Overview
Reading a policy is not the same as understanding it. Watching a training video is not the same as retaining it. For construction businesses where incorrect understanding of a safety procedure, a company policy, or a compliance requirement can have real consequences, there's a meaningful difference between documenting your standards and verifying your team actually knows them.
Structur's quiz builder, built into Standard Operating Procedures, lets you create interactive quizzes directly alongside your SOPs, procedures, and training materials. After a team member reads a section, they can take a quiz to confirm their understanding. You can set passing scores, allow retakes, and give specific feedback based on whether they answer correctly or not.
Quizzes turn your Standard Operating Procedures from a passive library into an active training system.
Understanding Quizzes
What It Does
Structur's quiz builder allows you to:
Create interactive quizzes stored inside your Standard Operating Procedures, alongside the training materials they relate to
Use three question types, Multiple Choice, True/False, and Short Answer, depending on what you're testing
Assign point values to each question to weight your quiz appropriately
Provide answer feedback - tailored responses for correct and incorrect answers so team members understand why they got something right or wrong
Set a passing score - the minimum score a team member must achieve to pass the quiz
Allow retakes - configure whether team members can retake the quiz if they don't pass on the first attempt
Save and publish quizzes to make them accessible to your team immediately
When to Use It
Quizzes deliver the most value when:
Training and development - assessing whether employees have understood and retained content from training programs before they're considered ready
Compliance testing - verifying that employees understand company policies, safety regulations, or legal requirements that apply to their role
Onboarding - testing new hires on their understanding of company culture, workflows, and key procedures after they've completed onboarding materials
Knowledge checks - reinforcing learning after a procedure update and identifying team members who may need additional support or clarification
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Navigate to Standard Operating Procedures
From your Structur dashboard, click on the Company Operations menu
Navigate into the Standard Operating Procedures area
This is where all your company's SOPs, procedures, checklists, and training materials live.
2. Navigate to the Right Department
Within the SOPs area, select the department relevant to the quiz topic, ideally the same department as the training material it tests
Examples:
A quiz on job site safety protocols → Safety department
A quiz on how estimates are built → Estimating / Preconstruction department
A new hire orientation quiz → HR / Onboarding department
A quiz on company change order policy → Project Management or Financial department
Placing the quiz in the same department as the related content makes it easy for team members to read the material and take the quiz without jumping between sections.
3. Add a New Page
Once you're in the correct department, click New Page
Insert the page name and set privacy settings
4. Create "Quiz" Content
From the new page created, click on New Element to add the Quiz content type
Select New Quiz
Give the new content type a title
5. Give Your Quiz a Clear Title
Enter a descriptive title that clearly identifies what the quiz covers.
Examples:
"Safety Training Quiz"
"Company Policy Quiz"
"Onboarding Knowledge Check"
"Change Order Process Quiz"
"Estimating Standards Quiz"
6. Add Quiz Questions
Click the Add Question button
Choose the appropriate question type for what you're testing:
Multiple Answer - provide multiple answer options with one correct answer. Best for testing specific facts, procedures, or policies where there is a clear right answer.
Single Answer - Best for testing understanding of a single statement or rule.
Input Answer - requires the team member to type a response. Best for open-ended understanding or when you want more than a recognition test.
7. Configure Each Question
For each question, set:
Question Text - the text of the question, written clearly enough that there's no ambiguity about what's being asked
Answer Options - for Multiple Answer or Single Answer questions, add all the options and mark the correct answer
8. Add All Questions
Repeat Steps 6 and 7 to add as many questions as the quiz requires
Build enough questions to adequately cover the material, a single question isn't a meaningful knowledge check
10. Save and Publish
Once you're satisfied with the quiz, save and publish it
The quiz is now accessible to your team from the Standard Operating Procedures
Best Practices
Place the quiz in the same department as the training material it covers - A team member should be able to read the SOP or policy and immediately take the quiz without navigating elsewhere. Proximity reinforces the connection between reading and retention.
Write clear, unambiguous questions - Trick questions or poorly worded questions that could have more than one correct interpretation don't test knowledge, they test reading comprehension of the question itself. Every question should have one clearly right answer.
Enable retakes for most training quizzes - The goal of a quiz in the SOPs is for team members to learn the material, not to create a gotcha. Allowing retakes encourages engagement rather than fear.
Combine quizzes with the related SOP or checklist - A quiz is most effective when it immediately follows the content it tests. Build your page with the written procedure first, then the quiz at the end of the same page.
Common Questions
Q: Where do quizzes live in Structur?
A: Quizzes are created and stored inside Standard Operating Procedures in Structur, within the department structure you've set up for your company's operations. They live alongside the SOPs, procedures, and training materials they're designed to test.
Q: What question types are available?
A: Three types: Multiple Answer (one correct answer from several options), Single Answer (one correct answer from several options), and Input Answer (a typed response). Choose the type that best matches what you're testing for each question.
Q: Can team members retake a quiz if they don't pass?
A: Yes, if you enable the Allow Retakes option in the quiz settings. For most training contexts, retakes are recommended, the objective is knowledge retention, not gatekeeping.
Q: Can I include quizzes in the same department as the training material they test?
A: Yes, and this is the recommended approach. Building the quiz in the same department as the related SOP or procedure makes it easy for team members to read, then immediately test their understanding without navigating elsewhere.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
❌ Don't | ✅ Do |
Put quizzes in a different department from the training material | Place the quiz in the same department as the content it tests so team members can read and quiz in one place |
Write ambiguous questions with more than one possible correct answer | Write clear, specific questions with one unambiguous correct answer |
Leave feedback fields blank | Write feedback for both correct and incorrect answers, this is where the learning actually reinforces |
Set the same passing score for every quiz regardless of content | Match the passing score to the stakes, safety compliance warrants a higher bar than general onboarding knowledge |
Disable retakes for training-focused quizzes | Allow retakes for most training contexts, the goal is that team members learn the material, not that they fail |
Create a single-question quiz | Build enough questions to meaningfully test understanding of the covered material |