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ExamView Import Utility 7
Formatting Rules and Tips
Refer to the guidelines shown below to help you format questions that can be imported directly into ExamView. Refer the
sample question bank or access the Sample Bank.pdf file in the ExamView folder for a more detailed example.
Guidelines
Organize the RTF files before you begin importing questions.
Each RTF file should contain all of the questions, narratives, and matching groups that you want included in a single question
bank. You are limited to 250 questions per question bank.
Use ANS: to identify the answer.
The default answer tag is ANS: (including the colon). It is very important to use this tag exactly as shown for each question.
Group all question types together.
Make sure that all of the questions of a given question type (True/False, Multiple Choice, Short Answer, etc.) are grouped
together in the same section. Each section should have, as a header, the name of the question type on a line by itself. If your
question types do not match the default question types in name, you can make changes in the ExamView Import Wizard.
Do not include instructions for the question types.
For all objective question types (i.e., Multiple Choice, Multiple Response, Yes/No, and True/False), default instructions are
included. As such, these question types do not require instruction lines. If you want custom directions, you can insert them as
Narratives.
Be sure to include a question bank title.
You must include a title on the first line of a question bank document. This title can be mixed case (upper and lower case) or
upper case. You are limited to 79 characters for the question bank name. If the number of characters on the first line of your
RTF file is more than 79, the name will be cut off.
If you have text on the second line of your RTF file that is not a question type header, it will be used as the bank subtitle. You
are limited to 79 characters for the subtitle, as well.
NOTE
Subtitles are not displayed while you are creating a test. Only the data in the Title field is displayed.
Number questions consecutively or by group.
Questions must be numbered consecutively either throughout the question bank (TF 1-15, MC 16-30, SA 31-50), or within a
section (TF 1-15, MC 1-15, SA 1-20). Question numbers must be the first visible characters on a line, must not be in a table,
and must be followed by some type of punctuation or white space (space or tab).
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