Question Types in Custom Quizzes

A custom quiz supports a wide range of question formats, not just multiple choice. While creating a custom quiz, you can set points and optional negative points for each question. For timers, see Quiz Display Modes and Time Limits in Custom Quizzes.

A custom quiz can hold up to 100 questions. If you need more, add a second quiz to the same assessment. See Question Limits per Test.

Objective Formats

Objective questions have defined correct answers.

Question Type	How It Works
MCQ	A question with exactly one correct answer.
MCA	A question with multiple correct answers. Candidates must select all that apply.
Cloze	Fill-in-the-blanks with drag and drop. Candidates see all the options, including wrong ones (distractors), and drag them into the blanks.
Match	Two columns of related items. Candidates drag and drop to pair items across the columns.
Categorize	A set of items that candidates must sort into the correct buckets.

Negative marking is optional in custom quizzes. See Negative Marking for details.

Text and Voice Formats

Question Type	How It Works
Short Text	An essay-type question. You can set a minimum and maximum answer length.
Single-line Input	Like Short Text but for small inputs. You can add validations so the field accepts only emails, numbers, or dates.
Autograded Text	You provide the question and the expected answer. A candidate’s submission is marked correct only if it matches the expected answer exactly.
Voice Input	You provide a piece of text, and candidates record themselves speaking it aloud.

Custom quizzes also include transcription and preference question formats alongside the types above.

Autograded Text and transcription questions are graded automatically. Short Text, Single-line Input, and Voice Input responses need a recruiter to review them and award points. See Manual Grading.

Advanced Formats

Question Type	How It Works
Coding Editor	Candidates write code in an editor with syntax highlighting and autocomplete. You choose the programming language. The code is not executed.
Comprehension	Nest questions inside a parent. Write a passage of text and ask multiple questions based on it.
Document	Upload a PDF and ask multiple sub-questions based on it. Ideal for case studies. See Using Documents in Custom Tests.
Answer Any	Create a set of questions, say 5. Candidates see all 5 upfront and choose any 3 to answer.
Question Pool	Add several questions to a pool; each candidate is shown one question chosen at random from it.

The Coding Editor question type does not run the candidate’s code, so it is best for evaluating approach and style. If you want code that compiles and runs against test cases, create a custom programming test instead.

For larger-scale randomization across many questions, use a Question Bank Quiz.

Reusing a Question Across Quizzes

Every question in a custom quiz has its own Question ID. Use it to copy a question from one custom quiz into another.

Export the question

On the question you want to reuse, click the icon in the top-right of its card, Export Question using Question ID. This copies the ID to your clipboard.

Import it into another quiz

Add a new, empty question to the other quiz. On an empty question the same icon shows Import. Click it and paste the Question ID.

This only works within Custom Tests. Equip’s library content does not have Question IDs to export.

Custom Tests - How to create a custom quiz and add it to an assessment
Quiz Display Modes - Screen-by-screen versus all-at-once quizzes
Time Limits in Custom Quizzes - Where per-question and whole-test timers apply
Import Questions from Excel - Bulk-add MCQ and MCA questions from a spreadsheet

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Objective Formats

Text and Voice Formats

Advanced Formats

Reusing a Question Across Quizzes

Related Resources