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# Question types

> All the question types Formswrite supports for forms, quizzes, and assessments

Formswrite supports a variety of question types for creating comprehensive assessments. Here's what's available and how each type works.

## Fully supported question types

These types work across all export platforms and have full feature support.

### Multiple choice

Single-answer selection with radio buttons. This is the most commonly used question type.

* Supports answer key with correct answer
* Supports point values for grading
* Supports feedback for right and wrong answers
* Supports images in questions
* Minimum 2 options required

<Tip>Multiple choice is the default question type and works on every export platform.</Tip>

### Checkbox (multiple answers)

Multi-answer selection allowing respondents to select more than one correct answer.

* Supports multiple correct answers
* Supports point values for grading
* Supports feedback for right and wrong answers
* Supports images in questions

### Short answer

Brief text response for single-line answers.

* Supports answer key for auto-grading
* Supports text validation (max length, pattern matching)
* Supports point values
* Supports images in questions

<Info>Short answer feedback is not supported when exporting to Google Forms, but the answer key still works for grading.</Info>

### Paragraph (long answer)

Multi-line text response for extended answers like essays or explanations.

* Supports point values
* Supports images in questions
* Typically requires manual grading (no auto-grade answer key)

### Linear scale

Numeric rating scale for surveys and opinion questions (e.g., 1-5 or 1-10).

* Customizable scale range (min and max values)
* Customizable labels for min and max (e.g., "Strongly Disagree" to "Strongly Agree")
* Default range: 1 to 5
* Supports point values
* Supports images in questions

### Date

Date input for collecting date responses.

* Standard YYYY-MM-DD format
* Supports point values
* Supports images in questions

### Time

Time input for collecting time responses.

* Standard time format
* Supports point values
* Supports images in questions

## AI-generated question types

When Formswrite's AI generates quizzes (from documents or topics), it can produce:

| Type                  | Description                                                  |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Multiple choice**   | Standard MCQ with 4 options                                  |
| **True/False**        | A variant of multiple choice with "True" and "False" options |
| **Short answer**      | Open-ended brief response                                    |
| **Fill-in-the-blank** | Sentence completion (converted to short answer)              |
| **Matching**          | Pair items together                                          |

<Tip>When using the AI quiz generator, you can select which question types to include. The default is **Multiple Choice**.</Tip>

## Platform-specific behavior

Some question types behave differently depending on the export platform:

| Question type   | Google Forms     | Formswrite Form   | QTI (Canvas)  | Moodle        |
| --------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | ------------- |
| Multiple choice | Full support     | Full support      | Full support  | Full support  |
| Checkbox        | Full support     | Full support      | Full support  | Full support  |
| Short answer    | No feedback      | Full support      | Full support  | Full support  |
| Paragraph       | No feedback      | Full support      | Essay type    | Essay type    |
| Linear scale    | Full support     | Converted to MCQ  | Not available | Not available |
| Date            | Full support     | Converted to text | Essay type    | Short answer  |
| Time            | Full support     | Converted to text | Not available | Short answer  |
| Dropdown        | Converted to MCQ | Converted to MCQ  | Full support  | Full support  |

<Warning>
  **Grid questions** (multiple choice grid and checkbox grid) are not currently supported by the Google Forms API. If your document contains grid-type questions, they will be skipped during conversion. Consider restructuring grid questions into individual multiple choice questions.
</Warning>

## Grading and feedback

### Grading support by question type

| Feature               | Multiple choice | Checkbox | Short answer | Paragraph | Linear scale |
| --------------------- | :-------------: | :------: | :----------: | :-------: | :----------: |
| Point values          |       Yes       |    Yes   |      Yes     |    Yes    |      Yes     |
| Auto-grading          |       Yes       |    Yes   |      Yes     |     No    |      No      |
| Right answer feedback |       Yes       |    Yes   |      No      |     No    |      No      |
| Wrong answer feedback |       Yes       |    Yes   |      No      |     No    |      No      |
| General feedback      |       Yes       |    Yes   |      Yes     |    Yes    |      Yes     |

### Images in questions

All question types support embedding images. Images must be:

* Valid HTTPS URLs
* Common image formats: JPG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, SVG, or BMP
* Hosted on accessible URLs (not behind authentication)

## Question editing

After Formswrite extracts questions from your document, you can edit them before exporting:

* **Change question text** — fix typos or clarify wording
* **Modify question type** — switch between multiple choice, checkbox, short answer, paragraph, linear scale, date, or time
* **Edit answer options** — add, remove, or reorder choices
* **Set correct answers** — mark which options are correct for auto-grading
* **Add images** — attach images to any question
* **Add tags** — organize questions for your question bank