9. A computer-implemented method for computer based testing for at least one test executed by a computer, the at least one test having a presentation format and data content, the computer-implemented method comprising: validating by a plugin at least partial exam source information that is received; amalgamating, by the computer, exam resource data associated with the at least one test such that the data associated with the at least one test exists virtually as one storage location even though the data resides at different memory locations and validating the exam resource data that has been amalgamated to provide an amalgamated exam specification and content; and delivering the amalgamated exam specification and content validated by the validating step, and wherein the amalgamating further comprises amalgamating the data content to exist virtually by at least one of embedding the data content as an object and linking the data content with a pointer.
9. A computer-implemented method for computer based testing for at least one test executed by a computer, the at least one test having a presentation format and data content, the computer-implemented method comprising: validating by a plugin at least partial exam source information that is received; amalgamating, by the computer, exam resource data associated with the at least one test such that the data associated with the at least one test exists virtually as one storage location even though the data resides at different memory locations and validating the exam resource data that has been amalgamated to provide an amalgamated exam specification and content; and delivering the amalgamated exam specification and content validated by the validating step, and wherein the amalgamating further comprises amalgamating the data content to exist virtually by at least one of embedding the data content as an object and linking the data content with a pointer. 10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the validating step further comprises the step of validating by the plugin the at least partial exam source information that is received during compilation of the at least one test.