[LON-CAPA-users] Question about formating for Exam mode

Ray Batchelor lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:26:27 -0800


Did you try setting the format argument on the numericalresponse to "3S"?

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Alison A Baski/FS/VCU <aabaski@vcu.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am tryiing to use the "exam" mode in order to create a multipe-choice test
> from a folder of resources.   I have two questions:
>
> QUESTION #1
>>> For numerical response resources, the distractors in exam mode include
>>> numbers with too many significant figures that are obviously not correct.
> For example:
> If the radius of a planet is 2000 km, then what is its circumference (to 3
> significant figures)?
> a. 10080     b. 12600    c. 15750   d. 19687.5000    e. 24609.3750
>
> I have tried to set the significant figures parameter to 3 but nothing
> changes.  Any suggestions?
>
>
> QUESTION #2
>>> For radio response resources, there is no return after the question and
>>> before the first answer, unlike how it is displayed as a regular resource.
> For example:
> What major element comprises the solid inner core of the Earth? A. nickel
> B. uranium
> C. iron
> D. lead
> E. plutonium
>
> Do I need to recode all of these problems with a return after the question
> to fix this problem?
>
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Alison
>
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Raymond J. Batchelor, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC
Canada
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