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Online-Exam System
Documentation
Lamiya Mohmmed El_Saedi 220093158

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1.....................................................................................................................4
Project Plane ................................................................................................................4
Introduction: ...........................................................................................................5
Objectives and concentrations: ...............................................................................5
Scope and limitations: ............................................................................................6
Project Organization (The team): ................................................................................6
Risk analysis and risk planning: ...................................................................................7
Hardware and software Requirements: .......................................................................8
Work break down:.....................................................................................................9
Schedule: ............................................................................................................... 10
Monitoring and reporting mechanisms: ..................................................................... 10
Project management approach: ................................................................................ 11
Chapter 2................................................................................................................... 12
Software Requirement Specification ............................................................................. 12
(1) Preface: ............................................................................................................. 13
(2) Introduction:...................................................................................................... 13
(3) Glossary: ........................................................................................................... 13
(4) User Requirements Definition: ............................................................................. 14
(4.1)The products and process features: ................................................................. 14
(5) System Architecture: .......................................................................................... 15
(6) System Requirement Specification: ...................................................................... 15
(6.1) Functional System Requirement:.................................................................... 15
(6.2) Non-Functional System Requirements: ........................................................... 17
6.4) Software Quality Attributes ............................................................................ 17
(6.3) System Interfaces: ........................................................................................ 18
(7) System Models: .................................................................................................. 19
(8) System Evolution: ............................................................................................... 19
(9) Appendices: ....................................................................................................... 20
Chapter (3) ................................................................................................................ 21
System Design ........................................................................................................... 21
Introduction: .......................................................................................................... 22
Context Diagram: .................................................................................................... 22
Models:.................................................................................................................. 23

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 3.1) Interaction model: ......................................................................................... 23
System Architecture: ............................................................................................... 28
Principal system objects: .......................................................................................... 29
Develop design model: ............................................................................................ 31
Object interface: ..................................................................................................... 32
Chapter (4) ................................................................................................................ 33
COCOMO ................................................................................................................... 33
COCOMOO II:.......................................................................................................... 34
The early design model: ....................................................................................... 34

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 Chapter 1

Project Plane

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1.1) Introduction:

This document will propose all features and procedures to develop the system.

This document specially containing details about objectives, scope limitation,

process model, primary requirements, team development, possible project
risks, project schedule, and finally monitoring and reporting mechanisms.

On-line Exam System is very useful for Educational Institute to prepare an

exam, safe the time that will take to check the paper and prepare mark sheets.
It will help the Institute to testing of students and develop their skills. But the
disadvantages for this system, it takes a lot of times when you prepare the
exam at the first time for usage. And we are needs number of computers with
the same number of students.

The effective use of "On-line Exam System", any Educational Institute or

training centers can be use it to develop their strategy for putting the exams,
and for getting better results in less time.

1.1.1) Objectives and concentrations:

 Corporate between the data stored in the server of the
Institution and our On-line Exam system. To deal with On-line
System in an easy way and an efficient mannered. (connection
process)
 Create strong and secrete data base that allow for any
connection in a secret way, to prevent any outside or inside
attacks.
 Specify a privilege for each person to allow each person use this
system to create his own exam. And have a complete control on
his exam.
 Allow each person to create more than one exam with different
way to create variant questions.

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 1.1.2) Scope and limitations:
 On-line Exam system is designed for Educational Institutes (like
schools, universities, training centers).
 The system handles all the operations, and generates reports as
soon as the test is finish, that includes name, mark, time spent to
solve the exam.
 Allow students to see or display his answers after the exam is
finish.
 The type of questions is only multiple choice or true and false.

1.2) Project Organization (The team):

Job Title Description

1  To manage all processes in the project

Project Manager
2  To design the models and diagrams that helps
SW Designer
the programmer in implementation phase.
3  One from outside the team and the other from
Two Testers
the inside the project team.
4  Professional in ASP.NET and SQL
Two programmers
 To programming the processes of the project.
5  To analyze the requirements of On-Line Exam
SW Analyst
System.
6  Collects drafts from each member.
 Rewrite and reformate the documents come
from each member.
Writer
 Have good print skills.
 Have a good skill to correct grammars of
statements.

