If you already have a quiz written out in a PDF, you can recreate it inside your Interact dashboard and use it as a lead magnet quiz.
You’ll be able to:
Use your PDF as the source for your quiz content
Build the quiz from scratch in your dashboard
Set up a Scored quiz (point values + score ranges)
Test which result a quiz taker will receive
(Optional) Turn on lead generation so you can capture emails
How This Quiz Type Works
A scored-style quiz works by tallying the points from the answers a quiz taker selects. The total score falls into a defined score range, which determines the result (outcome) the quiz taker receives.
Every answer choice for each question has a point value, and the outcome is based on the total points accumulated as the quiz taker progresses.
Scored quizzes have two main settings: Questions and Results.
⚠️ Important: This quiz type uses point totals and score ranges. You are assigning point values per answer and mapping totals to result ranges.
Example Quiz (PDF): Test Anxiety Quiz
The PDF example used in the original version of this guide is a “Test Anxiety Quiz” PDF found online. It’s structured like many PDF quizzes:
A list of questions/statements
A consistent set of answers (for example: Yes / Sometimes / No)
A point system for each answer (for example: 2 / 1 / 0)
A “total points” section with score buckets that explain what the score means
In Interact, you’ll recreate this as a Scored quiz by:
Entering the questions and answer choices
Assigning point values using Set Answer Scores
Creating result pages for each score bucket
Setting the bucket ranges using Score Ranges (or the score range settings in Results)
💡 Note: Your Interact score ranges should match the buckets in your PDF so quiz takers get the same outcome as the original scoring system.
💡 Note: You can Find the PDF quiz link here: TEST-AMXIETY-QUIZ
Step 1: Plan Before You Build
Planning upfront saves time and helps you avoid scoring gaps (scores that don’t map to any result) and scoring mismatches (point values that don’t reflect the PDF).
Decide on the following before you open the builder:
Your results (score buckets)
These are the outcomes your quiz can assign based on a total score. Copy the score buckets from your PDF.
Example bucket structure:
Low (range)
Moderate (range)
High (range)
Your questions
List the questions/statements from your PDF so you can copy them into Interact.
Your answer choices + point values
Write down your answer choices and the point value for each one.
Example:
Yes = 2 points
Sometimes = 1 point
No = 0 points
Your total-score range
Estimate the minimum and maximum possible scores so you can sanity-check your result ranges.
Example:
Minimum total = 0 (if every answer is 0 points)
Maximum total = 20 (if there are 10 questions × 2 points each)
⚠️ Important Warning: If your result ranges do not cover every possible score total, some quiz takers can land in an undefined score total that doesn’t match your intended outcome.
Step 2: Open The Quiz
Log in to the Interact dashboard.
Click Create New Quiz.
Click Start from scratch (or Create a Quiz from Scratch, depending on what you see).
Choose Scored as your quiz type.
❗ Important: Verify the exact quiz type label in the live builder and use it consistently throughout your documentation.
Step 3: Create Cover Page
On the left-hand sidebar, click Cover Page.
Following the PDF you can create the title that you think would best suit your quiz purpose
💡 Tip: be descriptive in the description box by adding 2-3 sentences on why you want your quiz takers to take this quiz.
Step 4: Select a question
In the left sidebar, click Questions.
Click Add New Question
Paste in your first question from the PDF.
Add the answer choices exactly as they appear in the PDF (for example: Yes / Sometimes / No).
Repeat until all questions are added.
💡 Note: It’s usually faster to enter all questions/answers first, then set scoring across the quiz in one pass.
Step 5: Set Answer Scores
This is where you assign point values to each answer choice based on the PDF.
Select a question.
Click Set Answer Scores.
Assign a point value to each answer choice according to your PDF’s scoring system.
Click Save.
⚠️ Repeat Step 4 for every question in your quiz.
❗ Important: If a Save button is shown inside the scoring view, you must click it or your point values won’t be applied.
Step 6: Configure Score Ranges for Results
After answer choices have points, define which total-score ranges map to each result.
In the left sidebar, click Results.
Create a result page for each score bucket in your PDF (click Add New Result as needed).
Click Score Ranges (or open the score range settings from within the Results area, depending on what you see).
Define the score ranges that correspond to each result.
Click Save.
⚠️ Important: Make sure your score ranges do not overlap and do not leave gaps.
Displaying the Score on the Result Page
You can choose whether to show the quiz taker’s score on the result page.
Click into a result page.
Click Settings.
Toggle Show user’s score on or off.
Click Save.
