Secure Exam Management System Using NPL

Abstract

Today there are two forms of examination: Online Examination (M-learning) and Offline Examination.
Mobile learning, or “M-learning”, offers modern ways to support learning process through mobile devices such as
tablet, computers and smart phones. Mobile learning can be used to enhance the overall learning experiences of
students and teachers. However, enforcing exam security in open environments where every student has his/her own
tablet or mobile devices connected to a Wi-Fi network can be one of the most challenging tasks. The existing system
was not based on Service oriented architecture and was using a bulk of PHP code which had been a bit slow and
cannot address the exam security issues that exist in m-learning environment. The proposed system aims to recognize
various vulnerabilities that may violate assessment safety in M-learning setting and to deal the security and
countermeasures that can be put in to make sure exam safety by using a QR code generated for every student. It also
aims to integrate the resultant secure exam system with an obtainable, open source and widely conventional Learning
Management System (LMS). Further we are using NPL for verifying the answers which has reduced the overall
efforts of human beings. The backend of this project would be in MySQL. The front end would be in JAVA and
Android which has improved the performance.