Survey question types
The question type decides what you get back: an opinion or a priority, a fact or a feeling. Here are all the types the ready-made templates are built from, with a note on when to reach for each.
38 types in this reference
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Long answer
A multi-line free text field. The only type that brings back the respondent’s own wording instead of the options you wrote.
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Text block
A screen with no input: a heading and some text underneath. There is nothing to answer, it explains why the survey exists and what comes next.
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Consent
A dedicated consent block with a checkbox and a link to your privacy policy. Not decoration, it is the legal part of the form.
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Email
A field with live format validation: a typo shows up before submission rather than when the reply bounces.
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Short answer
A single-line field. Name, city, job title, company: anything a person writes in one line without thinking.
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Single choice
Classic radio buttons: exactly one option from the list. The most predictable type and the most common one in forms.
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Cards
The same single choice, but as cards with a subtitle: every option has room for an explanation.
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Matrix
A table: subjects down the side, one shared scale across the top. Several identical questions collapse into a single screen.
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Phone
A phone field with a mask and validation. Numbers arrive in one format, so the export needs no manual cleaning.
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Multiple choice
Checkboxes: tick as many as you like. Shows the set, but never shows which of the ticked items matters more.
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Ranking
A list dragged into order with a mouse or a finger. There are no ties: the person has to commit to a sequence.
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Date
A calendar with minimum and maximum bounds. The answer arrives as a date, not as a string in whatever format.
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Section break
A section break with a heading and a subtitle: it splits a long form into named parts.
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Dropdown
A collapsed list of options. It takes one line no matter how many items sit inside.
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Yes / No
Two buttons. The fastest question in the palette, answered without thinking.
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CAPTCHA
A Yandex SmartCaptcha block inside the survey itself. It drops in like an ordinary question, with no separate integration.
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Number
A numeric field with bounds. You get a number you can compute with, not the text «about two hundred».
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Emoji rating
A scale of emoji instead of numbers. Reads faster than a numeric scale and feels lighter in short pulse surveys.
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Star rating
Five stars, familiar from any marketplace. They need no explanation and take a second to answer.
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Region
A region picker backed by a reference list, with an optional city. You do not maintain the list yourself.
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File upload
An upload for any file: a CV, a document, logs, a screen recording.
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Image upload
An image upload with a preview. A screenshot explains a problem better than three paragraphs of description.
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NPS (0–10)
A zero to ten scale with labelled ends and a built-in split into promoters, passives and detractors.
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Pairwise comparison
Options are shown two at a time and the person picks one each round. The overall order emerges from the series of choices.
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Slider
A slider with a defined step. Answered in one movement, with no aiming at small radio buttons.
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Card sorting
Cards the respondent groups themselves. The classic method from UX research.
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Constant sum (100 points)
A hundred points to distribute between the options. The total is fixed, so «all of it equally» is not available.
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Point on a map
A point on a map: the address is picked visually instead of typed with typos.
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Semantic differential
A bipolar scale: the person moves between two opposite descriptions rather than between numbers.
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Link
A link field with format validation. A portfolio, a website, a profile, the page where the problem lives.
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Date range
Two dates in one question, start and end, with a check that the end is not before the start.
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Date and time
A date and a time in one field. A separate type because booking nine in the morning and nine at night are different things.
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Geolocation
Coordinates from the respondent’s device at the moment of answering. Not an address in words, a point with a timestamp.
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Image choice
A choice made from pictures rather than text. Options are shown as images with captions.
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Likert scale
An agreement scale for a statement, from «strongly disagree» to «strongly agree», usually five points.
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Signature
A signature drawn with a finger or a mouse inside the form. It is stored with the response.
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Video answer
A video answer from the device camera. It carries tone and reaction, which neither text nor a rating can.
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Voice answer
A voice answer recorded in the browser. People say out loud what they would never type.
Question types: common questions
How many question types does Askyo have?
The builder palette holds 43 types: choice, scales, text, dates, media answers and structural blocks such as a section break and a consent box. This reference covers the ones that appear in ready-made templates, so every entry has a live example.
Which question type should I use for a rating?
It depends on what you are rating. One whole thing gets stars or an emoji scale, several parameters at once get a matrix, loyalty gets the NPS scale, and agreement with a statement gets a Likert scale.
Why is ranking better than a multi-select?
A multi-select shows what a person likes but never what they value more: asked to tick what matters, people tick almost everything. Ranking forces an order, and a constant sum adds the weight of each option on top.
Are all types available on the free plan?
Nearly all. Paid plans unlock media answers (file, image, voice, video), captcha, the region picker, geolocation and signature. The research methods, including matrix, ranking, pairwise comparison and card sorting, work on the free plan.
Survey question types
The question type decides what you get back: an opinion or a priority, a fact or a feeling. Here are all the types the ready-made templates are built from, with a note on when to reach for each.