u/ResponsibilityOdd645

My professor put the same question twice on a quiz... with two contradictory "correct" answers

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I was taking a psychology quiz (topic: emotions) and noticed something weird. Question 4 and Question 5 have literally the exact same wording:

"Emotions can influence physical health but have little impact on mental well-being."

On Question 4, I answered FALSE and it was marked wrong (0/1), implying the "correct" answer was TRUE.

On Question 5, with the exact same statement, I answered FALSE again — and this time it WAS marked correct (1/1).

So the same statement has two different "correct" answers depending on the platform. This has to be some kind of error when the question bank was uploaded (probably a similar question got copied incorrectly, something like "have a significant impact" vs "have little impact," and it ended up duplicated with the wrong answer key attached).

Has this happened to anyone else on Canvas/Blackboard/Moodle or other quiz platforms? How did you handle it with your professor? I'm planning to send a screenshot, but I want to know if this is common or if I'll have to push hard to get the point corrected.

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u/ResponsibilityOdd645 — 12 hours ago