Alex, I must confess that I had not spotted the fact that the old “Static Load” had been replaced by “Area Load” in the learning objectives.
You are quite correct in saying that the definition now used in the LO’s, could match either the Airbus 'Contact load' or the 'Area load', depending on the defined area.
The thing that caught my eye in all of this was the fact that both of the numbers given in the original question (667 and 444) could be correct. 667 is correct for the AIRBUS Contact Load and 444 is correct for the AIRBUS Area Load.
As you say
I do not see, given the imprecise definition above, that you can deduce that 'area load'/'floor load' as defined in the LOs = the Airbus term 'contact load'
But your instructor appears to have done exactly that. When this same question appeared in your company website, he selected 667 (which matches the AIRBUS Contact Load) as being the correct answer.