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Question pools are used to group related questions for exams. They can have a hierarchical structure, with one or more topic pools to further categorize content within the question pool.
An example question pool hierarchy for organizing questions for an exam about computer operating systems might be structured as follows:
In the Question Pools Manager you can:
Question pools have general properties which are applied (as defaults) to new questions created in the pool. You can configure the default values when you update a question pool. The defaults can be overridden in the properties for each question.
When you add program or module sessions for automatic exemption, if the learner scores sufficiently on questions from the pool, they will be exempted from taking the selected program or module sessions. Further configuration is needed for automatic exemptions for exam pools, and exemption policies must also be configured. For more information, see About Automatic Exemption Policies.
When you create a question pool and update it you can configure it to send you (and other administrators) a notification email on a regular basis when there are any questions in the pool that have not yet been approved. The email template for this is specified in the Questions Pending Approval Reminder Template System Configuration setting. You can select the frequency of these notifications, and they will stop automatically when there are no more questions in the pool that haven't been approved.
You cannot delete a pool that contains questions. You can, however, merge pools to move all questions from one pool into another. You can then delete the empty pool.
To categorize exams using the same structure as a question pool, you can copy the question pool structure to the exam pool. If you do not need separate exams for all the topics in the question pool, you can delete them in the exam pool.
You can configure permissions for question, topic and sub-topic pools to specify who can edit them or assign questions to them.
Permissions do not cascade down the hierarchy. For example, administrators with permissions for a topic pool will not have those same permissions for any sub-topic pools under it. You must configure permissions at each pool level for other administrators to use them.
Administrators with unrestricted access to the Exam Utilities feature in System Roles (Manage Features > Exam Manager Features) can configure question pools.
To configure question pools, go to Manage Center > Learning > Question Pools Manager.
Additional Information
Copy a Question Pool to an Exam Pool
