Frequently Asked Questions
What is a data entry test?
A timed transcription exercise. A source document is shown on screen and you retype it field by field into a form while a clock runs. It measures two things at once — how fast you can move records across, and how many of them arrive intact. This one runs three 60-second rounds over three different record shapes.
How is keystrokes per hour calculated?
Keystrokes divided by seconds, multiplied by 3,600 — that is the raw figure. It is then multiplied by your field accuracy to give the score you are shown, so 10,000 raw KPH at 80% accuracy scores 8,000. Speed bought with errors buys nothing, which is the same arithmetic a back-office team does when work comes back for rekeying.
What KPH do employers ask for?
Back-office and BPO postings commonly state 8,000 alphanumeric keystrokes per hour, and treat 10,000 and above as fast. The four bands in this test sit around those figures, so a result tells you which side of a typical requirement you land on rather than leaving you to convert from words per minute.
What counts as a correct field?
An exact match to the source — same characters, same case, same spacing, same punctuation. There is no partial credit, because a transposed digit in an account number is a wrong account number. When a field is wrong, the result tells you which of six ways it went wrong: left blank, wrong format, transposed, characters dropped, characters added, or wrong characters.
Can I practise data entry with this test?
Yes, and retaking it is free and unlimited. Each round draws from a different record type — customer records, invoice lines and shipment lines — so practising here is closer to the work than copying a paragraph of prose. Watching which error bucket fills up is usually more useful than watching the KPH figure move.
Is this test free?
Yes. The test runs and scores in the browser and the full result — speed, accuracy, per-round figures and the error breakdown — appears without an account. An account only matters if you want the result kept alongside your other results.