ExamView Usability Guide

By Tyler Collette
Agilix Labs, Inc.

This guide was created using ExamView version 6.2 and FileZilla as primary instructions on
how to export exams to BrainHoney Assessment Editor.

Step One: Open up ExamView Question Bank

The first step you want to do is to open your question banks. You can either open banks
that you have created in ExamView or you can import exams using the ExamView Import
Utility. The supported import type and how to import those questions can be found at the
bottom of this guide.

Step Two: Export the exam in WebCT format

The next step is exporting the question bank in WebCT format that is compatible with
BrainHoney. You will select the File menu, Export, WebCT CE 4-6/Vista 3-4 as show in the
accompanying graphic below.

This will provide an Export Question Bank box which will behave similarly to a Save
Document Box in Microsoft Word. Simply Navigate to the location where you want to save
your exported bank, name the file, and click ‘Save’. Select ‘OK’ in the follow-up dialog box.
This will export your question bank in the form of a *.zip file.
Step Three: Importing the question bank into the BrainHoney Assessment Editor

If you have not already, please login to your BrainHoney account at this time. Navigate to
the course syllabus, which you are importing the question banks to, and if you have not
already, make an assessment by clicking on the Add menu in the syllabus, as shown below,
and select assessment.

Next you will want to select your assessment by either double-clicking or single-click and
selecting the Edit menu and then Selected Activity. You will then select the Questions Tab
found at the top-left of the Assessment Editor or the Next button found at the bottom right
corner of the Editor. You will then select the Advanced Edit link found at the top-right corner
of the window and you should see a screen that looks like the one below. You will want to
click ‘Yes’.
The next part of this step is clicking the Import button found at the top right hand corner of
the Advanced Assessment Editor. Then you will select the Browse button and navigate to
the folder which contains your question bank that you just exported a few seconds earlier.
Select the exported *.zip file by double-clicking on it and click ‘Submit’.

Step Four [optional]: Correcting links to graphics in imported Exams

If your exam contains graphics or images you will also need to follow this next step. First,
you will need to start your FTP client, in this guide I will use FileZilla to demonstrate. When
logging into your FTP server through your FTP client you will need to use the following
information. Please see accompanying graphic for FileZilla users.

1. Host name: ftp://gls.agilix.com/####### The ####### represents your

Course ID number which can be found by double-
clicking on the top right hand side of the top banner
 of the BrainHoney client. This will be denoted by a ‘1a’ in the graphic below and an
example is provided to the left.

2. Username: your-domain-prefix/your-username You will enter your username with

your domain prefix.
3. Password: *********
Enter your password.
Once your FTP client is open you can upload your images to your resource panel (which is
what the FTP client is connected to). A popular naming convention is to create a folder
called “tst_folder” and then insert the images into the folder using the FTP client. For
FileZilla users, you will right click in the right-hand middle window of FileZilla which will give
you the option to Create Directory. Use the Create Directory to create your “tst_folder”.

The next step is to navigate in the left-hand middle window to the spot where you *.zip file is
located. In Windows Explorer, navigate to the same location and unzip the *.zip file to
access the contents on the inside where your images will be stored. Refresh your window
that has your *.zip file in it (right-click and select refresh in the left-hand middle window of
FileZilla). Now using the FTP client navigate through the following folders to your images:

QIZ_0_M (or similar) /my_files/org0/images

In your FTP client, select all of your pictures and navigate to the appropriate folder in your
resource panel (for those following our suggested naming convention you will double-click
on “tst_folder” in the right-hand middle window of FileZilla). Then in the left-hand middle
window, select all the pictures and then drag and drop them into the alternate window that
is accessing your resource panel (for FileZilla users drag and drop into the right-hand middle
window). Your screen should now look like this:

The final step is to now correct the links to the images found in the imported Question Bank.
Switch back over to the BrainHoney Assessment Editor. Using either a text editor (Word,
Notepad, etc.) or just by looking identify all of the links to images that look like this:

<img width="254" height="259" align="bottom" alt="pr002-1.jpg"

src="org0/images/pr002-1.jpg" border="0" />

You will want to change the “src” attribute to read as follows below:
 <img width="254" height="259" align="bottom" alt="pr002-1.jpg"
src="[~]/tst_folder/pr002-1.jpg" border="0" />

If you didn’t follow our naming convention you will use whatever path will lead to the
appropriate image in your resource panel. The [~]/ will redirect the browser to your
resource panel in order to find your image so this is the necessary piece you will need to find
your image in your test. Once you have finished locating your images and replacing the
appropriate paths you are all done! Feel free to preview your test or click on ‘Done’ to exit
the assessment editor.

How to Import *.rtf (Rich-Text Files) saved question banks

Many exam creators should include a way to export the exam/question banks into a RTF file.
In order to import an *.rtf file into ExamView, you will need to first open the *.rtf file in
ExamView Import Utility, usually found in C:\Program Files\ExamView if you installed the
entire ExamView Suite.

