Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 953 · 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.🙋 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
2. 2.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Does that help?” (b) “Happy now?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Any more silly ones?”
3. 3.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🙋 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
5. 5.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
6. 6.🙋 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
7. 7.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) answering only friends (c) a ten-minute answer (d) interrupting the asker
8. 8.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🙋 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
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.🙋 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
12. 12.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) a ten-minute answer (c) answering only friends (d) admitting you don’t know
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) thanking the asker (c) keeping answers short (d) interrupting the asker
15. 15.🙋 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
16. 16.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) repeating the question (c) staying calm (d) making up an answer
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) making up an answer (c) admitting you don’t know (d) a ten-minute answer
19. 19.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
20. 20.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
21. 21.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
22. 22.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) looking at everyone (c) repeating the question (d) admitting you don’t know
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
25. 25.🙋 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
26. 26.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
27. 27.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) answering only friends
28. 28.🙋 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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) arguing angrily (d) repeating the question
30. 30.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) shout over them (c) ignore them all (d) answer only friends
31. 31.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
32. 32.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) answering only friends (c) keeping answers short (d) looking at everyone
34. 34.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) queue and arrive (c) questions and answers (d) quick and amazing
35. 35.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
36. 36.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) answering only friends (c) making up an answer (d) repeating the question
37. 37.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) a ten-minute answer (c) interrupting the asker (d) making up an answer
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
39. 39.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True

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