The IT Quiz was conducted on 31.03.2012. It was the third day of the Techno Amuse week. The Quiz was on Basics of information technology and its applications. The event was aimed at testing the knowledge of budding engineers about the current issues in the IT sector.

62 teams (124 participants) participated in this tantalizing event on
• Fundamentals of  IT
• Aptitude
• Application of  basic knowledge of computers

A dedicated team of 10 volunteers along with 3 organizers made it successful.

Description of Rounds conducted:


• SCREENING: First round was a screening test. The questions were technical and aptitude oriented. Students were made to answer 30 MCQs in 30 minutes. Each right answer carried one mark. This round tested the intelligence and knowledge of students in IT sector. Based on the marks obtained by the teams 10 teams were selected for the next round. 



• IMAGE VILLE: This round was again divided into two sub rounds 2.1 and 2.2

Round 2.1:
This round was an oral round with the help of images. A number of images in the form of a pair of two were displayed to the teams. The teams had to relate the two displayed images to get an answer, which is related to technology. The answers were either a name of technical domain, or the latest technology in use etc. Correct answer fetched 10 points to the team. The questions were opened to all the teams.



Round 2.2:
Similar to the previous round but a slight change with the addition of bidding concept.  Questions were similar to round 2.1. Here the contestants are allowed to bid on the question, if they answer is right then they earned a plus bid amount else a minus of, half of the bid amount for incorrect answer. 



• SHARE-E-IT: The  questions were asked to each team, and other teams  had an opportunity to gain points from incorrect answer from other TEAM question was  asked to one team (say A), other teams can bid, if “A” fails to answer the highest bidding team (say B) will get the bid points, else will lose the bid points. The questions were not open to all the teams it was for a specific team. The team with highest score won the event.
         

Student coordinators:

                                               Manoj Kulkarni 

                                               Nikhil Ranade 

                                               Nagaraj Raibagi

                       
Registration fee: Rs. 30/- per team.

Venue: ECC 104, Tiffac 6.

Merit Prizes:


• 1st prize:
 Girish K, 8th SEM, ECE Dept.
 Akshay Pai, 8th SEM, ECE Dept.

• 2nd prize:
 Ramchandra, 4thsem, ECE Dept.
 Shivanand, 4thsem, ECE Dept.