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Most likely you will answer "yes" it would have covered 12 months. It is rare to answer anything but "yes" to that question.
The short tax year is for example you never filed taxes before and the first time you file taxes is as a sole proprietor who started business in the middle of the year and adopt the calendar year as your tax year. One could elect to have the first tax year be short of 12 months.
There are other examples but these are not common.
Here is a link with more information on the tax years.
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