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Short Answer question type

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Database tables

The quiz_shortanswer table is an extension of the quiz_questions table.

id
int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
Primary key
question
int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
Foreign key to the id field of the quiz_questions table
answers
varchar(255) NOT NULL default ,
A comma separated list of answer ids. This is redundant
usecase
tinyint(2) NOT NULL default '0',
used to decide whether to do a case sensitive or case insensitive comparison for grading.

Response storage

Question->options

State->options