bcorfman / quiz_taker

Asks multiple choice questions by topic area, and keeps track of progress. Easy-to-understand and compact code.

quiz_taker

Asks the user a series of multiple choice questions by topic area, and keeps track of progress.

This is a Python script with a console GUI (using npyscreen).

Quizzes are stored in JSON format.

I used this program extensively for my Security+ certification exam in 2020.

Prerequisites

• Click on the Open with GitHub Codespaces badge above to launch the project in a browser or on your desktop inside Visual Studio Code.

OR

• Install Python 3.8.1 or higher
• Install Poetry
• At a command prompt in the project directory, type poetry install to set up dependencies

To run the code

• In the terminal window, type poetry run python quiz.py.

Console GUI Controls

• Cursor up/down to highlight a choice, and SPACE or ENTER to select it.
• TAB to the Confirm button, and then SPACE or ENTER to confirm the selection.
• Continue through all the questions and receive a final score, or hit ESC to quit early and receive a score up that point.