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 1.3) Risk analysis and risk planning:
Project Risks:
Risk Probability Effects Risk planning strategy
The experience staff in the low serious Use more than one staff for each
team leave the project before section, which might minimize this
it is finish, or someone was ill risk. Also, manager tries to increase
salary for him.
The methodology to solve the high serious Must be study more than one
problem can't work in a methodology to minimize this risk.
proper manner.
Budget does not enough or low catastrophic Put a condition in the contract if
there is no budget. there any more expenses, the funded
side must be pay it. To avoid this
risk.
HW requirement can't come moderate serious See if there is any more time to delay
in the time. the project or not. If there is no more
time work by the team computers, to
minimize this risk.
Product Risks:
Risk Probability Effects Risk planning strategy
Packages and Development high serious Put a condition in the contract to
tools does not enough. increase the time of project delivery
depends on the problem occur. To
avoid this risk.
Can't found the suitable high tolerable Programmer must have professional
components. programming skills to write a new
code, which minimize this risk.
Business Risks:
Risk Probability Effects Risk planning strategy
Can't found the suitable place moderate tolerable Monitoring the work by E-mail every
for meeting the team. day. To avoid this risk.
Damage the electricity high serious There is a spare generator to avoid
generator. this risk.
Marketing the product low catastrophic Distribution of advertisements,
system. which minimize this risk.

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 1.4) Hardware and software Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:

Item Item Count Item price

Computers (laptop) resent version 4 600$ for each one

ADSL Internet provider - 50$ in month

Electricity Generator 2 300$ for each one

Office - 200$ in month

External HD 2 100$ for each one

Team salary 6 500$ per month (5500$)

Software Requirements:

Item Item Count Item price

MS project 5 100$

Office 2007 5 100$

ASP.NET 2 100$

Monitors program 1 100$

Upload services - 72$ in year

Node Anti-virus (the correct version) 5 30$

Another Requirements:

Foods and drinks for ( breakfast, lunch and 6 10$ for each person in a day
dinner) (3600$)

Total 13,302$

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1.5) Work break down:

2. Project manager contracts with the user who demands the system and
write a project plan. (three days)
3. Deliver the draft of project plan documentation to writer to rewrite the
documentation and rewrite the document. (three days)
4. Then gives documentation of project plan to SW analyzer to do more
analysis to verify the SRS document requirements. Then delivers SRS
document to writer. (twenty-six days)
5. SW designer gives the SRS document and start to design the diagrams and
models that helps the programmer to implement the project. Then delivers
the draft design document to writer. (forty-seven days)
6. The two programmers take a partition of the project to start an
implementation. (sixty days)
7. Throw the implementation the inner tester make validate the system and
delivers his report to writer (sixteen days)
8. After finish the project and throw the implementation phase the outside
tester validate the system and write his document then deliver to writer.
(sixteen days)
9. The final report is ready now. (nine days)

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1.6) Schedule:

1.7) Monitoring and reporting mechanisms:

The manager should monitor all activities in the project via minimize,
avoid the risks or via management control as follows:

1. Put a table for all SW requirements and print in percentage how

much finish.
2. Using software programming to monitor programmer's progress.
3. Using spyware profile to monitor the team.
4. Using software that calculate how many lines written per hour.
5. monitoring the risks as follows:
a. Change the probability and effect.
b. Delete risks or add a new one depends on the working on
project.

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1.8) Project management approach:
Software Process Model:
To solve an actual problems in an industry, software developer or a
team of developers must integrate with a development strategy that include
the process, methods and tools layer and generic phases. This strategy is often
referred to a process model or a software developing paradigm. []

Our project follows the waterfall model.

The steps of waterfall model are:
 Requirement Definition
 System and Software Design
 Implementation
 Integration and System Testing
 Operation and Maintenance

Figure (2.1): Waterfall model

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 Chapter 2

Software Requirement
Specification

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(1) Preface:
This document has been written to apply a new version of SRS Software
Requirements Specification depends on IEEE-STD-830-1998 standard. So,
you must compare this document with this standard.

