Exam Document Class for LATEX2e
The file exam.cls is a LATEX2e
document class for preparing Queen Mary BSc, MSci and MSc examinations on A4
paper. It is available to anyone who wants to use it, but it has no
official status whatsoever, nor is it formally supported or maintained.
Its use is described in the file exam_cls.pdf
(also available in source form as exam_cls.tex)
and illustrated in the following files:
| LATEX source files | Formatted PDF files | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Without logo | With logo | Without logo | With logo |
| BSc_exam_demo.tex | BSc_exam_demo_logo.tex | BSc_exam_demo.pdf | BSc_exam_demo_logo.pdf |
| MSci_exam_demo.tex | MSci_exam_demo_logo.tex | MSci_exam_demo.pdf | MSci_exam_demo_logo.pdf |
The logo option to insert a
graphical image of the Queen Mary logo instead of the text "Queen Mary,
University of London" is based on code by
Steve Schwartz, but to use it you also need one of the following
graphics files provided by Steve: qmula.eps
for use with regular LATEX; qmula.pdf
for use with PDFLATEX. This is because pdflatex
does not accept ordinary EPS graphics files; if you want to produce PDF from LATEX
source including EPS files then I recommend latex
followed by dvipdfm, which is how I produced the PDF files
available here (but see also
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/purifyeps/).
Usage: If you use MiKTEX
on Windows then I recommend that you just put the file exam.cls,
and optionally also qmula.eps, qmula.pdf, in your
local "shadow" of the directory texmf\tex\latex and then
refresh the file name database (select MiKTeX
/ MiKTeX Options from the Windows Start
menu). This works well for both LATEX and PDFLATEX.
Something similar should work on other platforms but, as a last resort,
putting all relevant files in
the current directory should work in all cases.
The new \startexam command
This command is not yet documented elsewhere. It is intended to be placed after the main rubric and converts the first page into a cover page, so that the exam proper appears on the next page. This is to comply with current QM exam guidelines. Its use is illustrated in the following files:
| LATEX source files | Formatted PDF files |
|---|---|
| BSc_exam_demo_logo_cover.tex | BSc_exam_demo_logo_cover.pdf |
Revision for 2007
The current version puts page numbers in the header on alternating sides as required by current College instructions. However, it does not put a page number on the first page because it looks bad. The examples above do not show this revision.
Francis Wright, 08 January 2007