Multiple-choice questions are a simple but effective way to measure learning. Here’s how you can create them for your assessment:
👤 Note: This is for Admins only.
Create a general assessment template or select an existing one.
Add your assessment title.
Click the ‘Randomize questions’ toggle button if you want candidates to get randomized questions in their assessment. The degree of randomization differs depending on the number you input in the ‘Total random questions’ field.
- Scenario 1: Let’s say you have 5 questions for this assessment and you only want the sequence of questions to be randomized. Input ‘5’ in the ‘Total random questions’ field and create only 5 questions later on.
- Scenario 2: Let’s say you have 20 questions for this assessment but you only want 5 randomly selected questions to appear on the assessment for any given candidate. Input ‘5’ in the ‘Total random questions’ field but create 20 questions later on.
If this doesn’t apply to you, feel free to skip this. Set your time limit by assessment and click ‘Save template’ to continue.
- Review time is the amount of time a candidate has to review all questions
- Time limit is the amount of time a candidate has to finish the entire assessment
When you’re taken to the template page, you will see the total number of random questions (if any), review time, and time limit. Click ‘+ Add question’.
Select ‘Multiple choice’ and put your question in the empty field.
Click the empty dropdown to choose how you want possible answers to be presented: radio, checkbox, or dropdown. Pick the one that fits your question.
In case you’re unsure which to pick, here’s how they differ:
- Radio allows for only one right answer.
- Checkbox allows for multiple right answers.
- Dropdown allows for only one right answer and is best for when you have many and/or lengthy answer options.
Click ‘Add answer option’ to put in a possible answer. Select the tick icon to mark an answer option as the right answer or the bin icon to delete the answer option.
To add the same kind of questions, click ‘Add question’ and select ‘Multiple choice’. When you’re done, click ‘Save template’.