Is there a term for a question and answer pair?

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Is there a single word that encapsulates the idea of a question and answer pairing or grouping? So far, google has turned up nothing helpful on the topic. Naturally, reviewing the options for both questions and answers in a thesaurus turns up nothing because the alternatives are similar to the idea of one or the other, but not both combined.

FumbleFingers · Accepted Answer

I'd call it a...

question and answer interchange (21,300 hits on Google)

Or just plain...

interchange - mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (esp. information)

TrevorD · Answer

Supplementing FF's answer:

Or just:

Question and answer
  Q & A

T.E.D. · Answer

This sounds like a request for a computer program variable name.

In that domain, related pairs of things are often referred to as "tuple"s or "pair"s. So if it were me, I'd name that variable question_answer_pair, or perhaps qa_pair for short.

mikeY · Answer

This might be esoteric and on the edge, but we don't really know the context for OP's query:

What came to mind was a "challenge".  When you can't remember your password on your banking site, as an example, they will give you a "challenge", a "challenge question", or a "security question" (I've heard all three).  They would seem different from a regular question in that there is supposed to be only one acceptable answer paired to the question portion of the challenge.  A soldier on guard duty might also issue a challenge that would need to be returned with the correct paired answer.

Just an idea.  "Challenge" was single word as requested.  Like I say, we don't have a lot of information.

Is there a term for a question and answer pair?

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