Item shuffling, or randomization, is available to all customers. Fixed-form exams can present items in a different order for each candidate, so answers are harder to memorize and share.
Why it matters
When every candidate sees the same items in the same order, one person can memorize the answers and pass them to the next. Shuffling breaks that chain by changing the order from one candidate to the next, so a remembered sequence of answers no longer helps.
This achieves a similar outcome to Rules-Based forms on the platform, without the need to set up rules and rule groups. Item shuffling gives you the same benefit from a single fixed form, with much less setup to manage.
How it works
You control shuffling at three levels, from broadest to most specific.
1. Turn it on for the exam. Shuffling is a setting on the Exam Shell, so it applies to the forms under that exam.
2. Lock items that must stay in place. Some items need a fixed position for psychometric or logical reasons. In the form view, lock the item, and it will always appear in the same position. You can unlock it at any time from the same view.
3. Exclude a single form. To turn shuffling off for one form only, open its form settings and check “Exclude form from item shuffling.”
Reporting and support
Shuffling does not cost you visibility. Reporting and support tools still show exactly what each candidate saw and answered, so you can review a result or answer a candidate's question with confidence.