</p>
<p>By default the comparisons ignore the case of the text. There is an option
-to make the comparisons case sensitive.</p>
+ to make the comparisons case sensitive.</p>
<p>The asterix (*) character can be used in answers as a "wild card"
character. It stands for any number of characters (including no charcters
at all). For example, the answer "Long*" will match
"longer", "longest" and "long". If one of
the answers is just "*" (a single *) this anwser will match
- anything, it is normally used as the last "catch-all" answer.
- (If an asterix (*) is actually needed in an answer, it should be entered as
- \*, backslash asterix)<p></li>
+ anything, it is normally used as the last "catch-all" answer. The
+ matching process goes through the answers in the order they appear on the
+ screen. Once a match is found the process stops and the corresponding
+ result (and response, if present) is returned. So, if for example the
+ answers are Longest, Long* and * (in that order), the input
+ "longer" will match the second answer and, in this case, the
+ third answer, although a match, is ignored.</p>
+
+<p> If an asterix (*) is actually needed in an answer, it should be entered as
+ \*, backslash asterix.<p></li>
<li><b>True/False</b> The answer to this type of question only has two options,
true or false. The student is prompted to choose which is the correct