Your questions answered
Academic questions:
- What are MCQs?
- When should I use MCQs?
- Can MCQs replace other question types?
- How does Multiquest handle negative marking?
- Do we need to train student to use OMR answer sheets?
- Where do I find Unit Codes?
- Why order more answer forms than we need? etc.
- What is to be done, if, at the end of examination, a student has damaged their answer sheet so as to make it unreadable?
- What parts of the process (setting up examination, devising master sheet, checking output data and altering student's data) is the responsibility of academics and what can and should be done by secretaries and/or administrators?
- What should be done if it is noticed at the end of the exam that a student has made a mess/damaged an answer sheet so that it unlikely to scan successfully?
- Is it possible to set an examination with more than one answer sheet per student?
- What is an MCQ?
- What is an EMI?
- How are EMIs structured and formatted?
- Can I see an example of EMI questions?
- Can I assign variable marks?
- How do I define variable marks?
- Can I see a worked example with variable marks?
- How do I assign variable marks in EMIs?
- Are there any additional resources for EMI questions?
- What is Multiquest?
- How many licences do we need?
- Is there a Mac version? etc.
- How accurate or reliable is an OMR machine?
- What if students marks the OMR forms using a pen?
- Can we use the 50TFD form if we only use a 4-branch MCQ ie. options a-d and not a-e? etc.
- What is an OMR?
- How secure is the Multiquest system and the OMR service?
- How long do scripts take to come back from Print Services?
- How can departments get help with using Excel, if they don't have sufficient expertise?
- What should happen if an answer sheet is badly damaged during the examination?
- Who is responsible for producing the Master Answer Sheet?
- The print on the answer sheets is very small. Can other forms be provided for visually impaired students?
- Will Print Services keep a copy of the response files, and if so, for how long?
- We are worried that 5 minutes of scanning time will not be sufficient because of the large numbers of students (eg 400) sitting the examination. Can more time be allocated?