THINQ and Questionmark offer customers learning management and online testing and assessment in a single, integrated package

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THINQ and Questionmark offer customers learning management and online testing and assessment in a single, integrated package

Customers can easily access industry-leading software
to create, deliver and track online tests

BILLERICA, Mass., Nov. 6, 2001 - THINQ Learning Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise learning solutions, today expanded an existing relationship with leading online testing software company, Questionmark. THINQ customers can now purchase Questionmark™ Perception™ testing and assessment software as part of the THINQ TrainingServer® Learning Management System (LMS).

Questionmark, with more than 1,100 Perception customers, offers the learning industry's most comprehensive set of online assessment capabilities, including unsurpassed authoring, reporting and analysis tools. With Perception software, THINQ customers can easily and cost-effectively create online tests directly through the THINQ LMS. Tight integration with the THINQ LMS yields more features - including a secure browser option and user-by-user question randomization - than most LMSs' internal testing capabilities.

The combination of THINQ and Questionmark technologies offers capabilities beyond the tests themselves. Companies can capture and analyze test results and produce customized reports on any set of variables. Test results can also be used to automatically prescribe customized curriculums or identify employees best suited for certain projects. A sales executive, for example, could administer online tests before and after an orientation class for newly hired sales people to determine the best learners and highest-performing recruits.

"As a THINQ TrainingServer LMS customer, as well as a Questionmark Perception user, we are looking forward to the rollout of the joint solution," said Gerry Tompkins, a Citibank vice president who is responsible for the development of self-instruction materials for Citibank's training and development in Latin America. "We have found that using Questionmark's software for testing and assessment saves us time and money and provides our users instant test scores, and of course the LMS is vital for launching content and registering students for classes. We are very pleased that these two products that we rely on to manage and track training for our employees will be offered as a combined product."

Questionmark and THINQ have worked together to create a unique configuration of Perception that directly addresses the business needs of THINQ's enterprise LMS customers. For example, this configuration includes browser-based authoring for the distributed creation of assessments, a common practice in large organizations. Questionmark normally sells browser-based authoring as a separate item for additional charge.

"We are eager to build on what is already a very successful partnership," said Eric Shepherd, president of Questionmark . "Having Perception offered with THINQ's own learning management system will help their customers easily assess, measure and enhance many of the steps in the learning process."

Ray Maskell, president of THINQ Learning Solutions, said: "Questionmark's online testing and assessments combined with our LMS are perfect for any company's testing, analysis and curriculum management needs. Our expanded partnership makes it simple for customers to begin benefiting from online testing in days."

THINQ TrainingServer LMS launches, tracks and centrally manages corporate training in all modalities, including online, classroom, books, videos and virtual classroom courses.

About Questionmark
Questionmark has been producing testing and assessment software since 1988. Perception gives organizations an easy-to-use tool to create and deliver tests, quizzes and surveys on Intranets, the Internet or using Windows PCs. Test authors need no programming experience or knowledge of HTML. Assessments can feature many different question types, with questions pre-selected or dynamically assembled from question banks. Managers and test authors both get extensive reporting and analysis to help them in their work with assessments. Businesses, government agencies, schools, colleges, and universities in more than 50 countries use Questionmark software. Typical applications include exams, quizzes, study aids, diagnostic tests, pre-course skills assessments, and course evaluations. Questionmark is actively involved with the IMS Global Learning Consortium and supports open standards. Visit www.questionmark.com for more information.

About THINQ
THINQ Learning Solutions, Inc. helps corporations and government agencies attain key business objectives with an enterprise-wide learning solution designed to improve employee and organizational achievement through effective human capital development. THINQ delivers enterprise learning management solutions that provide strategic consulting, leading technology through the THINQ TrainingServer® Learning Management System, broad content qualification and integration, professional services and internal marketing programs to promote a learning culture on a global scale. THINQ is a private company headquartered in Billerica, Mass., with operations in the United States, Canada and the U.K. For more information, contact THINQ at (888) 931-3311, or visit www.THINQ.com.

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