The system used .NET technology to develop both the front-end and
back-end of the application as tools for entering items into the system by XML
web services technology. The database management system was run under
Microsoft Windows XP operating system and developed in C# and ASP.NET
using Microsoft SQL Server 2000. The security of the system was separated in 3
parts: first, an administrator level for managing item bank updates and editing and
uploading to server and news management; second, a member level (test taker)
where users had to login before accessing the system; and last a guest level where
users could take a tour menu functions were limited