CA FBLA Competitive Event Guidelines 212 2008 Edition WORD PROCESSING II—INDIVIDUAL EVENT SCHOOL-SITE TESTING SECTION, STATE AND NATIONAL COMPETITION A high level of word processing skill is a necessity for employees in productive offices. This event recognizes FBLA members who demonstrate that they have acquired word processing proficiency beyond entry level. ELIGIBILITY A participant may not have previously competed in this event or Word Processing II at the national level. Section: Each local chapter may enter three (3) members. State: The top five (5) winners from section competition will represent their section at the State Leadership Conference National: The first place and second place winner in state competition will represent California at the National Leadership Conference. Advisers and participants should refer to the latest edition of the FBLA Chapter Management Handbook for national competitive event guidelines. OVERVIEW This event consists of two (2) parts: an objective test and a school-site production test. Participants are required to complete both parts. A one (1) hour objective test will be administered based on the Objective Test Competencies. The score received on this portion of the event will constitute 15 percent of the final event score. One (1) hour will be given for the production test at the local school site. SCHOOL SITE PRODUCTION TEST PROCEDURE (Section and State) See Event Regulations section in front of document for complete Skill Event regulations. The Competitive Events Facilitator will coordinate all school-site testing and is responsible for the mailing of all tests. The School Site Testing Form—both section and state—can be found online at cafbla.org or at the end of this document. The conference registration packet will contain specific information and will also contain the testing form. The production portion of this event is administered prior to the Section and State Conference. One (1) hour will be allowed for the production test at the school site. Additional time will be allowed for general directions, equipment set up, and warm-up. Problems are weighted according to difficulty and may be completed in any order. The following reference materials are allowed at the test site: dictionaries, the Standards of Mailability and Format Guide. Voice recognition software may be used where appropriate. The local chapter must provide the software. Documents produced for this event must be prepared by the FBLA competitors, without help from the adviser or any other person. Calculators are not allowed during the testing time.