Test what people can do, not only what they recall
Course quizzes for checks along the way, a full exam builder for results that matter, and question types that let people write code, mark an image or answer out loud.
At a glance
- 13 question types
- Central question bank
- Coding questions
- Negative marking
- Answer keys stay on the server
Multiple choice is fine for checking that someone read the policy. It tells you very little about whether a support agent can explain a fix out loud, a technician can spot the right valve on a diagram, or a developer can write a function that passes tests.
LMS Advisor has two assessment tools. Quizzes sit inside a course as a lesson and cover knowledge checks with ten question types. The Exams module runs standalone, timed assessments with a candidate portal, a central question bank, negative marking and proctoring, and adds essay, file upload and coding questions for thirteen types in total. In both, the answer key is removed on the server before the page reaches the learner’s browser.
Where assessments fall short
Skills that multiple choice cannot see
Speaking, coding and visual identification need a way to answer that is more than picking option B.
The same question in twenty places
Copy a question into every exam that needs it and you will be fixing the same typo twenty times.
Answers sitting in the page source
Some quiz tools send the correct option to the browser. Anyone who opens developer tools gets full marks.
Guessing that costs nothing
On a high-stakes exam, a candidate who guesses every item can scrape a pass unless wrong answers carry a penalty.
Two tools, one approach
Use quizzes for checks during learning and exams when the result feeds a decision. Objective items are scored by the platform, and answers that need judgment wait on the attempt screen for a person.
13 question types
Single and multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, short answer, ordering, matching, image hotspot, audio answer, video answer, essay, file upload and coding.
Central question bank
Exam questions are stored once and referenced by every exam that uses them. Filter by category, subject, year, tags and difficulty.
Coding questions
Candidates choose from the languages you allow, and their code runs against your test drivers on Judge0 or Piston, hosted or self-hosted.
Negative marking
Set a default penalty per exam or override it per question. Only wrong answers lose marks, so skipped questions cost nothing.
Answer keys stay on the server
Correct options, accepted answers, explanations and hotspot regions are stripped before questions are sent to the page.
AI question tools
Draft questions on a topic, audit the bank for wrong answers, duplicates and typos, and fill in missing tags. Nothing is saved until you accept it.
Building and scoring an assessment
Quiz or exam?
A quiz is a lesson inside a course. You set a pass percentage, maximum attempts, a time limit, how many questions appear per page, whether questions and options are shuffled, and whether learners see the correct answers after submitting. Quizzes support ten types: single and multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, short answer, ordering, matching, image hotspot, and recorded audio or video answers.
An exam lives in the Exams module and does not need a course enrollment. It adds essay, file upload and coding questions, an availability window, a random subset (“questions to show”) drawn from the questions attached, screening questions that always come first, and questions that must be answered before submission. Proctoring, invitations and certificates are set on the same screen. Our rule of thumb: if the result feeds a certificate, a hiring decision or an audit, build it as an exam.
The question bank
Exam questions are stored centrally and attached to exams rather than copied into them, so a correction in the bank shows up in every exam that uses the question. Each item can carry a category, subject, year, tags and a difficulty level. The bank imports and exports CSV, XLSX and JSON. Spreadsheet import covers single choice, multiple choice, true/false and short answer. The other types are built in the editor, where hotspot regions are drawn on the image and coding questions take test drivers and a list of allowed languages.
How scoring works
Objective types are marked automatically. With negative marking on, you set a default penalty and can apply that scheme to every question in one step. A blank answer is never penalized, so a candidate who runs out of time is not punished for questions they never reached. Coding answers run against your drivers. If no runner is configured, the code is still saved and an assessor scores it by hand. Audio and video answers are scored by a reviewer, with optional transcription through OpenAI Whisper. Essay and file upload questions work as screening items: answers are kept for review (a written statement, a resume) and do not count toward the score.
Who can sit, and what they see after
Access can be open to anyone with the link, or conditional on rules such as passing another exam, scoring at least a set percentage on one, completing a course, belonging to a group, holding a role, or a date window, combined with ALL or ANY. Before you send invitations, an audience preview lists exactly who qualifies. Afterwards, each exam shows candidates as much as you choose: nothing yet, score only, pass or fail, or a full review.
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From question bank to results
Fill the bank
Import a spreadsheet, generate drafts with AI, or write questions in the editor, tagging them as you go.
Assemble the assessment
Add a quiz lesson to a course, or create an exam and attach questions from the bank.
Set the rules
Choose the pass mark, attempts, time limit, shuffling, negative marking, result visibility and who is allowed to sit.
Deliver and review
Objective items score themselves. Recordings, screening answers and code without a runner wait on the attempt screen for a reviewer.
Act on results
Export exam results, issue certificates above the score you set, and email selected candidates straight from the attempts list.
Who assesses this way
Technical certification
Mix coding questions with multiple choice in a timed, proctored exam, and issue a certificate above your chosen score.
Language and customer-facing roles
Ask candidates to answer out loud or on camera, then score the recording with a transcript alongside it.
Field and equipment training
Use image hotspot questions so a technician marks the correct part on a real photo or wiring diagram.
Hiring assessments
Collect a resume through a file upload screening question, add a short written statement, and review both with AI help before shortlisting.
What improves for assessors
- Practical skills assessed in the format that fits them
- Fix a question once and every exam picks up the change
- Scores that are harder to game
- Reviewers spend time only on answers that need judgment
- Candidates see exactly as much of their result as you decide