Best for
- Concise written responses
- Calculations or short explanations
Capabilities
- Written candidate input
- Auto marking against accepted answers, with manual review where needed
- Works alongside rubrics and feedback
Considerations
- Mark schemes should define acceptable variants
Placeholder page. Add examples for short calculations, definitions, clinical reasoning prompts and acceptable-answer guidance.
Short answer is one of 29 question types in Synap's exam authoring software, alongside reusable question banks, bulk import and flexible marking.