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Q B A S E V1.0 SE SHAREWARE VERSION
USER'S GUIDE
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THANK YOU FOR TRYING QBASE. QBASE IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR EDUCATORS
WHO ARE NOT COMPUTER EXPERTS BUT ARE GOING TO USE COMPUTERS TO FACILITATE
HIS LECTURE. YOU CAN USE QBASE TO STORE HUNDREDS/THOUSANDS OF MULTIPLE
CHOICES / TRUE & FALSE QUESTIONS, AND RETRIEVE ANY OF THEM TO CREATE
CUSTOMIZED TESTS.
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SHAREWARE REQUIRED SEPARATE PAYMENT TO THE AUTHOR IF FOUND USEFUL.
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QBASE IS A VERY-EASY-TO-USE PROGRAM. EVERY USER SCREEN HAS PROMPTS TO
TELL YOU WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IN THAT SITUATION.
The THEORY of QuestionBase
----------------------------
When you have time, Qbase allows you to enter all kinds of questions
(which may be used at any time in the future) into your IBM / compatible
(the questions will be stored in either your floppy disk or your harddrive).
You can print out a list of all the questions stored in Qbase. Each question
will be given a code number (fully automatic).
When you have to create a test paper, just tell Qbase which question should
be included in your test by entering the corresponding code number of that
question. Then Qbase will do everything for you.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENT:
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WE SUGGEST YOU TO MAKE A BACKUP COPY OF THIS PROGRAM. THE
WORKING DISK MUST NOT BE WRITE-PROTECTED ANY TIME.
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YOU BETTER HAVE AT LEAST 640K RAM TO RUN THIS PROGRAM. YOU
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RUN QBASE IF YOUR CONFIG.SYS FILE DOES NOT
INCLUDE A FILES=XX ENTRY OR THE ENTRY SPECIFIES TOO FEW FILES.
IN THIS CASE, YOU SHOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER(XX) TO SOME
HIGHER VALUE, LIKE 30 OR 40.
eg FILES=30
IF YOU HAVE PROBLEM(S) HERE, FEEL FREE TO WRITE TO US WITH A
SASE.
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WE SUGGEST YOU TO REMOVE ALL THE TSR PROGRAMS FROM YOUR
MEMORY FIRST(if any)!!!
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ALTHOUGN THE PROGRAM CAN BE RUN ON A 360K DISK, IT WILL BE
BETTER IF YOU COPY IT INTO A 1.2M/1.44M/HARDDISK, SINCE THEY
CAN HAVE LARGER SPACE TO STORE DATA.
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QBASE CAN BE RUN ON MGA/CGA/EGA/VGA/SVGA MODE.
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IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PRINTER, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FULLY
UTILIZES THE FUNCTIONS OF QBASE.
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AGAIN, DO NOT WRITE PROTECT THE WORKING DISK!!!
640K RAM!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 640K RAM!!!
PLEASE CHECK THE CONFIG.SYS OF YOUR BOOT DISK!
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TO START QBASE: A>QBASE (press Enter)
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THERE IS NO LIMITATION IN THIS SHAREWARE PROGRAM -- Qbase V1.0SE
Qbase V1.0 SE --> MAX length of questions/choices: 126 characters
--> can access single file
--> very simple and easy to use
--> SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR COMPUTER BEGINNERS TO USE
Qbase V1.0 General --> maximum length of questions and choices: 253 characters
--> maximum 9 files to store different kinds of questions
Qbase V1.0 Advanced --> maximum length of questions: 699 characters
choices: 253 characters
--> maximum 9 files to store different kinds of questions
==============================================================================
IN THE MAIN MENU, THERE ARE 5 ITEMS:
1, MULTIPLE CHOICE -- OPERATIONS ON MC QUESTIONS.
2, TRUE & FALSE -- OPERATIONS ON T/F QUESTIONS.
3, HEADER MAKER -- ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE HEADER FOR YOUR TEST.
4, REGISTRATION -- INFORMATION ON HOW TO REGISTER. I RECOMMEND YOU TO
READ IT FIRST.
5, EXIT TO DOS -- QUIT THE PROGRAM.
ENTERING QUESTIONS INTO THE QBASE
=================================
NOW ASSUMING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO STORE SOME ECONOMICS MC QUESTIONS
INTO THE QBASE. THE STEPS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH ARE:
1, PRESS "1" TO CHOOSE 'MULTIPLE CHOICE' IN THE MAIN MENU.
2, NOW YOU ARE IN THE MULTIPLE CHOICE MENU. PRESS "1" TO CHOOSE
'ENTER NEW QUESTION(S) INTO QBASE'.
3, THE PROGRAM ASKS YOU THE FOLLOWING:
'If you want to overwrite the data that you entered last time, or if
this is the first time you enter data into the QBASE, please press "Y".
