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GUIDE · 6 TYPES OF QUIZZES

Same questions. Six completely different quizzes.

A quiz can be a relaxed practice round, a strict class test, a fast game or homework with a deadline — with exactly the same questions. These are the six types of quizzes teachers use, what each one changes, and how to pick the right one in one tap. Then print the same questions as an exam paper.

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A printed quiz paper with a school header, sections and marks, made from a quiz in Quizoma

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Which type of quiz do you need? Answer four questions.

This is exactly what Quizoma asks when you tap Help me choose:

  1. Will you mark the answers yourself?

    Yes → Hand-marked. No → keep going.

  2. Is it opinions, not right answers?

    Yes → Survey. No → keep going.

  3. When should students see their score?

    By a deadline → Homework. When you decide → Test. Straight away → keep going.

  4. Should it feel like a game?

    Yes → Speed drill. No → Practice quiz.

Compare the types of quizzes side by side

Type of quizTimerGo backRetakesStudents see the score
Practice—✓✓Straight away, with the right answers
Test✓——When you announce results
Speed drill✓—✓Straight away; faster answers score more
Homework—✓—Automatically when the quiz ends
Survey—✓—No score — you see every answer
Hand-marked—✓—After you mark and announce

Every type of quiz can also be a printed paper: make it and print it in 4 steps

  1. 1

    Make your quiz

    Type your questions, import a .txt or .csv file, or start from a free template — multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blanks, short answer and put in order. Sign in with Google once; it is free.

  2. 2

    Open “Print paper”

    On your Quizoma Studio dashboard, open the ⋮ menu on any quiz and choose Print paper. Already inside the quiz editor? Press the Print button at the top — it prints what you see, even before you save.

    Quizoma Studio dashboard: a quiz card's three-dot menu is open with Print paper highlighted.
  3. 3

    Choose how the paper looks

    Add your school name and logo, then pick a design, the paper language (14 to choose from), sections or a ruled table, versions A–D, a watermark and an answer-key page. The preview on the right updates as you click.

    The Print paper dialog in Quizoma Studio: design, language and layout options on the left, a live preview of the question paper on the right, and Print, Download paper and Word buttons.
  4. 4

    Print it or download it

    PrintStraight from the browser to your printer
    PDFThe paper, and the answer key as its own file
    WordAn editable .docx to change afterwards

    Giving the test on paper instead of online? Pick Test online for marking, and print the same questions as a paper for the exam hall — one set of questions, both ways.

A type of quiz is a starting point, not a lock

Each rule — question numbers, the timer, a reading time before each question, instant right/wrong, going back, showing the score, retakes, partial credit, a bonus for fast answers and marking by hand — is its own switch with an ⓘ that explains it. Once students have taken the quiz its rules lock, so everyone is scored the same way; duplicate it to make a new version.

By default an account holds 10 quizzes of up to 20 questions each. Everyone signs in with a Google account. Quizoma Studio (the browser version) is in beta, and the Android app is free on Google Play from 1 November 2026.

Questions

Six: Practice (retakes, instant answers), Test (timed, one try, results when you announce), Speed drill (timed game, faster answers score more), Homework (due by a date), Survey (opinions, no score) and Hand-marked (written answers you mark yourself).

A practice quiz has no timer, lets students go back and retake it, and shows the score and right answers at once. A test is timed, allows one try with no going back, and shows only “Submitted” until you announce the results.

Yes. Test and Speed drill turn the timer on, and every question can have its own time limit. You can switch the timer on for any other type too.

Yes. Open the quiz's menu in Quizoma Studio and choose Print paper to get an exam paper with a separate answer key, as a PDF or an editable Word file.

In Practice and Speed drill they see their score and the right answers as soon as they submit. In Test, Homework and Hand-marked they see them when results are released.

Yes, until someone takes it. After that the rules are locked so everyone is scored the same way; duplicate the quiz to make a new version.

Yes. Every type of quiz is free, with no ads and no in-app purchases.

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