This is the first version for On-Line Exam system.

This document is the basic intended for any individual user, developer, tester,
project manager or documentation writer that needs to understand the basic
system architecture and its specifications. [1]

(2) Introduction:
The purpose of this SRS document is to write the functional and non
functional user or system requirements that represent the characteristics of
On-Line Exam System.

The scope and limitation of this system is:

 The on-line exam system design to educational institutes.

 Hold all operation and generate reports to student, teachers and
administrator.
 Support multiple choices questions.
 Allow the student to prochoice the answer and to see his mark.
 Verify a security, authority and safty.

(3) Glossary:
Short name description
1 OES On-line Exam System
2 On-line Exam An exam written on a web site and solves the
questions, also on the same web site from any
place by entered user name and password.
3 Administrator Who is responsible to create a new course,
delete course, add member or delete it, i.e.:
the person who control the system
4 Faculty member A teacher in the faculty

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(4) User Requirements Definition:
The user requirement for this system is to make the system fast, flexible, less
prone to error, reduce expenses and save the time.

 Time can be saved by scheduling the exams, if it is available a question

bank to store questions for different subjects.
 A system can be given a mark by checking the students answers, and
give the result as soon as students finish his exam.
 A facility to generate a result chart as pre required without manual
interface.
 The system should have records of students and faculty that can be
access to the system which can be used only for the authorized person.
 The system should be more secure for management user records and
more reliable to work at any conditions.

(4.1)The products and process features:

This system must be designed as user required. So, the complete
requirement must be found:

 Quick scheduling:
The system helps the faculty member to generate an automatic exam
instead of using papers. Which save a time for writing, checking and for
input marks. Also, student can see the exam when he login as an
individual to the system.

 Immediate results and solutions:

When the student finishes his exam, the system checks her answers and
compared with the correct answer. And the system saves the incorrect
and correct answers and calculates the mark of correct answers. Then
give the total mark. And send a report for student to see where he is
fault.

 Easy to store and retrieve information:

Rather to save the information on a papers or in separate sheets. There
are a data base management to store and retrieve the information
needed by the administrator or Faculty member or student according a
report generated by the system.

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(5) System Architecture:

Web Browser

Login Role checking Form & Menu Data

Manager Validation

Security OES Appointment Data Import & Report

Manager Manager Export Generation

Transaction Management for OES Database

Figure (2.1): system architecture for OES

(6) System Requirement Specification:

(6.1) Functional System Requirement:
This section gives a functional requirement that applicable to the On-
Line Exam system.

There are three sub modules in this phase.

 Candidate module.
 Examiner module.
 Administrator module.

The functionality of each module is as follows:

 Candidate module: The candidate will logon to the software
and take his examination. He can also check his previous
examinations marks and his details. The candidate will get result
immediately after the completion of the examination.
 Examiner module: The database is prepared & loaded into
the software. Selection for examination can be done language
wise by the examiner. The results will be displayed immediately
after completion of the examination.

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 Administrator module: The administrator collects all the
results after successful completion of the examination and sends
to the head quarters as and when required.

The features that are available to the Administrator are:

 The administrator has the full fledged rights over the OES.
 Can create/delete an account.
 Can view the accounts.
 Can change the password.
 Can hide any kind of features from the both of users.
 Insert/delete/edit the information of available on OES.
 Can access all the accounts of the faculty members/students.

The features available to the Students are:

 Can view the different categories of Test available in their

account.
 Can change password.
 Can view their marks.
 Can view the various reading material.
 Can view and modify its profile but can modify it to some
limited range.

The features available to the Examiner are:

 Can view the different categories of Test conducted by users.

 Can change password.
 Can view their marks.
 Can view and modify Results.

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(6.2) Non-Functional System Requirements:
6.2.1) Performance Requirements
Some Performance requirements identified is listed below:

 The database shall be able to accommodate a minimum of

10,000 records of students.
 The software shall support use of multiple users at a time.
 There are no other specific performance requirements that
will affect development.

