitting you don’t know
30. 30.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🙋 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
32. 32.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (b) “Does that help?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Any more silly ones?”
34. 34.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) staying calm (c) keeping answers short (d) rolling your eyes
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) answering only friends (c) interrupting the asker (d) staying calm
36. 36.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🙋 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
38. 38.🙋 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
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) keeping answers short (c) looking at everyone (d) staying calm
40. 40.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True

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