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CHAPTER 13
C H E C K I N G
A
Q U E S T I O N B A N K
CHECKING A QUESTION BANK Quiz Master 5.0
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To check a question bank, select "Utilities" from the main
menu, then choose topic "Check Question Banks". The following
menu will show on screen.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Check Question Banks Printers Page Layout Exit │
└┬────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┘
│> Select Question Bank <│
│ Check Question Bank │
│ Display Categories │
└────────────────────────┘
First choose topic "Select Question Bank". Choose the
Question Bank from the directory window you wish to check, then
choose topic "Check Question Bank" to run the check program. If
you want to verify which question bank you have chosen, select
"Display Categories" and you will be shown the category header
information.
13.1 THE CHECK PROGRAM
The "Check Question Bank" program checks the following parts
of the question bank. The printer must be on-line and ready, as
all errors encountered will print to the printer and are self
explanatory.
1. Checks Line Lengths. This is to be sure none of the lines
in the question bank exceed 65 characters. If a line exceeds
65 characters it will be cut off when printed.
2. Checks format lines. These are the lines that begin with
a ~ and must be one line above the first line of a question.
The computer checks for the proper question type, the
answer, and the category number. If you've forgotten to
insert a format line for a question bank the computer can
not detect it. It is up to you to make certain there is a
format line for each question. The check program does not
check for the question number as the check program
automatically renumbers all the questions. If there are any
errors in the format lines the check program will end.
3. Checks for question length. This is to be sure the
question can not be any longer than 40 lines, not including
the answers for Essay or Fill-in questions. If it is longer
than 40 lines the bottom of the question will be cut off in
the print routine.
4. Checks for Category Names. This checks to be sure that
for each declared category number in the question bank there
is a category assigned to it. Questions assigned to
categories can not be out of order, they must be in category
sequence.
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5. Checking multiple choice questions. Each multiple choice
question is checked to be sure the answers are correct with
the proper style. It can not check the delimiter, as the
only way it can recognize an answer is with the delimiter.
Let's say the delimiter is '.'(period). The program looks
for the period in the second position in the line. If there
is a period in this position, the program recognizes this as
an answer and will check the style of the answer, whether
lower case, upper case or numbering. If a delimiter is
missing there is no way to check the answer. Also if you do
choose a period be sure a period does not appear in the
second position of a line anywhere in the question body,
except in the answer section. Especially watch math answers
and problems with decimal points.
If the program checks the question bank for all the above
and doesn't find any errors then the program will rebuild the
header section inserting all the start stop numbers and the total
number of questions for each category, plus it will renumber all
the questions in the question bank.
If the check program passes all the tests the question bank
will be ready for use with Quiz Master to print exams.
13.2 SELECT QUESTION BANK
When selecting topic "Select Question Bank" a directory
window will appear showing all the available question banks to
check. Highlight the question bank you want to check and press
<Enter>. If you don't see the file in the directory window,
highlight & choose the "..". It will display the next directory
up from QM50 which should be the root directory. If you wish to
enter a path, press the drive id twice, then the path name. The
available .DAT files will appear in the window in the new path.
13.3 CHECK QUESTION BANK
When selecting topic "Check Question Bank" the check program
will run, after it makes sure your printer is on line & ready.
13.4 DISPLAY CATEGORY
When selecting topic "Display Category" the category screen
will appear. This allows you to make sure you have the correct
question bank selected.
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