diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/LecturerQuestionController.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/LecturerQuestionController.java
index 97ebdd9effc5f7ca2191cd6c65d425961d098299..5042f201c39731c97f1d21551311ff24f58fc196 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/LecturerQuestionController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/LecturerQuestionController.java
@@ -366,11 +366,19 @@ public class LecturerQuestionController extends AbstractController {
 	@ResponseBody
 	public final int getTotalAnswerCount(
 			@RequestParam final String sessionkey,
+			@RequestParam(value = "lecturequestionsonly", defaultValue = "false") final boolean lectureQuestionsOnly,
+			@RequestParam(value = "preparationquestionsonly", defaultValue = "false") final boolean preparationQuestionsOnly,
 			final HttpServletResponse response
 	) {
 		response.addHeader("X-Deprecated-API", "1");
 
-		return questionService.getTotalAnswerCount(sessionkey);
+		if (lectureQuestionsOnly) {
+			return questionService.countLectureQuestionAnswers(sessionkey);
+		} else if (preparationQuestionsOnly) {
+			return questionService.countPreparationQuestionAnswers(sessionkey);
+		} else {
+			return questionService.getTotalAnswerCount(sessionkey);
+		}
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
index 2a7df949a57cd6be857ac8b6374f098849f24d21..e612893e72429ae1a3a2c10e6b77ffe0edf6dc43 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
@@ -1197,4 +1197,24 @@ public class CouchDBDao implements IDatabaseDao {
 		}
 		return results.getJSONArray("rows").optJSONObject(0).optInt("value");
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int countLectureQuestionAnswers(Session session) {
+		return countQuestionVariantAnswers(session, "lecture");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int countPreparationQuestionAnswers(Session session) {
+		return countQuestionVariantAnswers(session, "preparation");
+	}
+	
+	private int countQuestionVariantAnswers(Session session, String variant) {
+		NovaView view = new NovaView("skill_question/count_answers_by_session_and_question_variant");
+		view.setKey(session.get_id(), variant);
+		ViewResults results = this.getDatabase().view(view);
+		if (results.getResults().size() == 0) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+		return results.getJSONArray("rows").optJSONObject(0).optInt("value");
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java
index 91260a0a13b3f346aafcf0586f2f46e75e11f6af..897e09ee6e8e27d7487a44a604d88e56e1248a55 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java
@@ -141,4 +141,8 @@ public interface IDatabaseDao {
 	int getFlashcardCount(Session session);
 
 	int getPreparationQuestionCount(Session session);
+
+	int countLectureQuestionAnswers(Session session);
+
+	int countPreparationQuestionAnswers(Session session);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/IQuestionService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/IQuestionService.java
index dddd5031260f6ef3b987f9315006cd999a82f7bb..33239d8e0c44bf2f8377d008895414aee0c0d17c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/IQuestionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/IQuestionService.java
@@ -91,4 +91,8 @@ public interface IQuestionService {
 
 	int getPreparationQuestionCount(String sessionkey);
 
+	int countLectureQuestionAnswers(String sessionkey);
+
+	int countPreparationQuestionAnswers(String sessionkey);
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/QuestionService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/QuestionService.java
index 8f15e86092f683ed6a93b8e80fe50cc9db8881e4..2162802b49c1f270762d4495d8f1457855b97a67 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/QuestionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/QuestionService.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import de.thm.arsnova.entities.InterposedReadingCount;
 import de.thm.arsnova.entities.Question;
 import de.thm.arsnova.entities.Session;
 import de.thm.arsnova.entities.User;
-import de.thm.arsnova.exceptions.NoContentException;
 import de.thm.arsnova.exceptions.NotFoundException;
 import de.thm.arsnova.exceptions.UnauthorizedException;
 import de.thm.arsnova.socket.ARSnovaSocketIOServer;
@@ -434,4 +433,16 @@ public class QuestionService implements IQuestionService {
 	public int getPreparationQuestionCount(String sessionkey) {
 		return databaseDao.getPreparationQuestionCount(getSession(sessionkey));
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	@Authenticated
+	public int countLectureQuestionAnswers(String sessionkey) {
+		return databaseDao.countLectureQuestionAnswers(getSession(sessionkey));
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	@Authenticated
+	public int countPreparationQuestionAnswers(String sessionkey) {
+		return databaseDao.countPreparationQuestionAnswers(getSession(sessionkey));
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java b/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java
index 94ac7ec32b59d15362f3c121cd1f4c966b809ffb..c5c5cdc620487f62c8dd4cc6aab743f47f456b04 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java
@@ -439,4 +439,16 @@ public class StubDatabaseDao implements IDatabaseDao {
 		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
 		return 0;
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int countLectureQuestionAnswers(Session session) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int countPreparationQuestionAnswers(Session session) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return 0;
+	}
 }