Best for
- Sorting examples into categories
- Grouping symptoms, materials or species
- Checking conceptual understanding
Capabilities
- Drag items into category groups
- Automatic marking of each placement
- Several items per category
Considerations
- Each item should belong to exactly one category
- Define categories clearly in the question
What is a classification question?
A classification question gives the candidate a set of items and two or more categories. The candidate places each item into the category it belongs to.
When to use it
Use classification when you want to know whether candidates understand what puts something in one group rather than another, such as sorting examples of renewable and non-renewable energy, or symptoms by likely cause.
How Synap marks it
Classification questions are auto marked. Each placement is checked against the correct category, giving instant, consistent results.
Authoring tips
Choose items that clearly belong to one category, and include a few that test common confusions. Keep category names short and unambiguous.
Classification is one of 29 question types in Synap's exam authoring software, alongside reusable question banks, bulk import and flexible marking.