Calculating marks in a quiz, test or assessment

Snap can differentiate between responses to a particular question using a scoring system. In this example we will set up four single choice questions, each with four possible answers. Using a weight we will assign the response for a correct answer as one and an incorrect answer as zero. The total number of correct responses can be calculated.

Step By Step

Step 1

Create a single choice question:

question: what is the first letter of the alphabet?

Step 2

To simplify the scoring process, the correct answer will always be the first answer to every question. We will use the Ordering option in the Variable Properties to Randomise the answers for people taking the quiz.

Right click on Q1 and select Variable Properties

Select Random for the type of Ordering

variable properties: randomise

Step 3

Set up three more questions called Q2, Q3 and Q4, each with four possible answers (codes), the first answer being the correct one and randomise the order of the codes (repeat steps 1 and 2).

Step 4

Click on the weights weight button 2 button to open the Weights window.

Step 3 weights window

Select the New button button to create a new weight.
At the Weight details dialogue box, enter a Value of 1 for Code 1 and 0 for Code 2, 3 and 4. Name this as Score.

weight to create score

Save Save button the new weight and close the Weights dialogue.

Step 5

Click View on the menu and choose Variables. Then click add to create a new derived variable which will be used to total the number of correct responses:

Type: Derived
Response Quantity
Name: Total
Label: Total
Value for OK code: Score(Q1) + Score(Q2) + Score(Q3) + Score(Q4)

The value for the OK code assigns a score of 1 for a response to the first answer and 0 for a response to the second, third or fourth answers using the weight that we created in the previous step. This is then added together to give the score for all questions.

variable adding up scores
Save Save button the new variable and close the Variables dialogue.

Step 6

To display this total to the quiz taker, place the cursor in the text area of a question, title, or instruction, right click and choose Insert followed by Variable Field.

In the New variable field dialogue, select Total from the variable drop down and click OK.

insert variable field

This will appear like this in your design

Step 9 your total score is

When the quiz is completed, the total score will appear on a new page.

Step 9 your total score is 2

 

The quiz is now ready and can be published and uploaded to Snap WebHost.

As a Snap user, you can download a 10 question quiz template to create your own quizzes.

Download quiz template

Here are some examples of the quizzes we have created.

If there is a topic you would like a worksheet on, email to snapideas@snapsurveys.com