Container for Multiple Choice Quizes
Alex Tweedly
alex at tweedly.net
Tue Oct 27 20:31:14 EDT 2009
Well, I don't much like dBases, or XML, so here's what I'd probably do....
Answer (a)
1. Have a folder for each category.
2. in the folder, have a file (category.tx, maybe?) with the first line
containing the category name, and subsequent lines containing the
verbiage for it.
3. have a sub-folder for each quiz
4. within it, have file (quiz.txt ?) with the first line containing the
title, and subsequent lines with the verbiage
5. within the folder, have a file per question, having
question
4 lines for answers, each being :
"answer" TAB "True or False"
subsequent line holding the verbiage for question
and then the script would do something like
> local sArray -- to hold data for testing
>
> on mouseUp
> set the defaultFolder to "C:/Users/Alex/Documents/Programming/RunRev"
> put the defaultFolder
> readfile "category1", "quiz1", "question"
> end mouseUp
>
> on readfile pCategory, pQuiz, pQuestion
> -- the real version would use the params to set the folder / subfolder
> -- and read the appropriate question file
> local tFile
> put URL "file:category.txt" into tFile
> put line 1 of tFile into sArray["category"]
> put line 2 to -1 of tFile into sArray["category verbiage"]
>
> put URL "file:quiz.txt" into tFile
> put line 1 of tFile into sArray["quiz"]
> put line 2 to -1 of tFile into sArray["quiz verbiage"]
>
> put URL "file:question.txt" into tFile
> put line 1 of tFile into sArray["question"]
> put line 6 to -1 of tFile into sArray["question verbiage"]
>
> repeat with i=2 to 5
> put item 2 of line i of tFile into sArray["answer"][item 1 of
> line i of tFile]
> end repeat
> printarray sArray
> end readfile
>
> on printarray pArr
> repeat for each line K in the keys of pArr
> put "doing " && K & CR after msg
> if pArr[K] is an array then
> repeat for each line K1 in the keys of pArr[K]
> put K1 && ":" && pArr[K][K1] & CR after msg
> end repeat
> else
> put K && ":" && pArr[K] & CR after msg
> end if
> end repeat
> end printarray
Answer (b)
instead of a subfolder, I might have a Tab separated "spreadsheet" with
the quiz/questions/answers. Changes would be pretty obvious
-- Alex.
Sivakatirswami wrote:
> I'm trying to wrap my head around the "container" for a multiple
> choice question quizes.
>
> And individual quiz will run inside a revlet eventually. We can them
> successively from the web server.
>
> The GUI will have sounds and images when users make selections etc.
> That's the easy part... the back end is still eluding me...
>
> XML files could work, but I would rather use a dBase, but, then I'm
> not sure how I can push it into an array (not having yet familiarized
> myself on the multi-dimensional arrays yet.)
>
> If anyone has insights please "fire away." Here are the elements:
>
> 1) Category of Quiz e.g. Biology -- comprising many quizes
> 2) Verbiage for the category of quizes: e.g. some
> introductory or descriptive text
> 3) Title of Quiz e.g. "Let's Study Mammals" -- comprising title for a
> single quiz containing 2 or more questions with answers.
> 4) Verbiage for a specific Quiz: e.g. some explanatory text
> related to a specific quiz
> 5) Question: e.g. "Which of these are not mammals?" -- being the
> single question "parent" of 4 answers
> 6) Verbiage related to a specific question
> 7) Four answers (ever more, never less) e.g.
> Trout
> Goat
> Cow
> Peacock
> 8) Boolean Property for each answer in relation to the question e.g.
> Trout is False
> Goat is True
> Cow is True
> Peacock is False
>
> That's it.... OK, so, yes, I could build an XML file for each
> individual quizes, keep these in a folders named for the category of
> quiz, one XML file per quiz and Revolution could easily ingest this,
> apply it to button states etc.
>
> but
>
> I *think* I could also wrap my head around created a relational data
> base to contain all these elements as well, which is probably a better
> idea.
>
> But, then, whether I use XML or a dBase, what I don't yet know how to
> do is pull a single question and answer with all the above elements
> into a single array... is it even possible? What would the array look
> like? Before I run off to search the docs for how to use
> Multi-dimensional arrays any input from all you wizards will be
> appreciated, especially the dBase design experienced. And if anyone
> knows of tutorials or specific places I can go to to study up RunRev's
> new arrays, please point me in the right direction.
>
> Thanks!
> Sivakatirswami
>
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