Microsoft Excel Quiz
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Use your Excel tutorial notes from two weeks ago to aid you with the quiz. You can also
use Excel in trial-and-error to determine the best answer. You may not use a partner.
This quiz is worth 200 points.
1. Which do you press to enter the current date in a cell?
a. CTRL + Shift + : (colon)
b. CTRL + ; (semicolon)
c. CTRL + F10
2. A fast way to add up this number of columns is to click in the cell below the
numbers and then:
a. Click Subtotals on the data menu
b. View the sum in the formula bar
c. C lick the AutoSum button on the Standard toolbar, then press Enter.
3. Suppose you have columns of data that span more than one printed page. How
can you automatically print the headings one each page?
a. Click Page Setup on the File Menu, Click the Sheet Tab, and enter the row
that contain these column headings under Print Titles
b. Click Page Setup on the File Menu, click the Page Tab, click the Options
button, then enter your choices.
c. Click Page Set up on the File Menu, click the Sheet tab, and make a
selection under the Print heading.
4. How should you print a selected area of a worksheet, if you’ll want to print a
different area next time?
a. On the File menu, point to Print Area, and then click on Set Print Area
b. On the File menu, click print, and then click Selection under Print What
c. On the View menu, click Custom Views, then click Add
5. What’s a quick way to extend numbers to a longer sequence, for instance 1
through 20 if you have only two?
a. Select the cells, then drag the fill handle over the range you want (for
instance, 18 more rows).
b. Select the range you want, including the two cells, point to Fill on the Edit
menu, and then click Down
c. Copy the second cell, click in the cell below it, on the Standard toolbar
click the down arrow on the Paste button, and then click Paste Special
6. Excel 2002 can speak data as you enter it, to help you verify accuracy. How do
you activate this feature?
a. Point to Speech on the Tools menu, and then click Show Text To Speech
Toolbar
b. Click Validation on the Data Menu.
c. Point to Speech on the Tools menu, and then click Speech Recognition
7. Say that you want to past a formula result—but not the underlying formula—to
another cell. First you would copy the cell with the formula, and then place the
insertion point in the cell you want to copy to. What next?
a. Click the Paste button on the Standard Toolbar.
b. Click on the arrow on the Paste button on the Standard Toolbar, then click
Formulas.
c. Click the arrow on the Paste button on the Standard tool bar, then click
Values.
8. How do you change column width to fit the contents?
a. Single-click the boundary to the left of the column heading.
b. Double-click the boundary to the right of the column heading.
c. Press ALT and single-click anywhere in the column.
9. Which of these is a quick way to copy formatting from a selected cell to two other
cells on the same worksheet?
a. Use CTRL to select all three cells, then click the Paste button on the
Standard toolbar.
b. Copy the selected cell, then select the two other cells, click Style on the
Format menu, then click Modify.
c. Click Format Painter on the Formatting toolbar twice, then click in each
cell you want to copy the formatting to.
10. To balance your checkbook in Excel, your best method is:
a. Copy your check amounts into Excel that so that you’ll have a neat
printout to work on.
b. Use Excel to check your arithmetic.
c. Download the Checkbook Register template from Templates on Microsoft
Office Online.
11. Assume you have a collection of data about monthly sales of three different types
of products. The numbers are arranged in 4 columns of three rows. Your cursor is
in cell A2, which contains the sales of Product A in January. What will happen if
you press the F11 key?
a. A formula box opens
b. Nothing
c. A new chart is created
d. Totals are inserted under each column.
12. If you see a small red triangle in the top right corner of a cell, it means there is
something attached to it. What is it?
a. A Macro
b. A Hyperlink
c. A Formula
d. A Comment
13. Functions are a very important part of Excel’s number-crunchingv power. Which
function would be the best to use to calculate the payout value of a term deposit?
a. RAND
b. MAX
c. LN
d. FV
14. On the Standard toolbar, there is a button that looks like a malformed Z. It is the
Sigma button, but what common function is it used for?
a. Auto-saving
b. Totaling a column or row
c. Sorting Data
d. Recording a Macro
15. It is normal practice that numbers are treated as decimals when entering into a
cell. Is it possible to enter a fraction instead?
a. Yes
b. No
16. What is the correct syntax for typing a function into a cell?
a. Function name, argument, equals sign
b. Function name, equals sign, argument
c. Equals sign, function name, result
d. Equals sign, function name, matching brackets
17. Like most other Microsoft applications, there are usually several different
methods to achieve the same result. Which of these operations will NOT bring up
the “format cells” dialog box?
a. Pressing F7
b. Pressing Alt+o, then Alt+e
c. Pressing Ctrl+1
d. Clicking on Format, then Cells
18. Excel has one of the seemingly obligatory animated “assistants” that are either a
help, or just a nuisance that always seems to pop up and annoy you. What is the
name of the dog that comes out to assist you?
a. Dot
b. Rocky
c. Links
d. Ruff
19. Is it possible to highlight your cells?
a. Yes
b. No
20. Assume you imported a lot of address data in .CSV (comma-separated values)
and formatted them to your spreadsheet. Column A contains an apartment
number, Column B is the street number, Column C is the Street Name, and
Column D holds the street type. What function would you use to bring these items
into one cell without cutting and pasting every entry?
a. This is not possible in Excel.
b. CreateString
c. JoinCells
d. Concatenate
