What we need in a test bank
Every Blended textbook has three test banks — an exam bank, a quiz bank, and a practice bank. You only build one: the exam bank. From your exam questions we develop the quiz and practice banks — and short-answer versions too — so you end up with a whole variety of questions to build exams and quizzes from, all from the set you give us.
25 questions
- A The prospectus cover
- B The registration statement ✓
- C The roadshow deck
Blended builds it out
One bank in, a whole test bank out — instructors build exams and quizzes from it, and it reaches many, many students.
What to put in your exam bank
About 25 questions per chapter
Twenty-five is the number to shoot for. No fewer than 20, and you’ll rarely need more than 30. That’s plenty for us to build everything else from.
Cover every concept
Make sure each concept in the chapter is tested by at least one question, so nothing falls through the cracks.
Multiple choice, with the answer marked
Give us multiple-choice questions and flag the correct answer for each. We generate the short-answer versions from these ourselves.
Spread the difficulty
Aim for a normal spread across easy, medium and hard. For 25 questions that’s roughly 7 easy · 11 medium · 7 hard.
Maths questions? Send the Excel
If a question is a calculation, send the Excel with the formula that produces both the correct answer and the distractors — then we can rebuild it cleanly.
What we do with it
- Build your exams from the questions you send.
- Develop your quiz and practice banks from the same set.
- Write short-answer versions from your multiple-choice questions.
- Hand it all back — a variety of question types you can build exams and quizzes from, all from your 25.
Send it however’s easiest — a Word doc, a Google Doc, or a spreadsheet (with the Excel for any maths questions). We take it from there, and you review it once before it goes live.