Container for Multiple Choice Quizes

[Alex Tweedly]

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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