True or False questions  offer the option of a pop-up menu or a set of two radio buttons.

Multiple Choice questions also offer the option of a pop-up menu or a set of radio buttons. Up to 9 choices may be entered. When one selects multiple choice, a list appears in which you are to enter labels for each possible choice.  An optional Other item may be requested.

Text Response questions offer the option of a single or multiple-line text box in which the user can enter their response. The author is asked to enter the number of rows and columns for the response box. A single row response can be further limited to a maximum length. Multiple row boxes automatically have a scroll bar for entering more lines that are actually provided on the published test.

When the following scaled responses are recorded by the web server, a numeric value from 1 to 5 representing the above choices is entered allowing for easy  analysis of the results.

Like -> Dislike questions offer the option of a pop-up menu or five radio buttons which choices for:

• Strongly Dislike
• Dislike
• Indifferent
• Like
• Strongly Like

Agree -> Disagree questions offer the option of a pop-up menu or five radio buttons which choices for:

• Strongly Disagree
• Disagree
• Indifferent
• Agree
• Strongly Agree

Always -> Never questions offer the option of a pop-up menu or five radio buttons which choices for:

• Always
• Nearly Always
• Sometimes
• Rarely
• Never

Important -> Not questions offer the option of a pop-up menu or five radio buttons which choices for:

• Extremely Important
• Very Important
• Important
• Not Very Important
• Unimportant

Check All questions allow up to 9 choices to be entered. A list appears in which you are to enter value/label pairs for each possible choice in the same manner in which multiple choice responses are entered. Use the up, down, left and right arrow keys to navigate between entries in the list.  When Check All responses are recorded by the web server, an entry for each possible value is made. An empty entry indicates that the item was NOT checked by the user.

Formula questions are those whose correct answer is a determinate formula of variables whose values are randomly determined at test run time.  Consider the following example:

In this example, the question has a picture of an electrical circuit (eet.gif) and question text with three random variables:

Ein which ranges between 10 and 50 by 10âs,

R1 which ranges between 1000 and 5000 by 1000ís, and

R2 which ranges between 2000 and 4000 by 1000ís.

The formula for the correct answer to this exercise is indicated in the formula box with each variable name in brackets.  The formula can include any standard JavaScript mathematical functions. (e.g. Math.log, Math.exp, Math.sin, Math.atan, Math.abs, etc.)

When the question is presented to the user, the variables are generated and the correct answer is calculated based on the formula and the generated values.

When the question is scored, the userâs answer is compared with the correct answer with a margin of error specified as a percentage in the precision box.  This prevents rounding disagreements between different computersí math implementations.

This question type gives Test Pilot the capability to present powerful mathematical drills and equation solving to the web.  This power is, to our knowledge, offered by no other product with anywhere near Test Pilotís ease of use.