Surveys, polls, and quizzes have different question types available. Each type has its own intended purpose and configuration options.
Types of questions
After you create a survey, poll, or quiz, you can choose from the following question types:
Single choice
Use the single-choice format if you want the participant to answer with only one choice.
- Click Untitled Question to enter your question.
- Click Choice 1 to enter the first answer. Click Choice 2 to enter the second answer if necessary.
(Optional) Click + Add choice, then click Choice 3 to enter the new answer; repeat to add as many choices as needed. - (Optional) Additional customization options include:
- Delete a choice: Hover your cursor over the choice you want to delete and click the delete icon to the right.
- Rearrange choice: Hover your cursor over the choice you want to move then click and hold the 6 dots to the right; drag the choice to its new location and drop.
- Required question: Click the Required toggle if the question has to be answered in order to proceed.
- Show as dropdown: Click the Show as dropdown toggle for choices to display from a drop-down menu.
- Upload image: Click the Upload image icon at the bottom right of the question box.
- Duplicate or delete question: Click the ellipses ... icon at the bottom right of the question box and select your option.
- Rearrange question: Click and hold the 6 dots at the top of the question box; drag to its new location and drop. This is only visible when multiple questions exist.
- (Optional) Click + Add Question to add another question.
Multiple choice
Use the multiple-choice format if you want the participant to answer with one or more options.
- Click Untitled Question to enter your question.
- Click Choice 1 to enter the first answer. Click Choice 2 to enter the second answer if necessary.
(Optional) Click + Add choice, then click Choice 3 to enter the new answer; repeat to add as many choices as needed. - (Optional) Additional customization options include:
- Delete a choice: Hover your cursor over the choice you want to delete and click the delete icon to the right.
- Rearrange choice: Hover your cursor over the choice you want to move then click and hold the 6 dots to the right; drag the choice to its new location and drop.
- Required question: Click the Required toggle if the question has to be answered in order to proceed.
- Upload image: Click the Upload image icon at the bottom right of the question box.
- Duplicate or delete question: Click the ellipses ... icon at the bottom right of the question box and select your option.
- Rearrange question: Click and hold the 6 dots at the top of the question box; drag to its new location and drop. This is only visible when multiple questions exist.
- (Optional) Click + Add Question to add another question.
Matching
Use the matching format if you want the participant to match prompts with possible answers.
- Click Untitled Question to enter your question.
- Click Prompt 1 to enter the first prompt. Click Prompt 2 and Prompt 3 to enter the others, if necessary.
(Optional) Click + Add choice, then click Prompt 4 to enter the new prompt; repeat to add as many choices as needed. - Click Answer 1 to enter the first possible answer. Click Answer 2 and Answer 3 to enter the others, if necessary.
(Optional) Click + Add answer, then click Answer 4 to enter the new answer; repeat to add as many choices as needed. - (Optional) Additional customization options include:
- Delete a prompt or answer: Hover your cursor over the prompt or answer you want to delete and click the delete icon to the right.
- Rearrange prompt or answer: Hover your cursor over the prompt or answer you want to move then click and hold the 6 dots to the right; drag the prompt or answer to its new location and drop.
- Required question: Click the Required toggle if the question has to be answered in order to proceed.
- Upload image: Click the Upload image icon at the bottom right of the question box.
- Duplicate or delete question: Click the ellipses ... icon at the bottom right of the question box and select your option.
- Rearrange question: Click and hold the 6 dots at the top of the question box; drag to its new location and drop. This is only visible when multiple questions exist.
- (Optional) Click + Add Question to add another question.
Rank Order
Use the rank order format if you want the participant to rank answers using rows and columns.
- Click Untitled Question to enter your question.
- Click Row 1 to enter the first row choice. Click Row 2 and Row 3 to enter the others, if necessary.
(Optional) Click + Add row, then click Row 4 to enter the new row; repeat to add as many choices as needed. - Click Column 1 to enter the first column choice. Click Column 2 and Column 3 to enter the others, if necessary.
