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a. The ‘5W1H’ type of questions.
The 5W1H are the interrogative words that are
used to ask questions such as “What”, “Where”,
“Who”, “Why”, “When” and “How”. In addition,
“whom” or “do/does” can also be used as
interrogative words. Such questions will end with
a question mark “?”. The choice of interrogative
word shall depend on the type of information to be
collected. Therefore, it will also be necessary to
select an appropriate response which corresponds
directly to the question. Generally, there are three
main types of suitable responses to most
questionnaires, namely: open-ended answers,
