CESAO 2023:

PICE Quiz Bee 2023

Mechanics

Registration

⮚ Open to all bona fide BSCE students of Palawan State University from 1st year to
4th year.
⮚ A team is composed of 3 members of the same division.

⮚ Each division may have 2-3 teams to represent for the quiz bee.

⮚ To register, contact Mr. Van Andrey Ambalong on Facebook Messenger, or fill up

the following Google Forms link: https://forms.gle/aCYzJneJnn4MPYAr7
⮚ 1 Google Forms registration only per team. Use your corporate email address to
register.
⮚ Any team who does not fill out the Google Forms will not be recognized as an
entry.
⮚ Failure to send the minimum number of teams from any of the five (5) divisions
will be given point deductions.
⮚ The quiz bee will be held on April 15, 2024, at the PalSU Performing Arts
Center (PAC).
⮚ Teams should be on time at the venue by 1 pm. If the teams were incomplete at
1 pm, contestants will be given a 15 minute-grace period for their contestant to
join them. If the teams were still incomplete, the team shall be disqualified from
the quiz bee.
Quiz Bee Proper
Scope and Pointing System

⮚ The quiz bee is divided into 3 rounds, easy, average, and difficult.

⮚ The quiz bee is composed of 15 easy, 15 average, and 10 difficult questions.

Questions come from the following categories:
 ● MSTE-Promax (Mathematics, Surveying, and Transportation Engineering,
with Construction Management)
● HPGE (Hydraulics and Principles of Geotechnical Engineering)
● PSAD (Principles of Structural Analysis and Design)
⮚ These questions will be from the Quiz Bee Committee. It may be identification
of terms, multiple choice, or problem solving. The questions may prepare
students for CE board examinations.
⮚ Easy round questions are good for twenty (20) seconds, average round
questions are good for forty-five (45) seconds, and difficult questions are good
for ninety (90) seconds.
⮚ Here is the pointing system for the quiz bee.

⮚ The team who earns the highest number of points shall be declared the
champion of PICE Quiz Bee 2023.
⮚ In case of a tie for the champion, 1st runner up, and 2nd runner up, there will be a
Sudden Death round. The first team to answer the question correctly shall be
declared the winner of the tie.
In-game Mechanics

⮚ Contestants will be given boards and chalk for their answers.

⮚ Contestants must provide their own scratch papers and pens prior to the
competition. (Maximum of 3 papers).
⮚ The participants are encouraged to wear the color of their division.
⮚ The use of scientific calculators is allowed, but their covers must be removed.

⮚ Before the quiz bee starts, the board of each team must have their divisions and
team numbers written on the top right corner of the board.
⮚ The chosen category will be specified before each question is delivered. Each
question will be read by the quizmaster twice before the timer starts. All teams
can start answering as soon as the question is displayed on the screen. Once the
quizmaster says “Go”, the timer will start.
⮚ All teams must raise their boards as soon as the time allotted elapses.

⮚ The teams must wait for the quizmaster to acknowledge them before they can
drop their boards down.
⮚ For multiple choice questions, everyone must write their final answer in
uppercase letters only. Answers in lowercase letters will strictly not be
considered.
⮚ For identification problems, answers shall be stated in complete
words—spelled out and spelled correctly. Acronyms will be considered incorrect
unless otherwise specified.
⮚ To ensure uniformity and accuracy, numbers shall be rounded off only on the
final answer. For simplicity, when the number to the right of the rounding digit
ranges from five (5) to nine (9), always round up the rounding digit.
⮚ As a general rule for computational problems, the final answer should be stated
in two (2) decimal places UNLESS specified otherwise.
⮚ The final answer shall indicate the proper unit as specified in the problem.

⮚ Any teams to give an answer without indicating the correct unit and decimal
place will be considered incorrect. Likewise, illegible and incomplete answers will
be awarded no points.
⮚ If contestants want to raise a protest or a question, they may raise their hands
so that the quizmaster may acknowledge them. The judges will then evaluate the
protest/question. Protests/Questions may be entertained before the reading of
the next question.
⮚ The judges’ decision of the protest will be considered final and irrevocable.

⮚ Answers should be erased only after all the answers have been checked and
after all the protests have been resolved.
⮚ To maintain a conducive contest environment at the venue, the audience are
expected to exhibit proper decorum and avoid making excessive or
unnecessary noise. The audience will also be asked to turn off or put to silent
mode their mobile phones and other electronic devices so as not to cause
distraction during the contest. If anybody is caught violating this, the person will
be called and may be asked to leave the place especially if the warning is not
heeded.