MEC Risk Assessment & Mitigation 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A Moodle course has a quiz with no time limit and unlimited attempts. Which risk does this configuration primarily introduce?
- Academic dishonesty through repeated answer testing (Correct answer)
- Server overload from too many quiz submissions
- Students skipping the quiz entirely
- Gradebook calculation errors
Correct answer: Academic dishonesty through repeated answer testing
Unlimited attempts with no time limit allow students to guess-and-check answers systematically, undermining assessment integrity.
Question 2: Which Moodle feature helps mitigate the risk of students sharing quiz answers after completing an assessment?
- Open review policy
- Deferred feedback with question shuffling (Correct answer)
- Manual grading only
- Restricting enrollment to one attempt
Correct answer: Deferred feedback with question shuffling
Deferred feedback combined with randomized question order reduces the value of shared answers between students.
Question 3: An instructor notices gradebook entries are inconsistent after importing grades from a CSV. What is the first mitigation step?
- Delete all existing grades and re-import
- Compare the import mapping against the gradebook column headers (Correct answer)
- Disable the gradebook temporarily
- Contact Moodle support immediately
Correct answer: Compare the import mapping against the gradebook column headers
Verifying that CSV column headers map correctly to gradebook items identifies mismatches before any data is overwritten.
Question 4: A student claims they submitted an assignment before the deadline but the Moodle log shows no submission. What is the most appropriate response?
- Accept the student's word and mark it on time
- Review the Moodle logs and check for any system outages at that time (Correct answer)
- Automatically award a zero
- Ask the student to resubmit immediately without penalty
Correct answer: Review the Moodle logs and check for any system outages at that time
Cross-referencing logs with known outage records provides objective evidence to make a fair and defensible decision.
Question 5: Which Moodle setting reduces the risk of students accessing course materials they have not yet earned the right to view?
- Activity completion tracking with access restrictions (Correct answer)
- Setting all activities to visible
- Removing due dates from all activities
- Using only forum-based assessments
Correct answer: Activity completion tracking with access restrictions
Conditional access restrictions tied to completion criteria ensure students progress through materials in the intended sequence.
Question 6: What risk does enabling guest access on a Moodle course primarily introduce?
- Slower page load times for enrolled students
- Unauthorized viewing of course content and assessments (Correct answer)
- Loss of gradebook data
- Conflicts with the course calendar
Correct answer: Unauthorized viewing of course content and assessments
Guest access allows unauthenticated users to view course materials, exposing assessments and proprietary content without enrollment controls.
Question 7: A Moodle educator wants to mitigate the risk of losing course content during a major platform upgrade. What is the best practice?
- Delete unused activities before upgrading
- Export a full course backup (.mbz) before the upgrade begins (Correct answer)
- Duplicate only the gradebook
- Notify students of the upgrade and ask them to save their own work
Correct answer: Export a full course backup (.mbz) before the upgrade begins
A full .mbz course backup preserves all activities, resources, and settings so the course can be restored if the upgrade causes data loss.
MEC Risk Assessment & Mitigation 2
A Moodle course has a quiz with no time limit and unlimited attempts.
Which risk does this configuration primarily introduce?