QuestionsQuestions (PRC BOARD OF CRIMINOLOGY Resolution NO. 07)
To fully computerize the Criminology Licensure Examination starting the October 1994 schedule, as a response to technological modernization and globalization.
Credible, qualitative and efficacious examinations that gain public trust; expeditious releases of results; and ample time for the Board to exercise regulatory powers and functions.
It also uses a data bank from which questions are extracted and randomly arranged by and through the computer.
PRC Commission directive under Res. No. 265 (s. 1993) requiring examinations of all professions under its jurisdiction to be fully computerized in 1993, except those with examinees below 1,000 to be programmed in 1994.
Sec. 2 of R.A. No. 6506 and Sec. 6(a) of P.D. No. 223, as amended.
The Board Member with the assigned subject, who may formulate his/her own questions or adopt those supplied by the academe after modification/reformation.
Every question shall be appraised by a technical expert for objectivity, validity, reliability, efficaciousness, unambiguity, definiteness, and appropriate difficulty and knowledge level.
70% objective (e.g., multiple choice) and 30% subjective (e.g., problem, drawing, essay).
No less than five hundred (500) questions for each subject.
A minimum of three hundred (300) questions must be added for every succeeding examination, to reach at least three thousand (3,000) questions in the ideal number.
Once fed into the question bank, the questions become the intellectual property of the Commission; the Board Member who inputs them loses the right to withdraw them.
The newly appointed or reassigned Board Member shall review the questions, reword or delete any of them, and add his/her own questions.
The questions must be randomly extracted/withdrawn and produce at least two (2) sets with different chronological arrangements for printing and distribution.
They shall not be allowed to get out until after one (1) hour from the start of the examination for the concerned subject.
Agents of NBI, security officers, designated persons, and authorized observers must be stationed outside to watch and/or safeguard the proceedings.
They must be tamper-free, use multiple passwords so no single person has complete control or access, and designate three (3) responsible key officials.
Objective multiple choice answers are corrected and rated through the OMR machine; subjective answers (problem solving, drawing, essay) may be corrected via OMR or manual process.
After fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or any newspaper of general circulation, whichever is earlier.