Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 954 · 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? “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
2. 2.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) looking at everyone (c) rolling your eyes (d) arguing angrily
3. 3.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) answering only friends (c) rolling your eyes (d) a ten-minute answer
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) admitting you don’t know (c) looking at everyone (d) keeping answers short
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) staying calm (c) thanking the asker (d) a ten-minute answer
6. 6.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
7. 7.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
8. 8.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) questions and answers (c) quiz and award (d) queue and arrive
9. 9.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
10. 10.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) look at your notes (b) interrupt them (c) listen till they finish (d) start packing up
11. 11.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (b) “Happy now?” (c) “Any more silly ones?” (d) “Does that help?”
12. 12.🙋 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) looking at everyone (c) keeping answers short (d) interrupting the asker
14. 14.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) staying calm (c) thanking the asker (d) interrupting the asker
15. 15.🙋 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
16. 16.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) looking at everyone (c) interrupting the asker (d) arguing angrily
18. 18.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) a ten-minute answer (c) admitting you don’t know (d) repeating the question
19. 19.🙋 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
20. 20.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🙋 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
23. 23.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🙋 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
27. 27.🙋 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
28. 28.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
29. 29.🙋 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
30. 30.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) a ten-minute answer (c) making up an answer (d) staying calm
31. 31.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
32. 32.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) politely ask again (c) pretend you heard (d) guess and answer
33. 33.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) ignore them all (b) take them one by one (c) shout over them (d) answer only friends
34. 34.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🙋 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
36. 36.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) answering only friends (c) interrupting the asker (d) keeping answers short
37. 37.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) make up an answer (c) say you will find out (d) ignore the question
38. 38.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
40. 40.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit

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