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title: MCQ, MCA, Short Text, Single-Line Input
slug: lms/mcq-mca-short-text-single-line-input
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createdAt: 2022-05-07T10:01:18.000Z
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## MCQ

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What is it?

An **MCQ** or Multiple Choice Question is a question type with at least two options and only one right answer.

### How to create it?

1. Select the content type **MCQ** from the drop-down menu.
2. Enter the **Question **(mandatory). Set the **Points** for the right answer.
3. Under the **Media** drop-down, add Image, Audio or Video. This is optional.
4. List at least two or more **Options**. Options can either be text or images.
5.  Use understand what **Advanced Options **do, click here**.**

### Video Tutorial 

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## MCA

### What is it?

An **MCA** or Multiple Correct Answer is a question type with at least two options and possibly multiple right answers.

### How to create?

1. Select the content type as MCA and follow the same steps mentioned above for MCQ. 
2. Set more than one correct answer, if required.

### Video Tutorial 

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## Short Text

### What is it?

**Short Text **Answer is a question type used for descriptive input from the users. Users can apply rich text formatting options while submitting Short Text Answers. You can assign points to it but answers need to be graded manually.

You can set a character limit for Short Text answers using the Min chars and Max chars feature.

### How to create?

1. Select the content type as **Short Text** and follow steps 2 and 3 from MCQ.
2. Enter values for **Min chars** and **Max chars**.
3. Under the **Advanced Options, **select **Cannot Skip **to make the question mandatory.

### Video Tutorial 


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## Single-line Input

### What is it?

Single-line input is best suited for the collection of short answers in a specific format. 

### How to create it?

1. Select the content type as **Single-line Input** from the drop-down menu.
2. Mention the **Question**.
3. Set the **Validation** as **Email**, **URL** or **Date** based on the data you want to capture (optional).
4. You can use **Advanced Options**, to make the question mandatory by selecting the **Cannot Skip** option.

### Video Tutorial

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/sIThB0ZiqhR6tdk4fXm2D/IICIP6GNYQRxAdzzHdEib_screen-cast-2022-05-16-at-11313-pm.gif "Adding Single-line Input ")

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To know more about common content screen settings, click [here](https://help.socratease.co/lms/common-content-screen-settings).

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