Exam BlocksExam Blocks ยท For paper multiple-choice exams
Test versions that make copying on paper exams useless
The simplest guard against copying on a paper test is two versions with the questions in different orders, handed out so no one sits beside the same version. Exam Blocks makes them from the test you already have: box each question on your PDF and print Version A and Version B with a key for each.
- Your file never leaves your device.
- Figures, formulas and tables print as you made them.
- Free for two versions of up to 20 blocks.
Start with question 1: drag from its top-left corner to below its last choice.
Worked case: 30 desks in 5 rows of 6
- Make Version A and Version B. Lay them out like a checkerboard: A, B, A, B across the first row, then B, A, B, A across the next.
- Now the students on either side and directly in front of or behind each student hold the other version: 15 copies of each.
- With 20 questions, two random orders put the same question at the same number about once on average, so copying a neighbor's answers is wrong on nearly every line.
- Students write their version on the answer sheet, and you grade each pile against its own key from the answer map.
Questions
Are two versions enough?
For rows of desks seated like a checkerboard, yes: no side, front or back neighbor shares a version. In a lecture hall with diagonal sight lines, more versions help.
Does this stop all cheating?
No. It makes a glance at a neighbor's paper useless; it does nothing about notes or phones, so the usual watching still matters.
Do the answer choices move too?
No. Questions move as whole pieces, and the choices stay as written.
How long does it take?
You draw one box per question and pick its answer. The page cuts and lays out the versions for you.