The cube pictured below has side lengths of 4 cm. What is the total surface area of the cube?

There are total 6 squares of side 4 cm each.
The total surface area can be determined as,
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{TSA}=6\times(4cm)^2 \\ =96cm^2 \end{gathered}[/tex]Thus, option (a) is the correct option.