Questions, topics, material and scoring

Questions can be single choice, multiple choice, a dropdown or text, grouped into topics, and each topic can have its own material. In an exam you mark the correct answers; for a text question you give the accepted answers, and a reply that matches none goes to manual review. With scoring on, questions are worth points and grade limits can be set.

Question types.

• Single choice and Single choice (dropdown) – exactly one answer can be picked. In an exam exactly one correct answer is needed.
• Multiple choice – several answers can be picked. In an exam at least one must be correct, and the question is right only when the respondent picks exactly the correct ones.
• Text – the respondent writes freely. The "options" given here are the accepted answers; the respondent does not see them.

A choice question needs at least 2 and at most 50 options. Questions are required by default; you can switch this off per question.

How text answers are evaluated. The reply is compared with the accepted answers ignoring case, accents and extra spaces. A match makes the question right and worth full points. No match puts the question awaiting review, and the attempt stays so until someone grades it. A text question without accepted answers always goes to manual review.

Topics and material. Questions can be grouped into topics, and the topics can be reordered. The survey and each topic can carry written material and files (PDF, images, video, Word, PowerPoint; up to 20 MB). On the portal the respondent can read the material without the questions.

Scoring (exam only, Settings → Scoring). When on, each question is worth points and the maximum score is their sum. Under Grade thresholds you set how many points each grade from pass to excellent needs; the limits must rise with the grade. The respondent gets the highest grade whose limit they reached, otherwise a fail. With no limits there is no grade. Without scoring the respondent sees how many answers they got right.

Drawing and shuffling (Settings → Filling in). Random questions draws a set number of questions for each attempt; Shuffle options shows the answers in a different order to each respondent. Each attempt records its own questions when it starts, so editing a question later does not change an attempt already started or submitted.