Al-Saleem Saleh M, Ullah Hanif
Department of Information System, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 51178, Riyadh 11543, Saudi Arabia ; Department of Computerized Based Testing, National Center for Assessment in Higher Education, P.O. Box 68566, Riyadh 11537, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Computerized Based Testing, National Center for Assessment in Higher Education, P.O. Box 68566, Riyadh 11537, Saudi Arabia.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2014;2014:562787. doi: 10.1155/2014/562787. Epub 2014 Sep 1.
Many organizations and institutions around the globe are moving or planning to move their paper-and-pencil based testing to computer-based testing (CBT). However, this conversion will not be the best option for all kinds of exams and it will require significant resources. These resources may include the preparation of item banks, methods for test delivery, procedures for test administration, and last but not least test security. Security aspects may include but are not limited to the identification and authentication of examinee, the risks that are associated with cheating on the exam, and the procedures related to test delivery to the examinee. This paper will mainly investigate the security considerations associated with CBT and will provide some recommendations for the security of these kinds of tests. We will also propose a palm-based biometric authentication system incorporated with basic authentication system (username/password) in order to check the identity and authenticity of the examinee.
全球许多组织和机构正在或将计划将其基于纸笔的测试转换为基于计算机的测试（CBT）。然而，这种转换并非对所有类型的考试都是最佳选择，并且需要大量资源。这些资源可能包括题库准备、考试交付方法、考试管理程序，以及最后但同样重要的考试安全性。安全方面可能包括但不限于考生的识别和认证、考试作弊相关风险，以及与向考生交付考试相关的程序。本文将主要研究与CBT相关的安全考量，并为这类考试的安全提供一些建议。我们还将提出一种结合基本认证系统（用户名/密码）的基于手掌的生物识别认证系统，以检查考生的身份和真实性。
