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Error using exam class with customized exercise layout : "Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item"

In order to generate fancy examination documents, I usually use some custom command of mine to turn the \section command into exercise titles. Then, I use the \uplevel command for exercise ...
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How to customize horizontal alignment of questions, parts, subparts,... of the exam document class?

I am working with exam document class preparing tests for my students. As known exam document class has its own internal numbering system for lists which hierarchical are questions, parts,subparts, ...
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paracol/exam: How to continue the numbering of choices when switching between columns/rows?

I would like to make the choices list continue the numbering when moving from one column/row to another instead of labeling those of the first row as A and those of the second row as B. \...
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Hide/unhide questions using a command like \printquestions in exam.cls

I am trying to customize the question environment of exam.cls. I want to have a command like \printquestions to hide/unhide the questions, while retaining the points and question labels. I have used ...
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How can I resume the part numbering in exam document class?

For enumerate there are options like start or resume or commands like \setcounter{enumi}{4} or \addtocounter{enumi}{41} as discussed in questions like How can I make an enumerate list start at ...
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How to make part of question under exam class left align vertically

Here is the code : \documentclass{exam} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{parskip} \usepackage{dsfont} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{adjustbox} \...
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Assign marks to questions and then add them all up

I would like to assign and tally up points on LaTeX. Here is a snip it of my exam paper. \documentclass{exam} \begin{document} \begin{enumerate}[label=\textbf{\arabic*}\hspace{4mm}] \item Given $z=\...
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Creating different beamer frames using list-like syntax

I am trying to get \LaTeX\ to use a list style syntax for beamer. I need it for some very specific circumstances that each \item will dump all it's contents into a new frame. To achieve that, I was ...
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Parts of a question without parentheses in document class exam

How to do Parts number of a question without parentheses in document class exam ? \documentclass{exam} \begin{document} \begin{questions} \question \begin{parts} \part The sub question 1 ? ...
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Why the part question labels are not vertically left aligned in exam class

I'm using TexLive 2015 under Windows XP, and using the latest exam class. Here is the sample code build by Xelatex engine. \documentclass[a4paper]{exam} \begin{document} \begin{questions} \question[...
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Add asterisk in Exam class

I am writing some exercise for students using exam class. I want some question to be after-class exercise and indicate that by putting an asterisk after the question number, something like (a)*. I ...
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Question on Subdivision?

\documentclass[11pt,paper=a4,answers]{exam} \usepackage{graphicx,lastpage} \usepackage{upgreek} \usepackage{censor} \censorruledepth=-.2ex \censorruleheight=.1ex \hyphenpenalty 10000 \usepackage[...
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Placing figures adjacent to exam choices

In the following mwe, I'd like the circular ohm formula figure to be positioned further to the right and the bottom of the figure lined up with choice D of question 4. I don't want the blank space ...
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How to automatically align the four choices of a multiple choice question in exam?

This question led to a new package: multiple-choice We can have three types of column typeset. See the image below: The above image was created using the LaTeX code below: \documentclass{article} \...
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Curious behaviour of nested list environments

Could someone explain what is happening in the example below? It looks like a bug in the exam document class to me. \documentclass{exam} \begin{document} \begin{questions} \question This is a ...
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