# trainingQuestion

query · in the family [Training question](/reference/training-question/)

## What it does

Look up one question of a course’s bank — the prompt, the options, the right one and the explanation.

A TrainingQuestion by id, within the caller's OWN org-group family; requires authentication. A cross-tenant id reads as null (not-found) AND trips the rootId tripwire server-side.

## What happens

Read-only.

## Who may call it

Capability area: **Training** — Courses, tests, certificates and the training rules of your team.

- Owner
- System Administrator
- Manager
- An API key whose scope allows `api:trainingQuestion`

## Arguments

| Name | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | [ID](/types/#scalars) `ID!` | yes | The id of the record. |

## Returns

[TrainingQuestion](/types/TrainingQuestion/) — A TrainingQuestion (🎓 — THE TRAINING PROGRAM, THE WIRE): ONE multiple-choice question of a course's bank — the prompt (at most 400 characters), 2..6 options (each at most 200 characters), correctIndex (0-based, below the options' count), the explanation shown after a sitting (at most 400 characters), the optional play step it tests and its source (drafted | written). THE STRICT SCHEMA: no unknown keys. active = in the draw · inactive = retired from the draw, kept · doomed. A course's bank holds at most 60 non-doomed questions (CONFLICT/TRAINING_CAP past it). courseKey is IMMUTABLE after birth. A submitted attempt is graded against ITS stored draw — a later edit here never re-grades it. NOT searchable (no filter roster until the face).

## Example request

```graphql
query ExampleTrainingQuestion($id: ID!) {
  trainingQuestion(id: $id) {
    id
    sysId
    type
    caption
    status
    parentId
    rootId
    createdAt
    updatedAt
    revisionNum
    revision
    courseKey
    stepN
    prompt
    options
    correctIndex
    explanation
    source
  }
}
```

Variables:

```json
{
  "id": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-37386ae00000"
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "trainingQuestion": {
      "id": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-37386ae00000",
      "sysId": "TQ-EXMP-0000-000F",
      "type": "TrainingQuestion",
      "caption": "Blue jeans",
      "status": "active",
      "parentId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-065235280000",
      "rootId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-a093dd800000",
      "createdAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "revisionNum": 1,
      "revision": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-b7960e180000",
      "courseKey": "<course key>",
      "stepN": 1,
      "prompt": "<prompt>",
      "options": [
        "<options>"
      ],
      "correctIndex": 1,
      "explanation": "<explanation>",
      "source": "<source>"
    }
  },
  "extensions": {
    "at": {
      "callId": "01EXAMPLE-CALL-ID",
      "version": {
        "requested": null,
        "serviced": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Errors this call can answer

- `VALIDATION/INVALID` — Something in the request is not valid. ([VALIDATION](/errors/VALIDATION/))
- `AUTHN/REQUIRED` — Sign in to do this. ([AUTHN](/errors/AUTHN/))
- `AUTHZ/FORBIDDEN` — Your role does not allow this action. ([AUTHZ](/errors/AUTHZ/))
- `RATE_LIMIT/THROTTLED` — Too many requests in a short time. ([RATE_LIMIT](/errors/RATE_LIMIT/))
- `NOT_FOUND/*` — That record could not be found. ([NOT_FOUND](/errors/NOT_FOUND/))