1.1. Problem Statement

The general problems to be addressed by the Test Tool project are the following:

  1. to provide a reliable and easy to use software tool that allows teachers to generate tests based on self generated questions

  2. to provide a secure test taking environment for students
While these problems have been solved by a number of commercially available and public domain products, the Test Tool provides a solution with certain functional improvements over existing tools. Specific problem areas are the following:

  1. instantaneous results provided to students upon submission of results

  2. customizable test generation

  3. ability to view previous and active tests

The Test Tool project addresses the requirements of a particular customer. This customer needs a tool with a collection of features not available in any single existing tool. This aspect of the problem is one of combining a set of existing features in a way that the features have yet to be combined in another product.

In addition, the development of functioning software, the Test Tool project focuses on two additional problems not addressed in commercial tools:

  1. to provide a pedagogical example for use in the instruction of software engineering, including an example of the practical application of formal methods

  2. to provide fully documented, public domain source code for use by others




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