Frequently Asked Questions

How to add questions to a Quiz in Moodle

This lesson reveals how to create new questions in a Quiz.

Enter the Quiz.

quiz link on course front page


Go to the Quiz administration panel in the Administration Block and click "Edit quiz."

Please note it is impossible to edit questions or add questions after attempts have been made on that quiz.


Review Editing quiz page.

edit quiz tab

This is the first page after clicking "edit quiz"  in the Settings Block.


Scroll down and click "Add a question" to create a new question.

add a question button


Choose a question type to create and click "Next."

choose question type

Question descriptions will automatically display once a type is selected.


Select the question Category.

choose question category

Quiz questions are stored in categories.  The categories of questions can be stored within different contexts within the site.

1. This question category is the default category for this particular quiz instance.  These questions are only available within the context of this particular quiz.

2. This question category is the default category for this particular course.  These questions are available to any quiz within the course.

3. This question category is the default category for this particular course category.  These questions are available to any quiz within any course within this course category.  (Very useful, if all the courses within a department are organized within the same category).

4. This question category is the default category for any course on the entire site.


Complete General settings for the question.


Scroll down and  click "Save changes."

save changes


The new question will now appear in the list of available questions.

empty question text

Note that you will get a notification if you have forgotten to add text in one of the question variables.


 Last updated Mon, Jun 8 2015 8:00pm

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