Question banks can include up to 15,000 test items. Each chapter within the question bank can include up to 400 questions and 52 figures. Questions are added using MicroTest Pro’s formatted question type templates. Each template (free format, multiple choice, true or false, and matching) will be discussed in this section. You can add, edit or review questions using the Edit Questions window. You can also use this window to link figures or assign key words and difficulty levels to questions.

1. Click on the chapter in the Table of Contents window where you wish to add questions.
2. Click inside the Edit Questions window to make it active, or from the Window menu, choose Edit Questions.
3. If you selected a new chapter that does not contain any questions, the Edit Questions window should display a blank template for question #1. If so, skip to step number 4.
   If you selected a chapter with existing questions, click on the “end of chapter” right arrow button in the Edit Questions window and then click on the right arrow button. A blank template should display.
4. With a blank template appearing in the Edit Questions window, from the Question menu, choose a question type:
   Essay
   Short Answer
   Fill in the Blank
   Matching (point value per choice)
   Identification
   True or False,
   Multiple Choice
   Matching Questions (point value per question)
   For additional information, see Using MicroTest Pro's Formatted Question Type Templates
   NOTE: To change the format of a single question, use options from the Question menu . To set defaults for your entire question bank, from the Edit menu, choose Question Layout .
5. Click in the first entry field (to the right of the question number) in the Edit Questions window to type in your question.
   NOTE: To move between entry fields, click in each field with your mouse. You can also use the Option-Tab key.
6. Click in the remaining entry fields to enter information for any answer choices, the answer and if desired, the explanation.
7. If you want to link a figure or assign a key word or difficulty level to the question, click on the pop-up menus at the top of the Edit Questions window and use your mouse to drag it to the desired selection. (For more information see Assigning Key Words and Difficulty Level to Specific Questions , Creating Figures or Linking Questions to Figures.)
   NOTE: You can assign key words and difficulty levels or link a figure to a question at any time.
   Multiple choice questions displayed in the Edit Questions window will contain a fourth pop-up menu: Scramble. This feature determines which answer choices will be scrambled when printed. For more information, see Multiple Choice Scrambling Feature under Multiple Choice Template .
8. From the Edit Questions window, click on the Save button.

NOTE: As long as you save each individual question, figure, and/or test as you work, MicroTest Pro automatically saves the information to your question bank file. You do not need to perform a global save operation when you are ready to exit the program