Multiple Choice
  • Question on a single line.
  • Answers immediately following the question.
  • Asterisk (*) in front of the correct choice.
Example:

1. Which of the following is a prime number?
a) 4
*b) 5
c) 6

Alternate method:

MC
Which of the following is a prime number?
4
*5
6
True/False
  • Question on a single line
  • The answer on the next line. Can be any of the following: T, t, True, TRUE, true, F, f, False, FALSE, false
Example:

1. 3 is a prime number.
True


Alternate method:

TF
3 is a prime number.
True
Multiple Answer
  • Exactly the same as multiple choice, only with multiple answers marked correct.
  • Question on a single line.
  • Answers immediately following the question.
  • Asterisk (*) in front of all correct choices.
Example:

1. Which of the following is a prime number?
*a) 2
*b) 3
c) 4
*d) 5

Alternate method:

MA
Which of the following is a prime number?
*2
*3
4
*5
Essay
  • This is simply a question with no answer given.
Example:

1. Tell me your life story.

Alternate method:

ES
Tell me your life story
Fill in the blank
  • Begin your question with the keyword: blank
  • Leave a blank somewhere in the question.
  • Give all of the possible correct answers.
Example:

blank 1. Two plus two equals _____.
a. four
b. 4

Alternate method:

BL
Christmas falls on December _
25th.
25th
25

Matching
  • Begin your question with the keyword: match
  • For every answer there should be a slash between the answer and its match.
Example:

match 1. Match the chapters with their topics.
a) Chapter 13/Exception Handling
b) Chapter 16/File Processing
c) Chapter 10/OOP & Classes
d) Chapter 15/Chars, C-Strings, & the String Class
e) Chapter 12/Not covered in this class