In preparation for this quarter's scheduled questionnaire campaign, you are asked to delete a question and add another to the questionnaire. How do these changes impact new and existing questionnaire records?
A.
Deleting a question will impact only new questionnaire records. Adding a question will impact new and existing questionnaire records.
B.
Both changes will impact only new questionnaire records, but existing ones will remain the same.
C.
Deleting a question will impact new and existing questionnaire records. Adding a question will impact only new questionnaire records.
D.
Both changes will impact new and existing questionnaire records.
In the Archer Questionnaire platform, "Target" records (the actual assessments sent to users) are dynamically linked to the Questionnaire Template . Unlike standard applications where record data is "frozen" in the database structure, Questionnaires are highly sensitive to template changes.
According to the Questionnaires and Assessment Maintenance curriculum, if you delete a question from a template, that question (and any responses previously provided) will disappear from all records currently using that template, including existing ones. Conversely, if you add a new question, it will immediately appear on all active assessments that have not yet been "submitted" or "locked." This is why Archer administrators are strictly cautioned to version their questionnaires or "retire" old templates rather than modifying an active one mid-campaign. Making direct changes to an active template causes immediate, global updates across the entire record set, potentially leading to data loss for the deleted items and unexpected work for users seeing the new items.
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