6.2.2) Safety Requirements

The database may get crashed at any certain time due to virus or
operating system failure. Therefore, it is required to take the
database backup.

6.2.3) Security Requirements

Some of the factors that are identified to protect the software from
accidental or malicious access, use, modification, destruction, or
disclosure are described below. Keep specific log or history data
sets
 Assign certain functions to different modules
 Restrict communications between some areas of the program
 Check data integrity for critical variables
 Later version of the software will incorporate encryption
techniques in the user/license authentication process.
Communication needs to be restricted when the application is
validating the user or license. (i.e., using https).

6.4) Software Quality Attributes

The Quality of the System is maintained in such a way so that it can
be very user friendly to all the users.

The software quality attributes are assumed as under:

 Accurate and hence reliable.

 Secured.
 Fast speed.
 Compatibility.

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(6.3) System Interfaces:
This section describes how the software interfaces with other
software products or users for input or output.

6.3.1) User Interface

Application will be accessed through a Browser Interface. The
interface would be viewed best using 1024 x 768 and 800 x 600
pixels resolution setting. The software would be fully compatible
with Microsoft Internet Explorer for version 6 and above. No user
would be able to access any part of the application without logging
on to the system.

6.3.2) Hardware Interfaces

Server Side:

 Operating System: Windows 9x/xp ,Windows ME

 Processor: Pentium 3.0 GHz or higher
 RAM: 256 Mb or more
 Hard Drive: 10 GB or more
Client side:

 Operating System: Windows 9x or above, MAC or UNIX.

 Processor: Pentium III or 2.0 GHz or higher.
 RAM: 256 Mb or more

6.3.3) Software Interfaces

 Client Side: .HTML, Web Browser, Windows
XP/2000/Vista
 Web Server: .HTML, Windows XP/2000/Vista

6.3.4) Communications Interfaces

The Customer must connect to the Internet to access the Website:

 Dialup Modem of 52 kbps

 Broadband Internet
 Dialup or Broadband Connection with a Internet Provider.

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(7) System Models:
In this system we are use waterfall model to apply these ideas. Which is help
us to separate each step and when we finish a one phase the output of it is the
input to the next phase. Also, we can backwards if there is a new requirement
or to apply any update.

(8) System Evolution:

 Including image support:
Allow to adding students, faculty members and administrator images
to the system. Which available for student to ensure that exam for his
teacher. Also, the teacher can see his student's image.

 Flags:
Allow the student to put a symbol near the question that helps the
student to return and review the questions and change them
accordingly.

 Enable and disable exam:

Allow the faculty member to control for enable or disable the exam for
his students.

 Allow to transfer exam from one subject to another:

So, that saves the time to rewrite the questions for future course.

 Allow to upload the exam from word or excel file:

So, that saves the time to enter a question in the on-line system, if the
teacher needs not the direct answers.

 Enhanced the questions to be appear as random for each

student:
Make the order of questions as random, or select random questions
from a set of questions.

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(9) Appendices:
Definition of online examination system:
Introduction:

Online Examination System is a software application which allows a particular

company or institute to arrange, conduct and manage any objective
examination via online.

Purpose:

The purpose of this application is to conduct and process various types of

certificate/non-certificate exams at different centers across any country via
online.

Features:

 Any institute or company can register their various types of

certificate/non-certificate programs and conduct an online
examination for the same.
 Just register the programs, their fees (if paid) and the centers (where
the exam will be conducted) in order to start the examination process.
 Questions and answers would be objective type and the format would
be as per the company’s choice.
 User can select the company, its program, exam schedule and pay fees
online in order to give his exam at the selected center.

Advantages:

 Today, most of the companies or institutes are conducting their exams

online to be a part of this fastest growing world.
 Online Examination System covers almost all type of problems faced by
a company or institute while conducting online examinations.
 User can give any available exam at any available center as per his/her
choice.
 The results of the online exam will help a company or institute to list
out the outstanding exam takers all over the country.

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 Chapter (3)

System Design

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3.1) Introduction:

Design is the abstraction of a solution; it is a general description of the

solution to a problem without the details. Design is view patterns seen in
the analysis phase to be a pattern in a design phase. After design phase we
can reduce the time required to create the implementation.

