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.