This is the correct format the questions will need to be in order to convert the *.rtf file into
an ExamView Question Bank:

CHAPTER 2—SCIENTIFIC METHODS IN BIOLOGY

TRUE/FALSE

1. Arthropods do not have a well-developed excretory system consisting of nephridia.

ANS: T DIF: B OBJ: 2-1

MODIFIED TRUE/FALSE

1. The liter is a metric unit of volume. ____________

ANS: T DIF: B OBJ: 2-1

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The study of standards for what is right and what is wrong is called _____.
a. pure science
b. applied science
c. ethics
d. technology

ANS: C DIF: B OBJ: 2-4

COMPLETION

1. The _______________ consists of evaporation, precipitation, transpiration, runoff, and respiration.

ANS: water cycle DIF: B OBJ: 3-6

MATCHING

Match each item with the correct statement below.

a. mutualism h. food web
b. biosphere i. food chain
c. ecology j. commensalism
d. community k. scavenger
e. decomposer l. heterotroph
f. parasitism m. trophic level
g. habitat n. autotroph

1. study of how living things relate to each other and to their environment
 2. relationship between organisms in which both organisms benefit
3. network of interconnected food chains
4. relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed
nor benefited
5. layer of Earth that supports life
6. feeds on dead organisms
7. simple model for showing how matter and energy move through an ecosystem
8. group formed by several populations
9. manufactures food using energy from the sun or from chemical compounds
10. relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits at the expense of another
11. place where an organism spends its life
12. step in the passage of energy and matter through an ecosystem
13. obtains energy and nutrients from autotrophs
14. breaks down dead organisms

1. ANS: C DIF: B OBJ: 3-1

2. ANS: A DIF: B OBJ: 3-4
3. ANS: H DIF: B OBJ: 3-5
4. ANS: J DIF: B OBJ: 3-4
5. ANS: B DIF: B OBJ: 3-1
6. ANS: K DIF: B OBJ: 3-5
7. ANS: I DIF: B OBJ: 3-5
8. ANS: D DIF: B OBJ: 3-2
9. ANS: N DIF: B OBJ: 3-5
10. ANS: F DIF: B OBJ: 3-4
11. ANS: G DIF: B OBJ: 3-3
12. ANS: M DIF: B OBJ: 3-5
13. ANS: L DIF: B OBJ: 3-5
14. ANS: E DIF: B OBJ: 3-3

SHORT ANSWER

1. Compare and contrast inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning.

ANS:
In inductive reasoning, a particular set of facts is used as a basis to formulate a general rule; in deductive
reasoning, a general rule is applied to a specific case.

DIF: A OBJ: 2-1

NARRBEGIN: Steps 2-1

A student noticed that when a dog is cut, the dog periodically licks its wounds. Usually after a few days, the wound
begins to heal without ever showing signs of infection. The following steps outline the student's line of reasoning:
A. I wonder why the dog's wound doesn't become infected.
B. The dog's saliva must prevent the growth of infection-causing bacteria.
C. I'll obtain a bacterial culture and grow the same kind of bacteria in two identical culture dishes. Once
the bacteria start growing, I'll add dog saliva to only one of the dishes and leave the other alone. I'll cover both
dishes. Then I'll observe what happens each day for a week.
D. Even after adding the dog saliva to one of the dishes, the bacteria continued to grow in both dishes
over the course of the week. However, the bacteria in the treated dish grew more slowly than the bacteria in the
untreated dish.
E. I think I'll try something else. I'll start with two identical culture dishes, as before, and use the same
kind of bacteria in each dish, but this time I'll treat one dish with dog saliva before I add the bacteria. I'll observe
what happens each day for a week.
NARREND

2. Why might the experimental design in step E be a better test of the student's hypothesis than the
design used in step C?

ANS:
Answers may vary. The hypothesis is framed around the idea that the dog's saliva prevents initial bacterial growth,
so testing to see whether bacteria begin to grow in the presence of dog saliva might be a more accurate test of the
hypothesis than testing to see if the saliva destroys or slows down the growth of bacterial colonies that are already
established.

DIF: A OBJ: 2-1 NAR: Steps 2-1

PROBLEM
NARRBEGIN: Table 2-1
One hundred pregnant women and their developing fetuses were monitored over the course of pregnancy in a
study designed to compare the average weight gain of a woman during pregnancy with the average weight gain of
the developing fetus. This is shown in Table 2-1. (Note that the weight gain of the developing fetus is its actual
weight.)

Table 2-1

Week of Weight gain of Weight gain of

pregnancy mother (kg) fetus (kg)
8 1.5 not measurable
12 1.8 0.25
16 3.0 0.25
20 4.0 0.50
24 5.5 0.75
28 8.0 1.25
32 10.0 2.00
36 13.0 2.25
40 15.0 3.00

NARREND

1. Using Table 2-1, how does the mother's rate of weight gain compare with the rate of weight gain
of the developing fetus?

ANS:
The mother gains weight much more rapidly than the developing fetus.

DIF: A OBJ: 2-3 NAR: Table 2-1

2. Graph the data for the mother and the fetus on the grid in Figure 2-2. Decide on a method to
distinguish the sets of data. Be sure to label each graph.

ANS:
See Solution 2-1 answer art.
DIF: A OBJ: 2-3 NAR: Table 2-1

This example is to help ensure that your Exam Editor exports your exam in the
proper format. Any changes that need to be made to make your exam *.rtf file in
the proper format should be done at this time.

The next step is to open the ExamView import utility.

After you get past the welcome screen, click ‘Next’ to proceed. This will show you
the navigation tool to navigate to the *.rtf file you wish to convert. You can add as
many *.rtf files into the ExamView question bank as you choose.

Select ‘Next’ when finished. Continue selecting ‘Next’ until you get a ‘Finish’ option.
Select ‘Finish’. This will save a file called *.bnk at the same location as your *.rtf
file. Open Windows Explorer, navigate to that location and double-click on the *.bnk
file.

You have finished completing the import of your *.rtf Question Bank file.