> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getversive.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Question types > Every question type in the study builder, with all available settings Versive offers 20+ question types organized into four groups: **Open response**, **Choices & sorting**, **Ratings & feedback**, and **Other**. Every question type supports a **Required** toggle, and most support media attachments — see [Question media](/studies/question-media). **Surveys** (the no-AI engine) hide the conversational types (AI Question and Exploratory) and use structured types only. ## Open response ### AI Question The signature Versive question: an open-ended question where the AI interviewer probes with intelligent follow-ups based on what the participant says. | Setting | Description | | ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Limit follow-up questions | Cap the number of AI follow-ups (1–10, default 5 when enabled). Leave off for unlimited. | | Add instructions | Guidance shown to the AI interviewer for this question (also displayed as a subtitle to participants). | | Interviewer notes | Private notes that steer the AI's probing — Versive can also suggest these automatically. | | Duration tracker | Show an on-screen timer with a target response window (`min`/`max` duration). The timer is yellow before the minimum, green in range, and red past the maximum. | | Follow-up durations | Separate min/max duration targets for follow-up answers (defaults to 50% of the main question's targets). | ### Exploratory A goal-driven, multi-turn AI conversation. Instead of a fixed question, you give the AI a **research goal** and a **turn budget** (default 8 turns), and it explores the topic conversationally until the goal is covered or the budget runs out. ### Open Text Long-form free text (or voice) input. Supports optional instructions shown to participants. ### Short Text A brief, single-line text answer. ### Message Not a question — displays information, instructions, or media between questions. Settings: custom button text (default "Sounds good"), an optional **timer** that participants must wait out before continuing, and a duration tracker. ## Choices & sorting ### Multiple Choice Single- or multi-select from a list of options. | Setting | Description | | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Multi-select | Allow choosing more than one option, with an optional **max selections** limit. | | Include "Other" | Adds a free-text "Other" option. | | Randomize order | Shuffle option order per participant to avoid order bias. | ### Card Sort Participants sort cards into categories — ideal for information architecture research. Settings: cards, categories, randomize order, **allow new categories** (open sort), and **allow new cards**. ### Ranking Rank a list of options by preference, via **drag-and-drop** or **dropdown** format. Supports randomized order. ### Matrix Ranking Rank options across multiple **criteria** (e.g. rank features by importance *and* by satisfaction). Same format options as Ranking. ### Allocation Distribute a fixed budget of points across options (default total: 100). Options can optionally be pulled from a previous question's answers, and you can enforce the total as a hard limit. ### Conjoint Choice-based conjoint analysis (CBC): participants repeatedly choose between product concepts assembled from your attributes, revealing how much each attribute drives preference. | Setting | Description | | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Attributes & levels | The product dimensions being traded off (e.g. Price, Quality, Support), each with 2–5 levels. 3–6 attributes recommended. | | Concepts per task | How many concepts appear side by side in each choice (2 or 3). | | Tasks per respondent | How many choice tasks each participant completes (6–12). | | Include "None" option | Adds a "None of these" choice to every task. | | Randomization | Shuffle task order and concept order per participant. | Results include **attribute importance**, **level utilities**, **choice shares**, and design diagnostics — all computed automatically in Insights. ### Tree Test Findability testing on a navigation tree. Participants complete tasks by locating the right node in your hierarchy. | Setting | Description | | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Tree | The nested navigation structure to test. | | Tasks | Each task has a description and one or more correct answers. | | Randomize tasks | Shuffle task order. | | Show task progress | Display progress through tasks (on by default). | | Max levels | Maximum visible tree depth (default 6). | | Behavior options | Start expanded, allow skip, allow going back, allow selecting parent nodes, custom instructions. | ## Ratings & feedback ### Rating Scale A Likert-style scale (default 1–5) with customizable labels for the low, middle, and high points. ### Star Rating A configurable icon rating — **stars, hearts, or paws** — with an adjustable maximum (default 5). ### NPS Standard Net Promoter Score (default 0–10) with customizable end labels ("Not at all likely" / "Extremely likely"). ### Matrix Rating Scale Rate multiple items on the same scale. Supports randomized row order and an optional **N/A** column. ## Other ### Prototype Task A Figma prototype navigation task. Participants attempt to complete a task in your interactive prototype while Versive tracks their path. | Setting | Description | | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Goal node | The Figma frame that counts as task success — completion is detected automatically. | | Enable recording | Record the participant's prototype session. | Task outcomes are tracked as *not started, in progress, completed,* or *gave up*. ### Website Task Send participants to a live website to complete a task. | Setting | Description | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | URL & button text | The site to visit and the button label (default "Visit website"). | | Voice recording | Ask participants to think aloud while browsing (on by default). | | Embedded browser | Open the site inside the study in a virtual browser instead of a new tab. | ### Website Link Redirect the participant to an external URL (e.g. a partner survey or booking page). ### Media Upload Participants upload images and/or videos. Configure allowed types, maximum number of files, and maximum file size. ### Email Capture a valid email address. ### Number Numeric input, with an optional min/max range validation. ### Calendar External calendar booking — share a scheduling link (e.g. for a follow-up session) inside the study. ## Referencing earlier answers Questions can reference earlier answers with **mentions** — type `@` in the question editor to pipe a previous answer into the question text. See [Reusing earlier answers](/studies/logic#reusing-earlier-answers-mentions).