# Assessment with custom questions

Follow these steps to create an assessment with custom questions:

### **Select Avatar**

Choose an avatar for your assessment. Click the **Play** button next to an avatar to hear how it sounds. You can also select the language of the avatar that best matches your assessment needs.

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### **Select Rubrics**

Choose up to **six rubrics** to evaluate the assessment. At the end of the assessment, test takers will see the scores based on these selected rubrics.&#x20;

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### **Add Questions**

To add custom questions, click inside any question field and pick your preferred **question type** from the available options. Then, you can set up the specific settings for that question.

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Once you've added the question and configured its settings, it will look like the example in the image below.

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You can add up to **10 questions of different types**. If you need to add more than 10 questions, please contact support at **<contact@speechace.com>** to request a limit extension.

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Refer the [type of questions](/speechace-speaking-test/speechace-workspaces-create-manage-and-share-speaking-assessments/creating-assessments/create-new-custom-assessments/custom-assessment-configurations/types-of-questions.md) guide for more information of various question types and its uses.
{% endhint %}

### **Configure Audio and Video Permissions**

After adding questions, you can define the required audio and video permissions needed for the assessment.

### **Configure assessment Settings**

Give your assessment a **name**, adjust settings as needed, and then click **Submit**.

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Refer [creating assessment guide](/speechace-speaking-test/speechace-workspaces-create-manage-and-share-speaking-assessments/creating-assessments.md) for detailed information on each of these steps.
{% endhint %}

Now, it's time to share your assessment with test takers so they can complete it. 🎯


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

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Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://speaking-test-docs.speechace.com/speechace-speaking-test/getting-started/create-an-assessment/assessment-with-custom-questions.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.