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NOCTI Administrative Practice Test

Unofficial practice for NOCTI Administrative Assisting: computer applications, office work, records, office procedures and accounting sums.

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Computer Applications 17

  • A manager wants a meeting that staff in three cities can join online. Which of these is a kind of web conferencing? Wikipedia, Web conferencing. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications
  • An assistant types a web address and the page appears on the screen. Which program fetched the content and displayed it? Wikipedia, Web browser. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications
  • An email that seems to come from the bank asks an assistant to "confirm" account details through a link. What is this kind of scam called? Wikipedia, Phishing. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications
  • Cells B2 to B5 of a spreadsheet hold 120, 80, 95 and 105. What does a SUM function over the range B2:B5 return? Wikipedia, Spreadsheet. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications; the arithmetic was worked twice
  • In a mail merge, what replaces the placeholders in the form letter? Wikipedia, Mail merge. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications
  • In a relational database table, what is a row also called? Wikipedia, Relational database, Relational model. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications
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Computer Applications, continued

  • In a spreadsheet, how is a formula normally entered in a cell? Wikipedia, Spreadsheet. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications
  • In email and instant messages, what is typing in all capital letters taken to mean? Wikipedia, Etiquette in technology. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications
  • Text is lined up along the left margin and the right edge is ragged. What is this alignment called? Wikipedia, Typographic alignment. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications
  • What does a filename extension such as .txt show? Wikipedia, Filename extension. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications
  • What does multi-factor authentication ask for before it grants access? Wikipedia, Multi-factor authentication. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications
  • What is a blind carbon copy (Bcc) of an email? Wikipedia, Blind carbon copy. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications
  • What is a data backup? Wikipedia, Backup. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications
  • What is a URL? Wikipedia, URL. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications
  • What is restarting a computer also called? Wikipedia, Booting. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications
  • Which chart is a circle cut into slices to show numerical proportion? Wikipedia, Pie chart. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications
  • Which chart is often used to show how data trend over intervals of time? Wikipedia, Line chart. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Computer Applications

Working in an Office Environment 10

  • A coworker explains a problem, and the assistant engages on purpose with what is being said. What is this skill called? Wikipedia, Active listening. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Working in an Office Environment
  • A formal letter to a client in the United States opens with "Dear Ms. Ortiz". Which mark comes right after the name? Wikipedia, Business letter, Punctuation. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Working in an Office Environment
  • An assistant is asked to choose a supplier, and one of the bidders is owned by a family member. What is this situation called? Wikipedia, Conflict of interest. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Working in an Office Environment
  • Boxes of copier paper are stacked in the hallway that leads to the office exit. What does the OSHA exit route rule say? OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.37. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Working in an Office Environment
  • The Eisenhower method sorts tasks by two measures to set priorities. What are they? Wikipedia, Time management, Eisenhower method. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Working in an Office Environment
  • How must each exit of an office be marked? OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.37. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Working in an Office Environment
  • Long periods of typing in a fixed position can lead to which kind of injury? Wikipedia, Repetitive strain injury. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Working in an Office Environment
  • What does confidentiality do to certain types of information? Wikipedia, Confidentiality. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Working in an Office Environment
  • What is a memorandum? Wikipedia, Memorandum. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Working in an Office Environment
  • What is critical thinking? Wikipedia, Critical thinking. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Working in an Office Environment

Records Management 5

  • A list of people is filed alphabetically by family name. How is the name Brian O'Leary indexed? Wikipedia, Alphabetical order, Ordering by surname. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Records Management
  • Four folders are filed in alphabetical order. Which one comes first? Wikipedia, Alphabetical order. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Records Management
  • In a document management system, what does version tracking keep? Wikipedia, Document management system. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Records Management
  • Which activities does records management cover, from first to last? National Archives, Frequently Asked Questions about Records Management in General. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Records Management
  • Which office machine is used to destroy private or confidential paper records? Wikipedia, Paper shredder. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Records Management

Office Procedures 9

  • Before a meeting can do business, a quorum must be present. What is a quorum? Wikipedia, Quorum. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Office Procedures
  • In supply inventory, what is the reorder level? Wikipedia, Inventory, Typology. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Office Procedures
  • What does a fax machine send over a telephone line? Wikipedia, Fax. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Office Procedures
  • What does a travel itinerary generally include? Wikipedia, Travel itinerary. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Office Procedures
  • What does an image scanner do? Wikipedia, Image scanner. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Office Procedures
  • What is a conference call? Wikipedia, Conference call. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Office Procedures
  • What is a meeting agenda? Wikipedia, Agenda (meeting). Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Office Procedures
  • What should the minutes of a meeting mainly record? Wikipedia, Minutes, Purpose. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Office Procedures
  • Why does an office keep safety stock of a supply item? Wikipedia, Inventory, Typology. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Office Procedures

