Parent & child questions

Learn how to use the parent/child question type, which allows you to logically group questions

This article discusses the parent/child question type available for Question-Based Assessments (QBAs) which allows you to group questions.

A parent/child question consists of an overarching parent question/statement, and its child question/s.

Creating a parent/child question
Customizing the parent question
Customizing child questions
The parent/child question in action

Creating a parent/child question

While building a QBA or QBA template, select + add question, and change the Question type to Parent/Child.

You can add the name and description of the parent question here.

Select Add child question to proceed.

Customizing the parent question

The parent question allows for an initial question or statement that will relate to the below child questions.

Once you click Add child question, you will be prompted to create your first child question. Once the first child question is saved, you will see the parent question in the assessment builder.

By clicking on the parent question, you can perform actions to it like it is a normal question, such as changing the domain that it belongs to (1), adding skip conditions (2), linking provisions/controls if an authority/control set is linked to the QBA (3), and attaching documents (4).

To learn more about the different question types of a QBA, head here.

Customizing child questions

You can add as many child questions as needed.

Click into a child question to edit it. You can edit the question title by double-clicking on it.

A child question has all the regular properties of questions, such as being different response types, being marked as mandatory (1), having skip conditions if applicable (2), or having automated risks and issues (3).