Final ROOM ASSIGNMENT: Fisheries Technologist Board Exam (Oct 2019)

Are you taking the Fisheries Technologist Board Exam this October 23-24, 2019? Make sure to check your Room Assignment below which has been provided by the PRC (Professional Regulation Commission), so that you’ll know where to go and where to take the Fisheries Technologist board exam!

UPDATE (October 2019): The official room assignments for those taking the Fisheries Technologist Board Exam are NOW RELEASED! Scroll below to see which exam venues already include the note “Now Available!”. This means room assignments in these venues are ready for viewing. If the PDF file is not yet displayed, the PRC is still finalizing the room assignment but it will be uploaded very soon. Kindly refresh the page or visit this page again later to see if the update has been posted.

Also check out below some useful and practical Fisheries Technologist licensure exam tips to help you pass the exam this year! Good luck!

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Before you take the Board Exam, be informed about the following important details — including exam schedule, dress code, and what you can and cannot bring during exam day. All these are official instructions sourced from the PRC.

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Fisheries Technologist Board Exam Schedule (Oct 2019)

On the first day of the board exam, be present at the venue before 6:30 AM so you can check your room and seat number. Take note that examinees who will come in late will NOT be admitted to the exam room so don’t be late, otherwise, you might not be able to take the board exam!

Here’s the schedule and exam topics in the upcoming Oct 2019 Fisheries Technologist board exam released by the PRC.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

7:00 AM – 7:45 AM – General Instructions and Filling out of Forms
8:00 AM – 12:00 NOON – Aquaculture
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Capture Fisheries

Thursday, October 24, 2019

8:00 AM – 12:00 NN – Aquatic Resources and Ecology
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Post-Harvest Fisheries

Fisheries Technologist Board Exam Requirements by PRC

According to the PRC rules, to be eligible to take the Fisheries Technologist exam, applicants are required to comply with and to submit the following requirements.

Graduate of a BS Fisheries Technologist program in a CHED-recognized educational institution
Birth Certificate issued by the Philippine Statistics Office (PSA), formerly NSO
Marriage Contract, for married female applicants, issued by the Philippine Statistics Office (PSA), formerly NSO
Transcript of Records with scanned picture and Remarks “For Board Examination Purposes”
Valid NBI Clearance
Proof of Completion of “Refresher Course” (for those who failed the Fisheries Technologist exam two times)

Take note that those who previously took the exam and were given a “Conditional” or “Removal” score, they must take the Fisheries Technology board exam again within two (2) years from the date of examination.

Required exam fee is P900.00 for first-time takers and P450.00 for conditional / removal examinees.

Fisheries Technologist Exam Dress Code

Please note that all examinees are REQUIRED to wear the following attire during board exam days:

Males – White polo shirt with collar (without any seal, logo, or mark); Decent pants or slacks.

Females – White blouse or shirt with collar (without any seal, logo, or mark); Decent slacks or skirt.

What to Bring During Fisheries Technologist Exam

Make sure to bring the following items with you during exam day:

Notice of Admission (NOA)
Official Receipt (OR)
One (1) piece metered-stamped window mailing envelope
Two (2) or more Pencils (No. 2)
Ballpens with black ink (black ballpens) only
One (1) piece long brown envelope
One (1) piece long transparent plastic envelope (for safekeeping of valuables and other allowed items)
Calculator with these features only: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, trigonometric function, logarithm, and x^y
Food – all examinees are required to bring with them snacks or meals placed inside a transparent plastic bag. No other person, including the proctors or room watchers, shall be allowed to give or distribute food to any examinee while the board exam is in progress.

NOTE: During the exam, candidates are not allowed to borrow anything or to communicate with other people taking the exam. Examinees are also not allowed to leave the room, so with regard to using the CR, make sure you go to the restroom right before taking the exam.

Prohibited Items During Fisheries Technology Exam

Take note that the following items are NOT ALLOWED to be brought inside the exam room:

Books, notes, review materials, and other printed materials containing coded data / information / formula;
Programmable calculators;
Cellphones, mobile phones, ear plugs, transmitters, portable computers, smart watches, Bluetooth and other electronic gadgets or devices which may be used for communication purposes;
Bags of any kind (ladies bag, shoulder bags, attache case, backpacks, etc.);
Other examination aids not stated on this program.

Tips to Pass the Fisheries Technologist Exam

Do you want some tips to help you pass the Fisheries Technologist exam?

Without a doubt, passing the Fisheries Technologist Licensure Exam requires tons of preparation, hard work, persistence, and determination. You will surely do your part. You will study long hours, read a lot of books, and answer hundreds of pages of reviewers.

