When preparing paragraph questions, also known as "essay" or "open-ended" questions, for Respondus the first line of formatting must begin with "Type: P". This is followed by the "Title" (which is optional), the question number, and then the question wording.

Example:

Type: P

Title: Michelson-Morely experiment

4. How is the Michelson-Morley experiment related to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity?

If you are importing a paragraph question into an Exam file, you can supply an answer two different ways.

First, you may provide an answer immediately after the question wording, in which the answer begins with "a." or "a)".

Example:

Type: P

Title: Michelson-Morely experiment

4) How is the Michelson-Morely experiment related to Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity?

a) In 1887, Albert Michelson and Edward Morely carried out experiments to detect the change in speed of light due to ether wind when the Earth moved around the sun. The result was negative. They found the speed of light is always the same regardless of Earth's motion around the sun. Scientists were puzzled with this negative result, and they didn't know how to explain it. Albert Einstein came up with the answer in his famous second postulate in theory of relativity: that the speed of light (in vacuum) is always constant and absolute, regardless of its source's motion and observer's movement.

The second way to supply an answer for a paragraph question is to place it in a list of correct answers at the end of the file. As described with multiple choice questions, the list must begin with the heading "Answers:" and must be positioned at the end of the file. A paragraph answer should begin with the corresponding question number, followed by either a period "." or a parenthesis ")". This is then followed by a space and then the answer.

Example:

Answers:

1. A

2. C

3. B

4. In 1887, Albert Michelson and Edward Morely carried out experiments to detect the change in speed of light due to ether wind when the Earth moved around the sun. The result was negative. They found the speed of light is always the same regardless of Earth's motion around the sun. Scientists were puzzled with this negative result, and they didn't know how to explain it. Albert Einstein came up with the answer in his famous second postulate in theory of relativity: that the speed of light (in vacuum) is always constant and absolute, regardless of its source's motion and observer's movement.

5. B

Again, answers will be ignored if they are imported into survey files.

Short Answer questions, or "fill in the blank", may also be used in Respondus. The first line of formatting for each question must begin with "Type: S". This is followed by the "Title" (which is optional), the question number, and then the question wording.

Example:

Type: S

Title: Who invented television? (Optional)

5. Who is known as the "father of television"?

Respondus will allow you to import only one correct answer per question, but it does permit you to enter multiple forms of that answer.

Example:

Type: S

Title: Who invented television?

5. Who is known as the "father of television"?

a. Zworykin

b. Vladimir Zworykin

c. Vladimir Kosma Zworykin

Answers can also be placed at the end of the file, this is the one type of question that you can enter multiple forms of an answer by repeating the question number.

Example:

Answers:

1. A
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. Zworykin
5. Vladimir Zworykin
5. Vladimir Kosma Zworykin
6. B