Missing something in Extended Checkbox widget

Hi
I am using Jim's Extended Checkbox widget to create a custom quiz in CP 7.0.1.237. My requirement is quite simple. I must admit that I have done this so many times earlier, but this time I am just not getting it right.
Requirement:
I have four options out of which only two are correct. Let us say, the options are Plan A (var name: PA), Plan B (var name: PB), Plan C (var name: PC), and Plan D (var name: PD). The correct answers here are: PB and PC. I have created the variables correctly.
So, I have created an advanced action with just one decision to validate them.
If
PA is not equal to "Plan A" AND
PB is equal to "Plan B" AND
PC is equal to "Plan C" AND
PD is not equal to "Plan D"
then
Show CorrectFeedback
Else
Show IncorrectFeedback
Expected result:
Correct Feedback should appear only if I have selected Plan B and Plan C and I have not selected Plan A and Plan D. In all other scenarios, I should get Incorrect Feedback.
Actual result:
I am getting incorrect feedback even when I have selected Plan B and Plan C and I have not selected Plan A and Plan D.
What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance.
Sreekanth

Sreekanth, have no time to test it out but I suspect it is due to the AND condition. I already had similar problems in the past with the operator 'not equal to' when embedded in such an AND sequence. Never got an answer about the why, so I try mostly to avoid that operator. Maybe try out a combination like the one I created for the short answer question? Have a boolean variable that will only be set to 1 when all conditions are fulfilled, and split up your AND in two decisions (both with 'is equal to')... Hope you understand my very short explanation? There is some logic flaw, that happens in those combinations.

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