This Android application for conducting mock tests on Android smartphones was built by a team of 3 students from the Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras. The primary objective of the app is to enable students to take their placement mock tests at the ease of their Android smartphones, thereby solving the problem of slow rendering of questions, when the tests are hosted on external websites. The app has been designed to supports devices of all sizes operating on Android OS 2.3 (Gingerbread) and above.

Overview of the Application: The app can be used to create MCQ questions with multiple options correct and the question can have one image attachment (For example: The circuits). These questions as a bundle can be exported as a database, which then can be uploaded onto an official website. The app can then access this website and download the database. The user can then take the timed test. The app meanwhile will authenticate the user on to the server and register the start of the test and end of the test and the score. The app has two parts, the Admin app, and the User app.

Admin app: The Admin app, (the master app) will be only with the Branch Councillors and Placement coordinators, who need to create the questions. They can create questions on this app, export the data base and then check the test. It is hosted in the master branch of the repository.

A video demonstrating the Admin app: http://youtu.be/UlSCEk_oq00

User app: The User app is basically a scaled down version of the Admin app. It will not have the capabilities of creating questions and exporting. This app will authenticate users on to the website, download the question database and begin the quiz for the user. Once the user is done with the quiz, the app will automatically log the marks in to the server. It is hosted in the User branch of the repository.

Current Status: With a great deal of help from the EE Branch Councillor, Chaitra, we were given space on the students server (students.iitm.ac.in) to test the application, and we have successfully tested the app and shown it her. We are now ready to share the application with the students, and the best way of doing it would be through the Google Play Store. We will be uploading it on Play Store soon.

Future: Depending on the demand and interest, we intend to make the application SCORM compliant helping us expand the usability of the application.