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CHAPTER 11
Q U E S T I O N B A N K
C O N S T R U C T I O N
QUESTION BANK CONSTRUCTION Quiz Master 5.0
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To create a question bank you must have a word processor
capable of producing an ASCII text file. See Appendix A "ASCII
Text File " for a complete definition.
A question bank can contain up to 17 different categories
with a maximum of 999 questions. Categories allow you to group
subjects together and combine them into one question bank.
For example, if you want your question bank to contain all
the questions possible for the final exam, you might want to
separate those questions into categories that follow the order of
teaching and testing for the course. Questions for the first
part of the course could be in category 1, the second part of the
course could be put in category 2, etc. By organizing your
question bank this way, when it comes to printing an exam for the
first part of the course, you only need to choose questions from
category 1, and 2 for the second part, and then you can choose
all categories for the final exam.
We have made the creation and checking of question banks as
easy as possible. The question bank only requires a few details
for you to fill in and the rest is done by Quiz Master.
A question bank contains 3 sections, Top Line, Category
Header and question bank body.
11.1 TOP LINE
This is the top line of the question bank. For example:
@@~@@,a.,Sample Physics Exam
The first 3 characters are the identifier, it must start in
column 1 and contain @@~@@. This identifies the question bank as
Version 5.0.
Next, (separated by a comma) is the multiple choice answer
format. "a." means the answers are lower case letters followed by
the delimiter, a period. Quiz Master needs to know the answer
format for the scramble mode to function. The other types are,
A. which is upper case lettering followed by a period and 1-which
is a number followed by a dash. You can use virtually and
character for a delimiter but it must be the same throughout the
question bank.
Examples of Multiple-Choice answer formats.
A. Alabama a. Alabama 1- Alabama
B. California b. California 2- California
C. Utah c. Utah 3- Utah
D. Washington d. Washington 4- Washington
After the answer format (separated by a comma) is the title.
You are allowed a title length of up to 50 characters. The title
appears on screen showing the question bank you are currently
working with.
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11.2 CATEGORY HEADER
At the top of each question bank following line 1 is the
Category Header. It tells Quiz Master the names of each of your
categories and the start & stop question numbers of each
category. All you need to do in creating a new question bank is
to copy in the blank header supplied with the program (HEADER50)
and fill in your own category names. The header supplied is shown
below under the BEFORE heading. To add a category merely change
the first character from a '[' to a '{' and enter a category name
(names can be up to 30 characters). This is all that is required
for you to do in the header section. Leave the other categories
unused until you need them. The AFTER heading shows that 3
categories have been added to the question bank, Laws of Motion,
Field Concepts and The Theory of Relativity.
BEFORE AFTER
[CATEGORY 1 {Laws of Motion
[CATEGORY 2 {Field Concepts
[CATEGORY 3 {The Theory of Relativity
[CATEGORY 4 [CATEGORY 4
[CATEGORY 5 [CATEGORY 5
[CATEGORY 6 [CATEGORY 6
[CATEGORY 7 [CATEGORY 7
[CATEGORY 8 [CATEGORY 8
[CATEGORY 9 [CATEGORY 9
[CATEGORY 10 [CATEGORY 10
[CATEGORY 11 [CATEGORY 11
[CATEGORY 12 [CATEGORY 12
[CATEGORY 13 [CATEGORY 13
[CATEGORY 14 [CATEGORY 14
[CATEGORY 15 [CATEGORY 15
[CATEGORY 16 [CATEGORY 16
[CATEGORY 17 [CATEGORY 17
The start and stop numbers are inserted by Quiz Master when
the check program is run. To see what a completed question bank
looks like see next section 11.4, "Sample Question Bank".
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11.3 QUESTIONS
Section 3 follows the header and contains the questions.
They are merely typed in one after another sorted by category. In
the line directly above a question the following format line is
inserted, ~,M,a,5,3. It tells Quiz Master the type of question,
the answer, the category number and the question number as
follows;
~ : Tells quiz Master that this line is a format line. The '~'
should not appear anywhere else in the question bank.
M : Is the question Type. M for Multiple-Choice, E for Essay, F
for Fill-in, and T for True/False;
a : This is the answer to the multiple-choice question. If it
were a Fill-in or Essay question this would be a number
telling us how many lines following the format line contain
the answer. You are allowed up to 9 answer lines for Fill-in
or Essay questions. See question number 8 in section 11.4,
"Sample Question Bank".
5 : This is the category number. Quiz Master uses this number to
know what category the question belongs in and is used to
automatically compute the start & stop numbers for each
category.
3 : This is the question bank question numbered sequentially and
is automatically assigned by Quiz Master during the running
of the check program. You will never have to bother with
entering this number.
11.4 SAMPLE QUESTION BANK
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Ths is a partial listing of what a completed question bank │
│ looks like. Notes are inserted for clarity. │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Start - Stop Total
@@~@@,a.,Sample Physics Exam <- First Line
{Laws of Motion 001 - 005 005 <- These numbers
{Field Concepts 006 - 010 005 filled by Quiz
{The Theory of Relativity 011 - 015 005 Master.No need
[CATEGORY 4 000 - 000 to enter them.
[CATEGORY 5 000 - 000 All you have to
[CATEGORY 6 000 - 000 do is fill in
[CATEGORY 7 000 - 000 the category
[CATEGORY 8 000 - 000 name and change
[CATEGORY 9 000 - 000 the [ to a { to
[CATEGORY 10 000 - 000 tell Quiz
[CATEGORY 11 000 - 000 Master it is a
[CATEGORY 12 000 - 000 valid Category.
[CATEGORY 13 000 - 000
[CATEGORY 14 000 - 000
[CATEGORY 15 000 - 000
[CATEGORY 16 000 - 000
[CATEGORY 17 000 - 000
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~,M,d,1,1
What is the magnitude of the force that produces an acceleration
of 3.2 cm/sec² in a mass of 5 gm?
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
a. 13 dynes │ Refer to the format line. │
b 96 dynes │ This is a multiple-choice question. │
c. 16 ergs │ The answer is d, the category is 1, │
d. 16 dynes │ and the question number is 1. │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
~,E,1,1,2
183 cm/sec
A mass of 12 gms on the end of a thread is being whirled around
in a circle of radius 2 . If the thread breaks when the force on
it is 2000 dynes, what is the maximum speed the mass can have?
(Ignore Gravity).
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Refer to the format line. │
│ This is an Essay type question │
│ The answer is only 1 line long and is│
│ 183 cm/sec. The category is 1 and │
│ the question number is 2 │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
~,E,1,1,3
3.7e+27 dynes
What is the gravitational force exerted by the sun on the earth?
~,E,1,1,4
1 m/sec²
A body of mass 5 Kg is subject to horizontal forces of 3 newtons
pointed due east and also 4 newtons pointed due north. What is
the magnitude and and direction of the acceleration?
~,M,b,1,5
A mass of 3 kg is acted on by a force of 25 newtons. If it starts
from rest, how far will it travel after 5 sec ?
a. 10.4 cm
b. 104 meters
c. 1040 cm
d. 360 meters
~,E,3,2,6
5.26e-8 cm/sec <-- this question has 3 lines
4.8e-19 gm cm/sec of answers.
79 volts
An electron moves in a circular orbit of radius 1.5 m in a
magnetic field of 0.2 gauss. Find (a) its velocity, (b) its
momentum, (c) its energy in volts.
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