{"id":4341,"date":"2013-06-19T17:19:22","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T17:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/blog\/?p=4341"},"modified":"2018-02-26T11:46:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T11:46:41","slug":"new-create-quizzes-with-optional-or-mandatory-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/news-and-updates\/new-create-quizzes-with-optional-or-mandatory-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"New: Create Quizzes with Optional or Mandatory Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4389\" title=\"Create a Quiz\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/online-registration.jpg\" alt=\"Create a Quiz\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/>A while back we introduced the\u00a0<a title=\"skip and go back feature\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/news-and-updates\/new-skip-go-back-feature-for-a-better-learning-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\">skip and go back feature<\/a>, using which you can allow learners to skip a certain quiz question or go back to a previous one.<\/p>\n<p>Building on it we have released yet another feature &#8211; Optional Questions, which provides you greater flexibility while <a title=\"Create a Quiz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/quiz-school\/create-a-quiz\/\">creating a quiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the new &#8220;Optional Questions&#8221; feature you can exercise greater control while creating quiz questions by either making all the questions optional or mandatory for learners to answer, during an online test. Additionally, you can also manage the quiz questions by making certain questions optional and some mandatory for learners to answer.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_different_settings_for_creating_quiz_questions\"><\/span><strong>3 different settings for creating quiz questions<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can select three different kinds of settings while creating quiz questions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>All questions are optional:<\/strong> By selecting this option, you make all the quiz questions optional for learners to answer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>All questions require an answer:\u00a0<\/strong>With this option, you make all the quiz questions mandatory for learners to answer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Some questions require an answer:<\/strong> Using this option, you can selectively make certain question mandatory and some optional.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_set_up_mandatory_and_optional_quiz_questions\"><\/span><strong>How to set up mandatory and optional quiz questions?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Log in to Quiz Maker and go to Edit Settings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4164\" title=\"Edit Settings ProProfs Quiz Maker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/edit-settings.png\" alt=\"Edit Settings ProProfs Quiz Maker\" width=\"610\" height=\"103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/edit-settings.png 964w, https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/edit-settings-300x50.png 300w, https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/edit-settings-768x129.png 768w, https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/edit-settings-512x86.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Under Presentation in General Setting, select the desired option from the given three &#8220;Optional Questions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4375\" title=\"Edit Settings ProProfs Quiz Maker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/select.png\" alt=\"Edit Settings ProProfs Quiz Maker\" width=\"610\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/select.png 938w, https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/select-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/select-768x146.png 768w, https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/select-512x97.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Click on Manage Questions to make questions optional or mandatory for learners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4376\" title=\"Edit Settings ProProfs Quiz Maker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/manage-optional-or-mandatory-questions-1.png\" alt=\"Edit Settings ProProfs Quiz Maker\" width=\"610\" height=\"118\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4: <\/strong>On this page you can<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>manage\u00a0mandatory\/optional questions by selectively checking or unchecking the boxes. 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