Accounting and Computational Skills 11

  • A $2,000 note earns simple interest at 6% a year. How much interest is due after one year? Written to the NOCTI Job Ready Credential Blueprint for Administrative Assisting (4101), Accounting and Computational Skills; the answer is arithmetic on the numbers in the question, worked twice
  • A bank statement shows $2,400. Checks of $350 have been written but have not reached the bank, and nothing else differs. What balance should the books show? Wikipedia, Bank reconciliation, Bank reconciliation statement. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Accounting and Computational Skills; the arithmetic was worked twice
  • A business owes its paper supplier $600 for goods it has already received. Where does that amount belong? Wikipedia, Accounts payable. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Accounting and Computational Skills
  • A petty cash fund is set at $100. The box holds $37.50 in cash. What should the vouchers in the box add up to? Wikipedia, Petty cash. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Accounting and Computational Skills; the arithmetic was worked twice
  • A receptionist is paid $16 an hour, or $640 for a 40-hour week. One week brings 4 extra hours, paid at one and one-half times the regular rate. What is the gross pay for that week? 29 CFR 778.107 (ecfr.gov). Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Accounting and Computational Skills; the arithmetic was worked twice
  • An office chair lists at $240 and the vendor gives a 15% discount. What is the price after the discount? Written to the NOCTI Job Ready Credential Blueprint for Administrative Assisting (4101), Accounting and Computational Skills; the answer is arithmetic on the numbers in the question, worked twice
  • Four monthly phone bills were $118, $82, $95 and $105. What was the average bill? Written to the NOCTI Job Ready Credential Blueprint for Administrative Assisting (4101), Accounting and Computational Skills; the answer is arithmetic on the numbers in the question, worked twice
  • How much Medicare tax comes out of a $2,000 paycheck at the employee rate of 1.45%? IRS, Topic no. 751, Social Security and Medicare withholding rates. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Accounting and Computational Skills; the arithmetic was worked twice
  • In double-entry bookkeeping, how is every financial transaction recorded? Wikipedia, Double-entry bookkeeping. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Accounting and Computational Skills
  • What is net pay? Wikipedia, Payroll, Net pay. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Accounting and Computational Skills
  • Which accounts does a debit increase? Wikipedia, Debits and credits. Written to NOCTI Administrative Assisting (4101), Accounting and Computational Skills

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the competency list of the Job Ready Credential Blueprint for Administrative Assisting (code 4101, version 01) that NOCTI publishes at https://www.nocti.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/JRAdmAsstg4101.pdf , read 2026-10-13: a written assessment of 195 questions in 3 hours over five areas (Computer Applications 33%; Working in an Office Environment 19%; Records Management 10%; Office Procedures 18%; Accounting and Computational Skills 20%), plus a performance assessment of five jobs. This bank holds 52 in those proportions. Every rule and definition was read on 2026-10-13 on the public page named under its question: Wikipedia, OSHA standards on osha.gov, the National Archives records management pages, IRS Topic no. 751 and 29 CFR 778.107 at ecfr.gov. Every name, price and amount is made up for the drill, and each computed answer is arithmetic that was worked twice. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.

How it works

Fifty-two questions of our own make up this free, unofficial NOCTI administrative practice test, grouped under the five areas of the Job Ready Administrative Assisting blueprint, code 4101. It is not affiliated with NOCTI, which neither endorses nor sponsors it.

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Five areas and their weights

Computer Applications is 33% of the written assessment, the largest area. Accounting and Computational Skills is 20%, Working in an Office Environment 19%, Office Procedures 18% and Records Management 10%.

A minute a question, nearly

The real test allows a little under a minute a question, or 48 minutes for a set this size. NOCTI's blueprint gives no passing score.

Left to the keyboard

The performance part is done at a computer and is not practiced here.

  • Petty cash check: the cash on hand plus the vouchers must equal the original fund.
  • Overtime is paid at no less than one and one-half times the regular rate, so $16 an hour becomes $24.

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the NOCTI Administrative Assisting test?

There are 195, on the written part. NOCTI's blueprint, code 4101, allows 3 hours for them, and the test may be given in one, two or three sessions.

Is this a NOCTI administration practice test for the Teacher version too?

Nearly. The Teacher assessment for Administrative Assisting, code 5260, prints the same five areas, with Computer Applications at 32% and Working in an Office Environment at 20%, and 189 questions in 3 hours.

What is on the performance part of the NOCTI Administrative Assisting test?

Five jobs in 3 hours: Business Writing, Memo Preparation (15%), Document Processing (37%), Preparing a Spreadsheet (20%), Creating a Chart (14%) and Creating a Flyer (14%). The blueprint's sample job is the flyer, with a 20-minute limit.

Where is the NOCTI Administrative Assisting blueprint?

Search for Administrative Assisting on nocti.org/credentials/blueprints and open the free PDF with code 4101. It lists every competency, the five weights and ten sample questions. None of those samples is reused here.

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