AO ADVANCEMENT EXAM – COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE & KEY CONCEPTS REVIEW (2025
EDITION)
AO Advancement Exam – Practice Questions
1. In project management, the "triple constraint" traditionally includes:
A. Time, Cost, Quality
B. Time, Scope, Quality
C. Time, Cost, Scope (✓)
D. Cost, Scope, Risk
2. A computer's Central Processing Unit (CPU) is primarily responsible for:
A. Storing long-term data
B. Executing program instructions (✓)
C. Providing power to components
D. Displaying graphics on the monitor
3. The financial statement that shows a company's revenues and expenses over a period is
the:
A. Balance Sheet
B. Income Statement (✓)
C. Statement of Cash Flows
D. Chart of Accounts
4. In the communication process, the response of a receiver to a sender's message is known
as:
A. Encoding
B. Decoding
C. Feedback (✓)
D. Channeling
5. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is significant because it:
A. Abolished slavery
B. Established income tax
C. Granted women the right to vote (✓)
D. Lowered the voting age to 18
,6. Which networking device operates at the Data Link layer (Layer 2) of the OSI model?
A. Router
B. Hub
C. Switch (✓)
D. Repeater
7. A market structure with a single seller and significant barriers to entry is a:
A. Perfect Competition
B. Monopolistic Competition
C. Oligopoly
D. Monopoly (✓)
8. The psychological concept of "confirmation bias" refers to the tendency to:
A. Favor information that confirms existing beliefs (✓)
B. Make decisions based on emotional reactions
C. Conform to group norms
D. Attribute others' behavior to their character
9. In grammar, the phrase "running quickly" is an example of:
A. A prepositional phrase
B. An adverbial phrase (✓)
C. A noun phrase
D. An independent clause
10. The principle of "supply and demand" suggests that if demand for a product increases
while supply remains unchanged:
A. The price will likely decrease
B. The price will likely increase (✓)
C. A surplus will occur
D. Supply will automatically decrease
11. Which protocol is used to securely transfer files over a network?
A. HTTP
B. FTP
C. SFTP (✓)
D. SNMP
12. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs places "Esteem" needs directly after:
A. Physiological
B. Safety
,C. Love/Belonging (✓)
D. Self-Actualization
13. The concept of "Due Process" is guaranteed in which two amendments to the U.S.
Constitution?
A. 1st and 2nd
B. 5th and 14th (✓)
C. 10th and 15th
D. 4th and 8th
14. In a spreadsheet, a function that adds a range of cells is:
A. =AVERAGE
B. =COUNT
C. =SUM (✓)
D. =TOTAL
15. The "Pareto Principle" is also commonly known as the:
A. 50/50 Rule
B. 80/20 Rule (✓)
C. 10/90 Rule
D. Rule of Thirds
16. In international relations, "detente" refers to a period of:
A. Escalated conflict
B. Formal alliance
C. Easing of tensions (✓)
D. Economic sanctions
17. Which data type would be most appropriate for storing a true/false value?
A. Integer
B. String
C. Boolean (✓)
D. Float
18. The "RACI" chart is a tool used primarily in:
A. Financial Auditing
B. Project Management (✓)
C. Software Development
D. Marketing Analysis
, 19. The literary term for the central character in a story, who often drives the plot, is the:
A. Antagonist
B. Protagonist (✓)
C. Narrator
D. Foil
20. The economic term "GDP" stands for:
A. General Domestic Product
B. Gross Domestic Product (✓)
C. Government Debt Percentage
D. Gross Development Plan
21. Which cloud service model provides hardware, operating systems, and server software?
A. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
B. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
C. Software as a Service (SaaS) (✓)
D. Data as a Service (DaaS)
22. The cognitive bias where the first piece of information offered anchors subsequent
judgments is called:
A. Hindsight Bias
B. Anchoring Bias (✓)
C. Availability Heuristic
D. Survivorship Bias
23. The "Marbury v. Madison" Supreme Court case established the principle of:
A. Separate but equal
B. Judicial review (✓)
C. One person, one vote
D. Eminent domain
24. In a relational database, a primary key is used to:
A. Create a link between two tables
B. Uniquely identify each record in a table (✓)
C. Automatically sort data alphabetically
D. Encrypt sensitive information
25. According to Stephen Covey, "Begin with the End in Mind" is one of the:
A. Five Dysfunctions of a Team
B. Four Disciplines of Execution
STUDY GUIDE & KEY CONCEPTS REVIEW (2025
EDITION)
AO Advancement Exam – Practice Questions
1. In project management, the "triple constraint" traditionally includes:
A. Time, Cost, Quality
B. Time, Scope, Quality
C. Time, Cost, Scope (✓)
D. Cost, Scope, Risk
2. A computer's Central Processing Unit (CPU) is primarily responsible for:
A. Storing long-term data
B. Executing program instructions (✓)
C. Providing power to components
D. Displaying graphics on the monitor
3. The financial statement that shows a company's revenues and expenses over a period is
the:
A. Balance Sheet
B. Income Statement (✓)
C. Statement of Cash Flows
D. Chart of Accounts
4. In the communication process, the response of a receiver to a sender's message is known
as:
A. Encoding
B. Decoding
C. Feedback (✓)
D. Channeling
5. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is significant because it:
A. Abolished slavery
B. Established income tax
C. Granted women the right to vote (✓)
D. Lowered the voting age to 18
,6. Which networking device operates at the Data Link layer (Layer 2) of the OSI model?
A. Router
B. Hub
C. Switch (✓)
D. Repeater
7. A market structure with a single seller and significant barriers to entry is a:
A. Perfect Competition
B. Monopolistic Competition
C. Oligopoly
D. Monopoly (✓)
8. The psychological concept of "confirmation bias" refers to the tendency to:
A. Favor information that confirms existing beliefs (✓)
B. Make decisions based on emotional reactions
C. Conform to group norms
D. Attribute others' behavior to their character
9. In grammar, the phrase "running quickly" is an example of:
A. A prepositional phrase
B. An adverbial phrase (✓)
C. A noun phrase
D. An independent clause
10. The principle of "supply and demand" suggests that if demand for a product increases
while supply remains unchanged:
A. The price will likely decrease
B. The price will likely increase (✓)
C. A surplus will occur
D. Supply will automatically decrease
11. Which protocol is used to securely transfer files over a network?
A. HTTP
B. FTP
C. SFTP (✓)
D. SNMP
12. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs places "Esteem" needs directly after:
A. Physiological
B. Safety
,C. Love/Belonging (✓)
D. Self-Actualization
13. The concept of "Due Process" is guaranteed in which two amendments to the U.S.
Constitution?
A. 1st and 2nd
B. 5th and 14th (✓)
C. 10th and 15th
D. 4th and 8th
14. In a spreadsheet, a function that adds a range of cells is:
A. =AVERAGE
B. =COUNT
C. =SUM (✓)
D. =TOTAL
15. The "Pareto Principle" is also commonly known as the:
A. 50/50 Rule
B. 80/20 Rule (✓)
C. 10/90 Rule
D. Rule of Thirds
16. In international relations, "detente" refers to a period of:
A. Escalated conflict
B. Formal alliance
C. Easing of tensions (✓)
D. Economic sanctions
17. Which data type would be most appropriate for storing a true/false value?
A. Integer
B. String
C. Boolean (✓)
D. Float
18. The "RACI" chart is a tool used primarily in:
A. Financial Auditing
B. Project Management (✓)
C. Software Development
D. Marketing Analysis
, 19. The literary term for the central character in a story, who often drives the plot, is the:
A. Antagonist
B. Protagonist (✓)
C. Narrator
D. Foil
20. The economic term "GDP" stands for:
A. General Domestic Product
B. Gross Domestic Product (✓)
C. Government Debt Percentage
D. Gross Development Plan
21. Which cloud service model provides hardware, operating systems, and server software?
A. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
B. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
C. Software as a Service (SaaS) (✓)
D. Data as a Service (DaaS)
22. The cognitive bias where the first piece of information offered anchors subsequent
judgments is called:
A. Hindsight Bias
B. Anchoring Bias (✓)
C. Availability Heuristic
D. Survivorship Bias
23. The "Marbury v. Madison" Supreme Court case established the principle of:
A. Separate but equal
B. Judicial review (✓)
C. One person, one vote
D. Eminent domain
24. In a relational database, a primary key is used to:
A. Create a link between two tables
B. Uniquely identify each record in a table (✓)
C. Automatically sort data alphabetically
D. Encrypt sensitive information
25. According to Stephen Covey, "Begin with the End in Mind" is one of the:
A. Five Dysfunctions of a Team
B. Four Disciplines of Execution
