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

1. To provide an efficient and easy to use tool that develops, manages, administers and prints custom tests. The tool should be much more efficient than traditional methods of creating tests, such as using MS word. The tool should also have integration with an IDE to allow teachers to give students programing questions.
2. To provide a secure database of tests and test questions and management tools for purpose of sharing of tests and questions.

A number of commercially available products have a question database and can create tests much faster than the traditional methods, however, the Test Tool we will be creating has computer science specific test taking features, such as integrated IDE support for code questions and automated grading of code questions.

1. To provide a testing environment that has built in IDE integration allow students to complete coding questions with the advantage of having a compiler and debugger.
2. To provide a automatic grader for programs written by students, checking the output of the students program to that of the instructors.