Example Exam Papers

Here are some examples of exam papers using the style file "exam.sty", created to make LaTeX exams confirm to the Registry's style requirements.

There have been a number of minor changes to the layout of the first page of the exam, with consequent changes in what you need to input. You should give the paper number as MATHS 123 (without the FC/FT semester/campus indicator). You should specify the semester using the \semester command, and the campus using the \campus We have not been given any information on how to deal with papers on more than one campus: I suggest \campus{City/Tamaki} The banner no longer says "Examinations for BA, BSc etc".

To use the package, you will have to download exam.sty first and store it in a suitable location: either the same folder as the exam itself, or in a folder containing all your other LaTeX input files. Then put \usepackage{exam} in your file. A typical exam would include some or all of the following:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{exam}
\paper{MATHS 225}               % <- do not include FC, FT etc
\version{0}                     % <- only needed for multiple choice exams
\title{Discrete Mathematics}
\time{two}                      % <- number of hours: default is three
\semester{first semester}
\year{2001}                     % <- default is the current year
\campus{City}
\note{Answer {\bf All} questions.  The questions in Section A
(multiple choice questions) are worth 1 mark each: the marks for each
question in Section B are as shown.  Section A is worth a total of 20
marks and Section B is worth a total of 40 marks: you are advised to
spend about one hour on Section A and two hours on Section B.\\ Answer
Section A (multiple choice questions) on the coloured answer sheet
provided.}
\begin{document} 
\begin{questions}
\question The first question

\question The next question, with several parts:
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item Part (a).\marks{5}
  \item Part (b), with subparts:
    \begin{enumerate}
    \item Subpart (i)\marks{1}
    \item Subpart (ii)\marks{4}
    \end{enumerate}
  \end{enumerate}

\end{questions}
\end{document}

Here are the example files:

example1.tex: A minimal example.
example2.tex: An example which involves all the bells and whistles: multiple choice questions, a figure, a version number (required for multiple choice exams), an attachment, different marks values for different questions.... For this to work, you will also need the figure, figure.ps. It may be that figures work differently on your platform: if so, you will just have to comment out the \epsfbox command on line 25.
example3.tex: A simpler example than the one above, of a MA/MSc level paper.

The above examples should, when typeset, look like this:

You will need Adobe Acrobat (or acroread on Unix) to view these.

Note that these examples might not work exactly on your machine, depending on which input files you have. However, they should give you the idea of how to use exam.sty. If you have any problems using this package, or have any suggestions for other features it should include, please let me know.

David McIntyre