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Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 996 · 40 questions
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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.

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

Answer key

  1. an impolite reply
  2. False
  3. a polite reply
  4. listen to the question
  5. a poor Q&A habit
  6. a poor Q&A habit
  7. thank the asker
  8. True
  9. False
  10. making up an answer
  11. take them one by one
  12. a good Q&A habit
  13. a polite reply
  14. False
  15. a poor Q&A habit
  16. listen to the question
  17. a polite reply
  18. keeping answers short
  19. an impolite reply
  20. a good Q&A habit
  21. listen to the question
  22. an impolite reply
  23. arguing angrily
  24. looking at everyone
  25. interrupting the asker
  26. questions and answers
  27. True
  28. “Does that help?”
  29. arguing angrily
  30. admitting you don’t know
  31. True
  32. keeping answers short
  33. staying calm
  34. thanking the asker
  35. thank the asker
  36. staying calm
  37. say you will find out
  38. a polite reply
  39. thank the asker
  40. answer briefly

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