diff --git a/admin/settings/plugins.php b/admin/settings/plugins.php
index b7fa57e8884..f2d6f587f80 100644
--- a/admin/settings/plugins.php
+++ b/admin/settings/plugins.php
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ if ($hassiteconfig || has_capability('moodle/question:config', $systemcontext))
         require_once("$CFG->libdir/pluginlib.php");
         $allplugins = plugin_manager::instance()->get_plugins();
     }
+
     // Question behaviour settings.
     $ADMIN->add('modules', new admin_category('qbehavioursettings', new lang_string('questionbehaviours', 'admin')));
     $ADMIN->add('qbehavioursettings', new admin_page_manageqbehaviours());
@@ -323,6 +324,54 @@ if ($hassiteconfig || has_capability('moodle/question:config', $systemcontext))
     // Question type settings.
     $ADMIN->add('modules', new admin_category('qtypesettings', new lang_string('questiontypes', 'admin')));
     $ADMIN->add('qtypesettings', new admin_page_manageqtypes());
+
+    // Question preview defaults.
+    $settings = new admin_settingpage('qdefaultsetting',
+            get_string('questionpreviewdefaults', 'question'),
+            'moodle/question:config');
+    $ADMIN->add('qtypesettings', $settings);
+
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_heading('qdefaultsetting_preview_options',
+            '', get_string('questionpreviewdefaults_desc', 'question')));
+
+    // These keys are question_display_options::HIDDEN and VISIBLE.
+    $hiddenofvisible = array(
+        0 => get_string('notshown', 'question'),
+        1 => get_string('shown', 'question'),
+    );
+
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_question_behaviour('question_preview/behaviour',
+            get_string('howquestionsbehave', 'question'), '',
+                    'deferredfeedback'));
+
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configselect('question_preview/correctness',
+            get_string('whethercorrect', 'question'), '', 1, $hiddenofvisible));
+
+    // These keys are question_display_options::HIDDEN, MARK_ONLY and MARK_AND_MAX.
+    $marksoptions = array(
+        0 => get_string('notshown', 'question'),
+        1 => get_string('showmaxmarkonly', 'question'),
+        2 => get_string('showmarkandmax', 'question'),
+    );
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configselect('question_preview/marks',
+            get_string('marks', 'question'), '', 1, $marksoptions));
+
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configselect('question_preview/markdp',
+            get_string('decimalplacesingrades', 'question'), '', 2, array(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)));
+
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configselect('question_preview/feedback',
+            get_string('specificfeedback', 'question'), '', 1, $hiddenofvisible));
+
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configselect('question_preview/generalfeedback',
+            get_string('generalfeedback', 'question'), '', 1, $hiddenofvisible));
+
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configselect('question_preview/rightanswer',
+            get_string('rightanswer', 'question'), '', 1, $hiddenofvisible));
+
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configselect('question_preview/history',
+            get_string('responsehistory', 'question'), '', 0, $hiddenofvisible));
+
+    // Settings for particular question types.
     foreach ($allplugins['qtype'] as $qtype) {
         $qtype->load_settings($ADMIN, 'qtypesettings', $hassiteconfig);
     }
diff --git a/lang/en/question.php b/lang/en/question.php
index 56d1a07728e..021b7fd5b1a 100644
--- a/lang/en/question.php
+++ b/lang/en/question.php
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@ $string['questionbehavioursorder'] = 'Question behaviours order';
 $string['questionbehavioursorderexplained'] = 'Enter a comma separated list of behaviours in the order you want them to appear in dropdown menu';
 $string['questionidmismatch'] = 'Question ids mismatch';
 $string['questionname'] = 'Question name';
+$string['questionpreviewdefaults'] = 'Question preview defaults';
+$string['questionpreviewdefaults_desc'] = 'These defaults are used when a user first previews a question in the question bank. Once a user has previewed a question, their personal preferences are stored as user preferences.';
 $string['questions'] = 'Questions';
 $string['questionx'] = 'Question {$a}';
 $string['questiontext'] = 'Question text';
diff --git a/question/previewlib.php b/question/previewlib.php
index fc03097260f..2daa9cd927d 100644
--- a/question/previewlib.php
+++ b/question/previewlib.php
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ class question_preview_options extends question_display_options {
      * Constructor.
      */
     public function __construct($question) {
-        global $CFG;
         $this->behaviour = 'deferredfeedback';
         $this->maxmark = $question->defaultmark;
         $this->variant = null;
@@ -169,9 +168,10 @@ class question_preview_options extends question_display_options {
      * Load the value of the options from the user_preferences table.
      */
     public function load_user_defaults() {
+        $defaults = get_config('question_preview');
         foreach ($this->get_user_pref_fields() as $field) {
             $this->$field = get_user_preferences(
-                    self::OPTIONPREFIX . $field, $this->$field);
+                    self::OPTIONPREFIX . $field, $defaults->$field);
         }
         $this->numpartscorrect = $this->feedback;
     }