Document Structure for a LaTeX Question Bank

Questions are grouped into topics. Use a topic environment to group each topic.

Every question is wrapped inside a question environment. The type of EDU question being asked must be provided as an argument to \begin{topic}. Capitalization and spacing in the question type is flexible; the only criterion is that each word must be distinguishable, either through the use of capital letters or spaces. For instance, Multiple Choice could be written as 'multiple choice' or 'MultipleChoice' or even 'multipleChoice', but not 'Multiplechoice'.

The LaTeX package epsfig is loaded by default. Other standard LaTeX packages may be included with \usepackage. A common one to use would be the amsmath package. Additional LaTeX macros may also be defined by the user as usual.

If graphics files will be incorporated into some of the questions, then a path must be provided to the location of the folder in your EDU class web site where the graphics files will eventually reside. This is the purpose of the \setImageBase macro. It is a good idea to set up a separate location for each testbank that you create. For example, if your EDU classname were calculus205, and you planned to place your graphics files in the chapter1 folder of your EDU class web site, then you would use

\setImageBase{../classes/calculus205/chapter1/}

The final slash is optional.

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