# Assessments

> Build a mixed-format quiz from any material, get it graded, and see where understanding slipped.

Source: https://cognipage.io/docs/assessments

Flashcards check whether a fact comes back. An assessment checks whether you actually understood the material — with seven question formats, automatic grading, and a diagnosis of where your understanding slipped.

**Where** Assessments → New assessment

## Building one

1. **Pick a material**
   Questions are written from the passages captured from that one source, not from a generic bank.
2. **Choose how many questions**
   Between one and twenty. Ten is a solid session; five is enough to find the gaps.
3. **Choose the formats — or don't**
   **Balanced mix** is the default and usually the right answer: every format, weighted to whatever the material can actually support. Select specific formats only when you are drilling a particular skill.
4. **Generate**
   This spends [AI credits](https://cognipage.io/docs/account). Offline, the request is queued and the quiz appears once you are back online.

## The question formats

| Format | Tests |
| --- | --- |
| Multiple choice | Recognition — one right answer among plausible distractors. |
| Select all | Completeness. Partial credit applies, so half an answer scores half. |
| True / false | Whether a claim survives scrutiny. Quick, and good at catching confident errors. |
| Fill the blanks | Recall of exact terms in their own context. |
| Matching | Relationships — terms to definitions, causes to effects. |
| Ordering | Sequence and process: steps, chronologies, pipelines. |
| Short answer | Explanation in your own words. Graded on meaning, not wording. |

## Taking the quiz

- `1`
  –
  `9`
  or the letter on a choice's badge selects it.
- `Enter`
  or
  `→`
  moves to the next question,
  `←`
  back to the previous one.
- You can move freely between questions and change answers before submitting.

## Results and review

Submitting grades every question, including the written ones, and gives you a score with a breakdown. Then open **Review**, which is where the value is: each question is shown with your answer, the correct one, and an explanation of the difference. Short answers get a note on what was missing rather than a bare mark.

Above the history, three figures track you over time — **average score**, **best score** and **recent form** — and the material picker scopes all of them, so you can see how you are doing on one course rather than across everything at once.

> **Use assessments after cards, not instead of them.**
>
> Flashcards keep individual facts alive; an assessment tells you whether they add up to understanding. A good rhythm is cards through the week and one assessment per material when you finish it.