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AFOQT Situational Judgment Practice Test 2025

Test Name	AFOQT Practice Test
Section	Situational Judgment
Practice Test Type	Quiz
Total Questions	16 MCQs
Time Limit	35 minutes
Question Type	Sample Questions
Answers	Yes
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AFOQT Situational Judgment Practice Test

AFOQT Situational Judgment Practice Test
Total Items: 16 (Multiple Choice Questions)
Time Limit: 35 Minutes

his section of the test measures your judgement when responding to interpersonal situations that are similar to those that you will face as an officer. Your response will be scored relative to a consensus judgement across experienced U.S. Air Force officers.

For each situation, you must pick the MOST EFFECTIVE and the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

The best approach to these questions is an analytical one. Try to take emotion out of the picture and judge what is the best logical approach to each situation. Choose the answer that will resolve the issue at hand as easily and quickly as possible. Your choice should also be one that will not lead to any further or new issues in the future. Although everyone will not view each situation exactly the same, the census response will help make up for this. This helps ensure that the truly most effective answer is chosen.

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Situation 1

You have an innovative plan for your unit that, in your opinion, will improve performance. Not everyone in the unit is of the same opinion, and some downright oppose your plan. Even though the plan has not been put in motion, someone has already written a letter of complaint and sent it to your superior.

What would you do?

Select the answer that contains the MOST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Have a meeting with the unit, including the person who wrote the complaint to your superior, and explain to everyone again the chain-of- command and how it is to be used

Ignore the letter of complaint, and push forward with the plan.

Don’t worry about anyone else’s opinion, and implement the plan.

Give up your plan in the wake of opposition, and see what the unit would like to do.

Discipline the person who wrote the letter of complaint so that no one else in the unit will break the chain-of-command in the future.

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Don’t worry about anyone else’s opinion, and implement the plan.

Ignore the letter of complaint, and push forward with the plan.

Discipline the person who wrote the letter of complaint so that no one else in the unit will break the chain-of-command in the future.

Give up your plan in the wake of opposition, and see what the unit would like to do

Have a meeting with the unit, including the person who wrote the complaint to your superior, and explain to everyone again the chain-of- command and how it is to be used.

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Situation 2

You have had a successful working relationship with an aide assigned to you. On a personal level, you dislike the assignee based on your opinion that they are arrogant and too critical of others. A senior officer is thinking of giving the aide a promotion, which would greatly benefit his/her future and put the aide on a fast track for future promotions.

What would you do?

Select the answer that contains the MOST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation

List your complaints about the aide in an anonymous letter to the senior officer.

Attempt to dissuade the senior officer by sharing your personal feelings about the aide.

You want the aide to just go away, so you give a recommendation for promotion.

You do not want the aide to be rewarded, so you recommend that the senior officer give it to someone else.

Other than expressing your opinion of the aide, you do not interfere with the selection process.

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Attempt to dissuade the senior officer by sharing your personal feelings about the aide.

You want the aide to just go away, so you give a recommendation for promotion.

Other than expressing your opinion of the aide, you do not interfere with the selection process

List your complaints about the aide in an anonymous letter to the senior officer.

You do not want the aide to be rewarded, so you recommend that the senior officer give it to someone else.

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Situation 3

A coworker, who is another officer in your division, has to give an important speech in a few days. The officer has spent a great deal of time and effort on the report, but is still nervous about presenting it. After being asked by the officer to look over the report, you find some items that you feel need to be changed. You discuss these items with the other officer, who disagrees with you. You are positive that the changes you identified need to be made.

What would you do?

Select the answer that contains the MOST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Attempt to get a senior officer involved to order that the report be changed.

Avoid going to the speech if at all possible

Do not say or do anything. You are not giving the speech.

Mention the conversation to a senior officer prior to the speech as a way to make yourself look better, since you are right and the other officer wouldn’t listen to you.

Do everything you can to convince the officer to review the report and supporting information and make the changes you have recommended.

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Do not say or do anything. You are not giving the speech

Do everything you can to convince the officer to review the report and supporting information and make the changes you have recommended.

Attempt to get a senior officer involved to order that the report be changed.

Avoid going to the speech if at all possible.

Mention the conversation to a senior officer prior to the speech as a way to make yourself look better, since you are right and the other officer wouldn’t listen to you.

