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title: "Multiple choice quiz question"
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updated: 2024-03-01T09:00:34Z
published: 2024-03-01T09:00:34Z
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# Multiple choice quiz question

In a multiple choice question, learners are asked to identify the correct answer from a selection of possible options. Multi-choice questions can be configured with one or many correct answers, with a (positive or negative) score defined for each possible answer.

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For questions with more than one correct answer, divide the full mark (100%) between each right answer.  
  
If users are able to select multiple answers, you should give any incorrect answers a negative weighting - otherwise the user could select every answer and still score 100%. For example, say you had the following question: 'Which colours appear on the American flag?'. The three correct colours (red, white and blue) would each give the user 33.33% of the score. Any negative answers (e.g. yellow) should be given a weighting of -100%, so the user will receive a score of 0 if they select the wrong answer, even if they also selected the three correct options.

![A multiple choice question with four items. The three correct items have a weighting of -33%, while the incorrect item has a weighting of -100%.](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/image-1709215102552.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-10T17%3A59%3A11Z&se=2026-11-10T18%3A59%3A11Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=y%2BW2rkRNOEFEslCvTqAFG90ZIbxjqRyiHcLNZLf4YfU%3D)

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