Closed-ended question types

Closed-ended questions are predesigned with answers from a set of potential choices. In the questionnaire, the attesters choose the best possible answer or set of answers.

Table: Closed-ended question types

Question type	Description	Example
Single-choice	One possible answer	Does the server room have a lock on the door?
Multiple-choice	One or more possible answers	What operating systems does the organization support?

The single-choice question is the best choice for the following uses:

Start a Next Hop path in the questionnaire.
Apply importance and severity in the Weight Wizard.
Gather information.

The multiple-choice question lets the attester select several different answers to a specific question.

The advantages of the closed-ended question are the following:

Quick to answer
Easy to analyze

The disadvantages of the closed-ended question are the following:

Set of potential choices covers all of the answer possibilities.
May return misleading conclusions because the attesters do not qualify their response