[Tex/LaTex] Format question in examclass

examformatting

I want to format all the questions and subquestions in bold.
\qformat only affects what's in front of the real text.

MWE:

\documentclass[answers]{exam}
\begin{document}
    This should not be in bold
    \begin{questions}
        \question This is a question
        \begin{solution}
             This should not be in bold
        \end{solution}
        \begin{parts}
            \part This is a subquestion
        \end{parts}

        \question This is a second question
    \end{questions}
    This should not be in bold
\end{document}

I want This is a question, This is a subquestion and This is a second question in bold.

I have no idea of how to do this.

Best Answer

Something like this?

\documentclass[answers]{exam}

\usepackage{xpatch}
\makeatletter
\xpatchcmd{\questions}{\par\fi\@doitem}{\par\fi\bfseries\@doitem}{}{}
\xpatchcmd{\questions}{\par\fi\@doitem}{\par\fi\bfseries\@doitem}{}{}
\xpatchcmd{\questions}{\par\fi\@doitem}{\par\fi\bfseries\@doitem}{}{}
\makeatother

\SolutionEmphasis{\normalfont}

\begin{document}

This should not be in bold
\begin{questions}
\show\question
  \question This is a question
  \begin{solution}
  This should not be in bold
  \end{solution}
  \begin{parts}
  \part This is a subquestion
  \end{parts}

  \question This is a second question
\end{questions}

This should not be in bold

\end{document}

If you only want the text of the question in boldface, here's a different set of patches.

\documentclass[answers]{exam}

\usepackage{xpatch}
\makeatletter
\xpretocmd{\item@points@pageinfo}{\normalfont}{}{}
\xapptocmd{\item@points@pageinfo}{\bfseries}{}{}
\makeatother

\SolutionEmphasis{\normalfont}

\begin{document}

This should not be in bold
\begin{questions}
  \question[3] This is a question
  \begin{solution}
  This should not be in bold
  \end{solution}
  \begin{parts}
  \part This is a subquestion
  \end{parts}

  \question This is a second question
\end{questions}

This should not be in bold

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Customized bonus questions in exam class

Looking at the source of exam.cls there is a if@bonus that you can use to test if you are typesetting a bonus or a regular question. Hacking a bit you can do something like

\makeatletter
\newcommand\thetotalpoints{%
  \if@bonus
    [\totalbonuspoints\ bonus points]
  \else
    [\totalpoints\ points]
  \fi
}
\makeatother

\qformat{Question \thequestion: \thetotalpoints \hfill}

[Tex/LaTex] How to typeset subquestions and the corresponding answers

With the probsoln package, problems can be defined either within the document or in an external file that can be loaded using a command such as \loadallproblems or \loadrandomproblems.

Here's a simple example with the problems defined in the document:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{probsoln}

\begin{defproblem}{prob1}% label
  \begin{onlyproblem}% question
    Calculate the following:%

    \begin{textenum}
    \item $7+2$
    \item $9-9$
    \item $5+5+5$
    \end{textenum}
  \end{onlyproblem}%
  \begin{onlysolution}% solution
    \begin{textenum}
    \item $9$
    \item $0$
    \item $15$
    \end{textenum}
  \end{onlysolution}
\end{defproblem}

\begin{defproblem}{prob2}% label
  \begin{onlyproblem}% question
    Solve the following equations:

    \begin{textenum}
    \item $x+5=7$
    \item $x-5=9$
    \item $5x=20$
    \end{textenum}
  \end{onlyproblem}%
  \begin{onlysolution}% solution
    \begin{textenum}
    \item $x=2$
    \item $x=14$
    \item $x=4$
    \end{textenum}
  \end{onlysolution}
\end{defproblem}

\begin{document}
\renewcommand{\labelenumii}{\theenumii)}

\begin{enumerate}
\foreachproblem{\item\thisproblem}
\end{enumerate}

\section*{Solutions}

\showanswers
\begin{enumerate}
\foreachsolution{\item\thisproblem}
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

