Packaging quiz

How much do you actually know about packaging?

Ten questions, about three minutes. You get your score straight away, and then the part worth having — which ones you got wrong, why, and what to read next.

Stage 1 — Basic

Materials and terms

Substrates, GSM and microns, corrugation flutes, what a laminate and a sleeve actually are, and the printing processes by name.

Start the Basic quiz

Stage 2 — Intermediate

Choosing and costing

Barrier against product need, where the cost really sits, wastage and minimum order quantities, cylinders against plates.

Opens when you finish Basic

Stage 3 — Advanced

Judgement and trade-offs

Recyclable mono-material structures, machinability and sealing windows, and costing a real brief end to end.

Opens when you finish Intermediate

Questions people ask

Do I need an account?: No. Answer the ten questions and you will see your score. We ask for a name and an email only when you want to see which questions you got wrong and why.
Does everyone get the same questions?: No. Each stage draws ten from a much larger bank, spread across the topics, so two people sitting it together get different papers — and a retake gives you questions you have not seen.
Is it free?: Yes, all three stages.
What happens to my email address?: It saves your progress so you can come back to it, and it lets us tell you about the Academy if you tick the box. Nothing else. See our privacy policy.