# 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. 

![](/files/-MBwgklC3el4rClOCon9)

{% 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.

![](/files/-MBwbd4W4Nf4nH9uOXSh)

{% 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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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.ngsurvey.com/form-management/form-designer/answers.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.