MCQ on Excel Formulas

Name Gender Department Date Joined Salary

Rachel Green Female Human Resource 1-Mar-22 $25,010
Ross Geller Male Marketing 6-Mar-22 $35,600
Joey Tribbiani Male Finance 7-Mar-22 $42,150
Chandler Bing Male Human Resource 17-Mar-22 $102,000
Monica Geller Female Accounting 25-Mar-22 $28,300
Phoebe Buffay Female Accounting 26-Mar-22 $34,500
Ben Van Lier Male Human Resource 31-Mar-22 $95,000
Adam King Male Finance 15-Apr-22 $12,500
Rowan Bettjeman Male Marketing 20-Apr-22 $35,623
Ellie Harwood Female Finance 25-Apr-22 $66,785
Britt Scott Clark Sales 7-May-22 $135,430
Alan Morrison Male Sales 11-May-22 $187,020
Hamish Parkinson Male Human Resource 20-May-22 $98,456
Byron Coll Male Accounting 29-May-22 $20,400
John Blake Male Finance 29-May-22 $35,455
Stewart Broad Male Marketing 29-May-22 $72,465
Dimitry Berbatov Male Sales 29-May-22 $107,956
Philip Hugo Male Sales 1-Jan-22 $252,200
Amanda Strong Female Marketing 25-Apr-22 $24,598
Leah Heather Marketing 25-Apr-22 $77,804
 Multiple Choice Questions
Q1. To find the number of empty cells, you will use -
(a) =COUNT(B5:F24)
(b) =COUNTA(B5:F24)
(c) =COUNTBLANK(B5:F24)
(d) =DCOUNT(B5:F24)
Q2. To display the applied formula to a cell, you should use -
(a) =FORMULATEXT(Cell_Reference)
(b) =TEXTFORMULA(Cell_Reference)
(c) =FORMULASTEXT(Cell_Reference)
(d) =SHOWFORMULA(Cell_Reference)
Q3. Which of the following functions will you use to count the numbers in the dataset?
(a) =COUNT(B5:F24)
(b) =COUNTA(B5:F24)
(c) =COUNTNUM(B5:F24)
(d) =DCOUNT(B5:F24)
Q4. To find the maximum salary, you can use -
(a) =MAX(F5:F24)
(b) =LARGE(F5:F24,1)
(c) =AGGREGATE(4,0,F5:F24)
(d) All of the above
Q5. You can find the mean of the salaries using -
(a) =AGGREGATE(2,0,F5:F24)
(b) =AVERAGE(F5:F24)
(c) =MEAN(F5:F24)
(d) All of the above
Q6. Which formula will return 0 -
(a) =COUNTA(C5:C24)
(b) =COUNT(C5:C24)
(c) =COUNTBLANK(C5:C24)
(d) None of these
Q7. How many functions are included in the AGGREGATE function -
 (a) 17
(b) 18
(c) 19
(d) 20
Q8. To find the string size (number of characters) for the name column, you will use -
(a) =LEN(B5:B24)
(b) =SIZE(B5:B24)
(c) =STRINGLENGTH(B5:B24)
(d) =LENGTH(B5:B24)
Q9. If you want to count the number of employees whose name begins with R, you can use -
(a) =COUNTIF(B5:B24,R*)
(b) =COUNTIF(B5:B24,"R*")
(c) =COUNTIF(B5:B24,"R")
(d) =COUNTIF(B5:B24,"*R")
Q10. To calculate the space position in the name column, you can use -
(a) =FIND(" ",B5:B24,1)
(b) =SEARCH(" ",B5:B24,1)
(c) =AGGREGATE(" ",B5:B25,1)
(d) Both a&b
Q11. The difference between the SEARCH and FIND function is -
(a) The FIND function is case sensitive and the SEARCH function is not.
(b) The SEARCH function is case sensitive and the FIND function is not.
(c) There is no difference between them, only for compatibility, both are listed.
(d) None of these.
Q12. Which Function can be used to Find the Number of Females?
(a) COUNTIFS
(b) COUNTIF
(c) COUNT
(d) Both a & b
Q13. The function to find the highest salary value is -
(a) MAX
(b) MAXIMUM
(c) AGGREGATE
(d) Both a & c
Q14. The total value of salary for the male employees can be calculated by using -
 (a) SUMIF
(b) IFS
(c) MAX
(d) INDEX-MATCH
Q15. To find the employee who received the most salary, you will use the following formula -
(a) =INDEX(B5:B24,MATCH(MAX(F5:F24),F5:F24,0))
(b) =INDEX(B5:B24,MATCH(MAX(F5:F24),F5:F24,1))
(c) =INDEX(B5:B24,MAX(F5:F24),0)
(d) =INDEX(B5:B24,MATCH(MAX(F5:F24),F5:F24,-1))
Q16. To find the distinct job department names, you can use -
(a) AGGREGATE
(b) UNIQUE
(c) Combination of IFERROR, INDEX, MATCH
(d) Both b & c
Q17. To extract the day value from the Date Joined column, which of the following features can
(a) DAY Function
(b) Insert an adjacent helper column and use Flash Fill
(c) LEFT Function
(d) Both a,b & c
Q18. Which function can be used to determine the number of empty cells in the dataset?
(a) COUNT
(b) COUNTA
(c) COUNTBLANT
(d) COUNTBLANK
Q19. Using which function from the list you can return a random name -
(a) =INDEX(B5:B24,MATCH(RANDBETWEEN(1,20),B5:B24,0))
(b) =INDEX(B5:B24,RANDBETWEEN(1,20))
(c) =INDEX(B6:B25,RAND())
(d) =INDEX(B6:B25,RAND(20))
Q20. To determine the number of salary greater than $100,000 AND dates joined after 30th Apr
(a) =COUNTIFS(F5:F24,">100000",E5:E24,">44681")
