--- title: "Compliance Training Quiz: Build One From a Policy Document | Formswrite Blog" description: "Turn a code of conduct, privacy or anti-harassment policy into a compliance training quiz, with sample questions, pass marks and a simple record of completion." canonical: https://formswrite.com/blog/compliance-training-quiz-from-policy last-updated: 2026-10-08 --- # Compliance Training Quiz: Build One From a Policy Document In short A compliance training quiz checks that employees have understood a policy, not just clicked through it. The quickest way to make one is to start from the policy itself: pick the rules people most often get wrong, write a scenario question for each, set a pass mark, and use a self-grading form so you have a dated record of who… It is written for corporate trainers and HR or compliance teams who deliver annual policy training. Compliance duties depend on your industry, country and regulator, and whether a quiz satisfies any requirement is for your legal or compliance team to decide. Treat everything here as general guidance for building the quiz, not legal advice. ## What makes a compliance quiz useful Many compliance courses end with a quiz that tests recall of definitions. People pass it by guessing, and nobody learns anything. A better quiz does three things: - It asks what the person would do in a realistic situation. - It targets the rules where mistakes cost the most: conflicts of interest, handling personal data, accepting gifts, reporting concerns. - It explains the right answer, so a wrong click becomes a lesson. ## Steps to build the quiz 1. **Mark up the policy.** Highlight each rule that tells an employee to do or not do something. Ignore background and definitions unless a decision depends on them. 2. **Rank by risk.** Which five rules would cause the biggest problem if broken? Those get two questions each, and the rest get one. 3. **Write scenarios.** "A supplier offers you tickets to a match. What do you do?" works better than "State the gifts policy." 4. **Write feedback.** For every question add a line that cites the policy section, such as "See section 4.2, Gifts and hospitality." 5. **Choose a pass mark and a retake rule.** A pass mark such as 80 percent is a common choice, but yours is a policy decision. Decide how many retakes are allowed and who is told after a second failure. 6. **Generate and edit.** Draft the questions from the policy file with the Formswrite steps below, then check each one against the text and rewrite anything vague. 7. **Publish as a form.** Collect name, work email and department as the first fields, then the questions. A quiz built as a Google Form scores itself, and the response sheet becomes your record. 8. **Set a review date.** Put the policy version and a review date in the form description. ## Sample questions **Code of conduct** _A supplier you are about to choose sends you a gift worth more than the limit in the gifts policy. What should you do?_ - A. Keep it and say nothing - B. Decline or return it and record it as the policy requires (correct) - C. Share it with your team without telling anyone - D. Accept it after the contract is signed _True or false: a conflict of interest only matters if you have actually acted on it._ False. Disclosing a possible conflict early is the point of the rule. **Data privacy** _A colleague asks you to email a spreadsheet of customer details to their personal address so they can work from home. What is the correct response?_ - A. Send it, since they are a colleague - B. Refuse and point them to the approved way of working remotely (correct) - C. Send it but remove the phone numbers - D. Ask them to request it again in writing next week _Short answer: Where would you report a suspected data breach, and how quickly?_ Use the exact channel and deadline from your own policy. **Speaking up** _You see a manager asking an employee to ignore a safety check to hit a deadline. Which action is consistent with the speak-up policy?_ - A. Ignore it, since it is not your team - B. Use the reporting channel named in the policy (correct) - C. Post about it publicly - D. Wait to see if it happens again Fit these to your own rules. A question that contradicts your actual policy is worse than no question. ## Making it annual without extra work Compliance quizzes repeat every year, so build them to be reused. - Keep one master question bank in a document and tag each question with the policy section it covers. - Draw a different random set of 10 to 15 questions each cycle, so people do not share answers. - Retire questions that nearly everyone gets right and add scenarios from real incidents, with names removed. - When the policy changes, update questions in the same week and note the version on the form. ## Records Download the responses after each cycle and store them with the date, the policy version and the pass mark used. If you use a learning management system, export the quiz in a format it imports. Formswrite supports exports to Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard, Brightspace and other platforms, and QTI, GIFT and Aiken files. See our guide on [creating exams in Google Forms](/blog/how-to-make-an-exam-in-google-forms) for settings that matter for assessed quizzes, such as limiting to one response per person. ## Build it in Formswrite, step by step This is the path for a compliance or HR lead starting from the policy PDF or Word file. 1. Open the [PDF to quiz maker](/tools/pdf-to-quiz) and upload the policy PDF or Word file. It accepts a PDF, a Word file or a Google Doc, or you can type a topic instead. 2. Choose the question types you want, such as multiple choice, true or false and short answer, and generate the quiz. It comes with an answer key. 3. Read every question. Fix wording, delete anything your source does not state and check each marked answer. 4. Edit the answer key until every question has exactly one clearly correct answer. 5. Share the quiz link, or export it to Google Forms or your learning platform. Exports are part of the paid plans, and the free plan lets you create 5 Formswrite Forms a month. [Turn your policy PDF into a quiz](/tools/pdf-to-quiz) ## FAQ Does a quiz prove employees are compliant? No. A quiz shows that someone understood the policy at a point in time. Whether it meets a legal or regulatory requirement is a question for your compliance or legal team. Can I generate the questions with AI? Yes, from the policy text, as a first draft. Someone who knows the policy must read every question and answer, since generated questions can be vague or miss a rule. Should the quiz be timed? Usually not. Compliance quizzes test understanding, and a timer adds stress without adding evidence. How do I keep an audit trail? Download the responses after each cycle and file them with the date, policy version and pass mark. Your compliance team can tell you what else is required.