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Index: moodle/lang/en_utf8/question.php
--- moodle/lang/en_utf8/question.php Base (1.7.2.8)
+++ moodle/lang/en_utf8/question.php Locally Modified (Based On 1.7.2.8)
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 $string['nopermissionadd'] = 'You don\'t have permission to add questions here.';
 $string['nopermissionmove'] = 'You don\'t have permission to move questions from here. You must save the question in this category or save it as a new question.';
 $string['noprobs'] = 'No problems found in your question database.';
+$string['noquestionwithquestiontext'] = 'Error: the randomly selected Short Answer questions have no question text. Contact the question creator.';
 $string['notenoughdatatoeditaquestion'] = 'Neither a question id, nor a category id and question type, was specified.';
 $string['notenoughdatatomovequestions'] = 'You need to provide the question ids of questions you want to move.';
 $string['permissionedit'] = 'Edit this question';
Index: moodle/question/type/randomsamatch/questiontype.php
--- moodle/question/type/randomsamatch/questiontype.php Base (1.4.4.1)
+++ moodle/question/type/randomsamatch/questiontype.php Locally Modified (Based On 1.4.4.1)
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@
 class question_randomsamatch_qtype extends question_match_qtype {
 /// Extends 'match' as there are quite a few simularities...
 
+    function print_question_formulation_and_controls(&$question, &$state, $cmoptions, $options) {
+        $correctanswers = $this->get_correct_responses($question, $state);
+        if (!empty($correctanswers)) {
+            parent::print_question_formulation_and_controls(&$question, &$state, $cmoptions, $options);
+        } else {
+            echo "<div style='color:red'>".get_string('noquestionwithquestiontext', 'question')."</div>";
+        }
+    }
+
     function name() {
         return 'randomsamatch';
     }