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Why do children repeat questions?
We all repeat parts or the whole question when we don’t understand something. It’s only human to ask for clarification. Now, you might say that we would say “could you repeat again?” or “I don’t understand”... However, children do not have the required vocabulary to say that to you. So most of the time when they repeat questions, it means that they do not understand the question.

It becomes a routine!
Another reason is that it has become a routine to copy what you say. Children use imitation to learn a language (actually all of us do). It’s typical for delayed children to inappropriately use a question to express something they are familiar with. For example, I had a student who would say “are you okay?” whenever he fell down. That’s because he heard it from the mother so many times. To fix this, all the mother gave the correct word to say when he fell down instead of asking the question.

Model the language you want to hear
For children to say the correct phrase at the correct time and context, all we need to do is to show and tell what s/he should say in that situation. So if you do ask a question, model the answer immediately!