With MicroTest Pro, you can work with options from the menu bar or you can choose to work in a window-driven environment. MicroTest Pro’s windows provide immediate access to the chapters and questions contained in a question bank. You can choose to work in MicroTest Pro’s tiled window format or you can create your own window arrangement. Choose to work with any of the following windows: Table of Contents, Select Questions, Edit Questions and Display/Edit Figures.

Click inside a window to make it active. MicroTest Pro’s windows are interrelated - when information is changed in one window, the program automatically updates related information in the other windows for you.

You can modify the window arrangement at any time by choosing formatting options from the Window menu.

Table of Contents

This window is used to access the chapters contained in your question bank. The top section of the window displays the question bank’s name and its contents. If you have a test open, this window displays the test’s name and the number of questions selected.

The main body of the window summarizes the contents of each chapter contained in your question bank (chapter numbers and titles, total number of questions and figures in each chapter, total number of questions selected for a test). This window also provides a breakdown of question types per chapter: ES = Essay, SA = Short Answer, FB = Fill in the Blank, MA = Matching (point value per choice) ID = Identification, TF =True or false, MC = Multiple choice, and MQ = Matching Questions (2 column, point value per complete question.) If figures are included with questions, they are listed under the heading “Figs”.

The highlight bar in the Table of Contents window indicates which chapter is currently selected (use your mouse, the Chapter menu or the arrow keys on your keyboard to select a chapter to work with). To access more information about a specific question in a chapter, use MicroTest Pro’s Select Questions and Edit Questions windows.

Select Questions

After a chapter has been selected in the Table of Contents window, the Select Questions window displays the question numbers contained in that chapter. Use this window to select questions for a test or to view a specific question in the Edit Questions window. If a test file is open, the top section of the window displays information about questions selected for the test.

The main body of the window is filled with numbered buttons. Each button represents a question in the chapter and contains information about the question type and whether it is linked to a figure. Click once on a button to view a question in the Edit Questions window or, if a test is open, double-click on a button to select a question for a test. To unselect a test question, double-click on the appropriate highlighted button.

Edit Questions

This window is used to review the content of each question in the question bank. You can enter new questions, edit existing questions or simply review questions prior to selecting them for a test.

The active chapter’s number and title are displayed at the top of the window. Three pop-up menus allow you to assign key words and/or difficulty levels to questions and link figures to questions. The In Test box allows you to save the displayed question to your test. In addition, you can move through the question bank by clicking on the arrow buttons within the window or by clicking on the numbered buttons located in the Select Questions window. The arrow buttons allow you to move to the first, previous, next or last question in the chapter. The Save button is used when you edit or add a question and want to save those changes to your question bank (it will also forward you to the next question).

Display/Edit Figures

This window displays the figures contained in the question bank along with the question numbers that are linked to each figure. You can create or modify figures using this window.