TY - GEN
T1 - Back to pen and paper
T2 - America�s Conference on Information Systems: A Tradition of Innovation, AMCIS 2017
AU - Saini, Shalabh
AU - Grispos, George
AU - Liu, Charles Zhechao
AU - Choo, Kim Kwang Raymond
N1 - Funding Information:
The second author was partially supported by SFI Grant No. 13/RC/2094 and ERC Advanced Grant. No. 291652 (ASAP).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 AIS/ICIS Administrative Office. All Rights Reserved.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Computer-based examination platforms are increasingly utilized to deliver examinations. The advantages of implementing such a solution over a traditional pen-and-paper approach include support for remote candidates, reduced financial costs, shorter grading time and reduced carbon footprints. While the benefits are attractive, the nature of computer-based examinations makes them more susceptible to cheating. One conjecture previously discussed in the literature is that candidates could recover questions from hard drives. However, minimal research has been conducted to affirm these assumptions. Hence, this research investigates the extent to which questions can be recovered from a computer-based examination and makes recommendations to counter such problems based on the Routine Activity Theory. The study contributes to the discipline by empirically demonstrating that questions can be recovered from three computer-based examination applications using freely available computer forensic tools, and highlighting the need for additional security measure to enhance the creditability of the computer-based examination applications.
AB - Computer-based examination platforms are increasingly utilized to deliver examinations. The advantages of implementing such a solution over a traditional pen-and-paper approach include support for remote candidates, reduced financial costs, shorter grading time and reduced carbon footprints. While the benefits are attractive, the nature of computer-based examinations makes them more susceptible to cheating. One conjecture previously discussed in the literature is that candidates could recover questions from hard drives. However, minimal research has been conducted to affirm these assumptions. Hence, this research investigates the extent to which questions can be recovered from a computer-based examination and makes recommendations to counter such problems based on the Routine Activity Theory. The study contributes to the discipline by empirically demonstrating that questions can be recovered from three computer-based examination applications using freely available computer forensic tools, and highlighting the need for additional security measure to enhance the creditability of the computer-based examination applications.
KW - Cheating
KW - Computer Forensics
KW - Computer-based Examination
KW - Security.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85048426892
T3 - AMCIS 2017 - America's Conference on Information Systems: A Tradition of Innovation
BT - AMCIS 2017 - America's Conference on Information Systems
PB - Americas Conference on Information Systems
Y2 - 10 August 2017 through 12 August 2017
ER -