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# Creating a Custom Question Bank Quiz

> Build quizzes that draw random questions from a larger pool of your own questions.

Equip's own quizzes automatically show different questions to different candidates. If you want the same randomization with your own questions, create a **Question Bank** and a **Question Bank Quiz**. This article walks through both, plus two lighter alternatives for randomizing individual questions.

## Setting Up the Question Bank

A **Question Bank (QB)** is a large pool of your own questions. Each question carries a number of **points**, and those points double as the question's difficulty level: a 1-point question is easier than a 5-point question.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Custom Tests">
    From the Assessments Dashboard, click the **Custom Tests** link in the sidebar.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a Question Bank">
    Choose the **Question Bank** test type and create a new bank. Give it a clear name, such as the skill it covers, because you will pick banks by name later.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add questions and assign points">
    Add your questions to the bank, assigning points to each one. Save the bank when you are done.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  Create one bank per skill, for example *Java* and *Logical Reasoning*. A single Question Bank Quiz can then mix questions from several banks.
</Tip>

<Note>
  Like all custom tests, Question Banks belong to your whole team. Teammates can see and edit them, and the same bank can feed quizzes in multiple assessments.
</Note>

## Creating the Question Bank Quiz

<Warning>
  You cannot add a Question Bank to an assessment directly. You must first create a **Question Bank Quiz (QBQ)** that draws from it.
</Warning>

A QBQ defines how many questions to draw at each points level, from each bank. Every candidate then receives their own random selection matching that recipe.

For example, with a *Java* bank and a *Logical Reasoning* bank, you could configure:

| Question Bank     | Points per question | Questions drawn |
| ----------------- | ------------------- | --------------- |
| Java              | 1                   | 3               |
| Java              | 2                   | 2               |
| Logical Reasoning | 1                   | 3               |

Each candidate sees 8 questions in total, but not the same 8. You can also build a QBQ from a single bank.

<Note>
  The difficulty levels you see while building the QBQ correspond to the points you assigned per question when creating the Question Bank.
</Note>

## Adding the Question Bank Quiz to an Assessment

Once the QBQ exists, add it to any new or existing assessment.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the assessment settings">
    From the Recruiter Dashboard, open the settings of the assessment you want to edit.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Go to the Tests tab">
    Under the **Tests** tab, select the **Quiz** option on the left.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add your quiz">
    Click **Add Quiz** and choose **My Content**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select the QBQ">
    Pick your Question Bank Quiz from the list and save the assessment.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Question Pools

A full QBQ is not the only way to randomize. Regular custom quizzes offer two question types that add randomness or choice to specific questions:

| Approach                   | How questions are picked                                    | Best for                                                     |
| -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Question Bank Quiz**     | Random draw across the whole quiz, by points level and bank | Large pools where every candidate should get a different set |
| **Question Pool** question | One random question from a small pool you define            | Randomizing a few questions inside an otherwise fixed quiz   |
| **Answer Any** group       | Candidate chooses which questions to answer                 | Giving candidates a choice, such as picking essay prompts    |

A **Question Pool** question lives inside a regular custom quiz. You add several variants to the pool, and each candidate is shown one of them at random.

<Tip>
  Use a Question Pool when most of your quiz should stay identical for every candidate and only certain questions need per-candidate variation.
</Tip>

## Answer-Any-N Groups

The **Answer Any** question type groups several questions together and lets the candidate answer any N of them. For example, you can create 5 questions and let candidates choose any 3 to attempt.

Unlike a Question Pool, the candidate sees all the questions in the group and decides which ones to answer. This suits open-ended sections where letting candidates play to their strengths is the point.

<Note>
  Question Pool and Answer Any are two of the many question types available in custom quizzes. See [Question Types in Custom Quizzes](/custom-quiz-question-types) for the full list.
</Note>

## Related Resources

* [Custom Tests](/custom-tests) - How custom tests work, who can edit them, and how to reuse them
* [Same or Random Questions?](/same-or-random-questions) - How randomization works across all Equip test types
* [Question Types in Custom Quizzes](/custom-quiz-question-types) - Every question type you can use, including Question Pool and Answer Any
* [Import Questions from Excel](/import-questions-from-excel) - Bulk-add MCQ and MCA questions instead of typing them one by one