Patent Document ID: 4547161
Application ID: 06587356

Base Claim:
1. A Cloze-Elide automatic test system, comprising a test sheet of predetermined dimensions and having a plurality of defined marking areas thereon arranged in rows, each said marking area having respective predetermined position on said sheet, a text of printed words of a first optical reflectivity arranged in said rows, each said printed word defining a word position corresponding to one or more of said marking areas, indicia of a second optical reflectivity overmarking selected ones of said words, and optical scanning means having different optical sensitivities to said words and said overmarking indicia, for scanning said sheet to determine the positions of said overmarked words.

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Claim 3:
3. The system as described in claim 1, wherein said sheet comprises registering indicia representative of predetermined sheet positions, and wherein said optical scanning means comprises means for sensing said registering indicia and using same in determining the positions of said overmarked words.