How does a student answer a all that apply question?

Several options. Several options are right and the count is not given.

How is all that apply marked?

By rule, the moment the answer is given: the mark needs no reader.

Can Procto AI write all that apply questions?

Yes: from a chapter, notes or a handout, in this shape, at the level of thinking you set, written from your material only if you say so.

All that apply

Several options are right and the count is not given.

Build one Selection

As the student meets it, replayed

Tick every prime number in the list.

Marked on the server

The facts

Category: Selection. A choice between options.
The student gives: Several options
Marked: By rule, at once
The prompt carries: Text, and anything you add
In the builder: Now.

Settings this template rules out

None. Every setting of a quiz applies to it.

About all that apply.

Why this shape

Without the count of right answers given, the student cannot work backwards from the number of boxes. It tests the topic, not the arithmetic of the question.

An example. Which of these are prime numbers? 2, 9, 11, 15, 17, 21

What it is

A selection question offers options and asks the student to choose. The options carry the difficulty: a good set makes the student decide between plausible answers, and a poor set gives the answer away. It is the most used shape in assessment because it is marked at once, by rule, at any scale.

Why it is needed

It is needed wherever many students must be measured on the same knowledge in the same time: a class, a cohort, a certification. It measures recognition and, when the options are built from real misconceptions, it measures understanding: the wrong option a student picks tells the instructor what they believe. The results are comparable across students and across years in a way no essay can be.

When to use it

Use it to check that a body of knowledge landed, to find the misconception a class shares, for a quick check at the end of a lesson, and for any exam where the marking must be instant and beyond argument. Do not use it alone for skills that are about producing something: writing, calculating with working, speaking.

How to write one well

Write the stem as a complete question that could be answered without the options. Make every wrong option something a student who half-knows would choose, and make each one wrong for one reason. Keep the options the same length and shape, so the right one does not stand out. Avoid negatives in the stem, and avoid all-of-the-above.

For all that apply in particular. Vary the number of right options across the quiz so patterns cannot be learnt.

Mistakes to avoid

A stem that only makes sense once the options are read. Wrong options that nobody would choose, so the question tests reading, not knowledge. The longest option being the right one. Two options that are both defensible. A question that can be answered from general sense without the material.

How EdProcto marks it

EdProcto marks selection questions by rule the moment the answer is given. Several-answer shapes give credit for the part that is right when partial credit is on; negative marking takes one over the number of wrong options, so guessing earns nothing on average; a confidence rating earns a bonus when sure and right and a larger penalty when sure and wrong, so it pays only when it is honest. Options can be shuffled per student, and the analysis shows which wrong option beat the right one.

Guides on all that apply.

All the guides

Select all that apply questions: how to write and mark themHow to write select all that apply questions, what each scoring method rewards, the same answers marked three ways, and why ticking every box must not pay.

Questions.

How does a student answer a all that apply question?: Several options. Several options are right and the count is not given.
How is all that apply marked?: By rule, the moment the answer is given: the mark needs no reader.
Can Procto AI write all that apply questions?: Yes: from a chapter, notes or a handout, in this shape, at the level of thinking you set, written from your material only if you say so.