Academic Events

GENERAL GUIDELINES

1. Academic events are composed of: Quiz Bee – Cup 1, Cup 2, Cup 3, Cup 4, Cup 5, Cup
6, Cup 7 and War of the Wits.
2. Each team should submit the names of their participants to the Vice President for
Academics.
3. Substitution during the game is not allowed
4. Contestants are advised to be at the designated places of their events at least ten
(10) minutes before the time schedule.
5. Late contestants are still allowed to join the competition. However, he/she shall no
longer be allowed to answer the questions he/she might have missed.
6. Participants should abide by each specific guideline per activity and should follow
all game mechanics.
7. Other than the participants, only the facilitators/ organization officers are allowed
within the contest venue.
8. Coaching during the game is not allowed.
QUIZ BEE

1. The following are the categories under academic quiz bee and their respective
subject coverage and participants.
Academic Coverage Who can join?
Competition
Cup 1 Financial Accounting and 1 BSA-4
Reporting
1 BSAct-4

1 BSA-2

Cup 2 Advanced Financial Accounting 3 BSA-4

and Reporting
Cup 3 Management and Control 2 BSA-4

1 BSA-2

Cup 4 Audit Theory and Problems 3 BSA-4

Cup 5 Philippine Taxation 2 BSA-4

1 BSA-2

Cup 6 Regulatory Framework for 2 BSA-4

Business Transaction
1 BSA-2

Cup 7 Fundamentals of Accounting & 2 BSA-1

Partnership and Corporation
1 BSA-2
War of the Wits General Information, Science, 3 students of any year
Literature, Philippine History level and 1 faculty

2. QUALIFICATIONS

 Each team must send three (3) representative for each Academic event,
except in the case of Basic Accounting and War of the Wits (team quiz).

3. CONTESTANT AND THE CONTEST MECHANICS

1) Contestants shall be provided with a copy of question for every item. The QDs
shall distribute copies of the question upside-down, and the contestants are
strictly not allowed to flip the copies provided.
2) Only upon the announcement of the quizmaster of the question number may
the contestants may flip their own copies, and start to read the answer the
questions provided. Penalties for violation are as follows.
 1st offense: Warning on the contestant
 2nd offense: Contestant’s answer on that specific number /question
will not be recognized and counted
 3rd offense: Disqualification of the contestant from the competition in
general.
3) All questions, whether in theory or in problems requiring computations, shall
only be read once. Request to repeat a question shall not be entertained,
unless there is an approval from the Academics Committee.
4) Contestants are only allowed to manipulate their calculators after the
quizmaster says “GO”. “GO” shall be declared by the quizmaster after the
reading of the question. Penalties for the violation are as follows.
 1st offense: Warning on the contestant
 2nd offense: Contestant’s answer on that specific number /question
will not be recognized and counted
 3rd offense: Disqualification of the contestant from the competition in
general.
5) The Cups shall be comprised of three rounds, namely: Easy, Average and
Difficult Rounds. Per round, the proportion of questions shall be posited as
follows: two-thirds shall be in multiple choice; while one-third shall be in
identification type. In case of a tie after the difficult round, clincher questions
shall be given to the contestants until the deadlock is broken. Time allotment,
number of items and corresponding points are as follows.
 Easy Average Difficult Clincher

Time Allotment

Theory Problems 10 sec 10 sec 10 sec 10 sec

Problem requiring computations 20 sec 45 sec 60 sec 30 sec

Number of Items 10 10 10 -

Corresponding points 5 10 15 -

6) The contestants should have written their answer before the time allotted
has elapsed. The contestants must raise their answer sheet once the
quizmaster declares so. Any contestant who fails to comply will receive a
warning and his answer may be forfeited depending upon the decision of the
Academics Committee.
7) Contestants should write their answers clearly and legibly on the provided
answer sheets.
8) Abbreviations are highly discouraged to be used unless specifically allowed
by the quizmaster in a particular question.
9) The contestants are the only persons who are allowed to raise concern,
protest and/or clarification.
10) In case where a question is voided upon the recommendation of the
Academics Committee, questions coming from those reserved in anticipation
of a clincher round shall be arbitrarily taken to replace the voided question.
11) Any contestant caught cheating shall be automatically disqualified in the
competition. He/she shall no longer be allowed to participate in other
academic events.
12) In case of a tie breaker rounds, tie breaker question shall be asked until the
deadlock is broken. This round shall be called the “Clincher Round”. Tie
 breaker questions have NO bearing on the cumulative score of the
contestants.
13) In case of a tie breaker round, contestants are only allowed to write on their
answer sheets after the quizmaster reads the question and says “GO”.
Whoever gets the right answer and raises his answer board first shall be
declared the winner.
14) In the case of Basic Accounting and War of the Wits, each group should send
a team composed of three students in any year level and one team adviser.
15) The top three contestants shall be declared the Champion, 1st Runner- up,
and 2nd Runner-Up respectively.