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Method and apparatus for constructing and grading objective examinations
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1975-03-24
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Granted: 1978-02-21
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Expires: 1995-03-24
Abstract
Abstract Method and apparatus for constructing and grading objective examinations wherein the answers are recorded on answer sheets by darkening pre-selected spaces corresponding to the selected answer. A template is placed on the answer sheet, the template having pre-punched holes which yield a plurality of answer patterns depending on the template orientation. Indicia are provided for indicating the appropriate answer pattern yielded by the template in each given orientation. To construct an examination, question sheets are provided having spaces for questions and spaces for a plurality of possible answers with a disappearable or removable indicium juxtaposed adjacent the position for the correct answer. The pattern of the removable indicium on each particular question sheet blank corresponds to the pattern of holes of the template in one of its pre-determined orientations. A grading tray is also included for providing careful register between the template and the answer sheets, the grading tray and the template cooperate to provide an indication of the template orientation.
Inventors
- 👤 Ben Joseph Friedman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 19:11
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B3/00; G09B3/06; G09B3/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
208 words
Apparatus for scoring an examination answer sheet of the type having question indicia for designating a plurality of questions and a plurality of separately positioned answer spaces associated with each question indicia corresponding to a plurality of possible answers thereto, said apparatus comprising: a grading tray including a base support for said answer sheet; a template having a plurality of holes therein corresponding to predetermined answer spaces on said answer sheet representing the correct answers for said plurality of questions; means on said base support for registering said template holes with said spaces on said answer sheet disposed on said base support, said template being variably orientable relative to said answer sheet on said base support, whereby to change the answer spaces on said answer sheet in register with said template holes; means for indicating the orientation of said template relative to said answer sheet; said template relative to said answer sheet and said answer sheet being rectangular and said registering means comprising an upstanding wall for engaging no more than three sides of the rectangular peripheries of said template and answer sheet; said registering means further comprising a discontinuity in the periphery of said template and a plurality of complementary interfitting surface discontinuities in said upstanding wall.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
208 words
Apparatus for scoring an examination answer sheet of the type having question indicia for designating a plurality of questions and a plurality of separately positioned answer spaces associated with each question indicia corresponding to a plurality of possible answers thereto, said apparatus comprising: a grading tray including a base support for said answer sheet; a template having a plurality of holes therein corresponding to predetermined answer spaces on said answer sheet representing the correct answers for said plurality of questions; means on said base support for registering said template holes with said spaces on said answer sheet disposed on said base support, said template being variably orientable relative to said answer sheet on said base support, whereby to change the answer spaces on said answer sheet in register with said template holes; means for indicating the orientation of said template relative to said answer sheet; said template relative to said answer sheet and said answer sheet being rectangular and said registering means comprising an upstanding wall for engaging no more than three sides of the rectangular peripheries of said template and answer sheet; said registering means further comprising a discontinuity in the periphery of said template and a plurality of complementary interfitting surface discontinuities in said upstanding wall.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said template is square, and said upstanding wall engages three sides thereof, and the surface discontinuities in said wall are notches in each of said three sides thereof, and the surface discontinuity in said template is an outwardly extending tab complementary to said notches.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising means on said template tab and on said tray adjacent said notches for indicating the orientation of said template relative to said tray.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said means for indicating the orientation of said template comprises indicia on an element taken from the group consisting of said base support and said answer sheet on said base support, and means on said template orientable with said template and cooperable with said indicia means for indicating said orientation of said template.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said indicia are a plurality of separate positioned indicia, one corresponding to each of said orientations, and said means on said template cooperable with said indicia is a mark for covering in each orientation all of said indicia excepting the one corresponding to the said orientation.
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