Students benefit by creating questions they can practice with for an exam. Educators benefit by having a great starting point for creating quizzes and exams.

Disclaimer

The AI Prompt Library presents examples to UM students and staff on how to make better use of Generative AI (GenAI) in educational process . Maastricht University does not recommend use of any specific GenAI tool. Prompts should not include confidential information, personal data of the person writing the prompt or of others, copyrighted materials (including but not restricted to books, academic articles, photos, databases). Keep in mind that some databases have explicitly stated that their materials should not be fed into GenAI tools Certain GenAI practices in education may not be allowed or encouraged within your faculty’s policy framework and/or rules and regulations. Please check first, the relevant rules on the use of GenAI in education, applicable to you and defined at activity, course/module, study programme and faculty level.

The EU AI Act flags practices relating to the assessment of students as high risk. Such practices include:

  • Determining access or admission of students to educational institutions or programmes
  • Evaluating students’ learning outcomes
  • Assessing the appropriate educational level for a student
  • Monitoring and detecting of prohibited behaviour by students during exams.

Learn more about responsible use of GenAI

Tips

Tip 1: Change “Create specify number multiple-choice questions on describe the topic” to “Create specify number multiple-choice questions based on the attached document” to generate questions from a document. 
Tip 2: Always review the questions and suggested answers carefully. Although generative AI does a great job making multiple-choice questions it can make mistakes. It sometimes gives more than one correct answer option; or it provides too simple to recognize incorrect options. 

The prompt

Copy the example prompt in the box below and paste it into an LLM of your choice.

Act as a university teacher tasked with assessing bachelor/master students’ knowledge. Your job is to create multiple-choice questions that effectively test students’ understanding of add subject area.

Task:

Create specify number multiple-choice questions on describe the topic.

Format:

Each question must have four answer choices, with only one correct answer. Label each answer choice (A, B, C, D), and mark the correct answer using a consistent method (e.g. make the correct answer bold).

The distractors (incorrect answers) should be plausible but subtly flawed, to effectively test students’ understanding. After each question, provide an explanation for why the chosen answer is correct and why each incorrect answer is not. Keep these explanations clear and concise. Ensure each question is clear and unambiguous, leaving no room for misinterpretation. 

The questions must range from testing basic recall to assessing the ability to think critically and apply knowledge. Organize the questions in order of increasing difficulty, starting with the easiest that test recall and progressing to the hardest that test application and critical thinking.