Question Bank Overview

The Question Bank is your organization's central library of reusable questions. Instead of recreating questions every time you build a test, you write them once, store them here, and pull them into as many tests as you need. Every question you create — whether directly in the bank or while editing a test — lives here and can be reused, updated, and organized over time.

Why Use a Question Bank?

The bank is not just storage. It is the foundation of a scalable assessment program:

• Reuse across tests — the same question can appear in multiple tests without duplication. Update it once and all tests that reference it reflect the change.
• Organize at scale — folders, sub-folders, tags, labels, language, and status keep your library structured and filterable even when it contains thousands of questions.
• Measure competencies — assign scoring dimensions to questions so test results show not just a total score but a breakdown by skill or competency area.
• Collaborate safely — the Question Author role lets external contributors propose questions through a dedicated submission interface, while Question Bank Supervisors review, approve, revise, or reject them before any question enters the live bank. See Roles & Access and Question Submissions.
• Analyze quality — question-level analytics (difficulty index, discrimination index) help you identify which questions are working well and which need revision.

What's Inside the Question Bank

The Question Bank is organized into four tabs:

Questions

The main library. All questions your organization has created live here. The Question Bank Navigator at the top of the tab lets you scope the view by folder, and filter by question type, status, language, tags, labels, and scoring dimensions. You can create, edit, copy, bulk-update, import, and export questions from this tab.

Content Blocks

Reusable bundles that group questions together with supporting content — for example, a reading passage followed by five comprehension questions. Content Blocks let you assemble test pages from pre-built units rather than individual questions.

Media Library

A centralized store for images, audio files, video files, and documents that you embed in questions. Uploading media to the library first makes it easy to reuse the same asset across multiple questions without re-uploading.

Question Submissions

A moderated inbox for questions proposed by external contributors (Question Authors). Supervisors review each submission here and can approve, revise, or reject it before it enters the live bank. See the Question Submissions page for the full workflow.

Question Properties

Every question in the bank carries a set of organizational properties that power the navigator's filtering and sorting:

• Folder — the folder (or sub-folder) the question belongs to. Each question lives in exactly one folder.
• Tags — structured key-value metadata such as difficulty: hard or topic: algebra. Tags enable precise multi-condition filtering.
• Labels — free-form strings for lightweight, ad-hoc classification (e.g. needs review, exam-ready).
• Language — the language the question is written in, using an ISO 639-1 code (e.g. en, tr, de).
• Status — the question's readiness: Draft (in progress), Review (awaiting approval), or Ready (approved for use in tests).

Question Bank Settings

The gear icon next to the Question Bank title opens two configuration areas:

• Scoring Framework — define the dimensions and sub-dimensions your organization uses for competency-based scoring. These become available to assign to any question in the bank.
• Schema — enforce rules on how questions must be organized. You can require specific folders, mandate certain tags, and restrict tag values to a predefined list — ensuring consistency across a large team.

Question Types

TestInvite supports a wide range of question types to suit different assessment needs:

• Multiple Choice — one or more correct answers from a list of choices
• Short Answer — single-line text input with optional validation rules
• Long Answer — multi-line or rich text response, manually graded or rubric-scored
• Numeric — number entry with format control and validation
• Code — code editor supporting 17+ programming languages with AI evaluation
• Audio — voice recording or audio file upload with AI evaluation
• Video — video recording or upload with AI evaluation
• File Upload — any file type submission
• Photo — photo capture or image upload
• Tabular — spreadsheet-style table input
• Match — pair items from two columns with four layout options

Each question type is covered in detail in its own page under Question Types.

Every question created inside a test is automatically saved to the Question Bank.

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