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8 Click Close when you finish selecting questions by standard.
NOTE
Because some questions may contain more than one objective/standard, the total in the
Number Remaining column may not match the actual total of questions available.
If standard descriptions are available for the selected bank(s), a check box to Show
descriptions will appear in the dialog. Turning this option on appends the description to the
standard code.
Selecting Questions by Criteria
When you want to choose questions based on certain criteria, use the Select Questions by Criteria command. You could, for
example, select all multiple choice questions that have “average” as the difficulty code. Just enter the search criteria and
ExamView Test Generator tells you how many questions match that request. Then select the number of questions you want to
include on the test.
1 Click or click Select from the menu bar and select By Criteria.
2 Select the question bank or banks you want to use and click Select. You may also click Select All to use all question
banks within the selected folder. If necessary, click the folder button to navigate to the folder containing your question
banks.
3 Click Next.
4 Select a search option. You may choose to have your criteria match exactly or to search using wild cards. If you choose
to use wild cards, see the notes below for search commands.
You may use the following commands to refine your search.
Searches are not case-sensitive, so whether or not you use capital letters, your results will be the same.
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To find items where two or more words are all present, just enter the words with a space between them. For
example, a search for nouns proper capital would return items with all three words in any order.
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To find items containing certain words in a particular order, place quotation marks around the group of words. For
example, a search for "Romeo and Juliet" would return items containing Romeo and Juliet, but not those just
containing Romeo, and, or Juliet.
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To find items that don't contain a certain word, place a minus sign immediately before the word to be excluded
(no space). For example, a search for subjects predicates -compound would return items containing the words
subjects and predicates but not containing the word compound.
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To find items where one word or another is present, enter words in parentheses separated by commas. For
example, a search for (adjectives, adverbs) would return items that contain either the word adjectives or the word
adverbs.
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To find items that contain words starting with a particular sequence of letters, enter the letter sequence followed
by an asterisk. For example, a search for pro* would return words starting with pro, such as pronoun, proper,
properties, etc. The asterisk must be at the end of the sequence of letters.
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You may combine the above find commands. For example, a search for noun (common, compound, -proper)
would return items that contain the word noun and either common, compound, or not the word proper. A search
for -pro* would return all items that did not contain a word beginning with pro.
5 Set the Question type to filter the search or leave it set to Any.
6 Click the List buttons to select from a list; or key the Difficulty, Reference, Objective/Standard, Topic, Keywords,
and/or Miscellaneous search criteria. If you select from a list, the Search options drop-down menu will automatically be
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