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Multiple Choice Questions for Advanced Assessments

An overview of the different types of multiple choice questions you can build on an Advanced Assessment

Written by Monica Burke

🎯 Purpose

When building an Advanced Assessment in Otus, you have two types of multiple-choice questions to choose from. This overview covers what each type offers and where to find detailed instructions for building them


💡 Why Use Multiple Choice Questions?

  • Quickly assess student understanding with structured, auto-scored questions.

  • Offer flexibility with multiple layout options to match your assessment needs.

  • Support a variety of question styles, from standard single-answer to matrix-style.

  • Save time on grading with automatically scored responses.


✏️ Multiple Choice Question Types

There are two types of multiple choice questions available in Advanced Assessments:

Question Type

Best For

Basic Multiple Choice

Single or multiple correct answers from a list of options

Choice Matrix

Evaluating one or more row items against a set of column options


📝 Basic Multiple Choice

The Basic Multiple Choice Question allows you to select one or more correct answer(s) from a number of potential answers. There are various Layout customization options in this question – block or inline, labeling, and columns.

Includes 4 Layout Options:

  • Standard

  • Multiple Response

  • True or False

  • Block Layout


🔲 Choice Matrix

The Choice Matrix requires students to evaluate one or more row items using a set of column options.

Includes 3 Layout Options:

  • Standard

  • Inline

  • Labels


Otus Live Video

Click to view a video from our Otus Live series on how to create multiple-choice questions in Advanced Assessments.


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