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# Question quotas

> Cap completes per answer option on a Multiple Choice question

A question quota caps how many completed interviews may choose a given option on a **Multiple Choice** question. Use it to fill segments from a single link, for example 50 participants who pick *iPhone* and 50 who pick *Android*, without creating a link per group.

Question quotas are independent of the [study quota](/studies/settings#quotas): a study can have both, and each is enforced on its own. Only Multiple Choice questions support them.

## Setting up a quota

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the question">
    In the study editor, select a Multiple Choice question. The **Quotas** section sits below its logic rules.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add a row per option">
    Click **Add quota**, pick the match type and the option, and enter the number of completes. Options without a row are unlimited. A question can hold up to 50 rows, one per match type and option.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save the study">
    Quotas are saved with the rest of the study. Questions that carry a quota show a target icon in the question list.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Equals vs Includes

| Match        | Available on             | An answer counts when                                               |
| ------------ | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Equals**   | Single- and multi-select | The participant selected exactly that one option and nothing else.  |
| **Includes** | Multi-select only        | The option is among the selected options, whatever else was chosen. |

Custom text typed into an **Other** option never matches an option quota. On an Equals quota, an Other entry alongside the option also means the answer is no longer an exact match, so it doesn't count.

Matching is language-aware: a translated option label counts toward the same quota as the original.

## Closing an option

Set the limit to 0 to close an option: the next participant who chooses it is screened out. Remove the row to lift the cap.

## What participants see

A participant whose answer lands on a full option is screened out at that moment, and their response is marked screened out rather than complete. They land on the study's [screen-out destination](/studies/settings#sharing--participants): the screen-out message, your custom URL, or the per-channel [source redirect](/studies/launch-and-sharing#participant-sources). Other options keep accepting answers.

<Note>
  Question quotas don't gate entry. Participants can start the study and answer earlier questions before reaching a full option, so place quota questions early, typically with your screener, to keep screened-out sessions short. Use a [study quota](/studies/settings#quotas) when you need to turn participants away at the door.
</Note>

## What counts toward a quota

* Only **completed** interviews count. Screened-out and in-progress interviews don't.
* Mock interviews, previews, and AI simulations never count, and a mock interview is never screened out by a quota.
* Archived interviews don't count.

Each saved row shows a **N so far** readout with its current count, in red once the option is full. The header quota pill covers the study quota only; question quota progress lives here in the question editor.

<Note>
  Caps are approximate. The count is checked when a participant answers, and everyone already past the question can finish, so a few participants answering at the same moment can push an option slightly past its limit.
</Note>

## Good to know

* Quotas match on option text. Renaming an option in the editor carries its quota along. Deleting an option, or changing the question to another type, removes its quotas.
* An Includes quota only works while the question is multi-select. If you turn multi-select off, switch the quota to Equals or remove it before saving; the study won't save with an Includes quota on a single-select question.
* Quotas are enforced in every conversation mode, including voice.
* Manage question quotas programmatically with the [API](/api-reference/quotas/update-question-quotas) or the MCP server's [`set_question_quotas`](/mcp/tools) tool.