(b) =COUNTIF(F5:F24,">100000")+COUNTIF(E5:E24,">44681")
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of these
Q21. To determine the number of salary greater than $100,000 OR dates joined after 30th April,
 (a) =COUNTIFS(F5:F24,">100000",E5:E24,">44681")
(b) =COUNTIF(F5:F24,">100000")+COUNTIF(E5:E24,">44681")
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of these
Q22. To calculate the average salary by the male employees, the following formula need to be u
(a) =AVERAGEIF(C5:C24,"Male",F5:F24)
(b) =AVERAGEIFS(C5:C24,"Male",F5:F24)
(c) =IF(C5:C24="Male",AVERAGE(F5:F24),"")
(d) =MEANIF(C5:C24,"Male",F5:F24)
Q23. To find the arithmetic mean, you can use the following function -
(a) MEAN
(b) AVERAGE
(c) GEOMEAN
(d) MIDPOINT
Q24. Shortcut to apply the SUM function is -
(a) Alt+=
(b) Ctrl+=
(c) Shift+=
(d) Ctrl+Alt+=
Q25. To return value from the left side of the matched value, we can use -
(a) VLOOKUP Function
(b) Combination of VLOOKUP and IF Functions
(c) HLOOKUP Function
(d) ZLOOKUP Function
Q26. Which formula is correct for returning the name of the employee for the $25,010 salary?
(a) =VLOOKUP(F5,IF({1,0},F5:F24,B5:B24),2,0)
(b) =ZLOOKUP(F5,F5:F24,B5:B24)
(c) =XLOOKUP(F6,F5:F24,B5:B24)
(d) Both a&c
Q27. The cell C15 is empty and F15 is $135,430. So, the output of =C15*F15 is -
(a) $135,430
(b) 0
(c) #VALUE!
(d) #DIV/0
Q28. Which of the following functions will you use to determine the number of values in the Sal
 (a) NUM
(b) NUMBER
(c) COUNT
(d) None of these
Q29. If you want show the current date with time, you can use -
(a) =NOW()
(b) =TODAY()
(c) Both
(d) None of these
Q30. Which of the formulas will you use to round up the salary figure from cell F17 to the neare
(a) =MROUND(F17,1000)
(b) =FLOOR.MATH(F17,1000)
(c) =CEILING.MATH(F17,1000)
(d) =ROUNDUP(F17,1000)
Q31. You can assign sequential serial number (1,2,3, etc.) to the rows by using the formula and A
(a) =ROWS($B$5:B5)
(b) =ROWS(B5)
(c) =ROW(B5)-3
(d) Both a&c
Q32. Which of the following are not valid Excel functions -
(a) NUM
(b) MEANS
(c) TRUE
(d) Both a&b
Q33. Which of the following functions is available but not shown in Excel Tooltip?
(a) DATEVALUE
(b) DATEDIF
(c) KLOOKUP
(d) DCOUNT
Q34. If you want to fix a cell reference, you will use -
(a) $
(b) !
(c) *
(d) %
Q35. The Not Equal operator in Excel is -
 (a) =!
(b) <>
(c) !=
(d) ||
Q36. Circular reference in Excel formula is -
(a) A reference that relies on itself
(b) A type of the absolute cell reference
(c) A reference that Speeds up calculation
(d) None of these
Q37. To fill down a formula, you need to use the following shortcut -
(a) Ctrl+D
(b) Alt+D
(c) Shift+D
(d) Ctrl+Alt+D
Q38. Which of the following shortcuts can be used to use the Flash Fill feature?
(a) Ctrl+F
(b) Ctrl+F
(c) Alt+E
(d) Alt+F
Q39. If you want to display the remainder after you divide 100 by 3, then you should use -
(a) =MOD(100,3)
(b) =DIV(3,100)
(c) =MODE(100,3)
(d) =REMAINDER(100,3)
Q40. To concatenate values in the formula, you need to use -
(a) Semicolon (;)
(b) Comma (,)
(c) Ampersand (&)
(d) Pipe (|)
Q41. Which is the latest lookup function?
(a) KLOOKUP
(b) XLOOKUP
(c) VLOOKUP
(d) LOOKUP
Q42. A formula must begin with -
 (a) =
(b) +
(c) -
(d) (
Q43. Which of the following formula contains an error?
(a) =F7+F8
(b) =F9+F11
(c) (F9+F11)
(d) No error
Q44. To find the output of the formula, you need to select the full formula or a portion of it and
(a) F7
(b) F8
(c) F9
(d) F10
Q45. To refer to a cell reference from another worksheet, you can -
(a) navigate to the sheet and click on that cell
(b) type the sheet name, add !, and include the cell address
(c) both of these
(d) It is not possible in Excel
Q46. Which of the following functions was introduced in Excel 2019?
(a) UNIQUE
(b) IFS
(c) FLOOR.MATH
(d) XLOOKUP
Q47. Which of the following functions can handle all kinds of errors?
(a) IFNA
(b) IFERROR
(c) ISERROR
(d) ALLERROR
Q48. You can insert formulas by -
(a) Typing the formula
(b) Using Insert Function feature from the Functions tab
(c) Any of the above two
(d) None of these
Q49. To remove extra spaces, you can use the function -
 (a) TRIM
(b) TRUNC
(c) CODE
(d) DELETE
Q50. Which of the following functions is a Statistical function?
(a) GESTEP
(b) DEVSQ
(c) BITXOR
(d) IMSUB
ures can be used?

