This article explains how to disable or deactivate questions from the question pool, regardless of whether they have been used in a test or not. Deactivating a question means that it will no longer be available to be used in a test, but the question and its associated data will still be retained in the question pool.
Enabling the “Include the frequency factor” in the “Questions” tab #
To exclude questions from the test, you first need to enable the “Include the frequency factor” option in the “Questions” tab of your test. This option tells the generator to consider the frequency factor of each question when generating a test.
Here’s how to enable the “Include the frequency factor” option:
- Navigate to the “Tests” page.
- Choose the “Manage tests” option.
- Use the search bar to find the desired test and click on its name to enter.
- Go to the “Questions” tab in your test.
- Look for the “Include the frequency factor” option in the “Randomization settings” and check the box next to it.
- Click on the “Save” button to save the changes.
Changing the “Frequency Factor” of questions in the question pool #
Once you have enabled the “Include the frequency factor” option, you can change the frequency factor of any questions in your question pool. The frequency factor determines how often a question will appear in a generated test.
Here’s how to change the frequency factor of a question:
- Navigate to the “Tests” page.
- Choose the “Test question pools” option.
- Use the search bar to find the desired question pool from where you want to deactivate questions.
- Click on its name to open it.
- Go to the “Questions” tab.
- Find the question you want to deactivate, click on the “Options” next to it, and choose the “Pen” icon to edit the questions.
- When the pop-up window appears, click on the “Show more settings”.
Scroll down to the “Generator settings” and change the questions frequency factor to “Never”. By selecting the frequency factor “Never”, you are effectively deactivating the question. It will no longer appear in future test attempts, but its data will still be retained in the question pool.
If you want to reactivate the question, simply change its frequency factor to one of the other options (“Rarely”, “Normal”, “Often”, or “Always”).
NOTE: All prior reports remain unaffected, but all subsequent attempts will be impacted by this change.
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