You may add a variety of different types of questions in the Quiz and Lesson modules. This page is about Quiz module question types, some will be similar to Lesson questions types, which are fewer in number and function differently. The standard quiz question types are listed below with brief descriptions.
Calculated
Calculated questions offer a way to create individual numerical questions by the use of wildcards that are substituted with individual values when the quiz is taken.
Description
This is not a real question. It simply prints some text (and possibly graphics) without requiring an answer. This can be used to provide some information to be used by a subsequent group of questions, for example.
Essay
In response to a question (that may include an image) the respondent writes an answer in essay format.
Matching
A list of sub-questions is provided, along with a list of answers. The respondent must “match” the correct answers with each question.
Embedded Answers (Cloze Test / Gap Fill)
These very flexible questions consist of a passage of text (in Moodle format) that has various answers embedded within it, including multiple choice, short answers and numerical answers.
Multiple Choice
In response to a question (that may include a image) the respondent chooses from multiple answers. There are two types of multiple choice questions – single answer and multiple answer.
Short Answer
In response to a question (that may include a image), the respondent types a word or phrase. There may several possible correct answers, with different grades. Answers may or may not be sensitive to case.
Numerical
From the student perspective, a numerical question looks just like a short-answer question. The difference is that numerical answers are allowed to have an accepted error. This allows a continuous range of answers to be set.
Random Short-Answer Matching
From the student perspective, this looks just like a Matching question. The difference is that the sub-questions are drawn randomly from Short Answer questions in the current category.
True/False
In response to a question (that may include a image), the respondent selects from two options: True or False.
Third-party question types
Besides the standard question types that are part of the core Moodle distribution, there are question type plugins contributed by the community.
Molecule design
The Java Molecular Editor question type allows you to ask students to design and submit a molecular structure.
Opaque
Opaque is a system for using questions from other systems that support the Opaque protocol within Moodle quizzes. This question type is the Moodle end of that bridge. It can be downloaded from http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=798.
RQP
RQP was an earlier attempt to do the same thing that Opaque does, but as of Moodle 1.6 it did not work. It used to be in Moodle core, but in Moodle 1.9 it was moved to be a third-part question type. It is probably now only of historical interest.
Regular Expression Short Answer
Like the Short Answer question, the RegExp Short Answer question expects the student to answer an “open” question with a word or a short phrase. However, using so-called regular expressions gives you access to a more powerful system for analysing the student’s answers and thus providing more adapted feedback messages. The Regular Expression Short Answer question type is available for Moodle 1.6 from the Modules and plugins database.
