diff --git a/application/controllers/admin/quotas.php b/application/controllers/admin/quotas.php
index 26c6436c4fb..441b8c4bf3f 100644
--- a/application/controllers/admin/quotas.php
+++ b/application/controllers/admin/quotas.php
@@ -393,6 +393,10 @@ function editquota($iSurveyId)
     function new_answer($iSurveyId, $sSubAction = 'new_answer')
     {
         $iSurveyId = sanitize_int($iSurveyId);
+
+        /** @var Survey $oSurvey */
+        $oSurvey =  Survey::model()->findByPk($iSurveyId);
+
         $this->_checkPermissions($iSurveyId, 'update');
         $aData = $this->_getData($iSurveyId);
         $sBaseLang = $aData['sBaseLang'];
@@ -406,21 +410,17 @@ function new_answer($iSurveyId, $sSubAction = 'new_answer')
                 $quota_name = $aQuotaDetails['name'];
             }
 
-            $result = Question::model()->findAllByAttributes(array('type' => array('G', 'M', 'Y', 'A', 'B', 'I', 'L', 'O', '!'), 'sid' => $iSurveyId, 'language' => $sBaseLang, 'parent_qid' => 0));
-            if (empty($result))
-            {
+            $result = $oSurvey->quotableQuestions;
+            if (empty($result)) {
                 $aViewUrls[] = 'newanswererror_view';
-            }
-            else
-            {
+            } else {
                 $aData['newanswer_result'] = $result;
                 $aData['quota_name'] = $quota_name;
                 $aViewUrls[] = 'newanswer_view';
             }
         }
 
-        if ($sSubAction == "new_answer_two" && isset($_POST['quota_qid']) && Permission::model()->hasSurveyPermission($iSurveyId, 'quotas', 'create'))
-        {
+        if ($sSubAction == "new_answer_two" && isset($_POST['quota_qid']) && Permission::model()->hasSurveyPermission($iSurveyId, 'quotas', 'create')) {
             $result = Quota::model()->findAllByPk(Yii::app()->request->getPost('quota_id'));
 
             foreach ($result as $aQuotaDetails){
diff --git a/application/models/Question.php b/application/models/Question.php
index 17877e1fd9c..881c2ad46e5 100644
--- a/application/models/Question.php
+++ b/application/models/Question.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
  * @property QuestionGroup $groups  //TODO should be singular
  * @property Question $parents      //TODO should be singular
  * @property Question[] $subquestions
+ * @property string[] $quotableTypes Question types that can be used for quotas
  */
 class Question extends LSActiveRecord
 {
@@ -1056,5 +1057,9 @@ public function fixSubQuestions(){
         $criteria->addNotInCondition('title', CHtml::listData($validSubQuestion,'title','title'));
         Question::model()->deleteAll($criteria);// Must log count of deleted ?
     }
+    /** @return array */
+    public static function getQuotableTypes(){
+        return array('G', 'M', 'Y', 'A', 'B', 'I', 'L', 'O', '!');
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/application/models/Survey.php b/application/models/Survey.php
index 50f91b394bb..0e0716df3fc 100644
--- a/application/models/Survey.php
+++ b/application/models/Survey.php
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
  * @property User $owner
  * @property QuestionGroup[] $groups
  * @property Quota[] $quotas
+ * @property Question[] $quotableQuestions
  *
  * @property array $fullAnswers
  * @property array $partialAnswers
@@ -686,7 +687,7 @@ public function resetCache() {
     /**
      * Attribute renamed to questionindex in dbversion 169
      * Y maps to 1 otherwise 0;
-     * @param type $value
+     * @param string $value
      */
     public function setAllowjumps($value)
     {
@@ -1261,4 +1262,43 @@ public function getsSurveyUrl()
         return $this->sSurveyUrl;
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * @return Question[]
+     */
+    public function getQuotableQuestions()
+    {
+        $criteria = $this->getQuestionOrderCriteria();
+
+        $criteria->addColumnCondition(array(
+            't.sid' => $this->sid,
+            't.language' => $this->language,
+            'parent_qid' => 0,
+
+        ));
+
+        $criteria->addInCondition('t.type',Question::getQuotableTypes());
+
+        /** @var Question[] $questions */
+        $questions = Question::model()->findAll($criteria);
+        return $questions;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the DB criteria to get questions as ordered in survey
+     * @return CDbCriteria
+     */
+    private function getQuestionOrderCriteria(){
+        $criteria=new CDbCriteria;
+        $criteria->select = Yii::app()->db->quoteColumnName('t.*');
+        $criteria->with=array(
+            'survey.groups',
+        );
+        $criteria->order =Yii::app()->db->quoteColumnName('groups.group_order').','
+            .Yii::app()->db->quoteColumnName('t.question_order');
+        $criteria->addCondition('`groups`.`gid` =`t`.`gid`','AND');
+        return $criteria;
+
+    }
+
 }