Question banks

A bank is a Markdown file. One ## heading per question; the lines under it are fields. examples/question_bank.md is a complete example.

# Any title

## What does CPU stand for?
type: mcq
tags: ocr:1.1.1, aqa:3.4.4, topic:cpu
time: 20
- [x] Central Processing Unit
- [ ] Central Program Utility
- [ ] Computer Personal Unit
- [ ] Core Processing Utility
why: The CPU fetches, decodes and executes instructions.

## RAM is volatile.
type: tf
tags: topic:memory
answer: true

## What is 1010 in denary?
type: short
tags: ocr:1.2.4, aqa:3.3.2, topic:binary
answer: 10

Field	Meaning
type	mcq, short or tf. Defaults to mcq when options are present, else short.
tags	Comma-separated. ocr:1.2.4 / aqa:3.3.4 are spec points (staff quiz spec ocr lists them); topic:... tags drive filters and retrieval.
- [x] / - [ ]	Options for an mcq; x marks a correct one (several allowed).
answer	The answer for short; true or false for tf.
time	Seconds for Kahoot (snapped to 5, 10, 20, 30, 60, 90, 120 or 240).
why	Explanation, printed in the do-now key.

staff quiz check bank.md reports every problem with its line number and any spec tag that is not in the taxonomy.

Taught log (for retrieval mode)

A CSV with date,topic columns. Topic and date only, never a class or a pupil. Start it with # FAKE DATA if it is an example you intend to commit. It is read like every other table, so a column that could identify a pupil (a name, a class, an id) is dropped as the file is loaded, and the panel and the run log say so by header only (Never read: Class (could name a pupil) in the panel, dropped identifier column(s), never read: Class in the log). Any other extra column is ignored and named once by its header (ignored column 'room' — the log is date and topic only). What either kind of column holds is never read or shown. Take it out of the file.

date,topic
2026-09-17,loops
2026-09-24,searching