Go Quiz App

A simple command-line quiz application written in Go, which reads questions and answers from a CSV file, asks questions to the user one at a time and enforces time limit for each question and the entire quiz. The program randomly picks the question from the CSV file. The same question is not being repeated again.

Features

• Read questions and answers from the CSV file
• User has been give a configurable amout of time to answer the question
• Time limit has been enforced on the entire quiz
• Final score has been displayed at the end of the quiz / the quiz limit has been expired

Installation

To use the quiz application, ensure you must have installed GO on your system

1. Clone the repository using
   • git clone https://github.com/jos-h/quiz.git
2. Navigate the directory
   • cd quiz
3. Build the project
   • go build

Usage

** Command-Line Options **

• -csv: This flag allows you to specify the CSV file containing the quiz questions and answers. The CSV file should have two columns: the first column should be the question, and the second column is the answer

    Example:
      5+5, 10
      4+3, 7
  

• Example command ./quiz -csv=problems.csv

Quiz Structure

• After starting the quiz, the app will display each question one at a time.
• Users will have a limited time (e.g., 10 seconds per question) to answer each question.
• The quiz will also have a total time limit (e.g., 25 seconds) for all questions.
• If the user exceeds the time limit for a question, the app will move on to the next one.
• At the end of the quiz, the app displays the user score.

Example

If time limit is exceeded for a question or for the whole quiz

Configuration

You can adjust the time limits by modifying constants in the Go code:

TIME_TO_ANS_IN_SECONDS: Time allowed for each question.
TOTAL_QUIZ_TIME_IN_SECONDS: Total time allowed for the entire quiz.

Contributing

Feel free to submit issues or pull requests to improve the app. Contributions are welcome!

Enhancement

• The configuration can be done via command-line arguments by making use of flag