Development of a web-based question bank for automated question paper generation

Abstract

Question paper is an important part of an education system for assessing the learning of the students. Security is an important concern in the question paper generation process for examinations. Question paper leaks can ruin the whole examination process. This project introduced a web-based secure automated question paper generation system that is robust to question paper leakage as it replaces the manual process of question paper generation in a traditional way. The proposed system presents a smart question paper generator to generate questions within seconds. This project includes two processes- (i) Question Bank Development process and (ii) The Question Paper Generation process. Only registered composer, i.e., teacher will have the authority of addition and update in Question Bank Database. This system considered the two kinds of major examination held in our country. One is Question Paper Generation for public examination, i.e., JSC, SSC, HSC, etc., and second is Question Paper Generation for another day to day examination like a class test, term finals, and yearly test. For public examination, a registered moderator only can set the pattern, i.e., the total number of questions, chapter and complexity level of each question. But, the person does not know particularly which questions are being generated. Here, authorized exam center can print question paper after the stipulated time. Whenever any authorized exam center requests to generate question paper, a random one time password (OTP) will be generated after every successive generation of the question paper to ensure the security of the question which will be sent to a specified cell phone or email address. This OTP is used to download or print the question paper from the secure server. For other examinations, authorities of registered institutes will be able to log in the system and customize the questions as per syllabus, requirements the complexity of the generated question paper. This project assumes that the complexity level and selecting the number of question are the main challenges in question paper generation. Other challenges include the addition of the Bangla and English version of the questions simultaneously. Hence, considering these challenges, an automated question paper generation system will be able to provide a secure environment and reduce human effort by maintaining a fair examination.