Types of Quiz Questions

Multiple Choice 

 

 

 

 Students pick correct answer from a list. Question can have one or multiple correct answers. 

 

 

 

 Matching 

 

 

 

 Students match one set of information to another.  

 

 

 

 True/False 

 

 

 

 The only answer options are true or false. 

 

 

 

 Essay 

 

 

 

 For an essay question. Teachers can provide students with a template for scaffolding their answers.  

 

 

 

 Calculated 

 

 

 

 Makes use of variables to give each student a unique question in the quiz. Questions must be numerical.  

 

 

 

 Calculated Multichoice 

 

 

 

 Similar to calculated questions, but formulas can be included in the answers. 

 

 

 

 Calculated Simple 

 

 

 

 The same as the calculated question type, but with a simpler creation interface. 

 

 

 

 Drag and Drop Into Text 

 

 

 

 Students drag missing words into sentences/paragraphs. 

 

 

 

 Drag and Drop Markers 

 

 

 

 Students drag markers onto an image.  

 

 

 

 Drag and Drop Onto Image 

 

 

 

 Students drag labels or images onto an image. 

 

 

 

 
 Embedded Answers (Cloze) 

 

 

 

 A paragraph of text with various question types within the paragraph. 

 

 

 

 Gapfill 

 

 

 

 Fill in the blank questions with drag and drop or dropdown options. 

 

 

 

 Numerical 

 

 

 

 Like a short-answer question, but allows for numerical answers with an accepted margin of error. 

 

 

 

 Ordering 

 

 

 

 Students drag words, phrases, or sentences into the correct order. 

 

 

 

 Random Short-Answer Matching 

 

 

 

 Like a matching question, but questions are drawn from a category. 

 

 

 

 Select Missing Words 

 

 

 

 Like the drag and drop into text question, but uses drop-down options instead of dragging.  

 

 

 

 Short Answer 

 

 

 

 Students can enter a word or phrase for their answer.  

 

 

 

 Essay (Auto-Grade) 

 

 

 

 Like a regular essay question, but teachers can have Moodle grade the answer based on a variety of characteristics. 

 

 

 

 Description 

 

 

 

 Not actually a question. Allows for text or images to a quiz. For example, a paragraph or picture that students need to refer to for subsequent questions. If using a label in this way, do not shuffle the question order.