30th April, the following formula needs to be used -

0th April, the following formula needs to be used -

d to be used -

n the Salary column?

he nearest thousand?

ula and AutoFill -

of it and need to press X to show the output. Here X is -
 MCQ on Excel Formulas

Name Gender Department Date Joined Salary

Rachel Green Female Human Resource 1-Mar-22 $25,010
Ross Geller Male Marketing 6-Mar-22 $35,600
Joey Tribbiani Male Finance 7-Mar-22 $42,150
Chandler Bing Male Human Resource 17-Mar-22 $102,000
Monica Geller Female Accounting 25-Mar-22 $28,300
Phoebe Buffay Female Accounting 26-Mar-22 $34,500
Ben Van Lier Male Human Resource 31-Mar-22 $95,000
Adam King Male Finance 15-Apr-22 $12,500
Rowan Bettjeman Male Marketing 20-Apr-22 $35,623
Ellie Harwood Female Finance 25-Apr-22 $66,785
Britt Scott Clark Sales 7-May-22 $135,430
Alan Morrison Male Sales 11-May-22 $187,020
Hamish Parkinson Male Human Resource 20-May-22 $98,456
Byron Coll Male Accounting 29-May-22 $20,400
John Blake Male Finance 29-May-22 $35,455
Stewart Broad Male Marketing 29-May-22 $72,465
Dimitry Berbatov Male Sales 29-May-22 $107,956
Philip Hugo Male Sales 1-Jan-22 $252,200
Amanda Strong Female Marketing 25-Apr-22 $24,598
Leah Heather Marketing 25-Apr-22 $77,804
 Multiple Choice Questions
Q1. To find the number of empty cells, you will use -
(a) =COUNT(B5:F24)
(b) =COUNTA(B5:F24)
(c) =COUNTBLANK(B5:F24)
(d) =DCOUNT(B5:F24)
Q2. To display the applied formula to a cell, you should use -
(a) =FORMULATEXT(Cell_Reference)
(b) =TEXTFORMULA(Cell_Reference)
(c) =FORMULASTEXT(Cell_Reference)
(d) =SHOWFORMULA(Cell_Reference)
Q3. Which of the following functions will you use to count the numbers in the dataset?
(a) =COUNT(B5:F24)
(b) =COUNTA(B5:F24)
(c) =COUNTNUM(B5:F24)
(d) =DCOUNT(B5:F24)
Q4. To find the maximum salary, you can use -
(a) =MAX(F5:F24)
(b) =LARGE(F5:F24,1)
(c) =AGGREGATE(4,0,F5:F24)
(d) All of the above
Q5. You can find the mean of the salaries using -
(a) =AGGREGATE(2,0,F5:F24)
(b) =AVERAGE(F5:F24)
(c) =MEAN(F5:F24)
(d) All of the above
Q6. Which formula will return 0 -
(a) =COUNTA(C5:C24)
(b) =COUNT(C5:C24)
(c) =COUNTBLANK(C5:C24)
(d) None of these
Q7. How many functions are included in the AGGREGATE function -
 (a) 17
(b) 18
(c) 19
(d) 20
Q8. To find the string size (number of characters) for the name column, you will use -
(a) =LEN(B5:B24)
(b) =SIZE(B5:B24)
(c) =STRINGLENGTH(B5:B24)
(d) =LENGTH(B5:B24)
Q9. If you want to count the number of employees whose name begins with R, you can use -
(a) =COUNTIF(B5:B24,R*)
(b) =COUNTIF(B5:B24,"R*")
(c) =COUNTIF(B5:B24,"R")
(d) =COUNTIF(B5:B24,"*R")
Q10. To calculate the space position in the name column, you can use -
(a) =FIND(" ",B5:B24,1)
(b) =SEARCH(" ",B5:B24,1)
(c) =AGGREGATE(" ",B5:B25,1)
(d) Both a&b
Q11. The difference between the SEARCH and FIND function is -
(a) The FIND function is case sensitive and the SEARCH function is not.
(b) The SEARCH function is case sensitive and the FIND function is not.
