How to Shuffle or Randomize Quiz Questions & Answers

Shuffling or randomizing quiz questions and answer options in ProProfs Quiz Maker helps maintain fairness and reduce the chances of cheating. By displaying questions and answers in a different order for each attempt, you can ensure a more secure and unbiased assessment experience.

Benefits:

• Prevents Cheating: Randomizes question and answer order to reduce answer sharing among quiz takers.

• Ensures Fair Assessment: Each learner sees a different sequence, making the quiz more reliable.

• Flexible Configuration: Choose to shuffle only questions, only answers, or both based on your needs.

Example:

An instructor conducting an exam for a large group of learners wants to minimize cheating. By enabling question and answer shuffling, each learner receives the same quiz but in a different order, making it difficult to copy responses from others.

To Shuffle Questions and Answer Options

Step 1: Navigate to quiz settings in your ProProfs Quiz Maker dashboard.

Step 2: Under General settings, navigate to Order, and select Order of Questions from the dropdown menu. 

You can select either of the options listed below and click Save.

• Shuffle question or

• Shuffle answers or

• Shuffle questions & answers

Your quiz will appear with randomized questions and answers each time a new participant takes the quiz. 

That is all about shuffling questions and answer options in ProProfs quizzes.