Practice tests from your notes

Free Practice Test Maker

Turn your notes, a PDF or a YouTube lecture into a practice test. Students check what they know before the exam. Teachers print the test with an answer key.

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Make a test from your notes

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How it works

From your notes to a practice test

One upload gives you test questions with feedback, and a way to retry the ones you missed.

Step 1: Add your material

Start from what the test should cover

Upload a PDF, a Word or PowerPoint file or a photo of your notes, paste text, or add a YouTube link. The questions come from that material, so the test covers your course, not a generic question bank.

  • Textbook chapters, lecture slides, handouts and class notes
  • YouTube lectures that have captions or a transcript
Animation: study material is added as sources one after another, such as files or a YouTube link. Create study set is clicked, the quiz is ready, and a summary, a mind map, flashcards and questions appear.

Step 2: Take the test

Take it like the real exam

With a free account, take the full test online. Shuffle the questions and answer choices, and set a time limit for the whole test or for each question if you want exam conditions.

  • A score with correct and incorrect answers at the end
Animation: the student turns on Shuffle questions and sets a 15-minute time limit, then takes the quiz while the Quiz Timer counts down. The results show a score of 90 out of 100, 9 correct and 1 incorrect.

Step 3: Review what you missed

Retry the questions you got wrong

In Study Mode each answer shows right away whether it is correct, with the right answer. A retry round brings back only the questions you missed, until you get them right.

The same set also has a summary, a mind map and flashcards of your material, so you can go back to the topics behind your wrong answers. Need only one of them? Use the AI flashcard generator, the mind map generator or the AI PDF summarizer.

Animation: in Study Mode the student picks ATP for a Calvin cycle question and sees Incorrect with the correct answer, RuBisCO. A retry round brings back only that question; the student picks RuBisCO, sees Correct, and completes the session.

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Quick answer

What is the QuizRise Practice Test Maker?

QuizRise Practice Test Maker writes a practice test from your own study material. Students take it online with instant feedback and retry the questions they missed. Teachers can edit the questions and print the test and its answer key as PDF files on every plan.

Sources
PDF, Word, PowerPoint, images, pasted text, websites and YouTube videos.
Question types
Multiple choice, true or false and fill in the blank (multiple choice without an account).
Try free
Answer 3 questions without an account, 1 set a week. A free account gives 2 quizzes a month with up to 20 questions each, from files up to 10 MB.

Step-by-step guide

How to make a practice test from your notes

Add your notes, a file or a YouTube link in the tool at the top of this page. QuizRise writes the questions, and you answer the first 3 right away without an account. These four steps make the test a better check of what you know.

  1. Use only what the exam covers

    Add the chapters, slides or lectures that are on the exam. Questions from other material test things you will not be asked.

  2. Mix the question types

    Use multiple choice for facts, true or false for common mistakes and fill in the blank for key terms. The table below shows what each type checks.

  3. Take it under exam conditions

    Close your notes, set a time limit and shuffle the questions, so you test what you remember and not the order of the page.

  4. Take it again a few days later

    Study the topics behind the questions you missed, then take the test again to see if the gaps are closed.

What makes a good practice test question
  • Weak example: Photosynthesis is important. True or false?

    Tests nothing specific, so a correct answer says little about what you know.

  • Better example: Which molecule does RuBisCO fix in the Calvin cycle? A) Oxygen B) Carbon dioxide C) Glucose D) Water

    One clear fact, with wrong answers that are plausible.

Question types

Which question type to use in a practice test

Each question type checks a different kind of knowing. A good practice test mixes them.

Practice test question types and what they check
Multiple choice What it checks Picking the right answer from close alternatives. Best for Definitions, facts and cause and effect.
True or false What it checks Spotting whether a statement is correct. Best for Quick checks and common misconceptions.
Fill in the blank What it checks Recalling the exact term without choices. Best for Key terms, names, dates and formulas.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Add your material at the top of this page and answer 3 practice questions without an account, 1 set a week. A free account, with no credit card, gives 2 quizzes a month with up to 20 questions each and saves every test.

Yes. The questions come from the material you add, so the test covers your course, not a generic question bank.

Multiple choice, true or false, and fill in the blank. The test on this page is multiple choice; sign up free to choose the other types and the number of questions.

Yes, with a free account. Save the test, then edit the questions before you take or print it. Check them against your notes, because AI can make mistakes.

Yes. Download the questions and the answers as separate PDF files on every plan, including the free plan. See the printable quiz maker for print tips.

Only if you set one. With a free account, set a time limit for the whole test or for each question, or leave it at 0 for no limit. The questions on this page have no timer.

Yes. Saved tests stay in your account. Turn on Shuffle questions and Shuffle choices to get a different order each time.

Turn your next chapter into a practice test

Add your notes or a file and answer the first questions right away. No account needed to try.