Question Banks
tl;dr: Question Banks are a (large) pool of questions. Candidates will see a random subset of the questions, based on the Question Bank chosen and difficulty level
If you have a large pool of questions and want to show only a subset of these questions to candidates, you can use Socratease's Question Banks. Let's say you are conducting 2 tests:
Physics major with a Chemistry minor;
Chemistry major with a Physics minor
So, you want 1 to have a higher weightage towards Physics Questions and vice-versa.
You first create 2 different Question Banks, one Physics and the other Chemistry. Let's say each has 100 questions. 50 questions have 1 point each, and 50 questions have 2 points each. You can then create 2 Question Bank Quizzes (see below):
With this, Physics Major students will see more Physics questions at a higher difficulty level than Chemistry questions. And vice-versa.
Question Banks are an Elite feature. Also, you must create Question Bank Quizzes once you create Question Banks. You cannot use QBs directly. See below.
Your candidates cannot attempt a QB directly. You must create a Question Bank Quiz (QBQ) and add it to an AutoProctor test so that the candidate can attempt it. The QBQ specifies which QBs the questions must come from, and how many questions at which difficulty level they must contain.
For example, for the Physics Major, we said we'd have 40 questions of 2 points from the Physics Question Bank and 10 questions of 1 point from the Chemistry Question Bank. You can see this reflected in the screenshot of the settings of the Physics Major Quiz below.
In the example above, we've used 2 different QBs for a single QBQ. But, you could use a single QB for a QBQ and specify for example that it must contain 10 MCQs of 1 point and 5 MCQs of 2 points.
Question Bank (QB)
If you have a large pool of questions and want to show only a subset of these questions to candidates, you can use Socratease's Question Banks. Let's say you are conducting 2 tests:
Physics major with a Chemistry minor;
Chemistry major with a Physics minor
So, you want 1 to have a higher weightage towards Physics Questions and vice-versa.
You first create 2 different Question Banks, one Physics and the other Chemistry. Let's say each has 100 questions. 50 questions have 1 point each, and 50 questions have 2 points each. You can then create 2 Question Bank Quizzes (see below):
| Test | # Physics (1 pt) | # Physics (2 pts) | # Chemistry (1 pt) | # Chemistry (2 pts) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physics Major | 0 | 40 | 10 | 0 |
| Chemistry Major | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
With this, Physics Major students will see more Physics questions at a higher difficulty level than Chemistry questions. And vice-versa.
Question Banks are an Elite feature. Also, you must create Question Bank Quizzes once you create Question Banks. You cannot use QBs directly. See below.
Question Bank Quiz (QBQ)
Your candidates cannot attempt a QB directly. You must create a Question Bank Quiz (QBQ) and add it to an AutoProctor test so that the candidate can attempt it. The QBQ specifies which QBs the questions must come from, and how many questions at which difficulty level they must contain.
For example, for the Physics Major, we said we'd have 40 questions of 2 points from the Physics Question Bank and 10 questions of 1 point from the Chemistry Question Bank. You can see this reflected in the screenshot of the settings of the Physics Major Quiz below.
In the example above, we've used 2 different QBs for a single QBQ. But, you could use a single QB for a QBQ and specify for example that it must contain 10 MCQs of 1 point and 5 MCQs of 2 points.
Updated on: 03/03/2025