Exam Creation Exam creation in CATS was designed to be easy and straightforward.
Word allows any graphic or OLE-compatible object to be inserted into an exam item.
Style sheets are used to ensure consistency among items in an exam and between different exams. Each test item is stored both as a separate document and as an object in a Microsoft Access database. The process of creating an exam is therefore one of creating the items as Word documents, and updating the Access databases. The items themselves are usually cut from existing tests and pasted into a separate Word document. CATS is designed to work within the existing UESP supervised testing system.