Deck 12: Question-And-Answer Sessions

Question 1

In most professional speaking situations you will not be expected to answer questions during or after your presentation.

Answer 1

False
If you are seen as the expert on an issue, you will need to be able to answer questions or clarify points from your presentation.

Question 2

If you are asked a question that you don't really want to answer, the best technique to dealing with this is:

A) Call out the audience member and tell the person that it was an inappropriate question
B) Get defensive and refuse to answer
C) Repeat the question and rephrase it to something you do want to answer
D) Evade the question and move on to the next question

Answer 2

C

Question 3

If you anticipate potential questions you might be asked and prepare an answer it will:

A) Make you more confident and better able to credibly answer the question
B) Make the presentation seem too rehearsed
C) Limit the amount of time you have to address other questions
D) Create redundancy

Answer 3

A

Question 4

When addressing questions after the presentation, which of the following should you NOT do:

A) Say "that is a good question" before you start to answer each question
B) Repeat the question so everyone in the audience can hear it
C) Address your answer to the entire audience not just the person who asked it
D) Confirm that you have adequately answered the question

Question 5

If someone asks you a question that you can't answer you should:

A) Make something up on the fly
B) Be honest and say you don't know the answer
C) Make a joke that implicitly demeans the person asking the question
D) Answer a different question

Question 6

All participants in a team presentation should be able to answer "team" questions.

Question 7

In team presentations, the team leader or presentation coordinator should specify which team member is best qualified to answer a question.

Question 8

Asking a professor a question like "When are you going to stop giving us tests that are too hard?" is asking a/an _____________________________question.

A) Rhetorical
B) Objective
C) Dilemma
D) Loaded