Prepares the questions of multiple-choice exams, shuffles them for each group, and produces the question booklet and the answer key as PDF or Word.
How to Use
First choose the details and settings of the exam. The institution, course, name of the exam, date and duration are optional, and whatever you fill in is printed at the top of the booklet. The settings are the same as in the Test Answer Area Generator. You choose the number of digits in the student number, the number of options and groups, the points and whether wrong answers cancel correct ones. The points can be the same for all questions or typed separately for each question. You can choose up to 100 questions, 5 options and 4 groups. The instructions of the exam are written automatically from the settings, and you can change them if you wish.
Then type the questions. For each question you type the question and its options, and tap the letter of the correct option. You can make text bold, italic or underlined, and use superscript and subscript. Images can be added to questions, reading texts and options. Images are saved again when they are added, so hidden information such as the location of a photo does not pass into the files. Use “Add Text” for questions based on a reading text. The text and its questions move together when shuffling. If your questions are already written, you can paste them from Word or anywhere else with “Add in Bulk”. The tool separates the questions, options and correct answers by itself, and you only need to check them.
The tool checks what you type all the time. An empty option, a missing correct answer or invalid points are listed in the Check section, and the files cannot be downloaded until they are fixed. In the Preview section, the pages of the booklet and the answer key appear as they will be printed.
Shuffling
The order of the questions and the order of the options can be shuffled separately. When the options are shuffled, the correct answers in each group are spread evenly across the letters. For example, in a 20-question exam with 5 options, each letter is the correct answer 4 times and the same letter never comes three times in a row. A question that must not move is marked “Fixed position” and keeps the same number in every group. For last options such as “All of the above” or “None of the above”, choose “Last option stays in place”, and for ordered options such as “I only” or “I and II”, choose “Not shuffled”. The questions of a text can be shuffled among themselves or kept in order. If you wish, Group A keeps the order you typed while the other groups are shuffled.
Shuffling is done once and shown group by group in the tool. The booklet and the answer key are produced from the same arrangement, so they match even if you download them separately. For a different arrangement, use “Shuffle Again”. A four-character matching code is printed at the bottom of the booklets and the answer keys. A booklet and an answer key with the same code match.
Files
The question booklet and the answer key of each group are downloaded separately as PDF or Word. “Download All” gives all the files in a single ZIP file. The booklet is A4. Short options are placed side by side, medium-length options two by two, and long options one under another. A question is never split across two pages. If the questions carry different points, the points of each question are printed at its end. The group is not printed on the sheet, only in the file name. If you wish, it can also be printed at the top of the page.
The PDF is ready to print. You can edit the questions in the Word file, but if you change a question in Word, you should correct the answer key yourself as well. The answer key shows the correct answer and points of each question and its number in the order it was typed into the tool. This number can be used to find the same question in other groups.
What you type is deleted when the page is closed. To keep your work, download the draft to your device with “Save Draft”, and later continue where you left off with “Open Draft”. The draft file contains the questions and answers, so it should not be shared with students. If you try to close or reload the page without saving the draft, the browser warns you.
Together with the Test Answer Area Generator/Reader
The same answer area as in the Test Answer Area Generator/Reader can be added to the last or first page of the booklet. Students mark their answers in this area, and the sheets are read and scored with the Test Answer Area Reader. If the questions carry different points in each group, the order of each group’s points is written into the answer area automatically. The answer key also contains an answer area filled in with the correct answers. In the answer key step of the reader, you can simply scan this area or type the letters in the key.
Terms of Use
The Test Question Area Generator is free of charge for individual use and public service. Lecturers, teachers and trainers working at state and foundation universities, schools, private tutoring centres and courses may use the tool in their own courses and exams. Receiving a salary or fee from their institution does not prevent this.
The tool may not be used to generate income. Profit-making legal entities, their owners, partners and shareholders, and people who earn income working in their own name and on their own account may not use the tool in any income-generating activity. Nor may income be earned by promoting the tool or by producing content with it. The tool may not be sold by any person or institution, or offered as part of a paid product or service. The code and design of the tool may not be copied, modified or distributed without permission. The open-source libraries and fonts used in the tool are subject to their own licences: Library and Font Licences.
The tool was made for the site owner’s own courses and exams, and is tested and used by the site owner. It is shared so that lecturers, teachers and trainers can benefit from it, and so that it can improve through their comments and suggestions. The tool is provided as it is, without any warranty. Checking the accuracy of the questions, the answer keys and the files produced is the responsibility of the person using the tool. The person using the tool is also responsible for the copyright and rights of use of the questions typed and the images added. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the site owner cannot be held liable for any errors or damage arising from the use of the tool. Anyone who uses the tool is deemed to have accepted these terms.
Privacy
The tool runs only on the device you use. The questions you type, the images you add, the answer keys and the files you produce are not sent anywhere. They are not stored anywhere unless you download them. This information never reaches the site owner. Protecting the downloaded files and the draft file is the responsibility of the person using the tool. The site owner cannot be held liable for how this information is used. More information is available on the Privacy and Cookies page.
Contact
For bug reports, suggestions and requests, you can get in touch with me through the Contact page. If you mention the device and browser you used, I can find the problem more easily.