But do you want to hear useful tips, this time straight from those who already passed the Fisheries Technologist boards? Here’s our collection of the best insights and tips from Fisheries Technologist passers and topnotchers themselves!

Check out and adopt the following tips which we compiled from Raison Bassig on Facebook.

Tip #1: BRUSH UP ON YOUR READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS.

Your ability to understand whatever you read is no doubt the most important aspect in the board exams (and, more importantly, in your careers). Every word that appears in the question that you read serves as clues to the right answer. During the exam, you will encounter questions wherein you will not be able to recall the word-by-word definition as taken from the book or reviewer. If this happens (and I am sure it will happen frequently), you would then have to rely on analyzing the meaning of the question being asked based on the words that you see. The higher your comprehension of what is being asked or defined, the higher your chances of getting the answer correctly.

There are several ways to improve your reading comprehension. These need not be lifeless and boring like memorizing the encyclopedia or the dictionary. Try to grab your favorite magazine or a newspaper once in a while and read some articles found in there. It can be about fashion, cars, current events, show business, music, games… whatever your interest is. The point here is to immerse yourself on trying to understand whatever it is that you read. Also, you can increase your vocabulary by playing games like crossword puzzles, boggle, hangman, scrabble, etc.

Tip #2: BE PHYSICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY PREPARED

Never underestimate your body’s limitation. I have stressed in my previous article the importance of being physically prepared in your review. The same thing goes for during the exam itself. Avoid drowsiness by getting a long-night’s sleep the night before the exam. If you are itching to do a last-minute study or browsing of notes, I suggest you do it the next morning before you go to the exam venue.

Attend to your personal needs before the examination begins. Depending on the strictness of the assigned proctors, you are not allowed to go out of the room once the exam has started. So watch what you eat and drink. You are, however, allowed to bring food and drinks and consume them while taking the exams. I strongly recommend that you bring something that is just light for your stomach and something that is not too messy, noisy, or smelly to eat.

During the examination, you should be ready for long hours of thinking and answering. Depending on the subject, board exams usually last from 3 hours to as long as 6 hours (even 9 hours for design subjects). Be prepared for uncomfortable seats (like drafting table chairs with no backrests or wooden armchairs with no cushions). While answering, take some 2-minute rests once in a while to recharge your mind and body. Doing a little stretching or closing your eyes for a few minutes might also help.

Just as much as your physical condition is important in the board exams so are your mental and emotional states. Do not let pressure and nervousness control you. You must be able to control them. The board exam is like a war and you will be going into battle. You have to release that warrior instinct in you and own the examination. More people with positive mental attitudes succeed in life than people who are pessimistic. Declare that you are going to win and that nothing can stop you from doing so.

Tip #3: WHAT’S THE HURRY? – MAKE THE MOST OUT OF YOUR TIME!

So much as time management is important in your review, so is it important during the board exam itself. First order of business is to know which subjects you are going to tackle on which time or days. PRC releases an exam schedule alongside the syllabus of the subjects in your particular licensure examination.

For example, in the recently held Licensure Examination for Environmental Planners, the exams were to be held in two days. Day 1 covers one subject (i.e., Environmental Planning Processes, Methods, and Strategies). This subject is scheduled from 8:00am to 2:00pm (or 6 hours). Day 2, on the other hand, covers two subjects. The first subject (i.e., History, Concepts, Theories, and Principles of Environmental Planning) is scheduled from 8:00am to 11:00am (or 3 hours), while the second subject (i.e., Environmental Plan Implementation and Legal Aspects) is scheduled from 12:00pm to 4:00pm (or 4 hours).

Having known the number of hours allotted, the next step is to try to know the number of questions or items for each subject. In the example above, the Day 1 subject of Environmental Planning Processes, Methods, and Strategies consists of 200 questions. With 6 hours allotted for this subject, I first subtract an hour for transferring of answers (see Tip #4). This gives me 5 hours to answer a total of 200 questions (and 1 hour for transferring and finalizing my answers). So the rate in which I have to answer is given at 200 questions per 300 minutes. Simplifying, this means I have 1 minute and 30 seconds to answer one question in my Day 1 subject.

The same formula goes for the other subjects. In the same example above, the first subject in Day 2 (i.e., History, Concepts, Theories, and Principles of Environmental Planning) consists of 100 questions. With 3 hours allotted for this subject, I subtract an hour for transferring of answers. This gives me 2 hours to answer a total of 100 questions. So the rate in which I have to answer is given at 100 questions per 120 minutes. Simplifying, this means I have 1 minute and 12 seconds to answer one question in my Day 2 subject.

