SurveyToGo: Question Types Overview

Overview of all SurveyToGo question types, their purpose, key features, and links to detailed configuration tutorials for each type.

Aug 19, 2026
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Question Types Overview

Survey To Go has a vast variety of different question types which allow you to collect precise, informative and unique types of data throughout your surveys.

This Overview will introduce you to the question types in Survey To Go and provide a specific tutorial for each one of them for a more deep dive.

*Question Type*	*Description*	*Remarks*
Single Choice	User can select 1 answer from a list of predefined answers	Can include one Other Specify Answer. Has various rendering modes
Numeric	User can enter a numeric value only	Has various built in configurations as min max values, Integers only etc.
Open Ended	User can enter free text	Has various rendering modes and built in configurations as allowed num of characters, text box size etc.
Multiple Selection	User can select 1 or more out of a list of predefined answers	Can include one Other Specify Answer. Has various rendering modes
Rating	user can order the various items in order of importance
Scale	User can select from a scale of 1 to N	Has various settings available as lower and higher associated limits, texts, images
Single Choice Grid	User selects one answer for each topic from a specified list of values for a specified list of topics.	Has various rendering modes and built in settings
Multiple Selection Grid	User selects one or more answers for each topic from a specified list of values for a specified list of topics.	Has various rendering modes and built in settings
Open Ended Grid	User can enter free text for a specified list of topics.	Has various rendering modes and built in settings
Numeric Grid	User can enter a numeric value only for a specified list of topics.	Has various rendering modes and built in settings
Counters	User can count various items
Stopper	User can measure using a stopwatch the time it takes to complete items	This question type is available only in the PC Surveyor program
Expression	Non-Visible question. You can enter an expression/computation that will be evaluated when the survey reaches this question.
Empty	Question without an answer. Used to display text, images, videos, sounds etc to the user without requiring him to answer.
Multimedia	Used to allow the surveyor to capture sound, photos or videos during an interview
Location	Used to hold a geographical location captured through the GPS or entered manually (LAT, LONG) by the surveyor
Heatmap	User select areas on image (in free selection or pre-defined area mode)