If, on a questionnaire, a respondent is asked "what do you feel is the most important crime problem facing the police in your city today? ", they are being asked what type of question?

They are being asked a Closed Question, because this tpe of question requires a specific answer which it could be a "yes", "no" or a specific information. And in this case this question is asking for a specific problem.

answer; i believe the correct answer is enlightenment;

i disagree that there is little difference between adult female development and adult male development. sociological studies comparing female and male pathways to adulthood, revelead that there are sustancial differences between them. particularly, female and male differ from timing of marriage, when they began to live with children and the likelihood of combining wife/husband and parent roles.