Moodle QUESTION_CATEGORIES Element Example
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<!-- QUESTION_CATEGORIES defines a "question pool" for this course. So far, haven't seen a multi-category
extract, but haven't tried very hard yet.
Gotcha: 1.5.3+ archives contain numeric values in /MOODLE_BACKUP/COURSE/QUESTION_CATEGORIES/QUESTION_CATEGORY/QUESTION/QTYPE,
whereas the 1.6.1 example we've seen contains human-readable names. For example:
- 1 == [shortanswer] (haven't seen a 1.6.1 example to be sure of mapping)
- 2 == [truefalse] (haven't seen a 1.6.1 example to be sure of mapping)
- 3 == multichoice
QUESTIONS defined here are organized into assessments by 'quiz' modules (/MOODLE_BACKUP/COURSE/MODULES/MOD[MODTYPE = 'quiz'])
-->
<QUESTION_CATEGORIES>
<QUESTION_CATEGORY>
<!-- First, some category attributes -->
<ID>68</ID> <!-- A key for the category -->
<NAME>Default</NAME> <!-- We also see more cryptic values, e.g. "AIMS HS Math ADE 12.04" -->
<INFO>The default category for questions.</INFO> <!-- We also see more cryptic values, e.g. "AIMS HS Math ADE 12.04". Haven't seen markup, yet. -->
<PUBLISH>0</PUBLISH> <!-- Semantics unclear. -->
<STAMP>asset2.asu.iassessment.org+070913031840+YSCPcq</STAMP> <!-- semantics unclear -->
<PARENT>0</PARENT> <!-- Presumably the ID of a containing category. Presumably 0 is a special value -->
<SORTORDER>999</SORTORDER> <!-- Presumably for sorting categories. Also see '0' in single-category extracts -->
<!-- A multiple-choice question -->
<QUESTION>
<ID>207</ID>
<PARENT>0</PARENT> <!-- Presumably for question nesting. Presumably 0 is a special value. So far, have not seen nested questions. -->
<NAME>1: HS Math 1.2.2</NAME>
<QUESTIONTEXT>The Math Club purchased 150 calendars for $2.00 each. If the club sells the calendars for
$5.00 each, what will be the total profit if all the calendars are sold?</QUESTIONTEXT>
<QUESTIONTEXTFORMAT>0</QUESTIONTEXTFORMAT> <!-- Semantics unclear. -->
<IMAGE></IMAGE> <!-- See next QUESTION example for usage -->
<DEFAULTGRADE>1</DEFAULTGRADE> <!-- Semantics unclear -->
<PENALTY>0.1</PENALTY> <!-- Semantics unclear -->
<QTYPE>multichoice</QTYPE> <!-- Question type, obviously. Contents vary between Moodle versions. See QUESTION_CATEGORIES comments above. -->
<LENGTH>1</LENGTH> <!-- Semantics unclear -->
<STAMP>secure.pvusd.k12.az.us+050102162730+05v2pV</STAMP> <!-- Semantics unclear -->
<VERSION>3</VERSION> <!-- The version of the question, presumably -->
<HIDDEN>0</HIDDEN> <!-- Semantics unclear -->
<MULTICHOICE> <!-- Question type-specific configuration -->
<LAYOUT>0</LAYOUT> <!-- Semantics unclear -->
<ANSWERS>785,786,787,788</ANSWERS> <!-- Seem to reference ../../ANSWERS/ANSWER/ID. Presumably a subset thereof. -->
<SINGLE>1</SINGLE> <!-- Semantics unclear. Single answer, perhaps? -->
<SHUFFLEANSWERS>1</SHUFFLEANSWERS> <!-- Randomize answers on delivery? -->
</MULTICHOICE>
<ANSWERS> <!-- Presumably there can be more answers than have been selected for delivery by ../MULTICHOICE/ANSWERS -->
<ANSWER>
<ID>785</ID> <!-- A key for this answer -->
<ANSWER_TEXT>$750.00</ANSWER_TEXT> <!-- Haven't seen markup -->
<FRACTION>0</FRACTION> <!-- Semantics unclear. So far, have seen 1 and 0 -->
<FEEDBACK></FEEDBACK> <!-- Haven't seen examples, yet -->
</ANSWER>
<ANSWER>
<ID>786</ID>
<ANSWER_TEXT>$450.00</ANSWER_TEXT>
<FRACTION>1</FRACTION>
<FEEDBACK></FEEDBACK>
</ANSWER>
<ANSWER>
<ID>787</ID>
<ANSWER_TEXT>$300.00</ANSWER_TEXT>
<FRACTION>0</FRACTION>
<FEEDBACK></FEEDBACK>
</ANSWER>
<ANSWER>
<ID>788</ID>
<ANSWER_TEXT>$3.00</ANSWER_TEXT>
<FRACTION>0</FRACTION>
<FEEDBACK></FEEDBACK>
</ANSWER>
</ANSWERS>
</QUESTION>
<!-- Multiple-choice question where the question is expressed as an image rather than a string -->
<QUESTION>
<ID>234</ID>
<PARENT>0</PARENT>
<NAME>28: HS Math 3.4.2</NAME>
<QUESTIONTEXT></QUESTIONTEXT> <!-- Image referenced below contains the question text -->
<QUESTIONTEXTFORMAT>0</QUESTIONTEXTFORMAT> <!-- has the same format (0) as the textual example -->
<IMAGE>HS_Math_Example_1/1_HS_Math_28.gif</IMAGE> <!-- Note that this is _not_ defined by a "module" entry, although
modules may reference other files in the same directory.
