Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP) Inc

EDUCATION AND STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

RULES AND REGULATIONS

FOR THE ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING INTER-SCHOLASTIC QUIZ SHOW 2022

A. VENUE AND DATE OF THE QUIZ

The Electronics Engineering Inter-Scholastic Quiz Show 2022 will be held face to face in Manila
this November 2022. Final schedule and venue shall be announced as soon as possible.

B. ELIMINATION ROUND

1. All Local/Regional Student Chapters with the supervision of Local/Regional IECEP Chapter
are expected to conduct their elimination rounds by mid October 2022. The student chapters
are responsible for their schedules, which shall be announced to their respective member
schools.

2. The top winning schools will move to the Annual Electronics Engineering Inter-Scholastic
Quiz Show. A ratio of 1:5 will determine the number of schools that will qualify for the finals.
Any excess of 3 shall constitute to one slot.

3. The different student chapters shall set the rules and regulations governing the conduct of
Student Chapters’ Quiz show based from the rules and regulations provided for in this set of
guidelines.

4. Only those who are officially endorsed by the Student Chapter/Sector through the
Local/Regional IECEP Chapter as official representatives are allowed to participate in the
Electronics Engineering Inter-Scholastic Quiz Show. 2022

5. Schools who do not undergo the elimination round under the Local/Regional Student
Chapters are not qualified to join the Electronics Engineering Inter-Scholastic Quiz Show.
2022

C. ELIGIBILITY OF PARTICIPANTS

1. An affiliation fee of one thousand pesos (Php 1,000) shall be remitted to IECEP National
Office for recognition of the student chapters prior participation to the Local Chapter Quiz
Show Elimination.

2. Only schools with IECEP recognized Student Chapters duly endorsed by nearest
local/regional chapters are allowed to join the Inter-Scholastic Quiz Show.

3. Only one (1) team is allowed to represent a school/college/university.

4. The members of the team shall be bonafide IECEP members in good standing.

5. A team shall be composed of six (6) members. However, only three (3) members shall
participate in any round during the Inter-Scholastic Quiz Show. Substitutions are allowed after
each round.

6. Each member of the team:

a) Should be enrolled in BSECE program and registered IECEP student member in the
school/college/university being represented.
b) Shall not have completed or graduated in any degree program.

7. Certification from the dean/chair of the school/college/university shall be submitted together

with the registration form.
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8. Deadline of submission of qualified schools for the finals shall be on or before October 15,
2022. Late submissions will not be entertained.

D. CONDUCT OF THE INTER-SCHOLASTIC QUIZ SHOW

1. The scope of the quiz show is distributed as follows:

2. The twenty four (24) questions to be asked during the three (3) rounds will be combinations
of objective type and problem-solving, distributed as follows,

3. Each objective-type question will be worth five (5) points and will be answered within a maximum
of ten (10) seconds. Each problem-solving question will be worth fifteen (15) points and will be
answered within a maximum of three (3) minutes.

E. DEFAULTING

1. On the day of the Quiz show, all registered participating teams shall be on the venue.

2. A fifteen (15) minutes grace period will be enforced after which no-show teams will be
automatically disqualified.

F. MANNER OF ANSWERING

1. Each team will be provided with answer sheets and papers that will be used for their
computations.

A. The final answers should be written on the Official Answer Sheet and should be enclosed by
a circle or a rectangle.

B. If there are two answers separated by OR, the first answer shall be considered the final
answer.

C. Answers that are not enclosed by a circle or a rectangle will not be considered.

D. In case the contestants need to change their answers, they shall cross out the previous
answers and rewrite the final answers, clearly enclosed by a circle or a rectangle.
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E. Watchers will be assigned to ensure that no alterations are made on the Official Answer Sheets
at the end of the designated time limit

3. Each question will be read twice.

4. Time Limit starts upon cue by the Quizmaster, after the question has been read twice.

5. At the end of the time limit, one (1) member of the Team stands holding their answer sheet
with a raised arm.

A. The Quizmaster will announce the correct answer and will then ask the teams with the correct
answer to ‘remain’ standing while the rest of the teams should sit (meaning they have
incorrectly answered the question).

B. Watchers will then get the correct answer sheets and submit them to the Quizmaster, who
shall read out the answer(s) while projecting on the screen.

C. Items A and B above may be modified depending upon the discretion of the Panel of Judges.

7. Wrong spelling in the written answers will constitute a wrong answer.

8. In case of mathematical answers, a wrong unit will make the answer wrong.

A. Mathematical questions with numerical answers will specify the required degree of accuracy
or number of decimal places (up to 2 decimal places), and failure to comply with the same
will automatically render the answers unacceptable.

B. Further questions on accuracy of numerical answers will be referred to the Board of Judges.

9. No deductions will be made for wrong answers or non-answering of questions.

10. A maximum of three (3) non-programmable calculators will be allowed for each team.
Mathematical tables and conditional scratch papers will be provided.

11. No other materials, (e.g., reference books, notebooks, etc.), will be allowed during the
contest.

12. In case of ties, either an objective type or problem-solving question will be randomly selected
by the Panel of Judges from pool of questions until the tie is broken.

F. CLARIFICATIONS

1. Only the official participating members of each team actually on stage may raise questions
or clarifications on the answers already given.

2. Clarification regarding the questions and answers should be directed to the panel of judges
only after the allotted time for the given questions.

3. All questions shall be raised in proper decorum (good manners). Any act by the participants
derogatory to the Inter-Scholastic Quiz Show Committee, Board of Judges and to the IECEP
Officers shall be dealt /meted with corresponding penalty to be decided and imposed by
IECEP including but not limited to possible disqualification from the Inter-Scholastic Quiz
Show and suspension in any future quiz shows organized by IECEP.

4. THE DECISION OF THE PANEL OF JUDGES SHALL BE FINAL and IRREVOCABLE.

5. IECEP RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE PART OF THE RULES & REGULATIONS TO
FURTHER IMPROVE THE CONDUCT OF THE QUIZ SHOW.
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G. PANEL OF JUDGES

1. The panel of judges consist of a chairperson and three members.

2. The judge is a disinterested party to any of the participants.

H. OTHERS

Travel, accommodations, and other expenses shall be shouldered by the sending

school/college/university.

ENGR. JOMER V. CATIPON

Vice President for Education
Chair, Education and Student Affairs Committee