There is often a gray area between attitudes and beliefs. It is likely that responses would reflect both an assessment of the prevalence of illegal drug use and feelings about the moral aspects of their use. Although sometimes gray areas may be unavoidable, it is generally desirable to try to phrase questions to fall clearly into either the attitude or belief categories. Behavior Questions on behavior tend to elicit answers based on respondents' beliefs about their behavior. Behavioral questions may concern what people have done in the past, are currently doing, or plan to do in the future.
People tend to think of attributes as something they possess, rather than something they do.
Also, the questions demand of the respondents time and effort. Close-ended with ordered response options Answer choices are provided, each a graduation of a single dimension of some thought or behavior. Respondent's task is to find the most appropriate place on an implied continuum for his or her response. This type of question is used for many items, to determine attitude, belief, behavior, attributes. Close-ended with unordered response options Answer choices are provided, but no single dimension underlies them.