Another very important thing to remember is that each question, regardless of its difficulty, is just worth 1 point. So, I strongly recommend that you answer the easier questions first. If you do not know the answer or you are having difficulties deciding which among the choices to pick, just skip it immediately and proceed to the next item. You must not waste too much time thinking and fishing for an answer on a very difficult question. You will be going back to it later after you have read all the others. This is a very good strategy because sometimes there are questions or choices similar to the one you are having trouble with that would help you get to the right answer (see example in Tip #7).

Keep track of your time by wearing a wrist watch (not a cellular phone since you would have to turn this off and surrender to the proctors). Do not be forced to finish your exam early just because other examinees are finishing their exams way ahead of everyone else. You will encounter in your classroom these kinds of examinees that will stand up and submit their answer sheets just one or two hours after the exam has started. Well, that’s their business. You mind your own exam. You do not get additional points for finishing first. So make the most out of your time by double-checking and triple-checking your answers in your questionnaire until you are satisfied before transferring them to your answer sheet as your final answers.

Tip #4: PRACTICE ELIMINATION – EXPLOIT THE WEAKNESS OF MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

The 70’s board exam was all about identification, fill-in-the-blanks, and written essays that are checked manually. Nowadays, the board examinations are “modernized” and are checked using the computer. For ease of checking, questions are now prepared with multiple choices. This modernization of the board exam has actually made your lives much easier in so far as getting an answer correctly. Multiple-choice questions, usually with 4 choices (A, B, C or D), give you a higher probability of getting a right answer than identification questions… simply because the answer is already there – you just have to pick it.

Practice the art of elimination to increase this probability especially for questions you do not know. Here is an example of a question I have encountered in the board exam in which I do not know the exact answer but was able to figure out by means of elimination:

Question: Who is this Swiss-born architect who designed the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art?
Choices: a. Le Corbusier b. Frank Lloyd Wright c. Santiago Calatrava d. Mario Botta

From the question, we already know that we are looking for an architect who was born in Switzerland. Among the choices, I am only familiar with Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright (I have heard of the Calatrava guy before but not in detail). Based on what I know in college, I was able to identify immediately that Frank Lloyd Wright is an American architect who worked during the late 1800’s towards the 20th century. Having eliminated choice B, my probability of getting a right answer increased from 1:4 (or 25%) to 1:3 (or 33.3%). I then continued analyzing my three remaining choices.

I then remembered one magazine article I read regarding the works of this Santiago Calatrava. He is an engineer-architect and was, as I recalled, probably a Spaniard. If C is the right answer, the question should have mentioned that he is a civil engineer because I heard that his works were known for its outstanding structural beauty. Since the question did not mention anything about it and I was convinced he is really from Spain (judging by his surname), I then eliminated choice C, leaving me with only two options to choose from. My probability of getting a right answer now increased from 1:3 (or 33.3%) to 1:2 (or 50%).

With only two remaining choices, I know that Le Corbusier is a Swiss-born architect. So, choice A might be correct. But he is one of the well-known architects during the 1930’s, and I never heard of his designing a museum in San Francisco. Also, I remembered from an internet article that this museum was built around the 80’s or 90’s (since it was a modern art museum). Even thought Le Corbusier was born in Switzerland, he might not have been alive when this museum was designed. So having that analysis, I eliminated choice A (Le Corbusier) and decided to chose the lesser-known choice D (Mario Botta).

After the exams, I researched to see if I had the right analysis, and true to what I thought, I was right. Mario Botta was that Swiss-born architect who designed the San Francisco Modern Art Museum.

The ability to eliminate choices depends on how much knowledge you have on the other given choices. That is why the more you have prepared in your review and the more topics you have read, the higher the chances of you knowing which choices to eliminate. Otherwise, you might be running the risk of eliminating the correct answer.

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PRC Room Assignments: Fisheries Technologist Exam (Oct 2019)

If you see a “Now Available!” note beside the exam venue, it means the PRC already released the list for that province or city and you may now view the room assignment. If it is not yet available, the PRC is still finalizing the school and classroom details. We will update this post once the official Room Assignments are released.

Here are additional useful tips we suggest you follow before the exam.

1. You’ll notice that even in just one school, several buildings and classrooms will be used as testing centers. To make sure that you proceed to the correct location, write down and take note of the exact Building, Classroom, and Seat Number assigned to you.

2. Before the day of the board exam, find out the address of the school or venue where you’ll be taking the exam. Research the actual location using Google Maps or a guide map to determine how to get there.

3. Better yet, try visiting the venue a few days before the board exam! Doing so will help you discover the best transportation or routes to take. If you simulate going to the venue beforehand, you’ll also have an idea how long it will take you to reach the exam center from your place. This allows you to change your transportation plans, if needed.

4. On the day of the exam, don’t be late! According to the PRC, examinees who will be late will NOT BE ALLOWED to take the board exam. We suggest you arrive at the exam venue at least one (1) hour before the start of the exam. This gives you enough time to locate the building, classroom, and seat number assigned to you.

