The phrase "answer question positively" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when instructing someone to respond to a question in an affirmative or optimistic manner.
Example: "In the interview, make sure to answer the question positively to leave a good impression on the panel."
Alternatives: "respond affirmatively" or "reply in a positive manner".
In this paper, we first of all answer this question positively and prove the following result.
When Mr. Obama goes to a NATO summit meeting in Lisbon this week, Ivo Daalder, the United States ambassador to NATO, told reporters, one of the major issues will be whether the alliance is prepared to defend "against armed ballistic missiles coming towards NATO territory," and he said that "alliance leaders will answer that question positively, we expect".
In this paper, we answer this question positively for spectral gradient projection method.
The percentage of students who answer this question positively is often used as one indicator of a program's success.
Answer a question positively (say yes) by nodding once or twice.
Armstrong (1997, 118) answered this question positively and argued that facts are a case of non-mereological composition.
Only those who answered this question positively were administered the symptom questions that operationalise the DSM-IV alcohol use/dependence disorder diagnostic criteria.
For both items, there was a strong age-related trend with over 75% of subjects answering each question positively being aged 50 69.
Other commentators think that Locke answers the first question negatively for most actions, but with one important qualification that is clarified and made more explicit in E5, and that he answers the second question positively, all without falling into inconsistency (Rickless 2000; Garrett 2015).
When preparing for an interview and anticipating likely questions, plan to answer all questions positively.
