Question & AnswerQ&A (PRC Resolution NO. 07 s.1993)
The Board of Electronics and Communications Engineering is empowered by Section 13(d) of R.A. No. 5734 and Section 6(a) of P.D. No. 223, as amended, to adopt measures or policies that will preserve and improve the technical, ethical, and moral standards of the Electronics and Communications Engineering profession.
The three beneficial effects are: (1) enhanced confidentiality, integrity, credibility, and quality of the examination; (2) faster correction of test papers and immediate release of examination results; and (3) more time for the Board to supervise, regulate, and control the practice of the profession.
Under Commission Resolution No. 265, Series of 1993, the Commission directed that all professional licensure examinations under its jurisdiction shall be fully computerized starting in 1993 for professions with 1000 or more examinees, and programmed in 1994 for those with fewer than 1000 examinees.
Initially, at least 500 test questions per subject must be inputted. Thereafter, a minimum of 300 new test questions must be added every examination to reach an ideal target of 3000 or more test questions in the testbank.
The Board Members themselves personally prescribe or formulate the test questions to be inputted into the testbank.
Test questions are classified by degree of difficulty (easy, average/moderate, difficult), level of knowledge (sound, adequate, fair), proficiency (competent, adequate, fair), and nature (essay or objective type, such as multiple choice).
Objective-type questions shall comprise 55% of the examination and are selected and corrected via computer; problem-solving and essay-type questions shall comprise 45% and are chosen by computer but corrected manually.
The system extracts questions from the testbank and randomizes them to produce at least two sets (e.g., Set "A" and Set "B") with the same number of questions but different chronological arrangements, thus precluding copying among seatmates.
The correction and rating of test papers, as well as other processes involved in releasing the examination results, are computerized.
The resolution would become effective fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or newspapers of general circulation following its approval by the Commission.