  Administering examinations both in public and private academic institutions
can be tedious and unmanageable. The multiplicity of problems affecting the
conduct of departmental and periodical examination can be greatly reduced by
automating the examination process. The purpose of this action research is to
provide an alternative technical solution in administering test through the use
of Examination System. This software application can facilitate a plenitude of
examinees for different subjects that implements a random questioning technique
and can generate item analysis and test results. The Departmental and
Periodical Examination System was developed using Visual Basic language. The
software modules were tested using the functional testing method. Using the
criteria and metrics of ISO 9126 software quality model, the system was
evaluated by a group of students, teachers, school administrators and
information technology professionals and has received an overall weighted mean
of 4.56585 with an excellent descriptive rating. Therefore, the performance of
the application software provides solution that can surmount the gargantuan
problems of test administration and post-examination issues and performs all
the operations specified in the objectives.
