Best way to hold online quiz results?

[whatsthehampton]

Hi,

I am making an online multiple choice quiz app. for our students.
The choices are shown in a RadioButtonList and the questions are shown one at a time.

I'm trying to figure out the best way to hold the results from each question until the end of the quiz when the final results are shown.

I'm a bit confused with this one.

Many thanks,

j

http://www.bst.ac.jp

 

[ca8msm]

How about holding them in the session?


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[Isadore]

j - another option would be to past the answer set in a Querystring, e.g.,

...
...myquiz.aspx?1=Y&2=N&3=Y&4=N...&25=Y
...

I can't put my finger on it, but if the querystring is not too long (from my experience) I have a lot of confidence in it - IF session is lost the quiz is history -- though I agree with ca8msm that Session state would probably work 99.99% of the time so that too is just as valid.

 

[whatsthehampton]

Thank you both - 2 good ideas.

I thought about holding the scores in the session as this would seem sensible but what I really need to do is output the results at the end of the test.

The results should show all of the questions and whether or not each answer given was correct or not.

To do this I need to match each answer to the choices given and check if it was the correct answer.

I am thinking of an array, viewstate or maybe in the database but not sure??

Many thanks,

j

http://www.bst.ac.jp

 

[jbenson001]

Personally, I would go the database route, this way your test scores and results are permanently stored for future review if needed.

Jim