FAQ

The different kinds of shuffling

To illustrate the different modes available when shuffling (or not) the groups (see Groups of questions), consider a group named OS with 4 distinct elements: Debian, Fedora, Mageia and OpenSUSE.

We show here the result of the use of \insertgroup, depending on the group mode.

mode fixed

  • \insertgroup{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Debian

Debian

Debian

Debian

Debian

2

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

3

mageia

mageia

mageia

mageia

mageia

4

opensuse

opensuse

opensuse

opensuse

opensuse

  • \insertgroup[0]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5
  • \insertgroup[1]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Debian

Debian

Debian

Debian

Debian

  • \insertgroup[2]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Debian

Debian

Debian

Debian

Debian

2

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

  • \insertgroup[3]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Debian

Debian

Debian

Debian

Debian

2

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

3

mageia

mageia

mageia

mageia

mageia

  • \insertgroup[4]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Debian

Debian

Debian

Debian

Debian

2

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

3

mageia

mageia

mageia

mageia

mageia

4

opensuse

opensuse

opensuse

opensuse

opensuse

mode cyclic

  • \insertgroup{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Debian

Debian

Debian

Debian

Debian

2

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

3

mageia

mageia

mageia

mageia

mageia

4

opensuse

End of group.

opensuse

End of group.

opensuse

End of group.

opensuse

End of group.

opensuse

End of group.

  • \insertgroup[0]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5
  • \insertgroup[1]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Debian

Fedora

mageia

opensuse

End of group.

Debian

  • \insertgroup[2]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Debian

mageia

Debian

mageia

Debian

2

Fedora

opensuse

End of group.

Fedora

opensuse

End of group.

Fedora

  • \insertgroup[3]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Debian

opensuse

End of group.

mageia

Fedora

Debian

2

Fedora

Debian

opensuse

End of group.

mageia

Fedora

3

mageia

Fedora

Debian

opensuse

End of group.

mageia

  • \insertgroup[4]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Debian

Debian

Debian

Debian

Debian

2

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

3

mageia

mageia

mageia

mageia

mageia

4

opensuse

End of group.

opensuse

End of group.

opensuse

End of group.

opensuse

End of group.

opensuse

End of group.

mode withreplacement

  • \insertgroup{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Fedora

Fedora

mageia

opensuse

opensuse

2

mageia

opensuse

Debian

Debian

Fedora

3

opensuse

mageia

opensuse

Fedora

mageia

4

Debian

Debian

Fedora

mageia

Debian

Shuffle before the new copy?

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

  • \insertgroup[0]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5
  • \insertgroup[1]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Debian

Fedora

mageia

mageia

opensuse

Shuffle before the new copy?

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

  • \insertgroup[2]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Debian

mageia

Debian

mageia

Debian

2

Fedora

opensuse

Fedora

opensuse

Fedora

Shuffle before the new copy?

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

  • \insertgroup[3]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Debian

opensuse

mageia

Fedora

Debian

2

Fedora

Debian

opensuse

mageia

Fedora

3

mageia

Fedora

Debian

opensuse

mageia

Shuffle before the new copy?

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

  • \insertgroup[4]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Fedora

Fedora

mageia

opensuse

opensuse

2

mageia

opensuse

Debian

Debian

Fedora

3

opensuse

mageia

opensuse

Fedora

mageia

4

Debian

Debian

Fedora

mageia

Debian

Shuffle before the new copy?

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

mode withoutreplacement

  • \insertgroup{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Fedora

Fedora

mageia

opensuse

opensuse

2

mageia

opensuse

Debian

Debian

Fedora

3

opensuse

mageia

opensuse

Fedora

mageia

4

Debian

End of group

new shuffle

Debian

End of group.

new shuffle

Fedora

End of group.

new shuffle

mageia

End of group.

new shuffle

Debian

End of group.

new shuffle

  • \insertgroup[0]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5
  • \insertgroup[1]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Fedora

mageia

opensuse

Debian

End of group.

new shuffle

Fedora

  • \insertgroup[2]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Fedora

opensuse

Fedora

mageia

mageia

2

mageia

Debian

End of group.

new shuffle

opensuse

Debian

End of group.

new shuffle

Debian

  • \insertgroup[3]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Fedora

Debian

End of group.

new shuffle

mageia

Debian

opensuse

2

mageia

Fedora

Debian

End of group.

new shuffle

opensuse

Fedora

3

opensuse

opensuse

mageia

Fedora

End of group.

new shuffle

mageia

  • \insertgroup[4]{OS}

question Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5

1

Fedora

Fedora

mageia

End of group

opensuse

opensuse

2

mageia

opensuse

Debian

Debian

Fedora

3

opensuse

mageia

opensuse

Fedora

mageia

4

Debian

End of group

new shuffle

Debian

End of group.

new shuffle

Fedora

End of group.

new shuffle

mageia

End of group.

new shuffle

Debian

End of group.

new shuffle