Number of stubs for Multiple Choice questions: Select 3 or 4 depending on how many answer option (stubs) your multiple choice questions have.
Answer Sheet Type: Select Circles or Squares, depending on your preference for the answer ‘bubbles’ on the answer sheet.
Use Unapproved Questions: Put a tick in this box if you want to ignore the Question Approval status, and let QBgenerator select questions whether they are approved or not. This should be done only for testing of QBgenerator, as question approval is usually a National Aviation Authority requirement if QBgenerator is used as part of a Part-147 approval.
Require language approval: Put a tick in this box if you want a second layer of approval for each question. This is usually used for language correctness approval of the questions, but can also be used for any other approval purpose.
Hibernate for ‘X’ Generations: Select how many generations of an exam a hibernating question is to remain rested from use. Set to zero to switch OFF the Hibernation function.
Hibernate percentage: Select the percentage (between 0 and 100%) of questions which have been used in an exam, to be rested from use in future exam generations. Set to zero to switch OFF the Hibernation function. Depending on how many questions you have in the, setting this value too high, may make it impossible for the QBgenerator to generate a full exam whilst questions are hibernating.
Seconds for Multiple
Choice Questions: Set the number of seconds allowed for the answering of
each Multiple Choice question. This
information can be selected for display on the Title Page, Header and/or Footer
of the exam. This number is specified by EASA or the National Aviation
Authority.
Minutes for Essay questions: Set the number of minutes allowed for the answering of each essay question. This information can be selected for display on the Title Page, Header and/or Footer of the exam. This number is specified by EASA or the National Aviation Authority.
Pass Mark for Multiple Choice Questions: Set the Pass mark (%) for multiple choice exams. This information can be selected for display on the Title Page, Header and/or Footer of the exam. This number is specified by EASA or the National Aviation Authority.
Pass Mark for Essays: Set the Pass mark (%) for essay exams. This information can be selected for display on the Title Page, Header and/or Footer of the exam. This number is specified by EASA or the National Aviation Authority.
Exam Font Size: Set the size of the font (in pt) to appear
on the exam printouts. The default is 14
pt.
Show Question Ref. No. on exam paper: Put a tick in this box if you want the question reference number to be displayed next to each question of the examinees’ printouts (exam papers). This may be a requirement of your National Aviation Authority. The Question Ref. Shows on the Examiners’ printout copy by default, whether you place a tick in this box or not.
Show Question Level on exam paper: Put a tick in this box if you want the question level to appear on the examinees’ printouts (exam papers). It will show on the Subsection headers.
Questions per page on Edit Questions page: Set the number of questions to display on the Edit Questions section, before it starts to paginate.
Pick questions - only equal to Level indicated in Syllabus / less than or equal to Level indicated in Syllabus: When QBgenerator selects questions from the database for use in an exam, it will do so in accordance with the EASA Part-66 syllabus. The EASA Part-66 syllabus specifies that the questions should be at a Level 1, 2 or 3, depending in which Subsection the question is contained. However, EASA Part-66 is interpreted differently by your National Aviation Authorities. The question could be selected AT the specified Level, or UP-TO AND INCLUDING the specified level. Select the option which corresponds to your National Aviation Authority’s preference.
After making changes to any of the settings described above, click the Save button.
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