Questions tagged [exam]
the {exam} document class provides a number of useful features for typesetting exams - in particular it provides a `Question` environment with `parts`, and can keep track of points
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Coustomizing header
I am creating a question paper for exam and i try to put my logo in the paper but i failed so i put it on header and it appears on every page.How to get rid of this and i want it to be the first page. ...
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Problem on line spacing in exam class
I am writing a solution manual for baby rudin and after some research i came across exam package which helps me to write the question and answers properly but I have some problem as i dont know latex ...
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Problem with titledquestion in exam document class
I have titled and notitled question in my document, also I'm using ifthen package, but in notitled questions, there are numbers in square brackets. How can I get rid of them??
My document:
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How to disable only the question indentation and keep the parts and subparts indentation
I've been using the Exam package for my answering my problem sets, that's going good.
The exam package indents all the questions for some reason, because my document is only questions, it makes the ...
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Remove indent of paragraph after question in exam document class
I'd like to remove the indentation that appears before the question content.
\documentclass[addpoints]{exam}
\pointname{\ p}
\qformat{\textbf{Question \thequestion .} \hfill \textsl{(\thepoints)}}
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I have a question about examdoclass document class
I have a problem with \qformat command. What should I write in "Format specification" to have something like this:
and not like this:
First version I do manually, the second one is done by ...
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Which package can be used to create a Question-Bank containing many question papers?
While creating a Question Bank, I need the following options,
Use external files to populate the Question Bank.(i.e. combine multiple QP0#.tex files into QB-All.tex by using \import{QP0#.tex}).
Use \...
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\AtBeginEnvironment does not work for the questions environment in the exam class
Please see the following MWE.
\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
% The following does not have any effect on the output
\AtBeginEnvironment{questions}{\setcounter{question}{4}}
\begin{...
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how do I place the question number above a tikz image
My code is below. I can't figure how to place the question number above the tikz image. Thanks for the help.
\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{questions}
\question
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How to draw a grid of a certain height which is breakable
I am writing a set of lecture notes for which there should be two versions: one for me with all of the text, and one for the students with certain sections replaced by a grid for them to make their ...
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Coloring a box according to the difficulty of the task in examclass and xcolorbox
I am trying for a couple of hours to achieve sth. like this coloring task by its difficulty level
Trying a lot searching documentation of examclass and xcolor but I couldn't find anything which can ...
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How to properly align questions, parts, and subparts in Latex Exam class
I want to create the following setup in an exam paper. Table borders will be removed before print.
I used the following Latex code to generate similar setup in Overleaf.
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,...
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Unwanted indentation in framed section headings in LaTex Exam
I'm writing a document using Latex's Exam class where I'd like to make framed section headings, in order to reproduce a pre-existent document.
I was able to draw frames with titlesec package with the ...
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How do I input many Exam Package TeX files into a main TeX file?
I may need some help here with how to input many TeX documents into a big TeX document.
I created many folders for students as homework. It looks like below:
In each folder, there is a TeX document ...
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Exam class question formatting
Is there any way that I can produce something like this
1. \textbf{Subjective Open-Ended} \textit{(1 point)} Is this a question?
2. \textbf{True/False} \textit{(1 point)} Is this another question?
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Improving my answerbox code for the exam class
I am using the exam class for my work, and I have found that structuring the space where students fill in their answers can significantly speed up the grading process. To achieve this, I created a new ...
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How to format options in a neat and space efficient way?
I am making a question paper. The question paper contains multiple choice type questions and are to formatted in two columns. The first question while neatly formatted takes a lot of space. The second ...
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Customizing points to pts in latex exam class
I know this is out of convention and norm but I am typesetting an exam and using points for each question part and subparts seem to consume a lot of space. How do customize it to pts instead of points?...
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How to add horizontal space between the question number and the actual question in exam document class
I'm new to LaTeX but want to use it to set test papers.
My current code outputs my exam questions like this.
However, I want to increase the horizontal spacing between the question number and the ...
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Is there an easier way to generate a multiplication table?
I am trying to find an easier way to generate randomised multiplication tables. I want to keep the formatting exactly as it is- with the table and the lines I have added- etc...
Is there a more ...
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Trying to move this logo to the right of the page
Firstly, I apologise in advance if this is a really silly and obvious one.
I am trying to add a logo to the right side of every single page. I am not sure why this image is constantly showing in the ...
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Table: Adjust width of cells
I want to create the layout shown below which appears at the top of a math test.
The code currently renders as shown below.
The cells with "Name" and "Period" need to be further ...
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Task Environment: Can't force a line break to prevent text over-running right margin
Within the \tasks environment for this math problem set, I need to force a line break due to text overflowing the right margin as shown below.
I tried the following commands without success:
\\
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How can I change the font and size of math mode (without changing the 'normal' text font)?
I would like to use the following fonts within my exams:
Normal text: Arial (12 pt)
Math text: Times New Roman Mathtype (13 pt)
I use Arial with fontspec. How can I change the font and size math ...
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Formatting using \begin{questions}
I am writing a worksheet in overleaf with different questions in a 'questions' file and inserting them into the main document using
\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage{graphicx} % Required for inserting ...
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exam bonus question starting with number 0
Is it possible to start with the number 0 for a bonus question?
I need this to refer in the test to the collected bonus points by my students during the lecture.
