Multiple-choice system ver 4.1
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                                  Public  domain

                                        by

                                  Derek Reynolds


      Okay guys, here is another program I hope everyone finds useful. 
I have needed a program to give me multiple-choice questions for quite
a few things, but none of the PD programs I have ever found really did
it the way I wanted it done.  So, again I wrote my own program to fill
the gap. This program runs in MED resolution and should also run in
high resolution.

DESKTOP:

  1. Info-
     Author

FILE:
 
  1. Load/Make File-
     Load or build quizes, select a file name or enter your own. All 
     files must end with a .DAT extender.
  2. Delete File-
     Clears all information in the selected file.
  3. Quit-
     Exits Quiz program.

OPTIONS:

  1. Add Questions-
     Creates questions for a selected file. You have 3 lines of 75
     characters for each question and 1 line for each of the 4 answers.
     If you don't need the extra lines, just press return. Don't go
     over 75 characters per line, you will be truncated. Numbering of
     questions and answers is done automatically. Data files are 
     limited to 999 questions. Files around 150 questions are easier
     to deal with.
  2. Delete a question-
     Removes a question from the data file and renumbers the data
     file by placeing the last question in the data file in the
     deleted slot.
  3. Edit a question-
     Any character added to a line will remove previous text. Return
     ends editing a current line. Return without new text will not 
     alter the line.

QUIZ:

  1. Random-
     Program will quiz you in a random manner, never repeating the
     same question unless you restart the quiz.
  2. Sequential-
     Program will quiz you in the order questions were entered in the
     data file.
  3. Set allowed guesses-
     Allows mutiple attempts at answering each question. This setting
     varies your final score.

PRINT:

  1. Print all questions now-
     Creates a hard copy of all questions. You have the option of
     marking the correct answers. Hold either mouse button to abort
     the printing.
  2. Print answer sheet-
     Prints a sequential list of all correct answers. Hold either
     mouse button to abort printing.
  3. Print all questions during quiz-
     Each question and your response is printed after answering,
     correct or incorrect.
  4. Print questions missed during quiz-
     Each incorrectly answered question and your response is printed.

SCORING:
 
  Your score is based on several items, the number of questions 
asked, the number of correct answers, and the number of attempts at
answering each question. If you select multiple attempts for each
question, and you fail to answer the question correctly the first
time, you will loose a percentage of points. If you select 2 attempts, 
you will loose .5 points for the first  attempt and 1.0 points
if you miss both attempts. If you select 3 attempts, you will loose 
.33 points for the first attempt, .66 points for the second attempt, 
and 1.0 points if all attempts are missed. If you select only one
attempt, you will loose 1.0 points for an incorrect answer. 

      Well, the rest seems pretty obvious to me, so boot it and give
it a shot.  I welcome any ideas on how to improve the program and will
make any changes that seem to enhance the power of the program.  I can
be reached on:

                  PAC-RAT  BBS
                  (505) 479-2781
                  3/12/24  9PM-7AM MST (SOON TO GO 24 HOURS)



Special Thanks go to:  MARVIN ROSS  without whom this program would not
be anywhere near as useful as it is now!