What are the types of questions?

Yes/no questions (the answer to the question is "Yes" or "No").
Question word questions (the answer to the question is "detailed information").
Choice questions (the answer to the question is "in the question").
Tag questions.

How do you write a question word question without multiple choice answers?

Question word question with or without multiple choice answers: You begin with word like what, what...for, when, where, which, who, whom, whose, why, why don't, how, (how + adj/adv), how far, how long, how many, how much, how old, how come - A total of 17 question word combinations.
You have to add a verb after the question word.