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Situation 4

You have been teamed up with another officer on an important one-month assignment to draft a report. Unfortunately, early in the project your coworker has become ill and is required to be on leave. The illness keeps him/her out of the office much longer than expected. At the one-month mark on the report, your coworker is still ill and remains on leave. There is no way of knowing when your coworker will return to work and his/her expertise is needed to complete the assignment.

What would you do?

Select the answer that contains the MOST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Relay the situation to your superior and request help to finish the report

To the best of your ability, put in as many hours as it takes to finish it yourself.

Don’t give any details; just ask for the deadline to be extended.

Wait indefinitely for the coworker to return without regard to the timeline for the report.

Order a subordinate onto the project in an attempt to complete the report.

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Relay the situation to your superior and request help to finish the report.

Don’t give any details; just ask for the deadline to be extended.

To the best of your ability, put in as many hours as it takes to finish it yourself.

Wait indefinitely for the coworker to return without regard to the timeline for the report

Order a subordinate onto the project in an attempt to complete the report.

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Situation 5

After a long day at work, you are at home and you realize you forgot to sign documents that need to go on to another unit for completion. The documents cannot move forward without your signature. While the documents are not urgent in nature, your oversight will cause another officer to be delayed and have to stay at work later than usual.

What would you do?

Select the answer that contains the MOST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Go back to work and sign the papers.

The documents are not urgent, so you wait until the next day to sign them.

Get a subordinate at your office to sign your name on the documents so they can move forward.

Show up to work early the next day to sign the documents, get them moving first thing in the morning, and hope the other officer won’t have to stay late.

Call the officer that this will impact and explain that the documents will be late in arriving.

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Go back to work and sign the papers.

Show up to work early the next day to sign the documents, get them moving first thing in the morning, and hope the other officer won’t have to stay late.

Get a subordinate at your office to sign your name on the documents so they can move forward.

The documents are not urgent, so you wait until the next day to sign them

Call the officer that this will impact and explain that the documents will be late in arriving.

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Situation 6

A week before you are about to be transferred to a new unit you receive a message from the officer in charge of that unit. The officer explains you are entering the unit at a critical time, as they are leading training exercises for highly skilled soldiers. The message goes on to indicate that you are expected to be a valuable contributor from the moment you arrive, with minimal assistance. However, your experience in this area is minimal.

What would you do?

Select the answer that contains the MOST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Respond to the senior officer’s message with a request for a meeting, where you can discuss transition into the new position.

You think you should remain with your current unit, so you request that your transfer be cancelled.

Send no response to the email. You should have no problem taking on this new position.

Send a courteous thank you message in return and attempt to study for the new position.

Discreetly ask one of the officers in the new unit if he/she will be able to train you upon arrival

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation

Send no response to the email. You should have no problem taking on this new position.

Send a courteous thank you message in return and attempt to study for the new position.

You think you should remain with your current unit, so you request that your transfer be cancelled.

Discreetly ask one of the officers in the new unit if he/she will be able to train you upon arrival

Respond to the senior officer’s message with a request for a meeting, where you can discuss transition into the new position.

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Situation 7

A coworker, who is another officer, has lied about his/her time off. The officer had requested leave for a week to visit an ailing family member. The request for leave was granted. Through social media, you learned the officer was at the beach on vacation, hundreds of miles away from the ailing family member he/she was supposedly visiting.

Select the answer that contains the MOST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Tell the officer if he/she does anything unethical like that again you will have no choice but to report it.

You mind your own business and do nothing.

Anonymously send the social media evidence of the officer’s actions to the commanding officer.

Since you now have a bargaining chip, you tell the officer you will keep this information to yourself in exchange for him taking on part of your weekly workload.

Go see the commanding officer immediately to relay what you just discovered.

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Go see the commanding officer immediately to relay what you just discovered.

Since you now have a bargaining chip, you tell the officer you will keep this information to yourself in exchange for him taking on part of your weekly workload.

Anonymously send the social media evidence of the officer’s actions to the commanding officer.

Tell the officer if he/she does anything unethical like that again you will have no choice but to report it.

You mind your own business and do nothing.

