Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Workplace Technology & Collaboration test measure?
Two things, scored separately. Collaboration Tools & Settings is about matching a tool or skill to the setting it actually fits — in-person, hybrid, or virtual — and noticing what each setting hides or reveals. Technology & the Future of Work is about tracing a real, specific link between a technology change and how a job, role, or career works now or could work later. Each area gets twelve of the twenty-four questions.
Why do some questions ask me to compare two settings or two time periods instead of just picking one?
Because that is the skill the test is built to check. A question that only asked "is video calling useful?" would reward familiarity, not judgement. Several of the twenty-four questions instead pair an in-person version of a task against a hybrid or virtual one, or a job's past against its possible future, and ask what actually changes between the two — the comparison is the point, not a detour to it.
How are the bands set?
Against the content, not against other people. There is no norming sample and no percentile anywhere in the result. Clicking at random on a four-option test lands around 25%, so the lowest band deliberately covers everything up to 44%: a score you could get without reading the questions must not come back reading as average.
Does a low score mean someone isn't good with technology?
No, and the result does not claim that. A low score means specific situations were read differently from the key, and it names which ones and which of the two areas pulled the score down more. That is a starting point for a lesson, not a verdict on whether someone is "tech savvy" — this test does not measure comfort with any particular app or device.
Who is it written for, and how long does it take?
It is written at a middle-school reading level, for roughly grades 6 to 8, using the settings that come up at that age — a group project split between people in the room and people joining by video, a class task that used to be done one way and now has a faster option. Older readers can take it and the situations still hold; the vocabulary is simply pitched lower than an adult test would be. It is 24 questions and takes about 5 minutes. It is free, and no account is needed to see the result.