Questions

In Yuhimo, questions are prompts attached to a page.

They help you check what you remember from that page during review. A question can have a suggested answer, but the page itself remains the main learning unit.

Yuhimo is still page-based. Questions support the learning page; they do not replace it.

You do not need questions to use learning pages.

You can review a page by reading the title, recalling the material, and checking the original content yourself.

Questions are useful when you want a more guided review flow.

When you write questions yourself, Yuhimo enforces practical length limits so prompts stay readable in review.

• Question text: up to about 2,000 characters
• Suggested answer: up to about 4,000 characters

Yuhimo also avoids saving duplicate manual prompts when the same normalized question and answer already exist on that page.

AI generation has separate daily and per-run limits. See AI question generation limits.

Questions make review more active.

Instead of rereading a page passively, you can try to answer specific prompts first. This helps you notice what you remember, what feels uncertain, and what needs another review.

For long pages, questions can act as anchors for the parts you actually want to remember.

Questions are not exams.

Yuhimo does not automatically grade your answer to a question. After reviewing the page, you still choose your own rating through self-assessment: Again, Hard, Good, or Easy.

The rating updates the learning schedule through FSRS-light. The questions only help you decide how well you remembered the material.

Manual questions are often the most accurate.

You know which parts of a page matter to you, so you can write questions that match your real learning goal.

Manual questions are especially useful for personal notes, project-specific knowledge, precise facts, or technical details that AI may not infer correctly.

Yuhimo can also generate questions with AI on a page you already wrote. See AI question generation and AI question generation limits for how that works and what limits apply.

To create first-draft pages instead of only questions, see Create study material with AI.

This is useful when you have a long page and want a quick starting set of review prompts.

Generated questions should still be reviewed. You can edit, delete, or replace them if they miss the point.

A good question should help you recall one useful idea.

It should be clear enough that you know what is being asked, but not so obvious that it gives away the answer.

• Specific and focused on one idea
• Answerable from the page
• Useful during review
• Connected to something you actually want to remember
• Written in wording that makes sense to you

For a technical page about React useEffect:

Good questions:

• When does a useEffect cleanup function run?
• Why can missing dependencies cause stale values?
• What problem does cleanup solve for subscriptions?

Weak questions:

• What is React?
• Explain everything about useEffect.
• What did the page say?

Good questions are specific and reviewable. Weak questions are too broad or vague.

A page does not need a large number of questions.

Too many questions can make review slower and noisier. It is usually better to keep fewer questions that focus on the ideas you actually want to remember.

For long pages, do not try to question every detail.

A long page may contain context, examples, and references. Your questions should focus on the parts you want to keep active in memory.

Questions are editable because your understanding can change.

If a question is unclear, too broad, outdated, or not useful anymore, edit or remove it.

Your review flow should stay focused on what matters.

You create a page called "React Query caching".

At first, it contains notes from an article.

You turn on learning for the page.

Then you add three questions:

• What is staleTime used for?
• How is cacheTime different from staleTime?
• When does React Query refetch data?

Later, you generate more questions with AI, keep two useful ones, and delete the rest.

During review, these questions help you recall the main ideas before opening the full page.

Questions help you turn notes into active recall prompts.

They are optional, editable, and connected to pages. Use them to focus reviews on the ideas that matter, but do not treat them as mandatory tests or separate flashcards.

Do I need questions for every learning page?

No. Questions are optional. You can review a page without them.

Are questions the same as flashcards?

No. Questions support a page, but the page remains the main learning unit in Yuhimo.

Can AI generate questions for me?

Yes. Yuhimo can generate questions from page content, but you should review and edit them.

Can I edit generated questions?

Yes. You can edit, delete, or replace generated questions.

Do questions affect the next review date directly?

No. The next review date is updated after you rate your recall with Again, Hard, Good, or Easy.

How many questions should a page have?

Enough to help you recall the important parts. A few focused questions are usually better than many weak ones.