Exam authoring for educators

PrimeExam is a Windows application for creating and managing question banks, composing exams, and publishing multiple exam forms in HTML and PDF formats.

PrimeExam is designed to help educators maintain reusable collections of questions and efficiently assemble exams while retaining control over question content, organization, layout, and presentation.

PrimeExam Help

PrimeExam includes detailed help covering question banks, question editing, exam creation, mathematical notation, layouts, images, topics, resources, backup and restore, and other features.

Help is available in multiple languages. Additional translations may be added over time.

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PrimeExam in action

Explore some of PrimeExam's major tools and workflows. Click any screenshot to open the full-size image.

Getting started and question banks

The PrimeExam launch pad provides quick access to the application's main tools.

PrimeExam question bank editor — Manage, organize, and work with questions in a reusable question bank.

Importing questions into a PrimeExam question bank — Import questions from a text file into a PrimeExam question bank.

Question editing, math, and layout

PrimeExam question editor — Create and edit question content, answers, choices, and related information.

Editing a math question in PrimeExam — Edit questions containing mathematical notation directly from the question editor.

PrimeExam symbol editor with LaTeX preview — Enter LaTeX notation and preview the rendered mathematical expression.

PrimeExam layout editor with a question and image — Arrange question text and images using PrimeExam's visual layout editor.

PrimeExam template editor — Create and edit reusable exam layout templates.

Exam creation and publishing

PrimeExam exam editor — Assemble and manage an exam in the main exam editor.

PrimeExam random exam wizard selecting source question banks — Select source question banks when building an exam with the random exam wizard.

PrimeExam random exam wizard question type criteria — Define question-type criteria for randomized exam generation.

Publishing an exam in PrimeExam — Publish completed exams and multiple forms directly from the exam editor.

Reviewing published HTML and PDF exams in PrimeExam — Review generated HTML and PDF exam output before distribution.

Images, topics, resources, and backup

PrimeExam image editor — Manage question images in a visual grid.

PrimeExam topic editor — Import, activate, and organize topic groups used to classify questions.

PrimeExam resource editor — Maintain textbook and other resource information associated with questions.

PrimeExam backup and restore window — Back up and restore PrimeExam data, including associated images.

Feedback and suggestions

PrimeExam send feedback window — Send feedback to Ensatina Software directly from PrimeExam.

PrimeExam suggestion submission window — Submit feature suggestions and ideas from within the application.

PrimeExam suggestion list with voting controls — Browse community suggestions and vote on ideas you would like to see considered.

A history spanning more than two decades

The original PrimeExam was developed in the early 2000s as an exam-authoring tool for educators. Copies of that historical version can still be found on third-party software archive sites, but the original version is no longer maintained or supported.

Today's PrimeExam is a newly developed Windows application that carries the original concept forward with a modern interface and expanded capabilities.

For a more detailed history of PrimeExam, including the story of its original designer, Dr. Charles Brown, see The History of PrimeExam and Dr. Charles Brown.

Ensatina Software LLC

PrimeExam is developed and published by Ensatina Software LLC.