SurveyMonkey offers a variety of question types so you can build a survey that collects the info you need.
From the Design Survey section, click on Build to access all available question types and survey elements to help you manage your survey pages.
You can view an example of each question type by hovering over the question type in the Build section. You can click Learn more to view a help center article about that question type. If you don't want to see examples, hover over a question type and select Hide Builder tooltips.
After adding and saving a question, you can edit them at any time, but some editing limitations apply once the survey has already collected responses.
| Question Type | Description |
| Multiple Choice | Let people choose a single answer from a list of answer choices. |
| Checkboxes | Let people select multiple answers from your list of answer choices. |
| Comment Box | Let people respond with a longer, open-ended answer. |
| Single Textbox | Let people respond with a short text or numerical answer. You can specify answer length, or require and validate a number value, date format, or email address. |
| Text | Insert text into your survey design to provide extra context or description to your respondents. |
| Star Rating | Let people evaluate a statement on a visual scale of stars, hearts, thumbs, or smilies. |
| Dropdown | Provide a dropdown list of answer choices and let people choose a single answer. This format offers a way to save space if you have a long list of answer options. |
| Slider | Let people rate an item or statement on a numerical scale by dragging an interactive slider. |
| Multiple Textboxes | Collect multiple short text or numerical answers with a single question. You can specify answer length, and require and validate a number value, date format, or email address. |
| Matrix/Rating Scale | Let people evaluate one or more row items using the same set of column choices. You can set the matrix question to collect multiple answers or only a single answer per row. You have the option to turn the matrix question into a rating scale if you want to assign weights to each answer choice. |
| Ranking | Let people rank a list of options in the order they prefer using numeric dropdown menus or drag-and-drop. |
| File Upload | Let people attach a file with their survey response. |
| Matrix of Dropdown Menus | Let people evaluate several items using the same set of measurements. They can choose an answer from a preset list of answer choices presented in a dropdown menu. |
| Best Worst Scale | Let people select the best and worst option from a list of items. This lets you find out what respondents value. |
| Net Promoter® Score | Let people measure their satisfaction with your organization, brand, product, or service. We'll calculate a NPS score automatically in the Analyze Results section. |
| Date/Time | Let people enter a specific date and/or time. |
| Text A/B Test | Learn how people react to two or more different messages. Enter the text variables you want to compare, then specify the percentage of respondents who should see each message. |
| Image A/B Test | Learn how people react to two or more different images. Provide the images to compare, then specify the percentage of respondents who should see each image. |
| Click Map | Get feedback about an image by asking people to click on a part of your image. |
| Accepting Payments | Add a payment page to the end of your survey and accept payments through Stripe. You can either assign prices to a single question or charge a fixed price for your entire survey. |
| Name | Let people provide a First name, Last name, Middle name, Title, and Suffix from a single question. |
| Email Address | Let people provide an email address. |
| Phone | Let people provide phone numbers and extensions. |
| Address | Let people provide a street address, city/town, state/province, zip/postal code, or country. |
| Image Choice | Let people choose one or more image answers from your image answer choices. |
| Image | Insert an image into your survey by uploading an image file from your computer. |
TIP! You can also add a New page, Page break, Intro page, or other survey elements to your survey from the Build section. Learn more: Adding and Managing Pages
The Question Bank contains hundreds of certified questions created by survey methodologists. Using the Question Bank's questions minimizes bias and gives you the most accurate responses to your survey questions.