Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 994 · 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.🙋 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
2. 2.🙋 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
3. 3.🙋 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
4. 4.🙋 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
5. 5.🙋 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
6. 6.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) rolling your eyes (c) looking at everyone (d) repeating the question
7. 7.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) interrupting the asker (c) admitting you don’t know (d) rolling your eyes
8. 8.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
9. 9.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a silly question.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) guess and answer (c) politely ask again (d) pretend you heard
12. 12.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Could you please repeat the question?” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
13. 13.🙋 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
14. 14.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (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: listen to the question or thank the asker? (a) listen to the question (b) thank the asker
16. 16.🙋 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
17. 17.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) interrupt them (b) look at your notes (c) start packing up (d) listen till they finish
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) repeating the question (d) making up an answer
20. 20.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quick and amazing (b) questions and answers (c) quiz and award (d) queue and arrive
21. 21.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
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.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) keeping answers short (c) making up an answer (d) looking at everyone
24. 24.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) staying calm (c) repeating the question (d) arguing angrily
26. 26.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) looking at everyone
29. 29.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) staying calm (c) keeping answers short (d) thanking the asker
30. 30.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) a ten-minute answer (c) keeping answers short (d) answering only friends
31. 31.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) making up an answer
35. 35.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🙋 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
37. 37.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
38. 38.🙋 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
39. 39.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
40. 40.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True

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