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The Board is empowered by Section 3, Article I of Republic Act No. 184 to adopt measures or policies that preserve and improve the technical, ethical, and moral standards of the electrical engineering profession.
The Board is also empowered by Section 3 (1) of Presidential Decree No. 223, as amended.
Res. No. 265 (Series of 1983) directed that licensure examinations under the Commission’s jurisdiction and supervision shall be fully computerized in 1993, except professions with examinees below 1,000, which were to be computerized in 1994.
The resolution implements full computerization of the Electrical Engineering licensure examination starting with the October 22, 23 and 24, 1993 schedule.

Full computerization is adopted to ensure confidentiality, integrity, credibility, and quality of the examination to preserve public trust and faith.
Full computerization is adopted to ensure the immediate release of examination results so successful examinees can work or practice once.
Full computerization is adopted to give the Board more time for supervision, regulation, and control of the practice of the profession.
The computerization process covers not only correction and rating of test papers, but also the use of a test bank from which questions are extracted and randomly arranged by and through the computer.

The Board Member must input into the test bank at least five hundred (500) questions for each subject as the starting point.
The test bank per subject must be built up by a minimum of three hundred (300) every examination cycle to reach an ideal optimum of three thousand (3000) questions or more.
Deposited questions in the test bank must be withdrawable and replenishable with new ones to keep abreast with latest scientific trends in the profession.
Questions may be taken from those the Board Member had personally prescribed or formulated or from those adopted from questions supplied by the academe.

No question may be fed into the test bank unless it has been appraised for objectivity, validity, materiality, reliability, and efficaciousness.
An expert on test construction may be consulted to fine-tune each question for compliance with the appraisal parameters.
The appraisal and fine-tuning must determine whether each question is unambiguous, and whether it is definite and answerable with one definite correct answer rather than requiring the “best” answer.

Questions in the test bank must be classified by degree of comprehensibility: easy, average/moderate, and difficult.
Questions in the test bank must be classified by their level of knowledge: sound, adequate, and fair.
Questions in the test bank must be classified by proficiency: competent, adequate, and fair.
Questions in the test bank must be classified by nature as easy, problem-solving, and objective (Multiple choice).

The examination must apply proportional weights of 55% for objective-type questions and 45% for problem solving, essay type or similar nature of question.
Objective-type questions under the 55% weight must be selected by and corrected through the computer.
Problem solving/essay or similar questions under the 45% weight must be chosen by the computer and corrected manually.

Security measures must be implemented to ensure that computer programs and files are tamper-free.
Multiple passwords must be adopted so that no one has complete control of, or access to, the computer programs and files.
Exactly three (3) responsible key officials must be designated for security control.
The number of questions for each subject must be extracted from the test bank and randomized.
The randomization must produce at least two (2) sets—such as “A” and “B”—with the same number of questions but with different chronological arrangements for printing and distribution to examinees.
The randomization structure must preclude examinees from copying answers of seatmates.
Correction and rating of test papers, and other stages/processes involved in release of examination results, must be computerized.

The resolution provides for full computerization of the Electrical Engineer Licensure Examination starting with the October 22, 23 and 24, 1993 schedule.
After approval by the Commission, the resolution becomes effective 15 days after publication in the Official Gazette or in newspapers of general circulation.
The resolution must be circularized to schools/colleges offering electrical engineering and to master electricians for guidance and information of all concerned.
The resolution is adopted on September 07, 1993 by named officials serving as Chairman, Member, Commissioner, and Associate Commissioner(s).