How to Set Up Random Question Selection
The random question bank setup feature supports randomly selecting some questions from the question bank to quickly form a test paper.
Feature Entry: The "Random Question Settings" button in the top function area of the questionnaire editing page.
Random Methods for Different Questionnaire Types
According to different questionnaire types, the system provides different random question setting methods:
Survey Questionnaire: Supports three methods: random by question, random by page, random by group.
Exam Questionnaire: Supports three methods: random by question, random by page, random by question type.
Detailed Explanation of Four Random Question Selection Methods
1. Random by Question
Function Description: You can randomly select a specified number of questions within a specified question range (from question X to question Y).
Usage Scenario: Suitable for scenarios where there are many questions in the question bank and you need to control the number of questions in the test paper. For example, when a company conducts product satisfaction surveys, there are 20 questions about various aspects of the product in the question bank. If you want respondents to answer only 10 of them, you can use this method. This ensures the comprehensiveness of the survey while preventing respondents from giving up due to too many questions.
Example: If there are a total of 9 questions in the test paper, and you set it to randomly select 4 questions from questions 2 to 9 to form a test paper, then each respondent will ultimately randomly receive 4 questions from these 8 questions.
2. Random by Page
Function Description: Similar to random A/B versions, you can set different pages as different versions of the test paper. When opening the same link, different versions of the test paper will be randomly distributed. You can set certain pages to display fixedly without participating in random selection.
Usage Scenario: Commonly used in scenarios where different versions of test papers need to be set up. For example, when a school organizes small quizzes, they hope students take different versions of test papers to prevent cheating. They can put questions of different difficulty levels or different focuses on different pages and set random selection. This ensures the fairness of the quiz while testing students' mastery of knowledge.
Example: A test paper contains three pages: personal information page, addition and subtraction page, multiplication and division page. Set the personal information page to be fixed at the front without participating in random selection, and randomly select 1 test paper from the addition and subtraction page and multiplication and division page. Then after opening the link, respondents will first see the personal information page, then randomly see the content of the addition and subtraction page or multiplication and division page.
3. Random by Segment
Function Description: You can specify the number of questions to be randomly selected from each page.
Usage Scenario: Suitable for scenarios with multiple knowledge modules or topic classifications, where each module has many questions, and you need to control the total number of questions while making the test papers different. For example, Chinese exams are divided into three modules: basic knowledge, reading comprehension, and composition, with different numbers of questions in each module. This method can reasonably control the number of questions in each module while making the questions obtained by different students different.
Example: A teacher prepares a math quiz test paper containing three modules: "Basic Calculation", "Word Problems", and "Geometry Problems", placed on three pages respectively. Page 1 (Basic Calculation) has 10 questions, set to randomly select 5; Page 2 (Word Problems) has 8 questions, set to randomly select 3; Page 3 (Geometry Problems) has 6 questions, set to randomly select 2. At the same time, Page 0 is set as exam instructions and personal information filling section (fixed, not participating in random selection). When students take the exam, they will first see the content of Page 0, then randomly select the corresponding number of questions from each module.
4. Random by Question Type
Function Description: When the question bank contains different question types such as single choice, multiple choice, true/false questions, etc., you can select questions by question type classification.
Example: The question bank contains 15 single choice questions, 10 multiple choice questions, and 5 true/false questions. Set to randomly select 8 from single choice questions, 5 from multiple choice questions, and 3 from true/false questions to form a test paper. The system will select the corresponding questions according to this setting.
Usage Scenario: Suitable for scenarios where you need to ensure the proportion of different question types in the test paper. For example, in qualification certification exams, it is required that single choice questions account for 50%, multiple choice questions account for 30%, and true/false questions account for 20% of the test paper. If there are sufficient questions of each type in the question bank, this function can quickly select questions according to the proportion, ensuring the question type structure of the test paper meets the requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Why do the logic of question jumping, association, or reference between questions become invalid after setting random question selection?
Random question selection will disrupt the original fixed order or display range of questions, which may cause jump logic that depends on fixed order (such as "select A to jump to question 5"), question association (such as "the answer to question 3 is associated with the options of question 6"), or reference relationships (such as "this question references data from question 2") to fail to trigger normally. Therefore, after setting random question selection, please be sure to manually check whether all dependent logic is still valid. If necessary, you can cancel the participation of related questions in random selection, or adjust the logic settings to adapt to random rules.
2. How to use the page random function to achieve the effect of "each test paper is an independent version"?
You can treat each complete test paper as an independent page, then enable the "random by page" function. For example, to set up 3 different exam test papers, you can put the content of test paper A on page 1, test paper B on page 2, test paper C on page 3, and set "randomly select 1 page". Users who open the link will randomly receive one of test papers A/B/C. This method is suitable for scenarios where completely independent version test papers are needed (such as A/B version exams).
3. Why is the total number of questions in the test paper uncertain after random by page?
Because random by page randomly selects 1 page from multiple pages for display, and different pages may have different numbers of questions. For example, page 1 has 10 questions, page 2 has 8 questions. During random selection, users may receive a test paper with 10 questions, or they may receive a test paper with 8 questions, so the total number of questions cannot be fixed. If you need to control the total number of questions, it is recommended to first ensure that each page participating in random selection has the same number of questions, or use "random by group" to select questions by fixed quantity.
4. Can I hide certain questions through the random function (for example, don't want users to see questions 5-8)?
Yes. Find the page or question range that contains these questions, and select "randomly select 0 questions" in the random settings. For example, if page 3 contains the questions you want to hide, set "page 3 randomly select 0 questions", then all users will not see the content of page 3; if you only want to hide questions 5-8, you can set these 4 questions as a range and set "questions 5-8 randomly select 0 questions" to achieve the hiding effect.