(Optional) Click + Add column, then click Column 4 to enter the new column; repeat to add as many choices as needed. - (Optional) Additional customization options include:
- Delete a column or row: Hover your cursor over the prompt or answer you want to delete and click the delete icon to the right.
- Rearrange column or row: Hover your cursor over the prompt or answer you want to move then click and hold the 6 dots to the right; drag the prompt or answer to its new location and drop.
- Required question: Click the Required toggle if the question has to be answered in order to proceed.
- Upload image: Click the Upload image icon at the bottom right of the question box.
- Duplicate or delete question: Click the ellipses ... icon at the bottom right of the question box and select your option.
- Rearrange question: Click and hold the 6 dots at the top of the question box; drag to its new location and drop. This is only visible when multiple questions exist.
- (Optional) Click + Add Question to add another question.
Short Answer
Use the short answer format if you want the participant to answer with a written response.
- Click Untitled Question to enter your question.
- In the Min Character box, enter a number or click the arrows to select the minimum character number required for the answer.
- In the Max Character box, enter a number or click the arrows to select the maximum character number allowed for the answer.
- (Optional) Additional customization options include:
- Required question: Click the Required toggle if the question has to be answered in order to proceed.
- Upload image: Click the Upload image icon at the bottom right of the question box.
- Duplicate or delete question: Click the ellipses ... icon at the bottom right of the question box and select your option.
- Rearrange question: Click and hold the 6 dots at the top of the question box; drag to its new location and drop. This is only visible when multiple questions exist.
- (Optional) Click + Add Question to add another question.
Long answer
Use the long answer format if you want the participant to answer with a written response.
- Click Untitled Question to enter your question.
- In the Min Character box, enter a number or click the arrows to select the minimum character number required for the answer.
- In the Max Character box, enter a number or click the arrows to select the maximum character number allowed for the answer.
- (Optional) Additional customization options include:
- Required question: Click the Required toggle if the question has to be answered in order to proceed.
- Upload image: Click the Upload image icon at the bottom right of the question box.
- Duplicate or delete question: Click the ellipses ... icon at the bottom right of the question box and select your option.
- Rearrange question: Click and hold the 6 dots at the top of the question box; drag to its new location and drop. This is only visible when multiple questions exist.
- (Optional) Click + Add Question to add another question.
Fill in the blank
Use the fill in the blank format if you want the participant to complete a phrase or sentence.
- Click Untitled Question to enter your question. Position your question text around the <blank 1> text so that your participants have something to fill in.
- (Optional) Click + Add blank to add another blank space to your phrase or sentence.
- (Optional) Additional customization options include:
- Required question: Click the Required toggle if the question has to be answered in order to proceed.
- Upload image: Click the Upload image icon at the bottom right of the question box.
- Duplicate or delete question: Click the ellipses ... icon at the bottom right of the question box and select your option.
- Rearrange question: Click and hold the 6 dots at the top of the question box; drag to its new location and drop. This is only visible when multiple questions exist.
- (Optional) Click + Add Question to add another question.
Rating scale
Use the rating-scale format if you want the participant to answer with a value between a range of numbers.
- Click Untitled Question to enter your question.
- In the Score from box, enter a number or click the arrows to select the number that the range should start from.
- In the To box, enter a number or click the arrows to select the number that the range should end on.
- (Optional) Click the Low score label, then enter what the lowest value represents.
- (Optional) Click the High score label, then enter what the highest value represents.
- (Optional) Additional customization options include:
- Required question: Click the Required toggle if the question has to be answered in order to proceed.
- Upload image: Click the Upload image icon at the bottom right of the question box.
- Duplicate or delete question: Click the ellipses ... icon at the bottom right of the question box and select your option.
- Rearrange question: Click and hold the 6 dots at the top of the question box; drag to its new location and drop. This is only visible when multiple questions exist.
- (Optional) Click + Add Question to add another question.