Understanding the context of assessments is crucial in the learning process. Questionmark Perception (QMP) offers four types of assessments that you can choose from when creating your assessment: quiz, test, exam, and survey.
1. Quiz
- Purpose: A low-stakes formative assessment.
- Goal: Measures a student’s knowledge or skills and provides feedback on their current understanding.
- Feedback: Typically given to help students identify areas for improvement.
2. Test
- Purpose: Can be low to medium stakes.
- Goal: Often an unmonitored assessment that measures a student’s knowledge or skills.
- Feedback: Informs both students and teachers about the student’s current level of understanding.
3. Exam
- Purpose: Typically medium to high stakes.
- Goal: A monitored summative assessment used to evaluate a student’s knowledge or skills.
- Feedback: Documents the student’s level of knowledge or skill.
4. Survey
- Purpose: A low-stakes diagnostic or reaction assessment.
- Goal: Measures knowledge, skills, and attitudes to determine needs for specific purposes.
- Feedback: Helps identify requirements for improvement or development.
The table below includes details about what functionality can be applied to each assessment type:
| Assessment type |
Record answers |
Provide feedback |
Open access |
Time limit |
Use Questionmark Secure |
Anonymous results |
| Quiz |
Optional |
Optional |
Optional |
Optional |
No |
No |
| Test |
Yes |
Optional |
Optional |
Optional |
Optional |
No |
| Exam |
Yes |
No |
No |
Optional |
Optional |
No |
| Survey |
Yes |
Optional |
Optional |
Optional |
No |
Optional |
The assessment type can be set at initial assessment creation only and cannot be changed afterwards. However the settings (link to 'assessment settings' here) can be changed any time as required.
The information on this page relates to QMP Guides and was last updated October 2024.
