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Multiple choice question - Auto fill question when only 1 answer has been selected in previous ones

  • May 21, 2026
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VictorAV
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Hey Qualtrics team! 👋

I have a question you may help us! 🤞

We work with Qualtrics with a 'brand tracker' survey. And we have the common brand funnel metrics questions:
- aidedBrandAwareness (multi answer)
- Consideration (multi answer) > carry-forward choices from aidedBrandAwareness question
- FirstChoice (single choice) > carry-forward choices from Consideration question

I would like to improve the survey workflow so for the situation where in the aidedbrandAwareness or Consideration question only 1 brand is selected, then the next ones are automatically fulfilled without asking to customers.

For instance, If I select only 1 brand in aidedbrandAwareness question, then Consideration and FirstChoice are automatically answered by being fulfilled with this brand and not shown to respondent. Or a similar situation when only 1 brand is selected in the Consideration question so the FirstChoice can be automatically fulfilled. 

What we try to do is avoiding respondents clicking on the only brand they have been selected and reduce survey fatigue, it’s a way to improve the survey experience. 

How can it be implemented?

Thanks!

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TomG
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  • TomG
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  • May 21, 2026

Here is some JS that will do it if you are NOT using New Experience. It looks to see if the MC question has a single choice and if so, selects it and hides the question. Then, if it is the only question on the page it automatically advances to the next page.

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function() {
	//Autoselect single MC choice and hide question.  If only question on page, go to next page.
	var q = jQuery("#"+this.questionId);
	if(q.find('input[type=radio]').length == 1) {
		var oneQ = false;
		if(jQuery('.QuestionOuter').length == 1) {
			oneQ = true;
			jQuery('.Skin').hide();
		}
		else {  
			q.hide();
			if(this.questionId == jQuery('.QuestionOuter:first').attr('id')) q.next('.Separator').hide();
			else q.prev('.Separator').hide();
		}
		q.find('input[type=radio]').click();
		if(oneQ) jQuery('#NextButton').click();	
	}	
});

If you are interested, I have a function that works with MC and other question types, supports New Experience, and has additional functionality. Details here. 

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