15 Multiple-Choice Question Generation

Faculty Objective

  • Quickly generate questions that can be used in a multiple choice quiz.

One of the most commonly used assessment tools is the multiple-choice question. While they can be time-consuming to create—especially when we’re focused on generating plausible “wrong” answers. Generative AI can assist instructors in generating all sorts of multiple-choice questions that allow them to consider content in a variety of ways.

Considerations

  • Review any questions and answers that Generative AI creates for you to ensure that the questions are clearly formed and correctly answered.
  • You may need to engage in a dialogue with Generative AI to make corrections to any errors you note
  • Although multiple-choice quizzes are used for evaluation, they are not the most authentic way to test student ability to meeting learning outcomes. Consider only using multiple-choice questions to help assess student understanding of details but create more authentic evaluations for grading.
  • Model Academic Integrity by including an acknowledgement of any use of generative AI that specifies how it was used.
  • Please refer to cautions in the Introduction that apply to all activities using Generative AI.

Example Prompts

  • Create a 15 question multiple choice test to test knowledge of commercial kitchen safety. In each question indicate which answer is correct.

NSCC Support

The Centre for Teaching and Learning can assist you with developing authentic evaluations.

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