(c) There is no difference between them, only for compatibility, both are listed.
(d) None of these.
Q12. Which Function can be used to Find the Number of Females?
(a) COUNTIFS
(b) COUNTIF
(c) COUNT
(d) Both a & b
Q13. The function to find the highest salary value is -
(a) MAX
(b) MAXIMUM
(c) AGGREGATE
(d) Both a & c
Q14. The total value of salary for the male employees can be calculated by using -
 (a) SUMIF
(b) IFS
(c) MAX
(d) INDEX-MATCH
Q15. To find the employee who received the most salary, you will use the following formula -
(a) =INDEX(B5:B24,MATCH(MAX(F5:F24),F5:F24,0))
(b) =INDEX(B5:B24,MATCH(MAX(F5:F24),F5:F24,1))
(c) =INDEX(B5:B24,MAX(F5:F24),0)
(d) =INDEX(B5:B24,MATCH(MAX(F5:F24),F5:F24,-1))
Q16. To find the distinct job department names, you can use -
(a) AGGREGATE
(b) UNIQUE
(c) Combination of IFERROR, INDEX, MATCH
(d) Both b & c
Q17. To extract the day value from the Date Joined column, which of the following features can
(a) DAY Function
(b) Insert an adjacent helper column and use Flash Fill
(c) LEFT Function
(d) Both a,b & c
Q18. Which function can be used to determine the number of empty cells in the dataset?
(a) COUNT
(b) COUNTA
(c) COUNTBLANT
(d) COUNTBLANK
Q19. Using which function from the list you can return a random name -
(a) =INDEX(B5:B24,MATCH(RANDBETWEEN(1,20),B5:B24,0))
(b) =INDEX(B5:B24,RANDBETWEEN(1,20))
(c) =INDEX(B6:B25,RAND())
(d) =INDEX(B6:B25,RAND(20))
Q20. To determine the number of salary greater than $100,000 AND dates joined after 30th Apr
(a) =COUNTIFS(F5:F24,">100000",E5:E24,">44681")
(b) =COUNTIF(F5:F24,">100000")+COUNTIF(E5:E24,">44681")
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of these
Q21. To determine the number of salary greater than $100,000 OR dates joined after 30th April,
 (a) =COUNTIFS(F5:F24,">100000",E5:E24,">44681")
(b) =COUNTIF(F5:F24,">100000")+COUNTIF(E5:E24,">44681")
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of these
Q22. To calculate the average salary by the male employees, the following formula need to be u
(a) =AVERAGEIF(C5:C24,"Male",F5:F24)
(b) =AVERAGEIFS(C5:C24,"Male",F5:F24)
(c) =IF(C5:C24="Male",AVERAGE(F5:F24),"")
(d) =MEANIF(C5:C24,"Male",F5:F24)
Q23. To find the arithmetic mean, you can use the following function -
(a) MEAN
(b) AVERAGE
(c) GEOMEAN
(d) MIDPOINT
Q24. Shortcut to apply the SUM function is -
(a) Alt+=
(b) Ctrl+=
(c) Shift+=
(d) Ctrl+Alt+=
Q25. To return value from the left side of the matched value, we can use -
(a) VLOOKUP Function
(b) Combination of VLOOKUP and IF Functions
(c) HLOOKUP Function
(d) ZLOOKUP Function
Q26. Which formula is correct for returning the name of the employee for the $25,010 salary?
(a) =VLOOKUP(F5,IF({1,0},F5:F24,B5:B24),2,0)
(b) =ZLOOKUP(F5,F5:F24,B5:B24)
(c) =XLOOKUP(F6,F5:F24,B5:B24)
(d) Both a&c
Q27. The cell C15 is empty and F15 is $135,430. So, the output of =C15*F15 is -
(a) $135,430
(b) 0
(c) #VALUE!
(d) #DIV/0
Q28. Which of the following functions will you use to determine the number of values in the Sal
 (a) NUM
(b) NUMBER
(c) COUNT
(d) None of these
