MEC Technology & Digital Tools 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What Moodle feature enables teachers to present a sequence of resources and activities that must be completed in order?
- Activity completion with restriction access (Correct answer)
- Course format settings
- Gradebook sequencing
- Competency framework
Correct answer: Activity completion with restriction access
Using Activity completion conditions combined with Restrict access settings enforces sequential progression through course materials.
Question 2: Which Moodle plugin type would a developer create to add a new question type to the quiz engine?
- Question type plugin (qtype) (Correct answer)
- Quiz report plugin
- Local plugin
- Block plugin
Correct answer: Question type plugin (qtype)
Question type plugins (qtype_*) extend Moodle's quiz engine with new question formats such as drag-and-drop or ordering questions.
Question 3: In Moodle's mobile app, which content type requires the 'Allow downloading' option to be enabled for offline access?
- File resources and folders (Correct answer)
- Forum discussions
- Quiz attempts
- Workshop submissions
Correct answer: File resources and folders
File resources and folder contents require the 'Allow downloading' setting so students can cache them for offline use in the Moodle app.
Question 4: A Moodle administrator wants to prevent a specific plugin from phoning home for update checks. Where is this setting configured?
- Site administration > Server > Update notifications (Correct answer)
- Site administration > Plugins > Plugin overview
- Site administration > Security > Site policies
- Site administration > Advanced features
Correct answer: Site administration > Server > Update notifications
Update notification preferences, including disabling automatic checks for specific plugins, are managed under Site administration > Server > Update notifications.
Question 5: Which Moodle gradebook aggregation method calculates a student's grade by summing all raw scores and dividing by total possible points?
- Simple weighted mean of grades
- Mean of grades
- Natural (sum of grades) (Correct answer)
- Weighted mean of grades
Correct answer: Natural (sum of grades)
The Natural (sum of grades) aggregation adds all earned points and divides by total possible points, treating each item's maximum value as its natural weight.
Question 6: When using Moodle's Assignment activity with Turnitin integration, what does the 'Originality Report' measure?
- Percentage of text matching existing sources in the database (Correct answer)
- Grammar and spelling accuracy
- Readability score of the submission
- Citation format compliance
Correct answer: Percentage of text matching existing sources in the database
Turnitin's Originality Report calculates the percentage of a submission's text that matches sources in its database of academic papers, web content, and student work.
Question 7: Which Moodle feature allows an instructor to see a course exactly as a specific student role would see it?
- Switch role to… (Correct answer)
- User profile preview
- Enrolled user impersonation
- Course masquerade mode
Correct answer: Switch role to…
The 'Switch role to…' feature lets instructors temporarily view the course from a student or other role's perspective without leaving the teacher account.
MEC Technology & Digital Tools 3
What Moodle feature enables teachers to present a sequence of resources and activities that must be completed in order?