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Quizzes

Check out our quizzes on NIST areas of expertise:

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Do You Have What It Takes to be a Forensic Fingerprint Examiner?

With support from NIST, experts are developing tests to help identify people with the pattern-matching skills needed for analyzing fingerprints. Try your eye on a few of the questions. Start here.


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NIST Metric Trivia Quiz

NIST developed a short five-question metric trivia quiz for the Amazon Alexa voice personal assistant. Every question relates to the SI (International System of Units, commonly known as the metric system). Check out the quiz online.

 

Created December 27, 2021, Updated February 23, 2023
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