All seven question types available in Arythmatic Assessments — MCQ single, MCQ multi, True/False, Short Answer, Long Answer, Fill in the Blank, and Matching.

Question Types

Assessments support seven question types. Each type has its own editor with specific fields. You can also bulk-import questions via CSV or generate them with AI.

You can add more questions to a section than its Question count. When you do, the section becomes a question bank: at attempt start each learner is served a random subset of size Question count drawn from all active questions in the section. Only the questions a learner actually received are scored for them. See Create an Assessment (Step 2 — Question count) for details.

Opening the question editor

From the Questions tab on an assessment detail page (or from Step 3 of the creation wizard):

Select a section from the Section dropdown.
Click + Add Question.
The question form opens — choose a type from the Question Type dropdown.

Question types

1. MCQ — Single Choice

The classic multiple-choice question. The learner selects one correct answer from a list of options.

Field	Notes
Question text	The question stem. Supports rich text.
Options	The editor starts empty — click + Add Option to add answer choices. There is no enforced minimum or maximum; add as many as the question needs.
Correct answer	Select the radio button next to the correct option.
Points	Score awarded for a correct answer.
Explanation	Optional explanation shown after the learner submits (if Show explanations after submit is enabled in Settings).

2. MCQ — Multiple Choice

The learner selects one or more correct answers. Partial credit is awarded, proportional to the net-correct selections: the score ratio is (correct selected − incorrect selected) / number of correct options, and the points earned are that ratio × the question's points, clamped between 0 and the full points. Selecting every correct option and no incorrect ones is only required for the answer to be marked fully correct — it is not required to earn points.

Fields are identical to Single Choice, except:

Multiple correct answers can be selected (checkboxes instead of radio buttons).

3. True / False

A binary question. The learner selects True or False.

Field	Notes
Question text	A statement the learner evaluates.
Correct answer	True or False.
Points	Score for a correct answer.
Explanation	Optional.

4. Short Answer

The learner types a brief text response (typically one word, a number, or a short phrase). Grading is automatic — the answer is compared against a list of accepted values you define.

Field	Notes
Question text	The question.
Accepted answers	Add one or more correct text values. The comparison is case-insensitive by default.
Points	Score for a matching answer.
Explanation	Optional.

Add common variations (plural, abbreviations) to the accepted answers list to avoid unfairly marking correct responses wrong.

Grading is automatic only if you supply accepted answers. A Short Answer question with no accepted answers falls back to manual grading — it auto-scores 0 for every learner and is counted as ungraded until an admin enters a score from the Attempts tab. Always add at least one accepted value unless you intend to grade the question by hand.

5. Long Answer

The learner writes a paragraph-length or essay-style response. Long Answer defaults to manual grading — leave the accepted answers empty and grade each response from the Attempts tab. If you supply accepted answers, the response is auto-graded using a case-insensitive substring match.

Field	Notes
Question text	The prompt or essay question.
Accepted answers	Optional. Add one or more accepted answers to auto-grade (case-insensitive substring match). Leave empty to grade manually.
Points	Maximum points that can be awarded.
Explanation	Optional explanation shown after the learner submits (if Show explanations after submit is enabled).

Long Answer questions left for manual grading count towards the total question count in the section but do not contribute to the auto-scored total until graded.

6. Fill in the Blank

The question text contains a blank space (represented by ___) that the learner fills in. Grading is automatic: the learner's response is compared against a list of accepted answers (case-insensitive). This question type supports a single blank graded against one list of accepted answers.

Field	Notes
Question text	Write the sentence with `___` where the blank should appear. Example: The capital of France is ___.
Accepted answers	Define one or more accepted answers for the blank. The comparison is case-insensitive.
Points	Points awarded for a correct answer.
Explanation	Optional.

7. Matching

The learner matches items in a left column to items in a right column. Grading is automatic.

Field	Notes
Question text	The matching instruction, e.g. Match each country to its capital city.
Pairs	Add left-right pairs. Click + Add Pair to add more.
Points	Total points awarded for all correct matches.
Explanation	Optional.

During the attempt, the right-column items are shuffled and the learner drags or selects to match them.

Bulk importing questions via CSV

From the Questions panel, click CSV Import.
The modal lists the required column headers. Prepare a CSV with one question per row, including question_type, question_text, and the type-specific fields.
Drop or upload the file. Questions are imported immediately — there is no template download, preview, or confirm step.
After import, a result summary shows how many questions succeeded, along with any per-row errors.

Supported types in CSV import: MCQ Single, True/False, and Fill in the Blank (single accepted answer).

Generating questions with AI

Click AI Generate.
Enter a Topic (optional — defaults to the section name).
Choose the Number of questions (1–20) and the Difficulty (easy, medium, or hard).
Click Generate.

Arythmatic runs a generation job and, once it finishes, creates the questions directly in the currently selected section (you will see a "Generated N questions" confirmation). There is no in-modal question-type picker, source-text field, or review/save-selected step.

Editing a question

From the Questions tab:

Find the question in the table.
Click Edit in the Actions column.
The question editor opens pre-filled.
Save your changes.

Deleting a question

Find the question in the table.
Click Delete in the Actions column.
Confirm the deletion.

Deletion is permanent.

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