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  2. MDL-63260

Duplicating quiz with random question has exponential questions growth

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    • Testing Instructions:
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      1. Log in as a teacher in a course.
      2. Create a course
      3. Turn editing on.
      4. Create a quiz
      5. Edit the quiz and add a new True/false question under the course's default question category.
      6. Add a "random question" to the quiz using the course's default question category
      7. Go back to the course page
      8. Duplicate the quiz
      9. Duplicate the quiz again
      10. Duplicate the quiz yet again
      11. Check the question table on the database. (It's most likely mdl_question). You should see 9 questions on the table.
      12. Open a terminal, go to your Moodle instance's root directory and run 

        php admin/tool/task/cli/schedule_task.php --execute=\\qtype_random\\task\\remove_unused_questions

      13. Confirm that you see a message that 4 unused random questions have been cleaned up.
      14. Check the question table.
      15. Confirm that only 5 questions now remain.
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      Log in as a teacher in a course. Create a course Turn editing on. Create a quiz Edit the quiz and add a new True/false question under the course's default question category. Add a "random question" to the quiz using the course's default question category Go back to the course page Duplicate the quiz Duplicate the quiz again Duplicate the quiz yet again Check the question table on the database. (It's most likely mdl_question). You should see 9 questions on the table. Open a terminal, go to your Moodle instance's root directory and run php admin/tool/task/cli/schedule_task.php --execute=\\qtype_random\\task\\remove_unused_questions Confirm that you see a message that 4 unused random questions have been cleaned up. Check the question table. Confirm that only 5 questions now remain.
    • Affected Branches:
      MOODLE_35_STABLE
    • Fixed Branches:
      MOODLE_35_STABLE, MOODLE_36_STABLE
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      Description

      Reproduction steps

      1. Install Moodle
      2. Create a course
      3. Go to Question Bank and create a "True/False" question in the course's default category
      4. Create a quiz in the course
      5. Add a "random question" to the quiz using the course's default question category
      6. Duplicate the quiz
      7. Duplicate the quiz again
      8. Duplicate the quiz yet again

      Expected result

      The mdl_question table contains 5 rows:

      • 1 row containing the "True/False" question created in step 3
      • 1 row containing the "random question" added in step 5
      • 1 row containing the "random question" from duplicating the quiz in step 6
      • 1 row containing the "random question" from duplicating the quiz in step 7
      • 1 row containing the "random question" from duplicating the quiz in step 8

      Actual result

      The mdl_question table contains 9 rows:

      • 1 row containing the "True/False" question created in step 3
      • 1 row containing the "random question" added in step 5
      • 1 row containing the "random question" from duplicating the quiz in step 6
      • 2 rows containing the "random question" from duplicating the quiz in step 7
      • 4 rows containing the "random question" from duplicating the quiz in step 8

       

      The number of questions created through duplicating the quiz seems to have exponential growth.

       

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          Issue Links

          duplicates

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-38870 Questions duplicated during import/restores

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Open
          has been marked as being related by

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-64799 Backport to 3.4.x? MDL-63260 Duplicating quiz with random question has exponential questions growth

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed
          is a regression caused by

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-45851 Duplicated quizzes reuse qtype_random (and should not)

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Closed
          Testing discovered

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-64595 Quizzes with random questions create duplicate question entries

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Open

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