Question Object File Format (QUOX) is a file format

File format

A file format is a particular way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.Since a disk drive, or indeed any computer storage, can store only bits, the computer must have some way of converting information to 0s and 1s and vice-versa. There are different kinds of formats for...

 created by Quobject Software in 2009 for easy exam question exchange.
QUOX is used for representing an exam question with text, pictures and MathML

MathML

Mathematical Markup Language is an application of XML for describing mathematical notations and capturing both its structure and content. It aims at integrating mathematical formulae into World Wide Web pages and other documents...

 in any order together with the answer of the question in a single file. This allows for easy sharing of questions among teachers and quick combination of this files for rapid creation of worksheets, exams and online quizzes.

QUOX files are a proprietary format following the Office Open XML standard and can easily be created with Quobject Designer

Quobject Designer

Quobject Designer is a freeware computer software running on MS Windows. It enables easy creation of question object files . Exam questions in the quox format can easily be shared among teachers and quickly combined for rapid creation of worksheets, exams and online quizzes within Quobject...

 and managed with Quobject Explorer

Quobject Explorer

Quobject Explorer is a freeware computer software that enables rapid creation of worksheets, exams and online quizzes by managing quox files that contain questions and answers packaged together in a single file...

. Both tools are freeware

Freeware

Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee, but usually with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the...

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