Thursday, May 2, 2013

Go Fix It!!!


Agenda:                                                 
      Competitive event which includes :
      Computer Troubleshooting
      Testing Core Computer handling skills of participants
      Event is divided into three Rounds/levels


Event Specifications:
" Participation will be on team level, with each team having 2 members
" The Competition is divided into 3 Rounds/Levels.
" The overall event is based on testing the troubleshooting skills of teams without the use of 3rd party software.


Event Format         
                                   
Round 1:
     Duration : 1 Hour
     Preliminary Round
     This will be an online/offline event and take place few days before the event
•   Participants will be given particular problems (MCQ's) related to troubleshooting and troubleshooting tools
     This will be a general concepts based event
     Students will selected for round 2 based on their comparative percentiles

Round 2:
     Duration : 1.5 Hours
     This Round will test the troubleshooting skills of the teams
     The participants will be given certain scenarios with a troubled PC with which they have to deal with
     The given systems can have certain issues like:
                  - Driver Problems
                                                -Networking issues (bridging, LAN, Wi-Fi etc.)
                                                -Partitions etc.
     Participants have to work on their systems and make it 'trouble free'
     The judging criteria will be timing and the number of issues resolved

Round 3:
(Back from the dead)
     Duration : 1.5 Hours
     This Round will test the boot troubleshooting skills of the teams
     The participants will be given a 'dead' PC which doesn’t seem to load the OS
     They have to deal with the:
            -Start Up of the System
                                                            -Bootmgr
                                                            -BIOS errors
                                                            -Some Hardware Errors
                                                            -BSODs'
                                                            -Recovering the system