Welcome to Quixam Application

Welcome to Quixam, an application for quick examination. This application allows you to take tests. Each test comprise a sequence of questions which you may answer in any order. You may correct your answer if you need to, only the last submission counts.

Each answer is usually graded as either entirely correct, or entirely wrong. The teacher may choose to configure partial points for some question types (like multi-choice) or grant partial points manually. The test is configured either to award positive points for correct answers or to subtract points (award negative points) for incorrect answers. The sum of points will determine your score and the grade. The evaluation process is performed at the end, when the supervisor switches the test into finished state (and manually grades open questions).

There are several types of questions:

Single best answer

In this type of questions, you are required to select exactly one of the offered options. It might happen that multiple options seems right. In such case, you should select the best one (i.e., the one that covers the most details or points out the intended answer in the most precise way).

Example: What is the result of 2+2 expression?

	4 (if the addition is commutative)
	4 (if we compute in base ten)
	5 (if the twos are big enough)

Multiple answers

As the name suggests, in this type of question you may select any number of answer by checking them individually. However, any combination of checked/not-checked options may be potentially correct. In other words, no-option-checked may be the correct answer as well.

Example: Which colors belong to the rainbow?

	black
	red
	indigo

Numeric answers

Questions with numeric answers expect a number or a sequence of numbers as a result. The numbers are integers written either in traditional decimal format, hexadecimal (prefixed with 0x), or binary (prefixed with 0b). In case of a list of numbers, each number must be put in separate box and the numbers must be in the right order. The add/remove buttons can be used to adjust the size of the list.

Example: What is the answer to life, the universe and everything...?

Ordered answers

These questions are similar to multi-answer questions, but the selected options must be put in the correct order. You may use drag-and-drop to drag the options to the left column (to select them) and to change their ordering.

Example: How to attend an exam test properly?

Selected items (the answer)

Remaining items

Enroll for the test

Study hard

Come to the exam session on time

Write down the correct answers

Receive the grade

Call a friend to help me with the answers

Spend the night out just before the test

Text answers

In this type of question, students have to write a free-form text answer. The answer may be evaluated by regular expressions or by the teacher manually, so it is important to follow the instructions (regarding the expected format) in the question. It is possible to use Markdown formatting to structure the text (unless specifically prohibited in the question).

Example: In your own words, describe the function of the four-stroke combustion engine.

Answer:

Suck, squeeze, bang, blow.