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Situation 8

After being in the same unit and performing the same job for two years, you are beginning to feel burned out. Even though you are successful in your current position, you wonder what other options may be available. You have been asking around to people in other units to gauge their experiences. Within a month the rumors in your unit have started that are you are looking for a transfer.

Select the answer that contains the MOST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Send a formal request for transfer to your senior officer, acknowledging the truth of the rumors.

Ask for a leave of absence so you can find a way to handle the situation.

Refocus on your position and ignore the rumors, even though they are true.

Continue looking for a new unit to transfer to, but deny the rumors that are circulating.

Address the concerns that are brought up and refocus on your current position.

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Ask for a leave of absence so you can find a way to handle the situation.

Address the concerns that are brought up and refocus on your current position.

Refocus on your position and ignore the rumors, even though they are true.

Continue looking for a new unit to transfer to, but deny the rumors that are circulating.

Send a formal request for transfer to your senior officer, acknowledging the truth of the rumors.

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Situation 9

Your current workload has you extremely busy, but you are managing to meet your deadlines and are producing quality work. A senior officer has asked if you would perform an additional assignment in conjunction with the work you are performing. While you would like to impress the senior officer and take on the additional work, you are already pushing yourself with your current workload. If you took on the extra work, the quality of work on both assignments would suffer.

Present an offer to pass the assignment to another qualified coworker, but inform the senior officer that unfortunately you are unable to complete the work yourself at this time.

Ask for a few days to think about it

ou can’t say no so you take the assignment; you will just have to find a way to complete the work as quickly as possible

Tell the senior officer that you would be glad to do the work, and then pass it on to a coworker to complete.

Apologize to the senior officer, and say you are too busy and that you cannot do the extra assignment.

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Present an offer to pass the assignment to another qualified coworker, but inform the senior officer that unfortunately you are unable to complete the work yourself at this time.

Ask for a few days to think about it

Tell the senior officer that you would be glad to do the work, and then pass it on to a coworker to complete.

Apologize to the senior officer, and say you are too busy and that you cannot do the extra assignment.

ou can’t say no so you take the assignment; you will just have to find a way to complete the work as quickly as possible

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Situation 10

While assigned to a field office, you become aware that a coworker is extremely overworked with assignments being sent from other offices. The coworker’s senior officers do not seem to notice that this person is overworked because your coworker does an excellent job, but they need to work extra hours to get the tasks completed.

Select the answer that contains the MOST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Request a meeting with the coworker’s senior officer to inform the officer of the situation.

Assist the coworker and help with his/her workload as much as possible.

Sympathize with the coworker about his/her workload.

You do nothing. That situation has nothing to do with you.

Task one of your subordinates to assist this person in the workload.

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Task one of your subordinates to assist this person in the workload.

Assist the coworker and help with his/her workload as much as possible.

Request a meeting with the coworker’s senior officer to inform the officer of the situation.

Sympathize with the coworker about his/her workload.

You do nothing. That situation has nothing to do with you.

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Situation 11

You are in attendance at a meeting where two officers get in a heated dispute over policy changes. It is considered common knowledge around work that these two officers do not like each other on a personal level, but no one is sure why. Unable to come to an agreement on the policy, they ask you to settle the disagreement.

Select the answer that contains the MOST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation

Put all personal feelings aside and choose what you believe is the best option.

Resolve the dispute on the side of the officer who can benefit your career the most in the future.

Point out the officers’ blatant issues with each other as the reason they cannot agree, and then remove yourself from the situation.

Resolve the dispute on the side of the officer that you favor.

Disregard the request to settle the dispute on the policy; this is a good time to lecture these two on teamwork and cooperation in the military

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation

Put all personal feelings aside and choose what you believe is the best option.

Resolve the dispute on the side of the officer who can benefit your career the most in the future.

Resolve the dispute on the side of the officer that you favor.

Disregard the request to settle the dispute on the policy; this is a good time to lecture these two on teamwork and cooperation in the military

Point out the officers’ blatant issues with each other as the reason they cannot agree, and then remove yourself from the situation.

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Situation 12

You are working on reports for your senior officers with a coworker. The reports are used by the officers to track the training and readiness of soldiers for the most hazardous and difficult missions. You noticed your coworker appears to be manipulating these numbers, and they are not being entered correctly. If the soldiers are reported as having a higher amount of training than is required for these missions and then chosen, this could pose a huge risk to the missions and put lives in jeopardy.

