The question of the day web application is beta software, it is still under testing and development. The questions are selected at random from the database.You can see an entire 60 question mock exam by going to Test Mock exam . If you like that example you can purchase a subscription to the full database from www.examulator.com/home/tigertamer.htm

The questions are mainly checkbox and radio button style, but some are "sequence" questions. These are designed to mimic the "drag and drop" questions on the real exam where you are given a selection of words that have to be dragged into the correct order. On the real exam you will be told how many options you need to select. On this system you can choose to be told how many correct answers are expected, or you can make things more difficult for yourself by not showing that information. A question will only be marked as correct if you select all of the correct answers.

The system uses PHP pages for both display purposes and the creation of objects for managing the processing of questions. The original version of the system was created using JSP pages, but I was unable to identify reliable and affordable hosting to meet my needs. When answers are submitted the details are written to the database so that over time it may be possible to work out how hard/correct/complex each question is.

The questions are stored in a MySQL database, not because MySQL is particularly good, but because it is cheaply available.The PHP code uses the ADOdb database abstraction layer, so in theory it would be easy to port to an alternative database.

I have attempted to test the application with several different browsers including IE, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera, and the text based Lynx and Links browsers.

Marcus Green