Question Types

SurveyKar has more than twenty question types. These are the ones you will use most, grouped by what they are for.

Text answers

• Short text — names, one-line answers.
• Long text — open comments.
• Signature — a drawn signature.

Choosing from options

• Multiple choice (single) — one answer from a list.
• Checkboxes — several answers from a list.
• Dropdown — one answer from a long list.
• Yes / No — a two-way question.
• Image choice — options shown as pictures.
• Cascading dropdown — dependent lists, like Country → State → City.

Scales and scores

• Rating and Star rating — a 1–5 or 1–10 scale.
• NPS — the standard 0–10 recommendation question.
• CSAT and CES — satisfaction and effort scores.
• Likert — agreement scales.
• Slider — a continuous value.

Grids and ranking

• Matrix — the same scale across several rows.
• Ranking — drag options into order.
• MaxDiff — best/worst trade-offs across sets.
• Conjoint — preference between feature bundles.
• Kano — feature importance by paired questions.

Other

• Date, File upload, Description (text only, no answer), Media image, Page break, and a reCAPTCHA challenge.

Warning — Which types you can use depends on your plan. Types outside your plan appear locked in the type picker with the plan that unlocks them.