Question & AnswerQ&A (PRC BOARD OF CRIMINOLOGY Resolution NO. 07)
The main purpose is to fully computerize the Criminology Licensure Examination starting October 1994 to keep up with technological modernization and globalization, improve examination quality, and expedite the release of results.
The Board of Criminology, by virtue of its quasi-legislative (rule-making) power under Section 2 of R.A. No. 6506 and Section 6(a) of P.D. No. 223, as amended.
1) Credible, qualitative, and efficacious licensure examinations; 2) Expeditious releases of examination results; 3) Ample time for the Board to exercise its regulatory powers and functions.
It involves not only the correction and rating of test papers but also the use of a computerized data bank from which examination questions are extracted and randomly arranged.
Board Members assigned per subject shall frame or adopt questions, have them appraised by technical experts for objectivity, validity, and reliability, ensure they are unambiguous with one correct answer, and categorize them by difficulty, knowledge level, and question type (objective or subjective).
The weight proportion shall be 70% objective type questions and 30% subjective type questions.
No less than 500 questions initially, with at least 300 additional questions added for every succeeding examination until reaching an ideal number of at least 3,000 questions per subject.
The intellectual property of the questions belongs to the Commission once entered into the question bank; the Board Member who input the questions loses their right to withdraw them.
Authorized personnel in the confidential room cannot leave until one hour after the exam starts, security officers and agents are stationed outside, computer programs are safeguarded against tampering via multiple passwords, and three responsible officials oversee access control.
Objective type questions (multiple choice) are corrected and rated via the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) Machine; subjective type questions (problem-solving, drawing, essay) may be corrected manually or via the OMR process.