---
title: "Quiz question preview defaults"
slug: "quiz-question-preview-defaults"
tags: ["Reference", "Site Administrator", "Totara Learn"]
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:35Z
canonical: "totara.help/quiz-question-preview-defaults"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://totara.help/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quiz question preview defaults

As a Site Administrator you can configure the defaults for when a user first previews a question in the question bank from *Quick-access menu > Plugins > Question types > Question preview defaults*. Once a user has previewed a question, their personal preferences are stored as user preferences.

Remember to click **Save changes** after making any changes.

| **Setting** | **Description** | **Notes** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| How questions behave | Decide which question behaviour you want to be default. Choose from: - **Adaptive mode:** Learners can have multiple attempts at the question, with hints, before moving on to the next question. - **Adaptive mode (no penalties):** Like **Adaptive mode** however an incorrect response does not affect a Learner's quiz grade. - **Deferred feedback:** Learners must enter an answer to each question and submit the entire quiz before anything is graded or before they get any feedback. - **Deferred feedback with Certainty-based marking (CBM):** With CBM, the Learner does not only answer the question, but they also indicate how sure they are they got the question right. - **Immediate feedback:** Learners can submit their response immediately during the quiz attempt, and get it graded. However, they can only submit one response, they cannot change it later. - **Immediate feedback with Certainty-based marking (CBM):** The same as **Immediate feedback** except with CBM, so the learner also has to indicate how sure they are they got the question right. - **Interactive mode:** Learners can have multiple attempts at a question. If they are correct they may no longer change their answer and if they are wrong a certain number of times they are graded as wrong (or partially correct). There can be different feedback after each try. | - |
| Whether correct | Decide whether you want the learner to be shown whether they are correct or not. | - |
| Marks | Decide how you want marks to be shown. Choose from: - Not shown - Show max mark only - Show mark and max | - |
| Decimal places in grades | Set the default number of decimal points to be used in grades. | - |
| Specific feedback | Choose whether or not to show specific feedback. | - |
| General feedback | Decide whether or not to show general feedback. | - |
| Right answer | Choose whether or not to show the correct answer. | - |
| Response history | Decide whether or not to show the history of the learner's response to the question. | - |

![Course badge](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/course-badge_getting-started-with-quizzes.svg?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T18%3A10%3A51Z&se=2026-11-01T19%3A10%3A51Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=XsufxH16m4bY1YfSIdDQOrjIkIf%2Bsq2xeQ7O9L1DHgo%3D)There are two courses in the Totara Academy about using quizzes in Totara Learn, [Getting started with quizzes](https://totara.community/course/view.php?id=639) and [Advanced quiz](https://totara.community/course/view.php?id=262) Using these courses you can learn more on how to use these features, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

Join the [Totara Community](https://totara.community/) for more resources to help you get the most out of Totara.

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