Q29. If you want show the current date with time, you can use -
(a) =NOW()
(b) =TODAY()
(c) Both
(d) None of these
Q30. Which of the formulas will you use to round up the salary figure from cell F17 to the neare
(a) =MROUND(F17,1000)
(b) =FLOOR.MATH(F17,1000)
(c) =CEILING.MATH(F17,1000)
(d) =ROUNDUP(F17,1000)
Q31. You can assign sequential serial number (1,2,3, etc.) to the rows by using the formula and A
(a) =ROWS($B$5:B5)
(b) =ROWS(B5)
(c) =ROW(B5)-3
(d) Both a&c
Q32. Which of the following are not valid Excel functions -
(a) NUM
(b) MEANS
(c) TRUE
(d) Both a&b
Q33. Which of the following functions is available but not shown in Excel Tooltip?
(a) DATEVALUE
(b) DATEDIF
(c) KLOOKUP
(d) DCOUNT
Q34. If you want to fix a cell reference, you will use -
(a) $
(b) !
(c) *
(d) %
Q35. The Not Equal operator in Excel is -
 (a) =!
(b) <>
(c) !=
(d) ||
Q36. Circular reference in Excel formula is -
(a) A reference that relies on itself
(b) A type of the absolute cell reference
(c) A reference that Speeds up calculation
(d) None of these
Q37. To fill down a formula, you need to use the following shortcut -
(a) Ctrl+D
(b) Alt+D
(c) Shift+D
(d) Ctrl+Alt+D
Q38. Which of the following shortcuts can be used to use the Flash Fill feature?
(a) Ctrl+F
(b) Ctrl+E
(c) Alt+E
(d) Alt+F
Q39. If you want to display the remainder after you divide 100 by 3, then you should use -
(a) =MOD(100,3)
(b) =DIV(3,100)
(c) =MODE(100,3)
(d) =REMAINDER(100,3)
Q40. To concatenate values in the formula, you need to use -
(a) Semicolon (;)
(b) Comma (,)
(c) Ampersand (&)
(d) Pipe (|)
Q41. Which is the latest lookup function?
(a) KLOOKUP
(b) XLOOKUP
(c) VLOOKUP
(d) LOOKUP
Q42. A formula must begin with -
 (a) =
(b) +
(c) -
(d) (
Q43. Which of the following formula contains an error?
(a) =F7+F8
(b) =F9+F11
(c) (F9+F11)
(d) No error
Q44. To find the output of the formula, you need to select the full formula or a portion of it and
(a) F7
(b) F8
(c) F9
(d) F10
Q45. To refer to a cell reference from another worksheet, you can -
(a) navigate to the sheet and click on that cell
(b) type the sheet name, add !, and include the cell address
(c) both of these
(d) It is not possible in Excel
Q46. Which of the following functions was introduced in Excel 2019?
(a) UNIQUE
(b) IFS
(c) FLOOR.MATH
(d) XLOOKUP
Q47. Which of the following functions can handle all kinds of errors?
(a) IFNA
(b) IFERROR
(c) ISERROR
(d) ALLERROR
Q48. You can insert formulas by -
(a) Typing the formula
(b) Using Insert Function feature from the Functions tab
(c) Any of the above two
(d) None of these
Q49. To remove extra spaces, you can use the function -
 (a) TRIM
(b) TRUNC
(c) CODE
(d) DELETE
Q50. Which of the following functions is a Statistical function?
(a) GESTEP
(b) DEVSQ
(c) BITXOR
(d) IMSUB
ures can be used?

30th April, the following formula needs to be used -

0th April, the following formula needs to be used -

d to be used -

n the Salary column?

he nearest thousand?

ula and AutoFill -

of it and need to press X to show the output. Here X is -