Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 974 · 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? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
2. 2.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
5. 5.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (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: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) interrupting the asker (c) repeating the question (d) rolling your eyes
9. 9.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) looking at everyone (c) admitting you don’t know (d) keeping answers short
10. 10.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: listen to the question or check if it helped? (a) listen to the question (b) check if it helped
11. 11.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🙋 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
13. 13.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🙋 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
17. 17.🙋 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
18. 18.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) a ten-minute answer (c) answering only friends (d) rolling your eyes
19. 19.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🙋 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
21. 21.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) arguing angrily (c) staying calm (d) making up an answer
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) looking at everyone (c) keeping answers short (d) staying calm
24. 24.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) keeping answers short (c) repeating the question (d) looking at everyone
25. 25.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
26. 26.🙋 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
27. 27.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) thanking the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) a ten-minute answer
29. 29.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying calm (b) interrupting the asker (c) keeping answers short (d) thanking the asker
31. 31.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) keeping answers short (c) repeating the question (d) looking at everyone
32. 32.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) queue and arrive (b) quick and amazing (c) questions and answers (d) quiz and award
33. 33.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
34. 34.🙋 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
35. 35.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
36. 36.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🙋 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
38. 38.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Does that help?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”
39. 39.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
40. 40.🙋 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

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