Otherwise, please press "N".'
IN THIS CASE, YOU SHOULD PRESS "Y" IF:
---> THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME TRYING TO ENTER QUESTION(S) INTO QBASE.
---> YOU WANT TO ERASE ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ENTERED PREVIOUSLY.
OTHERWISE YOU SHOULD PRESS "N".
'How many choices do you want to provide in this question? ( 3 - 5 )'
---> PRESS "3", "4" OR "5" TO CHOOSE.
4, FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE SCREEN.
5, WHEN YOU HAVE ENTERED THE WHOLE QUESTION, PRESS "ENTER".
6, ENTERING THE CHOICES. HIT "ENTER" AT THE END OF EACH CHOICE.
7, 'SAVE THIS QUESTION? (Y/N)'
---> PRESS "Y" IF YOU WANT TO SAVE THE QUESTION.
---> PRESS "N" IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SAVE IT.
8, 'Press any key to continue, or press "Q" to the previous menu.'
---> IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE MULTIPLE CHOICE MENU, PRESS "Q".
---> IF YOU WANT TO ENTER ANOTHER QUESTION INTO QBASE, PRESS OTHER KEY.
9, WHEN KEYING IN THE QUESTION/CHOICES, PLEASE REMEMBER THE
FOLLOWING RULES:
--> QBASE ISN'T A WORD PROCESSOR. THE CURSOR KEYS, "INS", "DEL"... ARE
USELESS TO QBASE. YOU CAN USE SPACEBAR TO MAKE SPACE BETWEEN
CHARACTERS.
--> IF YOU WANT TO DELETE ANY CHARACTER, ALL YOU CAN USE IS THE
"BACKSPACE" KEY.
--> DO NOT PRESS "ENTER" AT THE END OF EACH LINE (HIT "ENTER" ONLY AT
THE END OF THE FINISHED QUESTION/CHOICE). JUST CONTINUE TO KEY IN
YOUR NON-FINISHED QUESTION/CHOICE. THE CHARACTERS WILL GO DOWN TO
THE NEXT LINE AUTOMATICALLY.
IF YOU WANT TO GO DOWN TO THE NEXT LINE WITHOUT KEYING IN ANY
CHARACTER, JUST PRESS SPACEBAR TO MOVE.
ONCE YOU ARE IN THE NEXT LINE, YOU WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO GO BACK
TO THE LINE(S) ABOVE IT.
--> DO NOT PRESS "BACKSPACE" AT THE FRONT OF EACH LINE.
*** IF YOU FAIL TO ABIDE BY THESE RULES, ERRORS MAY OCCUR IN YOUR
QUESTIONS.
*** IF YOU HAVE MADE A MISTAKE, ALL YOU CAN DO IS TO PRESS "N" WHEN
'SAVE THIS QUESTION? (Y/N)' APPEARS (THAT MEANS NOT TO SAVE IT).
THEN, PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE, TO KEY IN THE QUESTION AGAIN.
CREATING A TEST
===================
ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE ENTERED 50 MC QUESTIONS INTO THE QBASE. NOW YOU
WANT TO CREATE A QUIZ THAT HAS 10 QUESTIONS. THE STEPS WILL BE:
1, GO INTO THE MULTIPLE CHOICE MENU.
2, YOU SHOULD OBTAIN A LIST OF MC QUESTIONS BY TURNING ON THE PRINTER AND
CHOOSE "4" (PRINT THE LIST OF QUESTIONS IN QBASE).
3, EACH QUESTION WILL BE GIVEN A CODE(THE NUMBER IN FRONT OF EACH QUESTION).
THE FIRST QUESTION WILL HAVE A CODE OF '1', THE SECOND WILL HAVE A CODE OF
'2'......... etc
* THE ORDER OF THE QUESTIONS IN THE LIST WILL NEVER BE CHANGED, AS WELL AS
THE CODE. eg. the code of the question 'How are you?' is '1', and '1' will
permanently be the code of 'How are you?' *
4, NOW, FROM THE LIST, YOU MUST DETERMINE WHICH OF THE QUESTIONS WILL BE PUT
INTO THE QUIZ.
5, PRESS "2" (TEST GENERATOR) OR "3" (TEST GENERATOR IN FAST PRINTING MODE)
IN THE MULTIPLE CHOICE MENU.
TEST GENERATOR:
5a1 --> 'Enter the code of the question that you prefer:'
YOU CAN ENTER THE CODE OF A QUESTION THAT YOU PREFER.
eg.In the list, the code of question 'What is meant by quantity demanded?'
is '23'. If you want to put this question into the quiz, just key in "23"
and press "ENTER".
* YOU CAN KEY IN ONE CODE EACH TIME.
* THE CODE MUST BE A NUMERIC VALUE ie INTEGER.
