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Cadit quaestio, Latin for "the question falls", in copy-editing means "has been checked" •
Carrier qualification, qualifications for modern US Navy carrier air operations •
Charge of Quarters, the military task of guarding the front entrance to a barracks •
Communication quotient, in business and organizational psychology •
Constellation Airlines (IATA airline designator CQ) •
Cultural Quotient, in business, education, government and academic research •
Knight of the National Order of Quebec (post-nominal letters CQ)