What's a word for a group of questions asked together?

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Is there a word for a set of questions that are asked together and are related? For example, one asks the question:

Do you go rafting?

And follow up with:

If yes, where? 
   If no, what do you do instead?

I'd like a word that represents this collection of questions, some of which are meaningless outside of their grouping. Is there such a word?

I have a couple of ideas in mind (linked here so I can limit influencing your opinion).

I'm looking for something much smaller than an interview (which is a larger collection of loosely-related questions), and different from a page (which is a physical arrangement of questions).

MrHen · Accepted Answer

A few options, some admittedly phrases and also various forms:

line of questioning
questions
questioning
questionnaire
a grilling
investigation
review
debriefing
interrogation
poll
survey

stacker · Answer

Since your questions depend on previous questions a Decision Tree comes to my mind.

another resource

JSBձոգչ · Answer

If your focus is on the sequence of questions that the asker must follow, you might use script.

Alain Pannetier Φ · Answer

If you intend to convey the idea of a high throughput of questions, here are a few suggestions (many inspired by weather related metaphors).

A "burst" of questions
A "gust" of questions
A "hail" of questions 
A "flurry" of questions
A "rain" of questions

morganpdx · Answer

Another option would be an 'inquiry' (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inquiry):

in·quir·y   /ɪnˈkwaɪəri, ˈɪnkwəri/
1 -  a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge.
2 - an investigation, as into an incident: a Congressional inquiry into
the bribery charges.
3 - the act of inquiring or of seeking information by questioning;
interrogation.
4 - a question; query.

psmears · Answer

A quick succession of many questions might be described as a barrage of questions, though that does have the implication that they came a little too fast for comfort.

Kevin · Answer

The word 'battery' comes to mind.

What's a word for a group of questions asked together?

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