Category Archives: Make a Great Quiz, Test, Exam

Partial credit questions is a variant of multiple choice questions that allow you to assign the same or different points to every answer. This penalizes guesswork because you may award negative points for incorrect answers while giving partial points to … Continue reading →

Audio can make any quiz clearer and more engaging. Imagine if instead of reading a quote of Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, the test taker can actually hear that famous recording of “That’s one small step for man, one … Continue reading →

Depending on your preference, a question may be skipped or not. Some quiz makers want their exam to force attempt at every question to add a layer of difficulty. Depending on your preference, a question may be skipped or not. … Continue reading →

Your quiz may have a background whose colors do not blend well with the text of your quiz. This can make it hard for the user to read the text. Text colors may turn out to be a distraction rather … Continue reading →

By default, a quiz you make here has button sounds. Yet, a quiz with sound effects sounds cool, but may not be appropriate in some settings. Test takers need to apply utmost concentration and sound effects may be distracting to … Continue reading →

Forrest Gump said “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” The same is true for random quizzes. When a test is randomized, the learner does not get the same set of questions or … Continue reading →

True or false questions are well-suited to test recall or comprehension. Typically a statement is asked in the question and test takers are forced to answer one of only two possible options: true or false. Creating a true or false … Continue reading →

A quiz with images is more enticing to take and engaging for the learner. Moreover, images are particularly useful for asking questions that test the recognition of people, objects or places. A quiz can help clarify a question for the … Continue reading →

It’s completely up to you how to give points to every question. For example you can give 5 or 10 points to every question of an entire quiz. This is the simplest way to go in scoring points. However, you … Continue reading →