Should I be creating 5 hidden questions with type as Equation and add logic to it?
Yes
Will hiding the questions process the logic upon survey submission?
Yes
Is there a way to check the data/responses collected in Preview Survey mode?
Not the data collected (in preview mode there is nothing collected), but you can see the result by displaying your equation questions.
But which values do you want to save in Misc1, Misc2,...?
Misc1: If somebody plays cricket for 7 hours, Misc1 has the value "1", otherwise "0" ? Or?
So you would have an equation called "Misc1" like:
{if(Q1=="SA1" && Q3=="ST2",1,0)}
Or for Misc3:
{if(Q1=="SA3" && Q2_AC4=="Y" && Q3=="ST1",1,0)}
Joffm