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Answer Documents
An Answer Document defines the type of exam and displays the number of questions and answers.
There are two parts to creating an Answer Document:
• Creating an Answer Document: Summary Tab
• Creating the Answer Document: Questions Tab
The following question types are supported in the Answer Documents:
• Multiple Choice Alpha - A multiple choice question with answer options A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and J.
• Multiple Choice Numeric - A multiple choice question with answer options 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0.
• True / False - A question with the answer options of True or False.
• Short Answer - Short answer questions require the Participants to submit a text-based answer. (maximum 16
characters)
• Numeric Response - Numeric Response Questions require the Participants to submit a string of numbers as their
answer. (maximum 16 characters)
• Essay - Although Essay questions are supported, they are not graded within Triton DCS. (maximum 160 characters)
• Multiple Choice ABCD-FGHJ - An alternating question type, the odd number questions have the answer bullets of
A, B, C and D, while the even number questions have the answer bullets of F, G, H and J.
• Multiple Choice ABCDE-FGHJK - An alternating question type, the odd number questions have the answer bullets
of A, B, C, D and E, while the even number questions have the answer bullets of F, G, H, J and K.
CREATING AN ANSWER DOCUMENT: SUMMARY TAB
At least one Answer Document must be created in order to create a Blueprint.
How to create an Answer Document summary...
1 Click Blueprints from the navigation bar and select the Answer Documents tab.
2 Click Create.
3 Enter a Name for the Answer Document in the box provided.
4 Optionally, enter a Description for the Answer Document.
5 Select the Exam Type.
• Test - An Answer Document that allows for correct answers to be defined.
• Evaluation - An Answer Document that does not allow for correct answers or point values to be defined. The Item
Analysis Report displays Participant responses in a Likert Scale.
6 Set the Correct Answer option. If Evaluation was selected, this option is not available.
• Yes, allows for correct answers to be defined for Tests.