The difference is that numerical answers are allowed to have an accepted error.
Numerical: From the student perspective, a numerical question looks just like a Short answer question.Images, sound or other media can be included in the question and/or answer options (by inserting HTML) and individual answers can be weighted. Multiple choice: Allows the creation of single-answer and multiple-answer questions.The student must ‘match’ the correct answers with each question. Matching: A list of sub-questions is provided, along with a list of answers.These functionalities can simplify the creation of questions in many STEM fields related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Other features such as unit checking and multiple parts are also available. The answer fields can be placed anywhere in the question so that questions can be created involving various answer structures such as coordinate, polynomial, matrix, etc. Formulas: Question type with random values and multiple answers.Essay: Allows a response of a file upload and/or text entered online.Embedded answers (cloze): Questions consist of a passage of text that has various answers embedded within it, including multiple choice, short answers and numerical answers.Drag and drop matching: An extension of the Matching question that allows the user to drag and drop items to match answers to sub-questions.Note: This question type is not accessible to users who are visually impaired.
Drag and drop onto image: Images or text labels are dragged and dropped into drop zones on a background image.Drag and drop markers:Markers are dragged and dropped onto a background image.Drag and drop into text: Missing words in the question text are filled in using drag and drop.
CodeRunner: Allows students to write program code to some specification and that code is then graded by running it in a series of tests in a sandbox.Calculated simple: A simpler version of Calculated questions which are like numerical questions, but the numbers used in the questions are selected randomly from a set when the quiz is taken.Calculated multichoice: Calculated multiple choice questions are like Multiple choice questions, but the answer options can include formula results from numeric values that are selected randomly from a set when the quiz is taken.Calculated: Calculated questions are like Numerical questions, but the numbers used in the questions are selected randomly from a set when the quiz is taken.