ABSTRACT
Computers are known for their wide range of uses especially in scientific
and mathematical fields. However little
or no thought has been given to designing a complete and thorough intelligence admission
screening on a computer system in our immediate environment. This admission screening
system is designed to assist university administration examination in attaining
a standardized sample, and as such the psychological implication of such a
design is very important.
The design of the
system is quite simple and easily understood. Its flexibility makes it amenable
for future changes and amendment to either incorporate other aspects of
intelligence or to be designed for any other school age or class. The question
of the online admission screening system are programmed and visually displayed
on the system‘s screen in an interactive form. The student answers the question
on the computer system, immediately the question is marked and notified. The
result of the examination is also displayed at the end of the examination which
goes a long way to lessen the fears of students that they were marked down in
the examination. Since the admission screening is examined by the computer,
time cost of manual examination is saved. Based on the virtues of internet
amendment which have been made to the examination system concept by
constructing a website with online entrance examination, online question
setting and answer and online management by the administrator.
CHAPTER ONE
1.0INTRODUCTION
An admission screening is an examination that many
educational institutions use to select students for admission. These exams may
be administered at any level of education, from primary to higher education,
although they are more common at higher levels. Online admission screening systems
are very convenient and fast. Online admission screening system has three
purposes.
1.
To allow admission screening takers at different places
to take the examination at the same time through the online admission screening
website.
2.
Through careful planning and proper coding, enable
entrance examination, result checking and admission status on the websites.
3.
To integrate database with the program allowing
administrator easily addition of question and creation of entrance examination.
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. Online admission screening 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 entrance examination 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 “Online admission screening 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.
However the formulation of question for admission screening
is often treated with consciousness. With the developing of computer
application technology, more and more computer application software is coming
up. This application software‘s
associated to every part of people‘s
daily life, and so does the examinations. Just like other application system,
examination systems develop very fast, from simple stand-alone system to C/S
based system, and now some WEB based system. Although there are a lot of
examination systems, but there also have blanks in some special fields.
Examination Evaluation System integrated into the Multimedia Emulation Training
System of certain type equipment is designed and will be introduced. This
system can be used to help people familiar with the equipment usage quickly
which can save money and time. Now the following will analysis and contrast the
existing examination systems, and shoveling out the improvement of our
examination system. Then we will introduce some characteristics of our system
in chapter 3. And in chapter 4 we will introduce the key technology that applied
in our system. At last we make a summary on our system and make a brief
prospect on the future of the examination system.
1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Caritas University is a
catholic private institution established by Very Rev. FATHER EMMANUEL EDEH.
This institution was established in the year 2005 and located in Amorji-Nike
Enugu state.
Caritas University have two
venue for their examinations, Charity Square and Auditorium. Auditorium is
under roof amendment. Caritas University with over four thousand students has
four faculties presently and they include natural science, engineering,
environmental and social science. Caritas University uses the manual method of
paper and pen for entrance examinations.
Automation of the entrance
exams involves the experts reasoning process to solve the problems involve in
the manual entrance exams by using certain program validation in the program
properties to check for some criteria. Automation of admission screening involves
a set of program that manipulate encoded knowledge to solve problems in a
specialized domain that normally requires human expert.[1] Edward A. Feigenbaum
was one of the people in software based pc consultancy‘s research who decided
in the mid 1960‘s the reason why pc consultancy should be produced, the reason
was that he thought on how important it is to know how much a computer program
can know and the best way to find out would be to try constructing an
artificial expert.
In the process of looking for
an appropriate field of expertise Feigenbaum encountered Joshua Lederberg, the
noble laureate biochemist, who suggested that software for admission screening in various fields is to be produced together
they began work on DENDRAL, the first software Based Examination system in 1965 at Stamford university.
‗‘when you think you have you have created a program
structure capable of manipulating expert knowledge, you have to get some
knowledge into the system‖.
{2} {Joshua Lederberg}
The characteristics of this expert system
include the ability to encode knowledge in a program. It also has the
capability to draw it`s reasoning from meta-knowledge (inference) which is very
important feature of expert system. It has a high performance of helping to
solve problem of marking answers without favoritism.
1.2
CARITAS UNIVERSITY IS MADE UP OF FOUR (4) FACULTIES
NAMELY:
Engineering with the following department:
Computer, Mechanical, Chemical and Electronics Engineering.
Environmental with the following
departments: Architecture, urban& regional planning and estate management.
Management and social science with the following department
accountancy, economics, business administration, public administration,
political science, industrial relation and personal management mass
communication marketing banking and finance.
Natural Science with the following department biochemistry computer
science
&information industrial chemistry mathematics &
statistics and microbiology &biotechnology.