This bonus points should be also shown ...
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Exam class: figure not showing up?
I have created a .pdf image using tikz in a separate, standalone class document, then converted it independently to a .png file and saved it in the same folder as my exam class document. I can preview ...
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Exam Class + \xcolor + \tikz conflict: incompatible color def
Code is kicking out this warning:
Package xcolor Warning: Incompatible color definition on input line 97.
Colors are being used in 3 ways in this maths worksheet:
draw yellow highlighted box to ...
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Multiple choice questions with hints about how many choices are expected (single vs multiple)
I use paper exams (with LaTeX) for midterms and finals, but I also use LMS quizzes for learning the material. As such, my students are used to Moodle, where if a multiple choice question is intended ...
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Dotted lines in the exam class
I am using the exam document class and am using \fillwithlines{xcm} command to add lines. However, I want to recreate the lines as in the photograph below. Can I also make the middle two lines dotted?
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Changing the answer points using exams
\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage{graphicx} % Required for inserting images
\title{2023 Non-Calc}
\author{ccd1pga }
\date{May 2023}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\fbox{\fbox{\parbox{5.5in}{\...
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How to remove gap between question number and its first part?
I have following text:
\documentclass[12pt,addpoints]{exam}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,latexsym}
\renewcommand{\questionshook}{%
\setlength{\leftmargin}{0pt}%
\setlength{\labelwidth}{-\labelsep}%
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Exam class: Need help formatting simple header for math quiz
I'm trying to format the top of the page with a header that looks like this (with perhaps a bit more vertical space between Name: and Period:)
But the code is rendering this:
Clearly \hrule and \...
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multicols & \enumitem: How to change from 4 columns to 3 cols
In the project below, I want to shift from 4 cols to 3 cols:
For probs #1-4, I want 4 columns. That command is working: [style=enumerate](4)
Beginning with problem #5, I need to switch to 3 cols to ...
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Exam class & solution box: incompatible color warning when printing answers
The following code uses printanswers and %printanswers (commented out) commands (h/t @simondispa)
The code compiles without error using %printanswers. But when I printanswers the following log warning ...
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Exam doc class: Is it possible to "no print" solutions AND remove the boxes?
In the mwe, I have commented out the print solutions command: %\printanswers.
As expected, this produced the questions with empty boxes underneath. The "answers" are actually step-by-step ...
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Buggy interaction of itemize environment, tabularx package and exam document class
When combining tabularx with the exam class, I have a problem that the question numbering and number of marks for questions is sometimes suppressed when using itemize. I've created a minimal ...
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Exam class: amsmath & multicol environment: unexpected \par warning
Within the exam class, I'm using:
amsmath
multicol
enumitem
solution box
The code in the mwe compiles as expected, but kicks out the error shown below:
I'm stumped because I can't figure out which ...
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Add a new filed to questions in exam class and ignore question points when parts have their own points
I want to extend the exam class to have more than two parts for the question field. Also, reflect that on the grading table.
Typically, you would write a question given two arguments like this /...
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Code in examdoclass, how to correct the sections?
Does anyone know how to improve this code so that both of these sections are on the same line? I know it's because one of them is in the question part. But does anyone have an idea how to change it so ...
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How to find & fix multiple-defined labels error in \exam class
The mwe below compiles in overleaf, but kicks out these errors:
Since I don't fully understand how labels work despite reading the manual, I can't locate the duplicate definitions.
To make this post ...
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BibLaTeX emits strange error messages [duplicate]
So I wrote this:
\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage{biblatex}
\addbibresource{foo.bib,bar.bib}
\begin{document}
Blah blah blah. \cite{source}
\printbibliography
\end{document}
And I get these ...
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Exam class change margin without affecting header, footer
I want to use the exam class for a project and have already learned that using multiple questions environments causes some problems. Therefore, I wanted to include everything inside of one questions ...
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How can I generate test versions?
I am using the exam document class, but I am not generating the questions with "Begin questions but with Enumerate because the questions are images"
I am looking for a way to generate ...
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exam class: Define questionlabel and partlabel conditionally
I am tweaking the template for final exams which unfortunately need to follow some formatting guidelines. In particular, the question numbering needs to look like this:
1.0 Question 1
1.1 Part 1 of ...
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How to classify (titled)questions in exam document class?
I am looking for a way to classify questions in e.g. easy, medium or hard questions.
I thought to label an medium question with
(**) 1.
easy question with
(*) 2.
and a hard question with
(***) 3.
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Using Exsheets with exam class
I am trying to make multiple versions of an exam. The most convenient way I have found to code this is with the exsheets package. (I haven't found a way to do it with the exsheets successor xsim.) ...
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Question specification and numbering in exam class
I want to make a course book with exercises and examples, and my question is how can I make a name for question for instance 'Exercise 1.15' where 1.15 is question number for exercise 15 in section 1, ...
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Customising gradetable to group multiple-choice into 1 column with the `exam` class
I have written an exam with 2 Sections, the first of which contains 4 multiple choice questions and the 2nd contains Q5-7 which are free response with various parts.
Below is what I get using the ...
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Latex Exam Class: custom Line width for exam class "solutionorlines" environment
I am using "solutionorlines" environment of latex exam class for short questions (with solution) which provide lines for answers. The following code codes gives me lines for answers which ...
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