[OS X TeX] Multiple choice tests

Rohan Attele attele at ameritech.net
Tue Dec 27 19:43:59 EST 2005


D.P Story's ActroTex bundle can do that.
On Dec 27, 2005, at 11:56 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> I would like to create a twenty-five questions multiple-choice exam  
> with a bank of, say, 5 variations for each question.
>
> I googled the web for a couple of hours and didn't really see  
> anything that wouldn't require a major investment of time and  
> energy because they do a lot more than what I have in mind which is  
> something of the order of one folder for each question in which I  
> would have the 5 variants in the form of pdf files. Then a macro  
> would randomely include one file from each folder in a master  
> source so that I could reuse the exam. It would be nice if the  
> order of the included questions in the source could also be  
> randomized.
>
> My questions:
>
>    Does this seem feasible?
>    If so, where could I learn just enough Applescript to write the  
> script?
>
>    Has anyone had any experience with, or at least seen, something  
> like
>    that?
>    If so, where could I find it?
>
> New Year regards,
> --schremmer
>
>
>
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