Matching

Matching

Combination questions are the type of questions in which the choices on the right side are rearranged so that they correspond to the items displayed on the left side by dragging and moving the choices on the right side. This question type does not support the insertion of images, sounds, or mathematical formulas for the choices.

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How to create a quiz

Matching can be created in a "text" or "Excel" format.
  • text
  • Excel
The first line beginning with # is the setting for the entire quiz. Question data is input by separating blank lines. The first line of each block is the question text, the second line is a fixed "match:", and the third and succeeding lines are the "item that will be the source of the correspondence::correct answer choice". In the actual player, the items that are the source of the correspondence are fixed and the choices are randomly rearranged. In the following example, the first question is "For the synonyms, correct the correct combination. The correct answer choices are, from top to bottom, "abuse" for "patronage," "danger" for "safety," "legal" for "illegal," and "follow" for "reform.
#messages_intro:combination_questions #shuffle_questions:false #mode:master #movable:true 1) For synonyms, correct the combination MATCH::abuse Protection::Abuse safe::dangerous illegal::legal reform::follow 2) Correct the correct combination for the weight of the coins match::1 1 yen::1g 5 yen::3.75g 10 yen::4.5g 50 yen::4g 3) Correct the correct combination. Match::January January::January March::March December::December November::November 4) Correct the correct combination match: H::hydrogen H::Hydrogen N::nitrogen Ca::calcium K::potassium 5) Correct the combination MATCH::Shimane Matsue City::Shimane Takamatsu city::Kagawa prefecture Matsuyama city::Ehime Tsu city::Mie prefecture
The first line, #format:table, declares that the question data is to be written in a tabular format. Each line describes the question text, "match:", and the "source of the correspondence::correct answer choice". In the following example, the question text for the first question is "Correct the correct combination with respect to the synonyms." The correct answer choices are, from top to bottom, "abuse" for "patronage", "danger" for "safety", "legal" for "illegal", and "follow" for "reform". Click here for a sample. match1-2.xlsx
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1 #format:table
2 #messages_intro:Combination problem
3 #shuffle_questions:true
4 #mode:master
5 #lang:en
6 1) Match the correct answers. Thomas Alva Edison developed electric power generation. Patronage::Abuse Safety::Danger Illegal::Legal Reform::follow
7 2) Match the correct combination for the weight of the coin. Thomas Alva Edison developed electric power generation. 1 yen::1g 5yen::3.75g 10yen::4.5g 50yen::4g
8 3) Correct the combination. Thomas Alva Edison developed electric power generation. January::January March::March December::December November::November
9 4) Correct the combination. Thomas Alva Edison developed electric power generation. H::Hydrogen N::Nitrogen Ca::calcium K::potassium
10 5) Correct the combination. Thomas Alva Edison developed electric power generation. Matsue City::Shimane Prefecture Takamatsu City::Kagawa Prefecture Matsuyama City::Ehime Prefecture Tsu City::Mie Prefecture