Sample questions
Sample questions with answers.
From the practice pool, with the answers shown. The exam asks its own set of 40.
How Reputation Works
1. What is a visibility gap?
- The amount of time spent networking
- The gap between online and offline activity
- The difference between trust and credibility
- The distance between the value you create and the number of relevant people who know about it Correct answer
Why: A visibility gap exists when valuable work is not known by enough relevant people.
Building a Life Through
2. Choose all that apply: Which signals support a healthy mentorship relationship? There may be more than 1 correct answer.
Choose all that apply.
- Demonstrating effort Correct answer
- Showing follow-through Correct answer
- Acting on advice received Correct answer
- Repeatedly asking without implementation
Why: Action, follow-through, and effort strengthen trust; repeated asking without implementation weakens the feedback loop.
Becoming a Connector
3. A person can fit only 1 connector archetype throughout life.
- True
- False Correct answer
Why: People often use multiple archetypes; the framework describes strongest patterns rather than limits.
Building Social Capital
4. What does the phrase 'document outcomes, not activities' emphasize?
- How much effort was invested
- How busy the schedule was
- What changed because of the work Correct answer
- How many tasks were completed
Why: Outcomes focus on results and impact rather than effort, time spent, or activity lists.
Becoming Memorable
5. People often rely on shortcuts when evaluating unfamiliar people.
- True Correct answer
- False
Why: True. When information is limited, people use signals to help fill in the gaps.
Silicon Valley Networks
6. Credibility transfer guarantees that a relationship will move forward successfully.
- True
- False Correct answer
Why: False. Credibility transfer earns attention, but performance, judgment, and execution still matter.
Becoming Someone People Want to Be Around
7. What is the primary benefit of reliability in relationships and opportunities?
- It removes all risk
- It increases talent
- It guarantees perfection
- It makes behavior easier to predict Correct answer
Why: Reliability helps people predict follow-through, which makes opportunities feel safer to entrust.
Giving Before Asking
8. Which elements help grow relationship equity? Choose all that apply. There may be more than 1 correct answer.
Choose all that apply.
- Withholding contribution
- Solutions Correct answer
- Introductions Correct answer
- Useful support Correct answer
Why: Contribution increases goodwill. Support, introductions, and solutions add value, while withholding contribution does not.