Sample questions
The best way to understand WTO is to see it. These samples show the practical, reasoning-led style of the olympiad - questions reward thinking, not memorisation.
Foundation
Classes 2 to 4Which of these is the safest thing to do online?
- Share your home address with strangers
- Ask a parent before downloading a new app
- Use the same simple password everywhere
- Click every pop-up you see
Why: Checking with a trusted adult is a core internet-safety habit.
A robot starts facing up and follows: forward, turn right, forward. Which way is it facing at the end?
- Up
- Right
- Left
- Down
Why: One right turn changes the robot's facing from up to right - step-by-step (computational) thinking.
Explorer
Classes 5 to 8What does this program print? repeat 3 times { print("*") }
- *
- ***
- **
- Nothing
Why: The loop runs three times, printing one star each time.
A spam filter improves by studying many emails already labelled “spam” or “not spam”. This is an example of…
- Following fixed rules
- Machine learning from data
- Random guessing
- Designing hardware
Why: Learning patterns from labelled examples is supervised machine learning.
Innovator
Classes 9 to 12What is the output of: print(len([x for x in range(10) if x % 2 == 0]))
- 4
- 5
- 10
- 0
Why: The even numbers in range(10) are 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 - five values.
If a password is leaked, which practice best protects the account?
- Reusing the password elsewhere
- Enabling two-factor authentication
- Writing it on a sticky note
- Sharing it with a friend
Why: A second factor blocks access even when the password alone is known.
These are illustrative. Real editions draw a randomized paper per student from a calibrated bank, so every sitting is fresh and fair.
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For parents
See for yourself that questions reward thinking, not memorization - a fair, modern challenge your child will enjoy.
Why parents choose WTO
For schools
Practical, reasoning-led items mapped to CBSE, ICSE, and CSTA, so the olympiad complements what you already teach.
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For partners
A calibrated, human-reviewed item bank with randomized delivery - the content engine you run without building it.
Frequently asked questions
What parents and schools ask most about the questions.
Are these the actual exam questions?
No, they are illustrative. Real editions draw a randomized paper per student from a large, calibrated item bank, so every sitting is fresh and fair and no two students see exactly the same paper.
What subjects do the questions cover?
Questions span the future-ready skills WTO assesses: artificial intelligence, coding, cybersecurity, robotics concepts, and computational thinking, pitched at the right level for each grade-based track.
Do the questions test memorization?
No. The olympiad is deliberately reasoning-led - questions reward logic, problem-solving, and applied thinking rather than recalling facts, so a well-prepared thinker does well regardless of how much they have memorized.
Where do the questions come from?
Items are authored with Global Tech Council subject expertise and AI assistance, then put through mandatory human review and pretesting before they count. Difficulty is calibrated from real student responses after every edition.
Can my child practise before an edition?
Yes. The Season Pass unlocks practice and sample sets across the whole year, so a student can prepare between editions and walk into each sitting confident.
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