In this chapter we are introduce context diagram, models, system

architecture, principal system object, design model and object interface.

3.2) Context Diagram:

This diagram represents what are the bounders and scope of On-Line
Exam System project. It describes the main objective of the system and
its entities involved.

Administrator
Faculty
Student

On-Line Exam
system

Figure (3.2.1): the context diagram of On-line Exam System

The Administrator can be done the following:

 Create/delete accounts (add a list of faculty names and list of his

student)
 Change password for Faculty/Student
 Create/ delete/update courses (subject).


The Faculty can be done the following:

 Change password.
 Insert questions.
 Specify the answers.
 Update mark of questions and answers.

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The Student can be done the following:

 Change password.
 Choose exam.
 Review answers.
 See his exam mark.
 View other material.

3.3) Models:
3.3.1) Interaction model:
Is a dynamic model that shows how the system interacts with its
environment. We use a data flow diagram.

3.3.1.1) use case diagram:

View Reports

Administrator
Registration
Process

Faculty
Insert Questions

Give Exam
Student

Figure (3.3.1.1.1): the basic function for each actor

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 3.3.1.2) activity diagram:
Request Report
View Report
Receiving details Receive master
Administrator Registration
Course details Process Course master

Faculty details Subject master

Subject details Faculty master

(a)

Request Report
View Report

Faculty
Insert
Insert question Question Subject Question
s master master

(b)

Request Report
View Report

Stude
nt Exam
maste
Registe Give exam Receive Subject r
r master master User
maste
r
Control
(c) master

Figure (3.3.1.2.1): the activity diagram for basic operation in OES. (a) for
administrator, (b) for Faculty and (c) for student.

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 3.3.1.3) Séquence diagram:

Administrator New Registration Receive Subject Faculty Course

registration: process: master DB: master DB: master master DB:
DB:
Receive Faculty course subject

If new
Insert

Insert

Insert

Insert

Accept/ reject

Figure (3.3.1.3.1): the insert operation done by administrator. The update operation is
similar to this sequence diagram but rather than Registration process put Update process.

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Faculty Login: Select Subject Insert Question
subject: master DB: question: master DB:

Enter user name and password

Verify
Request subject
Subject
selection
Return subject
Accept/ reject

If Accept
Store question

Accept/ reject

Accept/ reject

Figure (3.3.1.3.2): the insert question operation done by Faculty.

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Student Login: Select Subject Select Question Start Store result
subject: master question master DB: exam in DB:
DB: :
Enter user name and password
Verify
Request subject
If Accept Verify

Inactive subject Invalid subject

If Accept Verify

Unavailable question
Unavailable question
If Accept

Return result and finish the exam

Figure (3.3.1.3.3): present how student take an exam and give the result.

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3.4) System Architecture:

Web Browser

Login Role checking Form & Menu Data

Manager Validation

Security OES Appointment Data Import & Report

Manager Manager Export Generation

Transaction Management for OES Database

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3.5) Principal system objects:

admin Master Faculty Master

Receive Master
int Admin_ID int Faculty_ID
int receive_ID
String F_name int ref_No User Master
int ref_No
String l_name String F_name
Int reg_No int User_ID
String username String l_name
String F_name int ref_No
String password String username
String l_name
Date created-date String password Int reg_No
Int course_id
Date modify-date String e-mail String F_name
Int year_id
Int active String gender
Date created-date String l_name
Date birth-date
Date modify-date Int course_id
Get-radmin-id() String education
Int active
Set-admin-id() String occupation Int year_id
Get-name() String address
Get-recive-id() String username
Set-name() String contact -no
Set-recive-id() String password
Get-username() String main-subject
Get-ref-id()
Set-username() Date created-date String e-mail
Set-ref-id()
Get-password() Date modify-date String gender
Get-reg-id()
Set-password() Int active
Set-reg-id() Date birth-date
Get-created-date() Get-facutyid()
Get-name() String education
Set-created-date() Set-facultyid()
Set-name()
Get-modified-date() Get-ref-id() String occupation
Get-course-id()
Set-modified-date() Set-ref-id() String address
Set-course-id()
Get-inactive() Get-name()
Get-year-id() String country
Set-inactive() Set-name()
Set-year-id()
Get-username() String state
Get-created-date()
Set-username() String city
Set-created-date()
Get-password()
Get-modified-date() String Zip
Set-password()
Set-modified-date() Int Active
Get-birthdate()
Get-inactive()
Set-birthdate() Date Current-
Set-inactive()
Course Master Get-education() date
int course_ID Set-education() Date Modified-
String course-name Get-gender() date
Stirng course-desc Set-gender() Get-userid()
String created-by Get-created-modify-
Set-userid()
String modified-by day()
Set-created-modify- Get-ref-id()
Date created-date
Date modified-date day() Set-ref-id()
Get-course-id() Get-inactive() Get-reg-id()
Set-course-id() Set-inactive()
Set-reg-id()
Get-course-name()
Get-name()
Set-course-name()
Get-course-discrip() Set-name()
Set-course-discrip() Get-course-id()
Get-created-date() Set-course-id()
Set-created-date()
Get-year-id()
Get-modified-date() Year Master
Set-modified-date() int year_ID Set-year-id()
Get-created-by() int course_ID Get-username()
Set-created-by() String year-name Set-username()
Get-modified-by() int duration
Set-modified-by() Get-password()
Get-year-id() Set-password()
Set-year-id() Get-emai()
Get-course-id() Set-email()
Set-course-id()
Get-gender()
Get-year-name()
Set-year-name() Set-gender()
Get-duration() Get-birthdate()
Set-duration() Set-birthdate()
Get-education()
Set-education()

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 Result Master Exam Master Subject Master Question Master
int result_ID int Exam_ID int sub-id int question_ID
int sub_id int sub_id int year-id int sub_id
String username Int question-ID Int course-id String question
String marks String username String sub-name String answer1
Date exam-date Int attend String sub-discription String answer2
String mark Int active String answer3
Get-result-id() String user-answer String answer4
Set-result-id() Date exam-date String correct-answer
Get-sub-id()
Get-sub-id() Set-sub-id() String created-by
Set-sub-id() Get-exam-id() Get-year-id() String modified-by
Get-username() Set-exam-id() Set-year-id() String main-subject
Set-username() Get-sub-id() Get-course-id() Date created-date
Get-marks() Set-sub-id() Set-course-id() Date modify-date
Set-marks() Get-question-id() Get-sub-name() Int active
Get-exam-date() Set-question-id() Set-sub-name()
Set-exam-date() Get-username() Get-sub-discription() Get-question-id()
Set-username() Set-sub-discription() Set-question-id()
Get-attend() Get-inactive() Get-sub-id()
Set-attend() Set-inactive() Set-sub-id()
Get-user-answer() Get-question()
Set-user-answer() Set-question()
State Master Get-marks() Get-answer1()
int state_ID Set-marks() Set-answer1()
Int country-ID Get-exam-date() Get-answer2()
String state-name Set-exam-date() Set-answer2()
String state-code Course Master Get-answer3()
int course_ID Set-answer3()
Get-state-id() String course-name Get-answer4()
Year Master
Set-state-id() Stirng course-desc Set-answer4()
Get-country-id() int year_ID
String created-by Get-correct-answer()
Set-country-id() int course_ID
String modified-by Set-correct-answer()
Get-state-name() String year-name
Date created-date Get-main-subject()
Set-state-name() int duration
Date modified-date Set-main-subject()
Get-state-code() Get-course-id() Get-created-date()
Set-state-code() Get-year-id()
Set-course-id() Set-created-date()
Set-year-id()
Get-course-name() Get-modified-date()
Get-course-id()
Set-course-name() Set-modified-date()
Set-course-id()
Get-course-discrip() Get-created-by()
Get-year-name()
Set-course-discrip() Set-created-by()
Set-year-name()
Get-created-date() Get-modified-by()
Get-duration()
Set-created-date() Set-modified-by()
City Master Set-duration()
Get-modified-date() Get-inactive()
int city_ID Set-modified-date() Set-inactive()
int country_ID Get-created-by()
Int state-ID Set-created-by()
String cityname Get-modified-by()
Country Master
int country_ID Set-modified-by()
Get-city-id()
Set-city-id() String country-name
Get-state-id() String course-code
Set-state-id()
Get-country-id() Get-country-id()
Set-country-id() Set-country-id()
Get-city-name() Get-country-name()
Set-city-name() Set-country-name()
Get-course-code()
Set-course-code()

