Question Types Reference

WittyForm supports 20 question types for quizzes. Each type has its own scoring behavior, validation options, and configuration properties. This reference covers every type in detail.

Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Presents a list of options where only one can be selected. This is the most common quiz question type.

Scoring: Full points for correct answer, zero for incorrect. No partial credit.

Checkboxes (Multiple Select)

Like multiple choice but allows selecting more than one option. Useful for "select all that apply" questions.

Scoring: When partialCredit is enabled, points are calculated as (correct selections / total correct answers) × points, minus deductions for wrong selections.

True/False

A simplified multiple choice with exactly two options: True and False.

Scoring: Full points for correct, zero for incorrect.

Short Answer

A single-line text input. Answers are compared against accepted values.

Scoring: Full points if the response matches any accepted answer.

Long Answer

A multi-line text area for open-ended responses. Typically used in surveys or manually graded assessments.

Scoring: Manual grading only. Cannot be auto-scored.

Fill in the Blank

Presents a sentence with one or more blanks that the respondent fills in. Type three underscores (___) wherever you want a blank to appear in the question text.

// Question text example
"The capital of France is ___ and it sits on the ___ river."

// Configuration
{
  "blanks": [
    { "acceptedAnswers": ["Paris", "paris"], "caseSensitive": false },
    { "acceptedAnswers": ["Seine", "seine"], "caseSensitive": false }
  ],
  "pointsPerBlank": 1
}

Scoring: Points awarded per correct blank. Total = pointsPerBlank × number of blanks.

Ranking

Respondents drag items into the correct order.

Scoring: Full points for exact match, or partial points per correctly positioned item.

Picture Choice

Like multiple choice but each option is an image with an optional label.

Scoring: Same as multiple choice or multiple select depending on multiSelect.

Rating Scale

A numeric scale (for example, 1 to 5 stars or 1 to 10). Commonly used in surveys.

Scoring: The selected value is used directly as the score, or mapped to a correct answer.

Matrix (Rating Grid)

A grid of rows and columns. Each row is a sub-question with the same set of column options.

Scoring: Points awarded per correctly answered row.

Dropdown

A dropdown select menu. Functionally identical to multiple choice but takes less vertical space.

Scoring: Same as multiple choice.

Date

A date picker input. Can be scored against a correct date or used for data collection.

Scoring: Full points for exact date match.

Yes/No

A single-tap binary choice with exactly two options: Yes and No.

Scoring: Full points for correct, zero for incorrect.

Star Rating

A row of stars the respondent taps to rate. Commonly used for satisfaction and feedback.

Scoring: The selected value is used directly, or mapped to a correct answer.

Opinion Scale

A horizontal row of numbered buttons (often 0 to 10) for measuring sentiment or agreement.

Scoring: The selected value is used directly as the score.

Slider

A draggable slider for selecting a value along a continuous range.

Scoring: The selected value is used directly, or mapped to a correct answer.

NPS

A Net Promoter Score question. Respondents pick a value from 0 to 10 to rate how likely they are to recommend you.

Scoring: The selected value is recorded for NPS reporting (Promoters, Passives, Detractors).

Name

A field for collecting the respondent’s name. Used for data collection, leaderboards, and certificates.

Scoring: Not scored. Used for data collection.

Email

A field for collecting and validating an email address.

Scoring: Not scored. Validates email format on submit.

Phone

A field for collecting a phone number with formatting support.

Scoring: Not scored. Used for data collection.