> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ngsurvey.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ngsurvey.com/form-management/form-designer/answers.md).

# Answers

## 📝️️ What are answers ?

Answers are the key parts of your [questions](/form-management/form-designer/questions.md) to collect the information you need from your [respondents](/form-management/respondents-management.md).

An answer can be defined as a small module called [answer type](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types.md) which provides a unique functionality that can be used to build your [questions](/form-management/form-designer/questions.md). ngSurvey provides out of the box a number of [answers types](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types.md) that you can use in your questions like for example calendars, radio buttons, signature pads, entry fields, list of items. 

![](https://1025048312-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M8fLhS0bmfBRyq0HdUm%2F-MBwgQYvxNEaQFXLrRW6%2F-MBwgklC3el4rClOCon9%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=f7ffe5a2-9416-48f1-8a24-144280a42b55)

{% hint style="info" %}
You may also develop your own answer types [widgets](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/creating-new-type/widget.md) using plain javascript and html.
{% endhint %}

## 🔠️️ Mixing answer types

As you can see in the example below you can build a question using any kind of answer types.

![](https://1025048312-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M8fLhS0bmfBRyq0HdUm%2F-MBwZZ6EFOdrs6vwJvBT%2F-MBwbd4W4Nf4nH9uOXSh%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=fecce40a-5761-46eb-b763-fcd06939a28b)

{% hint style="info" %}
In the sample contact form above we used a [field](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/entry-field.md), an [email validator ](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/email-validator.md)and a  [captcha](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/captcha.md) validation answer type to build our question.
{% endhint %}


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