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A type of assessment question, which might be used in a written examination, in which the answer to a question is expected to be of several paragraphs or even several pages in length.

The answer is therefore expected to provide an in-depth response to the stated question, often requiring explanations, contrasts, consequences of actions, additional insight etc.

If the answer is expected to be several pages long then this would be classed as an essay, being a sub-type of long answer question.

This is also frequently shortened to the acronym LAQ.