This produces

Image of document showing problems and the solutions

The formatting can be changed. For example, using the enumitem package:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{probsoln}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\begin{defproblem}{prob1}% label
  \begin{onlyproblem}% question
    Calculate the following:%

    \begin{textenum}
    \item $7+2$
    \item $9-9$
    \item $5+5+5$
    \end{textenum}
  \end{onlyproblem}%
  \begin{onlysolution}% solution
    \begin{textenum}
    \item $9$
    \item $0$
    \item $15$
    \end{textenum}
  \end{onlysolution}
\end{defproblem}

\begin{defproblem}{prob2}% label
  \begin{onlyproblem}% question
    Solve the following equations:

    \begin{textenum}
    \item $x+5=7$
    \item $x-5=9$
    \item $5x=20$
    \end{textenum}
  \end{onlyproblem}%
  \begin{onlysolution}% solution
    \begin{textenum}
    \item $x=2$
    \item $x=14$
    \item $x=4$
    \end{textenum}
  \end{onlysolution}
\end{defproblem}

\newenvironment{ExerciseList}
{\begin{enumerate}[label={\emph{Exercise \arabic*}},%
   ref={\arabic*},wide]
  \renewcommand{\labelenumii}{\theenumii)}%
}
{\end{enumerate}}

\newcommand{\exercise}{\item\mbox{}\par}

\begin{document}

\begin{ExerciseList}
\foreachproblem{\exercise\thisproblem}
\end{ExerciseList}

\section*{Solutions}

\showanswers
\begin{ExerciseList}
\foreachsolution{\exercise\thisproblem}
\end{ExerciseList}

\end{document}

This produces:

Image of resulting document

Edit:

Here's an alternative where you can write the answer next to the question in the code:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{probsoln}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\newcommand{\QA}[2]{%
  \begin{onlyproblem}#1\end{onlyproblem}%
  \begin{onlysolution}#2\end{onlysolution}}

\begin{defproblem}{prob1}% label
  \begin{onlyproblem}% question
    Calculate the following:%

  \end{onlyproblem}%
  \begin{textenum}
    \item \QA{$7+2$}{$9$}
    \item \QA{$9-9$}{$0$}
    \item \QA{$5+5+5$}{$15$}
  \end{textenum}
\end{defproblem}

\begin{defproblem}{prob2}% label
  \begin{onlyproblem}% question
    Solve the following equations:

  \end{onlyproblem}%
  \begin{textenum}
    \item \QA{$x+5=7$}{$x=2$}
    \item \QA{$x-5=9$}{$x=14$}
    \item \QA{$5x=20$}{$x=4$}
  \end{textenum}
\end{defproblem}

\newenvironment{ExerciseList}
{\begin{enumerate}[label={\emph{Exercise \arabic*}},%
   ref={\arabic*},wide]
  \renewcommand{\labelenumii}{\theenumii)}%
}
{\end{enumerate}}

\newcommand{\exercise}{\item\mbox{}\par}

\begin{document}

\begin{ExerciseList}
\foreachproblem{\exercise\thisproblem}
\end{ExerciseList}

\section*{Solutions}

\showanswers
\begin{ExerciseList}
\foreachsolution{\exercise\thisproblem}
\end{ExerciseList}

\end{document}

The result is the same as the previous example.

Edit 2:

Here's a method that defines and displays the problem. The label is generated automatically:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{probsoln}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\newcommand{\QA}[2]{%
  \begin{onlyproblem}#1\end{onlyproblem}%
  \begin{onlysolution}#2\end{onlysolution}}

\newenvironment{ExerciseList}
{\begin{enumerate}[label={\emph{Exercise \arabic*}},%
   ref={\arabic*},wide]
  \renewcommand{\labelenumii}{\theenumii)}%
}
{\end{enumerate}}

\newcommand{\exercise}{\item\mbox{}\par}

\newcommand{\Exercise}[2]{\exercise 
 #1\par
 \begin{defproblem}{prob\arabic{enumi}}%
  \begin{textenum}%
  #2%
  \end{textenum}%
 \end{defproblem}%
 \useproblem{prob\arabic{enumi}}%
}

\begin{document}

\begin{ExerciseList}
 \Exercise{Calculate the following:}%
 {%
    \item \QA{$7+2$}{$9$}
    \item \QA{$9-9$}{$0$}
    \item \QA{$5+5+5$}{$15$}
 }%

 \Exercise{Solve the following equations:}
 {%
    \item \QA{$x+5=7$}{$x=2$}
    \item \QA{$x-5=9$}{$x=14$}
    \item \QA{$5x=20$}{$x=4$}
 }
\end{ExerciseList}

\section*{Solutions}

\showanswers
\begin{ExerciseList}
\foreachsolution{\exercise\thisproblem}
\end{ExerciseList}

\end{document}

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