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Test having different questions each time
Originally asked by a community member in the Litmos Community forum on 5 January 2026.
Hello everyone,
I have been asked to create an assessment in which learners who do not pass on their first attempt are presented with a different set of questions on a second attempt. Is this functionality available in Litmos? At this time, I only see the option to randomize questions and would like to confirm that I am not overlooking another feature.
Reply from a community member, 7 January 2026
I use the question pool for this functionality. If I want learners to answer 5 questions, I'll create a pool of 10-25 unique questions. Then the assessment will randomly ask 5 questions from the pool. One assessment can have multiple pools, but the learner encounters a seamless presentation of the questions.
For example, for the CompTIA Security+ course we teach I setup one question pool for each of the 16 lessons. Each pool 10 or more questions, but only ask a few. Learners will encounter 50 questions from the various pools; a few from each lesson. Not all (which is over 100).
I hope this helps.