You might find this helpful background reading: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=227183 Before applying this patch: Create a new course and in default course question category Build a multianswer question with a text similar to this one. REGULAR MCH {1:MULTICHOICE_H:=First one#OK~Second one#Wrong~Third one#Wrong~Fourth one#Wrong} MCV {1:MULTICHOICE_V:=First one#OK~Second one#Wrong~Third one#Wrong~Fourth one#Wrong} MC {1:MULTICHOICE:=First one#OK~Second one#Wrong~Third one#Wrong~Fourth one#Wrong} Put the question in a quiz where you set quiz shuffle ON. ALL three questions will shuffle as shown here: Put the question in a quiz where you set quiz shuffle OFF. ALL three questions will NOT shuffle as shown in Backup the course so that you can create a copy of this course later. Query the database, doing something like: SELECT * FROM mdl_qtype_multichoice_options; the last 3 items should be the ones from this question and for the last one the shuffleanswers value should be set to one. You could also create a second question and delete one of mdl_qtype_multichoice_options (notice the id). After applying this patch Query the database, doing something like: SELECT * FROM mdl_qtype_multichoice_options; the last 3 items should be the ones from this question and for the last one the shuffleanswers value should be set to 0. If you have created a second question, the deleted one of mdl_qtype_multichoice_options should have been replaced by a new one (notice the id). (This checks the code of question/type/multianswer/db/upgrade.php) Verify that the MULTICHOICE NO MORE shuffle as in ... Build a more complete multianswer with a text similar to this one. REGULAR MCH {1:MULTICHOICE_H:=First one#OK~Second one#Wrong~Third one#Wrong~Fourth one#Wrong} MCV {1:MULTICHOICE_V:=First one#OK~Second one#Wrong~Third one#Wrong~Fourth one#Wrong} MC {1:MULTICHOICE:=First one#OK~Second one#Wrong~Third one#Wrong~Fourth one#Wrong} SHUFFLED IF SET IN QUIZ MCHS {1:MULTICHOICE_HS:=First one#OK~Second one#Wrong~Third one#Wrong~Fourth one#Wrong} MCVS {1:MULTICHOICE_VS:=First one#OK~Second one#Wrong~Third one#Wrong~Fourth one#Wrong} MCS {1:MULTICHOICE_S:=First one#OK~Second one#Wrong~Third one#Wrong~Fourth one#Wrong} Put it in a quiz setting the quizzle shuffle to on or off. With shuffle ON the _S types should shuffle. Compare your results with the figures Shuffle OFF and ON Use preview on some MC type multianswer from preceeding 2,x version, they should not shuffle . Use the text for cloze import. It should give same results Restore the course backup as new course and check that the cloze question MC no more shuffle. Import Cloze import sample.txt file and preview. The shuffling subquestions should shuffle on preview as the shuffle option is set on preview. Backup again and restore the course as a new course. Check that the questions shuffle as they should.