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 3.6) Develop design model:

Verify

Username and User

Admin master
password authentication
Administrator
process

Faculty Faculty master

Change
Student password
Student master

Figure (3.6.1): user authentication

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3.7) Object interface:
Student Interface Faculty Interface Admin Interface

Change-password() Insert-question() Insert-subject()

Choose-exam() Change-password() Update-subject()
View-material() Add-student() Delete-subject()
Registration() Delete-student() Delete-course
Registration() Insert-course()
Update-course()
Assign-faculty()
Update-faculty()
Delete-faculty()
Assign-student-to-course()
Update-student-course()
delete-student-course()

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COCOMO

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4.1) COCOMOO II:
4.1.1) The early design model:
 Is used once user requirements have been agreed and initial stages of
the system design process are underway.
 The estimates produced at this stage are based on the standard formula
for algorithmic models, namely:

PM = A * SizeB * M where
M = PERS * RCPX * RUSE * PDIF * PREX * FCIL * SCED;
A = 2.94 in initial calibration, Size in KLOC,
B varies from 1.1 to 1.24 depending on novelty of the project,
development flexibility, risk management approaches and the process
maturity.

 Multipliers reflect the capability of the developers, the non-functional

requirements, the familiarity with the development platform, etc.
RCPX - product reliability and complexity; (3)
RUSE - the reuse required; (2)
PDIF - platform difficulty; -(1)
PREX - personnel experience;  (5)
PERS - personnel capability;  (5)
SCED - required schedule; (5)
FCIL - the team support facilities.  (5)

 You estimate values for these attributes using a six-point scale where 1
corresponds to very low values for these multipliers and 6 corresponds
to very high values.

 Function-related metrics:
◦ Related to the overall functionality of the delivered software.
◦ Productivity is expressed in terms of the amount of useful
functionality produced in some given time.
◦ Function points and object points are the best-known metrics
of this type.
 You compute the total number of function points in a program
by measuring or estimating the following program features:
◦ External inputs and outputs;
◦ User interactions;
◦ External interfaces;
◦ Files used by the system.
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 Unadjusted function-point count
 Weighting factor varies from 3 (for simple external inputs) to
15 for complex internal files.

 External input and output:

 Only for registration interface:
For user (student) interface:
o Input: there are 23 inputs. (7)

For faculty interface:

o Input: 17 inputs. (7)

For administrator interface:

o Input: 8 inputs. (7)

Output: Store in data base file  (13)

 Only for add course interface:

o Input: 8 inputs (7)
o Output: Store in data base file  (13)

 Only for add subject interface:

o Input: 7 inputs (7)
o Output: Store in data base file  (13)

 Only for add question interface:

o Input: 15 inputs (7)
o Output: Store in data base file  (13)

 Only for take result interface:

o Input: 1 input (7)
o Output: Store in data base file  (13)
o Output: 3 outputs (10)

 User interaction:
There are 48 user interactions. (12)

 External interface:

3 main external interfaces. (13)

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  Files used by the system:
13 tables used to Store in data base.  (13)

UFC=23*7+17*7+8*7+13*13+8*7+7*7+15*7+7+3*10+48*12

= 1146

M=3*2*1*5*5*5*5

=3750

PM = A * SizeB * M

=1.49*1146^1.2*3750

= 26196247.04 KLOC (1000 Line Of Code)

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[4] Software Requirements Specification for Problem Based Learning Module, Souman
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[5] Software Design Specification (SDS) Acropolis Course Management System, 2011

[6] IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Requirements Specifications, Software

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[11] Software Requirement Specifications, Online Examination System.

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