eExam

-The Online Examination System

Submitted by:

Niraj Lala
Y2m004

Department of computer science and engineering

National Institute of Technology
Calicut-673601

November 2004
 Certificate
This is to certify that this mini-project report titled
“Online examination System” is a bonafide record of the mini-project done
by Niraj Lala (y2m004) of 5 thsemester MCA student, National Institute
of Technology, Calicut.

Guide: Professor and Head:

Dr.M.P Sebastian Dr. V.K Govindan
Asst. Professor Professor
Dept. of Computer Engineering Dept. of Computer Engineering
NIT, Calicut NIT, Calicut
 Acknowledgement

I would like to put on records my sincere thanks to:

Dr. M.P Sebastian, Asst. Professor. Computer science and engineering

department.

I would also like to thank all of my friends and well wishers who helped me a lot
in the successful completion of mini-project.

Niraj Lala
 Abstract
The eExam is a web based Online Examination System which
will help in conducting the Online Examination.

eExam has been developed for conducting multiple choice

online test. It has got three sections -1.English, 2.Computer and
3.Mathematics
With time limit for each section.

The examinee will be able to take up the exam and he/she will
also be able to view the results immediately after each section.
The system also lets the examinee know about the correct and
incorrect answers.
 CONTENTS

1. Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------

2. System Analysis -------------------------------

2.1 Problem Definition ----------------------------

2.2 Existing System -----------------------------------
2.3 Proposed System ---------------------------------
2.4 System Requirement -----------------------------

3. Examination Procedure --------------------------------------------

4. System Design ----------------------------------------

4.1 System Requirement Specification -----------

4.2 Class Diagram ------------------------------------9

4.3 Use Case Diagram ---------------------------------10

4.4 Sequence Diagram ------------------------------- 11

5. Implementation

5.3 Module I ------------------------------------------

5.4 Module II -----------------------------------------

6. Testing and Maintenance ------------------------------------------

7. Few Snap Shots -----------------------------------------------------

8. Conclusion ----------------------------------------------------------

9. Reference -----------------------------------------------------------
 Introduction

eExam is a cost-effective and popular means of mass evaluation system.

The existing system is manual and not secure up to the mark. Computer-
based testing can also achieve significant cost-savings, by virtue of the
speed at which results are analyzed and presented.

The system we describe is an Internet-Based Testing (IBT) system. There

are two types of people who participate in this system one is the user and
other is the administrator. The administrator is responsible for writing and
scoring examinations. He can add question to the database, add new user
to the database and issue a valid ID for that user. The examinee takes up
the test and gets the result immediately for each section.

eExam is web based system that provides the facility to conduct

online examinations.

Following are the modules of eExam software:

(1) Verifier :

This module verifies the authentication of the users/examinees and

provides the further access to authenticated users.

(2) Conductor :

This module conducts the examination and provides different menus to

users/examinees.

The user interacts with the system with module. It provides a user friendly
interface to users.

(3) Result maker:

This module declares the marks/result after the examination.

Examination process:

First of all the user/examinee gets a valid identification number (same as

the roll no for a normal examination).The user can log on with this
identification no. and can take up the examination. After logging in the user
can see various options and can choose the option from the menu.

Results:

After completion of examination the administrator can view the results

within seconds

System Requirement Specification

System Requirements for eEXAM:--

• Windows 98/2000/XP
•
• JDK Platform
•
• Microsoft Access
•
• Apache Tomcat Server
 Design Phase I: - Use Case Diagram

<<extends>> Create/edit/dele
te Question
Control
exam
Administrator
<<uses>>

Put Questions
<<uses>>

<<uses>>
Select
Ans
Save answers
Examinee

<<uses>>

View results
Verify Answers

Exam control
Generate result system
 Design Phase II: - Class Diagram

eExam

User Administrator Server

User_ID Admin_ID
User_name Admin_name
User_address Admin_address
User_age Admin_sex
User_sex Admin_sex

Select_answer () Create_question () Select_userDB ()

View_result () Delete_question () Select_questionDB ()
Edit_question ()
Get_result ()

UserDB QuestionDB
 Design Phase III :- Sequence Diagram
Examinee Examinatio
Conductor n
Invoke Login

Display

Select Exam option

Generate Private Key

Send Private Key

Prompt for Exam

Send Exam ID
Request for Questions
Send Question

Send Question

Select “View” Instruction

Display Instructions

Request for Starting the exam

Display Section 1
Mark on Section 1

Display Section n

Mark on Section n
Action = Submit or Timer <=0

Return to Prompt

Send Marked Question

Exit Exam Program
 Implementation

Packages used for developing eExam:--

• Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 (JSP)

• Microsoft Access (Database)
• Apache Tomcat Server (Server)

The whole implementation is done in two modules. The first one is

Administrator and the second is Examinee.

