What is the term for a question asked to the entire group with no one designated to answer?

• A. Overhead question
• B. Relay
• C. Directed
• D. Overhead

Answer: (A)

The key idea is asking a question to the whole group without singling out any one person. The best term for that is an overhead question. It’s used to invite input or check understanding from everyone present, without designating a respondent.

A relay is when you pose a question to someone or a small group who then passes the answer to the rest of the group, so the response isn’t coming from the entire audience directly. A directed question targets a specific person, rather than the whole group. The term overhead (by itself) is less precise—the commonly used phrase for this group-wide, unassigned question is overhead question, which is why that option best fits.