Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 957 · 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.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
2. 2.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) making up an answer (c) admitting you don’t know (d) keeping answers short
3. 3.🙋 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
4. 4.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🙋 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
6. 6.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) thanking the asker (c) a ten-minute answer (d) interrupting the asker
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) repeating the question (c) interrupting the asker (d) rolling your eyes
9. 9.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) thanking the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) making up an answer
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) staying calm (c) keeping answers short (d) repeating the question
12. 12.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
14. 14.🙋 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
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) looking at everyone (c) repeating the question (d) making up an answer
17. 17.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) staying calm (c) keeping answers short (d) admitting you don’t know
20. 20.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) rolling your eyes (c) answering only friends (d) repeating the question
21. 21.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) quick and amazing (c) queue and arrive (d) questions and answers
22. 22.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) pretend you heard (b) walk away (c) politely ask again (d) guess and answer
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
27. 27.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) thanking the asker (c) staying calm (d) rolling your eyes
28. 28.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
30. 30.🙋 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
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) arguing angrily (c) keeping answers short (d) a ten-minute answer
32. 32.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) a ten-minute answer (d) looking at everyone
34. 34.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) say you will find out (c) ignore the question (d) make up an answer
35. 35.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) staying calm (c) keeping answers short (d) answering only friends
36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) interrupting the asker (c) admitting you don’t know (d) looking at everyone
39. 39.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) answer only friends (c) shout over them (d) ignore them all
40. 40.🙋 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

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