What are the most common question types in surveys?

Answer:

In general there are two basic categories of question type, closed-end and open-end.

Closed-end: 

• Single select, or radio, pulldown, radio slider, and radio stars
• Multiple select, or checkbox and listbox

Open-end:

• text
• textbox
• number
• integer
• uszip5
• date
• password
• hidden
• upload
• slider
• stars

Aside from these basic question types other respondent exercises include:

• Ranking
• Card Sorting
• Maximum Difference (MaxDiff)
• Conjoint (DCM, MBC, etc.)
• Shelf testing 
• Text or image highlighting
• Image heatmapping
• Audio/video verbatim