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I want to use LaTeX for exam and assignment papers for a class that I am teaching. I obviously could just do the whole thing myself. But, what alternatives are there for easily typesetting such documents? Ideally, the solution would handle points (providing a total) or percentage values (ensuring they sum to 100), multi-part questions, optionally provide space for answers, and allow for all of fill in the blanks, multiple choice, and straight-up questions.

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This is for preparing the exam/assignment (as a teacher), not doing them (as a student), right? – David Zaslavsky Jul 27 '10 at 6:16
@David: Yes, that was unclear. Thanks. Off to edit. – vanden Jul 27 '10 at 6:29

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Check out the exam document class; it does all that and more!

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/exam/

I've also had great success using it for homeworks and such (both as an instructor and as a student).

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TJ Ellis is right. The exam class terrific. As a bonus, it has a good manual, with some very funny sample questions. – dank Aug 31 '10 at 10:22
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I prefer to use examdesign. But if you go to CTAN and click on select by keyword you will find this list under exams, exercices and answers.

If you want to reuse problems and construct your exams from a problem data base probsoln or texomaker are good for this.

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And new on the list: the exsheets package.

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This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post - you can always comment on your own posts, and once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post. – Tom Bombadil Oct 21 '12 at 13:46
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@TomBombadil: Why not? Besides the fact that this answer is rather short: one actually can typeset exams with ExSheets. It does not provide all the features that the OP wanted, though... – cgnieder Oct 21 '12 at 14:14

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