💡 Tip: If you want to display a score “out of” the maximum possible points, update the Score Text (for example: “Out of 20, you scored ____.”).
Common Scoring Patterns
These patterns help you think about scoring structure (not just where to click).
Pattern 1: Same answer set for every question (most PDF quizzes)
This is common in PDFs using Yes / Sometimes / No with fixed points (2 / 1 / 0). It’s easy to recreate because every question uses the same scoring.
Pattern 2: Different answer sets with different scoring
Some PDFs vary points by question (for example, one question might score 3 / 2 / 1 / 0). This can still work well, but you must be careful to mirror the PDF exactly in Set Answer Scores.
Pattern 3: Weighting certain questions more heavily
If the PDF assigns higher possible points to certain questions, those questions will strongly influence the outcome. That’s fine—just confirm your result ranges reflect the actual total score distribution.
Build Balanced and Accurate Quiz Scoring
A simple way to confirm your scoring is structurally correct is to calculate:
Minimum possible total score
Maximum possible total score
Then confirm your result ranges cover that full span.
Example:
Result | Total score coverage |
Low | 0–9 |
Moderate | 10–14 |
High | 15–20 |
💡 Note: If your maximum possible total score is 20 but your highest result range starts at 25, no one can ever get that top result.
Tie Guidance
In scored quizzes, “ties” usually show up as boundary confusion (for example, what happens at exactly 14 points).
To avoid issues:
Do not overlap ranges (example: don’t use 10–14 and 14–18)
Decide which result gets boundary scores by using clean breaks (example: 10–14 and 15–20)
Test boundary totals in Preview (example: test exactly 9, 10, 14, 15)
❗ Important: If you’re unsure how a boundary value is handled in your current setup, Preview-test that exact score total.
(Optional) Turn on Lead Generation
If you want this quiz to function as a lead magnet, enable lead generation and customize your opt-in.
Open the quiz’s Lead Generation section.
Turn Lead Generation on.
Customize your opt-in form (headline, button text, and fields).
⚠️ Important: Test the opt-in flow in Preview to confirm it appears after the final question and before the result.
Test your Scoring
Testing helps you confirm that each intended answer path produces the score and result you expect.
Step 1: Create an expected-answer path for every result
For each result bucket, write down one set of answers that should land inside that range.
Step 2: Preview the quiz
Take the quiz using the intended answer path.
Step 3: Confirm the correct result appears
Repeat until every result bucket has been produced successfully at least once.
Step 4: Test mixed answer combinations
Check for:
A result that appears too frequently
A result that almost never appears
A result range that seems unreachable
A question scored incorrectly compared to the PDF
Save and Publish
Save question scoring changes.
Save result score ranges.
Click Publish.
Click Publish changes.
Take the live version once more after publishing.
⚠️ Remember: Changes aren’t live until you publish.
Troubleshooting
Problem | What to check or change |
You can’t get a certain result | Confirm the result’s score range is reachable based on the maximum possible score total. |
Quiz takers get the “wrong” result compared to the PDF | Re-check Set Answer Scores for the specific answers selected and confirm your score ranges match the PDF buckets. |
Scores seem inconsistent | Confirm you set scores for every question and clicked Save in the scoring view. |
The score isn’t showing on the result page | On the result page, click Settings, toggle Show user’s score on, then click Save. |
Boundary scores behave unexpectedly | Remove overlapping ranges and Preview-test exact boundary totals. |
FAQs
Do I need to set scores for every question?
Do I need to set scores for every question?
Yes. If a question is part of the scoring system, every answer choice should have a point value.
Do my score ranges need to cover every possible score?
Do my score ranges need to cover every possible score?
Yes. Your score ranges should cover the full range from the minimum possible score to the maximum possible score, with no gaps.
Can I hide the quiz taker’s score?
Can I hide the quiz taker’s score?
Yes. On the result page, click Settings, toggle Show user’s score off, and click Save.
Quick Reference
Recommended starting structure for a PDF-to-quiz build (Scored)
Setting | Value |
Quiz type | Scored |
Where you add questions | Questions |
Where you assign points | Set Answer Scores |
Where you define outcomes | Results → Score Ranges |
Optional score display | Result page Settings → Show user’s score |
Publishing | Publish → Publish changes |
Setup Checklist
PDF reviewed (questions, answer choices, point values, score buckets identified)
Quiz created as Scored
All questions entered under Questions
Points assigned using Set Answer Scores for every question (and saved)
Result pages created for each score bucket
Score ranges configured with no gaps and no overlaps
Boundary totals Preview-tested
(Optional) Lead generation tested in Preview
Quiz changes published
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