Module I:-

This first module tracks the path of Administrator. In this module it shows
how the admin can log into the system with a valid password and can add
new valid user to the database. His name and examid is saved in the
database .Also he can manipulate the database and add new question in
the database from the webpage itself. It also shows how many questions
are in database.

Module II:-

This second module track the path for the examinee .The examinee can log
into the system with a valid ID issued by the admin. After successfully login
into the system the examinee moves to the instruction web page where he
will get instruction about the examination process. Then after clicking the
start button the exam starts and timer also starts .In this manner examinee
can take up the test and clicking the submit button , he will get the result of
that section immediately. At the end system displays the initial web page.
 Database Description
In this project the database plays a key role for storing the name, id and
marks of the examinee. The are mainly eight tables in this project.

The tables are:

Examinee:
Attribute Name Data type Constraints
Examinee name Text
Examinee ID Text Primary Key

Administrator:
Attribute Name Data type Constraints
Admin Name Text
Admin ID Text Primary Key

Questions:
Attribute Name Data type Constraints
Question Num Text
Option1 Text
Option2 Text
Option3 Text
Option4 Text
Answer Text

Sections:
Attribute Name Data type Constraints
English Text
Computer Text
Mathematics Text

Marks:
Attribute Name Data type Constraints
Examinee Name Text
Examinee ID Text Primary Key
Engmarks Text
Compmarks Text
Mathmarks Text
 Testing

• White-Box Testing:

White-box testing is the testing of the underlying

implementation of a piece of software (e.g., source code) without
regard to the specification (external description) for that piece of
software. The goal of white-box testing of source code is to identify
such items as (unintentional) infinite loops, paths through the code
which should be allowed, but which cannot be executed and dead
(unreachable) code.

• Black-Box Testing:

Black-box testing is the testing of a piece of software without regard

to its Underlying implementation. Specifically, it dictates that test
cases for a piece of Software is to be generated based solely on an
examination of the specification (External description) for that piece
of software.

• Ad Hoc Testing :

A testing phase where the tester tries to 'break' the system by

randomly trying the systems functionality. This also includes
‘Monkey Testing’- testing a system or an Application on the fly, i.e.
just few tests here and there to ensure the system does not crash out.
 • End-to-End testing:

Testing a complete application environment in a situation that mimics

real-world use, such as interacting with a database, using network
communications, or interacting with other hardware, applications, or
systems if appropriate.

Maintenance:-

The maintenance of system is very simple but enhancement is

required and to be carried on.Enhancements to be carried out
require inclusion of requirements that have come up after the
requirements were frozen. This includes some functionality
changes in the Examination procedure as well as including
greater details about the Examinee. The system is not a
platform dependent.
Few Snap Shots
 Security Issues

• In the eExam various security issues have been

implemented. like… The examinee can’t open any
other page without a valid login. If someone tries to
open any page he/she is redirected to the login page.

• The examinee can navigate to the previous page by

clicking on the back button of the browser. This
navigation should not be allowed. But even if the
examinee goes back and tries to take up the exam
again ,he/she won’t be able to do so because there
will be only one entry in the marks database for a
particular ID
• This software can be upgraded in future and many
more advanced features can be added to it.
 Conclusion

• The eExam is a small but effective system for conducting

online examinations.

• Its very small in size and can be stored even if in a floppy.

• Its cost effective.

• It can be easily modified and can be converted to other

useful system. for example it can be converted to Online
Quizzing System or Online Feed Back System.

• Its worth trying.

References: -

1. Ian Somerville, “Software Engineering”, Sixth Edition,

Pearson Education Ltd, 2002.

2. Page Jones, “Fundamentals of Object Oriented design in

UML”, Addison Wesley Longman Pvt Ltd.

3. Elamsri and Navathe, “Fundamentals of Database

Systems”, Pearson Asia Edition 2000