ABSTRACT

The purpose of this project was to design and develop a Computer Based Testing (CBT) system in order to facilitate the process of conducting e-examinations especially in tertiary institutions. There is a growing need to find an easy and effective way to carryout continuous assessments for the increasing population of students. The CBT system will afford instructors the opportunity to assign different weights to the multiple choice questions. The method adopted was a client/server based model which required the use of Web development tools such as Hyper-text Mark-up Language (HTML), Hyper-text Pre-processor (PHP), JavaScript, Cascaded Style Sheets (CSS) and a database management system such as MySQL. Results from the project show that the CBT system has a simple and easy-to-use interactive user-interface. Two types of account can be created – the candidates account and the administrator account. These accounts have different privileges which are regarded as the use-case of the system. A candidate can register, take examination and view the examination result, while an administrator can view and delete candidates profile as well as set questions. Since the entrance examination is examined by the computer, time is saved and cost is reduced as compared to Paper Based Test (PBT).