Supported Question Formats

Following question types are supported by the Quiz (Test) Editor. Questions can be created using online quiz editor or uploaded from the word template.

  1. Single response (SR)
  2. Multi response (MR)
  3. Numeric Fill in blank (FBN) 
  4. Text Fill in blank (FBS)
  5. Horizontal grid (HGR)
  6. Horizontal grid Multi Response (HGMR)
  7. Vertical grid (VGR)
  8. Vertical grid Multi Response (VGMR)
  9. Match Type Single Response (ST)
  10. Column Matching Multi Response (MT)
  11. Essay (ES)
  12. Sequence (SEQ)
  13. HotSpot Single Response (HSSR)
  14. HotSpot Multi Response (HSMR)

All the grid type questions are also referred as likert type questions in some other products

1. Single response (SR)

Select one choice from multiple options. This question type is also used for True/False type of question.  In True/False scenario, define only two choices. 

 

 

2. Multi response (MR)

Select one or more choices from multiple options. 

 

 While creating MR questions, you can specify more than one correct choices. By default scoring of multiple choice requires all correct answers to be specified in the test attempt. If even one inorrect option is specified or any one correct option is not specified, there no points given for the attemp. But you can enable partial scoring of MR question types by turning on below option from the tab in the editor.

 

3. Numeric Fill in blank (FBN)

Open numerical response. While attempting the question, user is not allowed non numeric input (only 0-9 and decimal keys are allowed)

 

 While creating the FBN question, you can add more than one correct answer. All answers are individually correct. If the test taker specifies any one, they will get full point for the question.

 

4. Text Fill in blank (FBS)

Open text response. There can be more than one correct choices.  

 While creating the FBS question, you can add more than one correct answer. All answers are individually correct. If the test taker specifies any one (ignoring lower/upper case), they will get full point for the question.

 

5. Horizontal Grid (HGR)

 

Questions are going to show a grid of questions with common set of choices. Each question is answered independently. Only one choice can be made from multiple options. This question type is also referred as likert type in some other products

In HGR type questions, each row represents a sub-question which has 1/N points available out of N points for the question (if there are N sub-questions). E.g. in the above picture, if we entered 16 points for this question, each of the 4 sub-question will have 4 point each (16/4=4). All sub questions, share same set of choices, which are specified as columns. While creating the HGR question, you can select one or more (or all) choice for each sub-question as valid response. Each valid response can be assigned a weight % . E.g. for the best answer (expected from student) you can enter 100% weight, for the second best answer you can enter 75% weight, for third best you can enter 50% and so on. Which effectively means that if user picked best answer for a sub-question they can get 4 points for that sub question. For second best choice they can get 75% of 4 which is 3 points. For third best choice they will get just 2 point.

Creating HGR Question

Screenshot below shows how to add HGR question with multiple choices, sub-questions and indicate correct choices and their weights. Total point for the question is evenly divided into sub-questions.

VGR type questions work in the similar manner, only the position of rows and columns is swapped, and each sub-question occupies a column while each choice occupies a row.

 

for HGR/VGR type question, while answering you can only pick one correct answer (just like SR)

 

6. Horizontal Grid Multi Response (HGMR)

Questions are going to show a grid of questions with common set of choices. Each question is answered independently. One or more choices can be made from multiple options. This question type is also referred as likert type in some other products

HGMR questions allow more than one answer by the student by allowing checkbox for each choice in a sub-question. So they act more like MR type questions, but with option to set different weight for each correct choice such that sum of weight of all correct choices becomes 100%. Each correct choice can have a unequal weight in HGMR (and VGMR). If weight is not specified during creation of the question, then all correct choices are assumed to have equal weight and the total points for a sub-question gets divided into equal parts. So if there were 4 points for a sub question, and 2 choices were correct, then each correct choice will get you 2 points.

Creating HGMR Question

Screenshot below shows how to add HGMR question with multiple choices, sub-questions and indicate correct choices and their weights. Total point for the question is evenly divided into sub-questions.

7. Vertical Grid (VGR)

Identical to HGR, however the positions of questions and choices are reversed in the delivery format. This question type is also referred as likert type in some other products

 Similar to HGR, just the rows and columns are swapped.

Creating VGR Question

Screenshot below shows how to add VGR question with multiple choices, sub-questions and indicate correct choices and their weights. Total point for the question is evenly divided into sub-questions.

 

8. Vertical grid Multi Response (VGMR)

Identical to HGMR except that the position of questions and choices are reversed. This question type is also referred as likert type in some other products


 

 Similar to HGMR, just the rows and columns are swapped.

Creating VGMR Question

Screenshot below shows how to add VGMR question with multiple choices, sub-questions and indicate correct choices and their weights. Total point for the question is evenly divided into sub-questions.

9. Match Type Single Response (ST)

Matching two differnet columns by creating the pair. In this case column 1 (Country) can have only one member matched in column 2 (Capital).  

 

In ST and MT questions, you can have a table with two columns as part of your question. followed by a matrix of matching grid. Each row in column 1 can be matched with any row in the column 2. ST types allow only one correct match pair for each row of column 1. MT allows

Column Matching type questions can also be presented to learner in drag drop style. At test level a UI setting 'Enable drag and drop choice' to enable drag drop style for column matching questions.  Note: Site level custom property should be added ENABLE_DRAG_DROP_IN_TEST_QUESTION=true in Site admin -> customization tab to use this feature.

 

10. Match Type Multi Response (MT)

Identical to ST except that each column 1 member matches with only one or more column 2 member.


 

 Just like ST,  you can have a table with two columns as part of your question. followed by a matrix of matching grid. Each row in column 1 can be matched with one or more rows in the column 2. MT types allow more than one correct match pair for each row of column 1. 

Multi response column matching questions can also be presented to user in drag drop style. 

 

11. Essay (ES)

Essay  type question allow open response from the candidates which can be manually evaluated by the instructor. Read more about how Essay Questions are evaluated

12. Sequence (SEQ)

Sequence type questions provides drag and drop option to arrange items in the right order. These type of questions also referred as 'Ordering' type questions. 

Question can be created by placing the choices in the right order and these choices will be presented to learner in randomized order.

 

13. HotSpot Single Response (HSSR)

Hotspot questions provides option to upload a image for question and draw correct and in-correct areas in the image for answer. In HSSR type question only one correct area can be specified.

User can answer the question by clicking specified correct/incorrect areas. 

 

 

14. HotSpot Multi Response (HSMR)

Hotspot questions provides option to upload a image for question and draw correct and in-correct areas in the image for answer. In HSMR type question multiple correct areas can be specified.

User can answer the question by clicking specified correct/incorrect areas. 

 

 


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