Select the answer that contains the MOST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Wait for coworker to finish assignment, and then you will have proof of what is going on

Do nothing yet, but monitor the coworker to see what is going on.

Review your coworker’s numbers and correct them yourself.

Report this issue to your senior officer right away

Leave an anonymous note to your coworker to stop changing the numbers in the report and make sure what is turned in is accurate.

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Review your coworker’s numbers and correct them yourself.

Leave an anonymous note to your coworker to stop changing the numbers in the report and make sure what is turned in is accurate.

Report this issue to your senior officer right away

Wait for coworker to finish assignment, and then you will have proof of what is going on

Do nothing yet, but monitor the coworker to see what is going on.

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Situation 13

A senior officer asks you in private how you feel about your supervisor. Your supervisor reports to this senior officer. You feel the officer in question overall does a good job, but could do better in a certain aspect of his/her job.

Select the answer that contains the MOST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Express just that: They do a good job overall, but could use improvement in this one area.

Discuss the solutions to improving the area where the officer is weak.

Give the supervisor a glowing review, without mentioning his/her weak area.

Refuse to answer the question

Write a note that explains your thoughts about the officer

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Discuss the solutions to improving the area where the officer is weak.

Write a note that explains your thoughts about the officer

Refuse to answer the question

Give the supervisor a glowing review, without mentioning his/her weak area.

Express just that: They do a good job overall, but could use improvement in this one area.

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Situation 14

You are serving on a board of three officers interviewing three candidates for promotion. Candidate 1 is a known family friend of your commanding officer, but is the most impressive of the three candidates through the interview process. Candidate 2 seems to be another good choice for the position. Candidate 3 did not do well in the interview process and does not seem like a good choice for promotion at this point. The other two officers on the board have voted, one for each of the first two candidates. You have the deciding vote.

Select the answer that contains the MOST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

You vote for Candidate 3, so you do not have to decide who gets the promotion.

You cast your vote for the second candidate, to avoid the appearance of favoritism.

You vote for Candidate 1, because that candidate is most qualified

You refrain from the vote and ask for a new group of candidates.

You remove yourself from the board so that you do not have to vote.

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

You refrain from the vote and ask for a new group of candidates.

You cast your vote for the second candidate, to avoid the appearance of favoritism.

You remove yourself from the board so that you do not have to vote.

You vote for Candidate 3, so you do not have to decide who gets the promotion.

You vote for Candidate 1, because that candidate is most qualified

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Situation 15

You are given an important assignment that involves working with an officer from a different unit. This officer appears to already have “one foot out the door,” as retirement is near. The officer does not put much effort into the assignment, leaving you to do the bulk of the work.

Select the answer that contains the MOST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Say nothing and do all the work necessary to successfully complete the assignment.

Put in a request for a new partner on the assignment

Just do the best you can with the realization the assignment will likely be unsuccessful due to lack of participation of your coworker.

Explain your feelings to your new coworker. Point out that the situation is not fair to you and that the work is very important and should be shared equally

Inform your senior officer of the situation.

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Just do the best you can with the realization the assignment will likely be unsuccessful due to lack of participation of your coworker.

Inform your senior officer of the situation.

Put in a request for a new partner on the assignment

Explain your feelings to your new coworker. Point out that the situation is not fair to you and that the work is very important and should be shared equally

Say nothing and do all the work necessary to successfully complete the assignment.

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Situation 16

You have had a feeling that one of your subordinates may have an ambitious agenda and be deliberately undermining your work. Other officers have discussed that this subordinate wants to take your job.

Select the answer that contains the MOST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Do nothing and the situation may just go away.

Ask for another officer to step in and discuss the problem with your subordinate.

Discuss the situation with the subordinate and explain that you expect his/her cooperation and support.

File a report for insubordination to your senior officer.

Publicly attempt to humiliate the subordinate and reprimand him/her

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Select the answer that contains the LEAST EFFECTIVE way to respond to the situation.

Discuss the situation with the subordinate and explain that you expect his/her cooperation and support.

File a report for insubordination to your senior officer.

Do nothing and the situation may just go away.

Ask for another officer to step in and discuss the problem with your subordinate.

Publicly attempt to humiliate the subordinate and reprimand him/her

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