Interface AssessmentSection

All Superinterfaces:
Browsable, Extensible, Identifiable, OsidObject
public interface AssessmentSection extends OsidObject

Represents an assessment section. An assessment section represents a cluster of questions used to organize the execution of an assessment. The section is the student aspect of an assessment part.

  • Method Details

    • getAssessmentTakenId

      Id getAssessmentTakenId()
      Gets the Id of the AssessmentTaken.
      Returns:
      the assessment taken Id
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getAssessmentTaken

      AssessmentTaken getAssessmentTaken() throws OperationFailedException
      Gets the AssessmentTakeb.
      Returns:
      the assessment taken
      Throws:
      OperationFailedException - unable to complete request
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • hasAllocatedTime

      boolean hasAllocatedTime()
      Tests if this section must be completed within an allocated time.
      Returns:
      true if this section has an allocated time, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getAllocatedTime

      Duration getAllocatedTime()
      Gets the allocated time for this section.
      Returns:
      allocated time
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - hasAllocatedTime() is false
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • areItemsSequential

      boolean areItemsSequential()
      Tests if the items or parts in this section are taken sequentially.
      Returns:
      true if the items are taken sequentially, false if the items can be skipped and revisited
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • areItemsShuffled

      boolean areItemsShuffled()
      Tests if the items or parts appear in a random order.
      Returns:
      true if the items appear in a random order, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getAssessmentSectionRecord

      AssessmentSectionRecord getAssessmentSectionRecord(Type assessmentSectionRecordType) throws OperationFailedException
      Gets the assessment section record corresponding to the given AssessmentSection record Type. This method is used to retrieve an object implementing the requested record. The assessmentSectionRecordType may be the Type returned in getRecordTypes() or any of its parents in a Type hierarchy where hasRecordType(assessmentSectionRecordType) is true.
      Parameters:
      assessmentSectionRecordType - an assessment section record type
      Returns:
      the assessment section record
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - assessmentSectionRecordType is null
      OperationFailedException - unable to complete request
      UnsupportedException - hasRecordType(assessmentSectionRecordType) is false
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.