What happens if you did not show up or weren’t able to take the boards? The answer is in this article: I registered but I did not take the board exam.

MANILA: Fisheries Technologist Exam Room Assignment (Oct 2019)

Here is the school to be used as testing center in MANILA during the October 2019 Fisheries Technologist Licensure Exam.

- - ST. JUDE COLLEGE (Address: DON QUIJOTE ST., SAMPALOC, MANILA)

To view your exact room assignment, please wait a few seconds for the PDF file below to load completely. If the file won’t display properly, simply refresh or reload this page. Sometimes it takes two or three page refreshes to completely load the Room Assignments PDF file.

If you find any errors in the spelling of your name, school, date of birth, or application number, please contact the Application Division of the PRC office nearest you to request a correction of these errors. Alternatively, on the exam day itself, you may approach the proctors or room watchers to request to rectify the errors.

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BAGUIO: Fisheries Technologist Exam Room Assignment (Oct 2019)

Here is the school to be used as testing center in BAGUIO during the October 2019 Fisheries Technologist Licensure Exam.

- - NATIONAL EDUCATORS ACADEMY OF THE PHILIPPINES (NEAP) (Address: TEACHERS CAMP, LEONARD WOOD ROAD, BAGUIO CITY)

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CAGAYAN DE ORO (CDO): Fisheries Technologist Exam Room Assignment (Oct 2019)

Here is the school to be used as testing center in CDO during the October 2019 Fisheries Technologist Licensure Exam.

CDO CITY HIGH SCHOOL (Address: 2ND 3RD STREET, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY)

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CEBU: Fisheries Technologist Exam Room Assignment (Oct 2019)

Here is the school to be used as testing center in CEBU during the October 2019 Fisheries Technologist Licensure Exam.

- - UNIVERSITY OF CEBU – METC CAMPUS (Address: ALUMNUS ST., MAMBALING, CEBU CITY)

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DAVAO: Fisheries Technologist Exam Room Assignment (Oct 2019)

Here is the school to be used as testing center in DAVAO during the October 2019 Fisheries Technologist Licensure Exam.

- - MAA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (Address: MAA, DAVAO CITY)

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ILOILO: Fisheries Technologist Exam Room Assignment (Oct 2019)

Here is the school to be used as testing center in ILOILO during the October 2019 Fisheries Technologist Licensure Exam.

- - ILOILO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (Address: LUNA ST., LA PAZ, ILOILO CITY, ILOILO)

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LEGAZPI: Fisheries Technologist Exam Room Assignment (Oct 2019)

Here is the school to be used as testing center in LEGAZPI during the October 2019 Fisheries Technologist Licensure Exam.

RAWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Address: RAWIS LEGAZPI CITY)

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LUCENA: Fisheries Technologist Exam Room Assignment (Oct 2019)

Here is the school to be used as testing center in LUCENA during the October 2019 Fisheries Technologist Licensure Exam.

DALUBHASAAN NG LUNGSOD NG LUCENA (Address: CITY HALL ANNEX, BRGY ISABANG, LUCENA CITY)

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TACLOBAN: Fisheries Technologist Exam Room Assignment (Oct 2019)

Here is the school to be used as testing center in TACLOBAN during the October 2019 Fisheries Technologist Licensure Exam.

- - LEYTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (Address: LINO GONZAGA AVE., TACLOBAN CITY)

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TUGUEGARAO: Fisheries Technologist Exam Room Assignment (Oct 2019)

Here is the school to be used as testing center in TUGUEGARAO during the October 2019 Fisheries Technologist Licensure Exam.

- - LINAO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Address: BRGY LINAO, TUGUEGARAO CITY, CAGAYAN)

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ZAMBOANGA: Fisheries Technologist Exam Room Assignment (Oct 2019)

Here is the school to be used as testing center in ZAMBOANGA during the October 2019 Fisheries Technologist Licensure Exam.

ZAMBOANGA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL WEST (Address: R.T. LIM BOULEVARD, ZAMBOANGA CITY)

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Prayer for Fisheries Technologist Board Exam Takers

Seek divine refuge and inspiration in this prayer below in preparation for your board exam.

“Almighty Father,

Guide me and be with me as I take this exam

Inspire me to be calm, confident, and clever.

Help me concentrate and clear my mind

Remove my anxiety and relieve me of stress.

Grant me the wisdom to remember what I studied

And discernment to know the answers that are right.

Provide me strength to pass this challenge

Help me conquer this exam.

I now lay down before you my nerves and fears

Please endow me your peace and warm my heart.

I pray for my success in this exam

All for the glory of God.

Amen.”