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Multiple Choice Quiz Generating Program
Version 3.2
By Dick Roux
If this program is useful to you are encouraged
to send a donation of $20 or more to:
Dick Roux
25 Greenfield Dr.
Merrimack, NH 03054
You will then be notified of any updates to the
program and will be entitled to obtain a
copy of the newest version for a small fee.
Please feel free to pass around copies of
this program to anyone who can use it.
QUIZGEN.EXE is a Quiz Generating Program written for MSDOS
machines. It will create a randomly selected Quiz from a Mas-
ter File of up to 150 questions. Different Master Files can
be kept on different subjects. The program allows you to View
both the Master File and the Selected Quiz and as well as
printing out both the Quiz and Answer key.
SETTING UP QUIZGEN
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All that is required to run QUIZGEN is to have it on your
floppy or in the same directory on your hard drive together
with your Master Files.
RUNNING QUIZGEN
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To run the program, just type QUIZGEN at the DOS prompt.
After answering the Color prompt you will get the Main Menu:
1. Generate New Master File
2. Add to Master File
3. Load a Master File
4. View/Edit Master File
5. Delete a Master File from Disk
6. Create Randomly Selected Quiz
7. View Selected Quiz
8. Print Selected Quiz
9. Print Selected Quiz Answer Key
10. Return to DOS
*** No Master File Loaded ***
Selecting # 1 will let you create a new Master File. Type
each question EXACTLY as you would like it to come out on
paper. Unlike a word processor, the program does not
compensate for broken words at the end of a line. Don't hit
the <ENTER> key until you have typed in the whole question
(up to 256 characters).
Hitting <ENTER> gets you to the first Multiple Choice
answer. Type the selection for the first answer. Continue
until you have completed all four possible answers. Then you
will be prompted for the correct answer (A-D).
NOTE: On questions that do not require a multiple choice
response (I.E. Essay Type questions) just hit enter at all
the prompts for selection A-D and the Correct Answer. In this
manner you can mix Multiple Choice and Questions requiring a
only write-in response.
When you have completed constructing your Master File just
type "DONE" at a Question prompt to terminate the session.
You will then be prompted for a filename to save it to disk and
then returned to the Main Menu.
Selecting # 2 on the Main Menu allows you to add questions
to a previously created Master File. Just load (selection # 3)
the file you want to add to and select this option.
Select # 3 will allow you load any Master Files you have
on the Disk (there is a sample file called SAMPLE for you to
try out supplied with the program).
Selection # 4 will allow you to view or edit a Master File
after it has been loaded.
# 5 allows you to view the Master Files on the Disk and de-
lete any files from the disk.
# 6 allows you to create a Quiz that is randomly selected
from a previously loaded Master File. You will be prompted as
to how many questions you want in the quiz. Don't type a
number larger than the number of questions you have in the
Master File. After the Quiz is created you will be returned
to the Main Menu.
# 7 works like # 4, except you will be viewing the
Randomly Selected Quiz.
# 8 prints the Quiz Sheet. You will be prompted as to if you
are using Single Sheet paper or Continuous (FANFOLD) paper. Sel-
lecting Single Sheet <S> will halt the printer to allow you to
put a fresh sheet into the printer. Then you will be prompted
for a Quiz Heading and a Short Instruction that will be print-
ed on the top of the Quiz Sheet. Then it will prompt you to
set the Top-Of-Form and hit <ENTER> the printed quiz will have
8 questions per sheet.
# 9 will print the answers to the selected quiz.
# 10 returns you to DOS
I hope this program is of some use to you, I wrote the
program for a friend of mine that is an Educator in Junior
High School, and his positive response to it prompted me to
offer it as Shareware. If you have any comments or
suggestions, please feel free to contact me.