Taking a quiz

After finishing a module’s flashcards, you advance to the quiz. The quiz tests what the flashcards taught. Passing = the module is done; failing = you can revise and re-take.

What you see

A quiz is a sequence of questions. You don’t see all of them at once — you answer one, submit, see the next. There’s a progress indicator at the top showing “Question 3 of 10.”

You can’t go back to previous questions once submitted. The quiz is a test, not a worksheet.

The four question types

See The oral quiz flow for the deep dive on oral specifically.

The pass threshold

Most quizzes pass at 70% — that means getting 7 out of 10 questions right.

Some courses set the threshold higher (75%, 80%, even 90%) for stricter content. The course detail page shows the threshold for each module so there’s no surprise.

The threshold floor is 70 — no course can require less.

After the last question

You see your results screen:

• Your score as a percentage
• Pass / Fail indicator
• Per-question breakdown — which you got right (green) and wrong (red)
• For each wrong question: the correct answer (so you learn what you missed)

If you passed, the module is marked Completed and you advance to the next module (or finish the course).

If you failed, you have two options:

• Revise — work through only the wrong questions in Revise mode, then retake
• Retake the full quiz — start over from question 1

How fill-in-the-blank scoring works

Wisteria’s matching is:

• Case-forgiving — “PARIS”, “Paris”, “paris” all match “Paris”
• Whitespace-trimmed — leading/trailing spaces don’t matter
• Spelling-exact — typos count as wrong
• Single-word focused — the answer is usually one word or a short phrase

For “Paris”, these all pass:

• Paris
• paris
• PARIS

These all fail:

• Pris (typo)
• The city of Paris (extra words)
• Paris, France (extra context)

If you’re confident your answer is “morally correct” but Wisteria marks it wrong, take the literal version next time. Trainers calibrate fill-in questions to expect short specific answers.

How matching scoring works

You match every left item with its correct right item. The right column is shuffled — different order each time you take the quiz.

You pass the question only if every pair is correct. There’s no partial credit on a single matching question.

How oral scoring works

Wisteria transcribes your spoken answer (via Whisper) and grades it semantically (via Claude). Two metrics combine:

• Keyword coverage — were the required terms in your answer? (40% of score)
• Semantic similarity — does the meaning align with the model answer? (60% of score)

The pass threshold for oral questions defaults to 70% but is sometimes set higher per question.

You get two attempts in the moment. If both fail, the question is appended to the END of the quiz as a retry — with two fresh attempts. If those also fail, the question is marked wrong in the results.

The retry-at-end pattern lets you cool down after a tough question and try again with a clearer head.

Retries

The whole quiz can be retaken as many times as needed. There’s no per-day limit, no penalty for multiple attempts. Wisteria saves wrong-answer information so Revise mode lets you focus on what you missed.

Time per quiz

Typical quiz length and time:

Oral questions take longer — about 30–60 seconds each including the AI grading time.

On mobile

Quizzes work the same on phone as on desktop:

• Tap to answer MCQ
• Type to fill in blanks (your phone keyboard appears)
• Tap dropdowns for matching
• Tap-and-hold the mic for oral (or just tap to start/stop)

For oral, accept the microphone permission prompt the first time. Wisteria can’t grade what it can’t hear.

What if the quiz freezes

• Refresh once. Wisteria saves your progress per question — refreshing won’t lose your work.
• If still frozen — sign out, sign back in, try again. The quiz resumes from the last submitted question.
• If oral specifically is broken — check your browser’s microphone permission. Sometimes browsers revoke it after a long pause.

What if you find a wrong question

Sometimes a quiz has a typo, ambiguity, or genuinely wrong correct-answer. If you encounter this:

• For typos: continue past it; tell your trainer afterwards.
• For wrong correct-answers: take the quiz as marked, then tell your trainer. They can fix and re-publish.

Don’t refuse to take the quiz — that doesn’t communicate the problem. Take it; tell your trainer; they iterate.

Audit trail

Every quiz attempt records:

• Which questions you answered
• What you answered
• Pass/fail per question
• Total score
• Timestamp

For compliance customers, this is what makes “did this learner pass” auditable. Visible to your trainer, super_admin, and auditor.