Available eAssessment Question Types

True/False

A statement that students must correctly identify as true or false.

Yes/No

A yes/no question is a question that students must correctly answer with either yes or no.

Multiple Response

A multiple response question is a question for which students must identify the one or more correct answers from the list of choices provided.

Completion

A question for which students must provide the correct text answer.

Since completion questions are designed to be graded automatically on electronic tests, the answer to a completion question is typically one or two words.

Matching

A set of questions for which students must identify the corresponding answer choices from a list.

Subjective Short Answer

A question for which students must provide a text response.

These need to be manually scored.

Ordering

A question for which students arrange a list of choices in the correct order.

Essay

A question for which students must provide a text answer.

These need to be manually scored.

Drag and Drop

A drag-and-drop question is composed of draggable items, drop targets, and optional background images and text. Draggable items can match one or more targets or none at all.

Modified True/False

A modified true/false question is a statement that students must identify as either true or false. If the statement is false, however, students must also provide the word or phrase that makes the statement true.

Multiple Choice

A multiple-choice question is a question for which students must identify the one correct answer from the list of choices provided.

Numeric Response

A question for which students must provide the correct numeric answer.

Multi-Blank

For a multi-blank question, students provide a text answer.

This answer can be graded automatically or manually.

Objective Short Answer

A question for which students must provide the correct text answer.

Since objective short answer questions are designed to be graded automatically on electronic tests, the answer to an objective short answer question is typically just a few words or a short phrase.

Multi-Mode

A question that can be displayed on a test either as a multiple-choice question, an objective short answer question, or a subjective short answer question.

Opinion Scale/Likert

A statement with which students rate their opinion or agreement.

Opinion scale/Likert questions do not have a correct answer.

Interactive (HTML5)

A special question type that allows for rich internet content in the form of HTML5.

These are meant to be completed online.

Bin Sort

Interactive sorting and matching activities where multiple items can go in the same bin, more than one bin, or no bin at all.

These are similar to drag-and-drop questions.