In-archive path: /course_files/HS_Math_Example_1/1_HS_Math_28.gif -->
<!-- following elements effectively identical to previous example until ANSWERS -->
<DEFAULTGRADE>1</DEFAULTGRADE>
<PENALTY>0.1</PENALTY>
<QTYPE>multichoice</QTYPE> <!-- Question type, obviously. Contents vary between Moodle versions. See QUESTION_CATEGORIES comments above. -->
<LENGTH>1</LENGTH>
<STAMP>secure.pvusd.k12.az.us+050102181455+2OzzCX</STAMP>
<VERSION>1</VERSION>
<HIDDEN>0</HIDDEN>
<MULTICHOICE>
<LAYOUT>0</LAYOUT>
<ANSWERS>893,894,895,896</ANSWERS> <!-- references to ../../ANSWERS/ANSWER/ID -->
<SINGLE>1</SINGLE>
<SHUFFLEANSWERS>1</SHUFFLEANSWERS>
</MULTICHOICE>
<!-- None of these answers have text! The .gif referenced above contains both the question and answer(s) text.-->
<ANSWERS>
<ANSWER>
<ID>893</ID>
<ANSWER_TEXT></ANSWER_TEXT>
<FRACTION>0</FRACTION>
<FEEDBACK></FEEDBACK>
</ANSWER>
<ANSWER>
<ID>894</ID>
<ANSWER_TEXT></ANSWER_TEXT>
<FRACTION>0</FRACTION>
<FEEDBACK></FEEDBACK>
</ANSWER>
<ANSWER>
<ID>895</ID>
<ANSWER_TEXT></ANSWER_TEXT>
<FRACTION>1</FRACTION>
<FEEDBACK></FEEDBACK>
</ANSWER>
<ANSWER>
<ID>896</ID>
<ANSWER_TEXT></ANSWER_TEXT>
<FRACTION>0</FRACTION>
<FEEDBACK></FEEDBACK>
</ANSWER>
</ANSWERS>
</QUESTION>
<!-- Short answer question -->
<QUESTION>
<ID>308</ID>
<PARENT>0</PARENT>
<NAME>Optional Question 1</NAME>
<QUESTIONTEXT><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I would like the
designer of this session to consider more:</span></QUESTIONTEXT> <!-- note the use of markup -->
<QUESTIONTEXTFORMAT>1</QUESTIONTEXTFORMAT> <!-- Was '0' in multi-choice examples. Still unsure of actual meaning -->
<IMAGE></IMAGE>
<DEFAULTGRADE>1</DEFAULTGRADE>
<PENALTY>0.1</PENALTY>
<QTYPE>1</QTYPE> <!-- This is a 1.5.3+ example. 1.6.1 examples have names rather than numbers.
See QUESTION_CATEGORIES comments above. -->
<LENGTH>1</LENGTH>
<STAMP>asset2.asu.iassessment.org+070913033720+oyS2dQ</STAMP>
<VERSION>2</VERSION>
<HIDDEN>0</HIDDEN>
<SHORTANSWER>
<ANSWERS>1067</ANSWERS> <!-- reference to ../../ANSWERS/ANSWER/ID -->
<USECASE>0</USECASE> <!-- ??? -->
</SHORTANSWER>
<ANSWERS>
<ANSWER>
<ID>1067</ID>
<ANSWER_TEXT>Optional Comments</ANSWER_TEXT>
<FRACTION>0</FRACTION>
<FEEDBACK></FEEDBACK>
</ANSWER>
</ANSWERS>
</QUESTION>
<!-- true/false question -->
<QUESTION>
<ID>168</ID>
<PARENT>0</PARENT>
<NAME>tropopause</NAME>
<QUESTIONTEXT>The tropopause is highest at the north and south poles.</QUESTIONTEXT>
<QUESTIONTEXTFORMAT>0</QUESTIONTEXTFORMAT>
<IMAGE></IMAGE>
<DEFAULTGRADE>1</DEFAULTGRADE>
<PENALTY>0.1</PENALTY>
<QTYPE>2</QTYPE> <!-- This is a 1.5.3+ example. 1.6.1 examples have names rather than numbers.
See QUESTION_CATEGORIES comments above. -->
<LENGTH>1</LENGTH>
<STAMP>asset2.asu.iassessment.org+070306212746+xz0h0P</STAMP>
<VERSION>1</VERSION>
<HIDDEN>1</HIDDEN> <!-- We only see 1's and 0's. Presumably to be treated as boolean -->
<TRUEFALSE>
<TRUEANSWER>268</TRUEANSWER> <!-- As with type-specific data, is reference to ../../ANSWERS/ANSWER/ID -->
<FALSEANSWER>269</FALSEANSWER> <!-- As with type-specific data, is reference to ../../ANSWERS/ANSWER/ID -->
</TRUEFALSE>
<ANSWERS>
<ANSWER>
<ID>268</ID>
<ANSWER_TEXT>True</ANSWER_TEXT>
<FRACTION>0</FRACTION>
<FEEDBACK></FEEDBACK>
</ANSWER>
<ANSWER>
<ID>269</ID>
<ANSWER_TEXT>False</ANSWER_TEXT>
<FRACTION>1</FRACTION> <!-- Still don't understand the purpose of this field -->
<FEEDBACK></FEEDBACK>
</ANSWER>
</ANSWERS>
</QUESTION>
<!-- Need more examples of question types -->
</QUESTION_CATEGORY>
</QUESTION_CATEGORIES>