Tiku

Tiku, written as 题库 in Chinese, refers to a question bank—a structured collection of exam-style questions used for practice, assessment, and revision. It is compiled by schools, testing organizations, publishers, or online education platforms and typically includes various question formats such as multiple choice, short answer, and occasionally essays. Each item is tagged with metadata like subject, topic or knowledge point, difficulty level, format, and source.

Tiku serves multiple educational purposes. It provides a centralized resource for self-study and test preparation, enabling learners to generate customized practice sets, take mock exams, and monitor progress over time. Teachers and tutors use it to assemble assignments, drill specific topics, and align practice with curriculum goals. Many platforms enhance tiku with adaptive learning algorithms that select questions based on a learner’s performance and goals.

Access and quality can vary. Banks may be proprietary to a platform or openly contributed by educators and students. Quality control depends on curation standards, explanations or references, and currency relative to current syllabi. Some banks are well-vetted, while others may contain outdated or inaccurate items; users should consider source credibility and update frequency.

Limitations and considerations include the risk of overemphasis on past questions at the expense of broader understanding, potential breaches of exam integrity in certain contexts, and the need to complement practice with deep learning and conceptual study.

Variants of the concept exist worldwide under different names, but the core idea—an organized, reusable set of questions for practice and assessment—remains a common feature of modern educational technology.