5a2 --> 'What is the number of this question in this test?'
IF THE QUESTION 'What is meant by quantity demanded?' WILL BE QUESTION ONE
IN THE QUIZ, YOU CAN KEY IN "1". IF THIS IS THE 5th QUESTION, YOU CAN KEY
IN "5" (YOU CAN KEY IN ANY NUMBER AS YOU LIKE HERE). AFTER KEYING IN THE
NUMBER, PRESS "ENTER".
THE PRINTER WILL PRINT OUT THIS QUESTION.
5a3 --> 'Press any key to continue, or press "Q" to quit.'
NOW, IF YOU WANT TO QUIT, PRESS "Q". IF YOUR QUIZ HAS NOT YET FINISHED,
AND YOU WANT TO GET ANOTHER QUESTION, PRESS OTHER KEY.
* CHOOSING THIS ITEM, YOU WILL HAVE TO SELECT AND PRINT OUT THE QUESTIONS
ONE BY ONE, WHILE THE QUESTION NUMBER OF EACH QUESTION CAN BE ASSIGNED BY
YOU. IT WILL BE USEFUL IF YOUR TEST CONSISTS OF MC AND T/F QUESTIONS.
TEST GENERATOR IN FAST PRINTING MODE
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THIS FUNCTION IS SIMILAR TO TEST GENERATOR. IT ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE
SELECTION AND PRINT OUT ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU PREFER IN ONE TIME.
5b1 --> 'How many questions will be in this test?'
IF YOU PLAN TO USE FAST PRINTING MODE TO SELECT AND PRINT 10 QUESTIONS IN
THE QUIZ, KEY IN "10". IF 26, KEY IN "26" .......etc
5B2 --> 'Enter the codes of the questions.'
IF THE CODES OF THE QUESTIONS ARE 2,4,5,8,17,24,45,1,3,9, PLEASE KEY IN
THEM IN THE ORDER YOU PREFER. REMEMBER TO HAVE SPACE BETWEEN DIFFERENT
CODES. HIT "ENTER" ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE KEYED IN ALL THE CODES.
eg. you should key in the codes like this:
2 4 5 8 17 24 45 1 3 9 press "ENTER"
THE PRINTER WILL PRINT OUT QUESTIONS AND GIVE EACH QUESTION A NUMBER
ACCORDING TO THEIR ORDER IN THIS TEST AUTOMATICALLY.
* IN THE FAST PRINTING MODE, YOU CAN SELECT AND PRINT OUT HUNDREDS OF
QUESTIONS AT A TIME (DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF DIGITS OF THE CODES)!
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THE MULTIPLE CHOICE SESSION AND THE TRUE & FALSE SESSION ARE SIMILAR.
IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE MATERIAL ABOVE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS
PROGRAM, AND TO CREATE TESTS THAT HAVE MC AND T/F QUESTIONS MIXED
TOGETHER.
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HEADER MAKER
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--> 'There are totally 9 lines available for you to design your test heading. '
'How many lines do you need (0-9)? '
THERE ARE TOTALLY 9 LINES AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO CREATE THE HEADER.
CHOOSE BETWEEN 0 - 9 (0 MEANS EXIT TO THE MAIN MENU).
THE WIDTH OF EACH LINE IS EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF A PIECE OF A4 PAPER.
IF YOUR PRINTER CAN PRINT 80 COLUMNS, THE PRINTOUT WILL BE EXACTLY
THE SAME AS WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE SCREEN.
REMEMBER TO TURN ON THE PRINTER AND PRESS "ENTER" AT THE END
OF EACH LINE!
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Qbase features the "What you see is what you get" function, so,
if you are using a 80 column printer (must NOT be in condense mode),
the in put will be the same (or sometimes nearly the same, since
printers of different brands may have their alignments vary) as the
output.
*** NEVER USE CONDENSE MODE TO PRINT ***
A P P E N D I X
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If errors occur when you are going to enter questions into Qbase,
that means the file "config.sys" of your DOS disk needs to be
modified.
If your DOS disk is in drive A, please follow these steps:
1, Remove the write-protect tape of your DOS disk.
2, a>copy con config.sys (press "Enter")
3, files = 40 (press Ctrl + Z)
4, Press "Enter". (the screen should tell you '1 file copied')
5, Reboot your PC.
If your DOS is in hard disk C, please follow these steps:
1, c>copy con config.sys (press "Enter")
2, files = 40 (press Ctrl + Z)
3, Press "Enter". (the screen should tell you '1 file copied')
4, Reboot your PC.
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TO US!!! YOU CAN PURCHASE BOTH THE SHAREWARE/REGISTERED VERSIONS FROM
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IF YOU WANT TO REGISTER, PLEASE SEND THE REGISTRATION FORM TO THIS
ADDRESS (ATTN: REGISTRATION) TOO.
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