EUSurvey 1.4.

1 – Quiz Guide
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What is a quiz?
A quiz is a special type of survey that allows calculating a
final score for each participant. Such surveys can be used
e.g. as skill tests or electronic exams.

How does a quiz look for the participant?

The quiz start page
Before the participant enters the survey, a quiz start page is
displayed. It contains a text that can be changed by the
form manager and a “Start” button that actually starts the
quiz and opens the survey.

The quiz questionnaire

A quiz questionnaire itself looks exactly like any other
questionnaire.

The quiz results page

After the participants submitted their answers, their score is
calculated and displayed on the quiz results page. It
contains the following elements:

Area Purpose Figure 1 – Quiz results page

1 Your Score Shows the final score of the
participant How can I create a quiz?
2 Maximum Score Shows the maximum score that
Step 1: Create a quiz survey
was possible to reach
Click the “Create new Survey NOW!” button on the Surveys
3 Pie Chart A pie chart visualising the relative
score page or the Welcome page and select the Quiz option. Enter
4 Scores by Question Shows each answer given by the all necessary data and click the “Create” button.
participant
5 Correct/Incorrect Shows whether or not a given
answer is treated as correct
6 Points Shows the points the participant
got for this question
7 Get PDF A button, allowing to download a
PDF copy of their results

Figure 2 – Creating a quiz survey

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Step 2: Add quiz questions 3. If you selected “For whole questions” you can
In the survey editor’s Toolbox each question type that use this control to select the number of points
can be used in a quiz is marked with a special icon (see that a correct answer gets (it is 1 by default).
image below). It is possible to use all other question 4. Two radio buttons to mark an answer as correct
types as well but they cannot be used to calculate a or incorrect.
score. 5. A drop-down element to choose the type of rule
for this answer; for free text questions there are
these options:
a. equal to (if the participant enters the
text in the text box, he will get the
points)
b. empty (if the participant does not enter
any text, he will get the points)
c. all other values (if the participant enters
a text that is not covered by one of the
other answers, he will get the points;
only available if “For each answer” was
selected)
6. A text box to enter the text a participant will get
points for.
7. If you selected “For each answer” you can use
Figure 3 – Quiz elements in the Editor
this control to select the number of points this
To add a quiz question simply double-click the specific answer has (1 by default).
corresponding item in the Toolbox or use drag & drop to 8. If you want to give the participant a special
move it to the survey area. After you added a quiz feedback, you can click the pencil icon to open a
question, you will see the “Quiz Properties” area below text editor. The entered text will be displayed to
the “Element Properties” in the “Properties” pane on the the participant on the quiz results page if he
right side of the window. Depending on the type of entered the text of this answer.
question, this looks a bit different. 9. Use this button to add more answers.
10. Use this button to delete the current answer.
Configuring free text quiz questions
To use a free text question in a quiz you basically have to
specify correct answers and how many points the
participant gets for these answers.

The quiz properties area contains the following

elements:

1. A check box you can use to enable/disable the

quiz feature for this question (unless you plan to
use a free text question to collect data that is
not used to calculate the score, it should always
be checked).
2. Two radio buttons that allow you to choose
between giving each correct answer the same
points (“For whole question”) or to give each
answer its own points (“For each answer”). Figure 4 – Quiz Properties for Free text elements

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Configuring single choice quiz questions
The main difference between free text and choice
questions in a quiz is that choice questions already
contain all answer values (those entered in the “Possible
Answers” part of the “Element Properties”), so it is not
necessary to enter them again. That’s why the quiz
properties already contain answer elements for each of
these possible answers and it is not necessary to select a
type or a value.

Figure 6 – Quiz Properties for Multiple Choice elements

Configuring number quiz questions

The only difference in the quiz properties between a free
text and a number question is the content of the “Value
is” drop-down element and the corresponding text
box(es). In addition to the “equal to” and “empty”
options it contains options for simple mathematical
Figure 5 – Quiz Properties for Single Choice elements operators (<, <=, >, >=, between). E.g. if all numbers that
are greater than 100 are correct, select “greater than”
Configuring multiple choice quiz questions and enter “100” into the text box behind the drop-down
The only difference in the quiz properties pane between element.
a single and a multiple choice question is a check box (1).
By checking this box the score calculator does not allow
a negative number of points for this question. This might
happen if you give incorrect answers negative points.

Figure 7 – Quiz Properties for Number elements

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Configuring date quiz questions If you set “Scores by question” to “Yes” the user
The only difference in the quiz properties between a free will see the points and feedback for each single
text and a date question is the content of the “Value is” question.
drop-down element and the corresponding text box(es).  “Welcome Message”
In addition to the “equal to” and “empty” options it A text that is shown to the user on the quiz start
contains options for simple date comparison operators page.
(before, after, between). E.g. if all dates before today are  “Results Message”
correct, select “before” and select the current day in the A text that is shown to the user on the quiz
date selector behind the drop-down element. results page.

Step 4: Publishing the quiz survey

Besides the survey editor and the survey properties
there is no difference between a quiz and a normal
survey. You can use every standard feature, e.g.
translations, guest-lists or any other security features. To
publish the quiz simply use the “Publish” button on the
“Overview” page or automatic publishing on the
“Properties” page.

Figure 8 – Quiz properties for Date elements

Step 3: Configuring Settings

Open the “Properties” of the survey and select “Quiz
Settings” to see the current quiz configuration.

Figure 9 – Editing quiz settings in the survey

Properties

If you click the “Edit” button you can change the quiz
settings. The dialog contains the following items:

 “Enable Quiz Functionality”

Enable or disable the quiz functionality for this
survey.
 “Show Score”
If you set “Total Score” to “No” the participant
will not see his final score on the quiz results
page.
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