1. Which of the following is a correct order of precedence in formula calculation?
A. Exponentiation, Multiplication and division, positive and negative values
B. Multiplication and division, positive and negative values, addition and subtraction
C. Addition and subtraction, positive and negative values, exponentiation
D. All of above
Correct Option: Exponentiation, Multiplication and division, positive and negative values
2. The Paste Special command lets you copy and paste
A. Multiply the selection by a copied value
B. Cell comments
C. Formatting options
D. The resulting values of a formula instead of the actual formula
Correct Option: The resulting values of a formula instead of the actual formula
3. The numbers in our worksheet look like this: You want them to look like this: $1,000.How can you accomplish this?
A. None of these
B. Select Format > Money from the menu
C. Click the Currency Style button on the formatting toolbar
D. You have to retype everything and manually add the dollar signs, commas, and decimals.
Correct Option: Click the Currency Style button on the formatting toolbar
4. Which of the following is not a valid data type in excel
A. Number
B. Character
C. Label
D. Date/time
Correct Option: Character
5. Excel worksheet cells work very similarly to what common element of the windows graphical user interface
A. Option buttons
B. List boxes
C. Text boxes
D. Combo boxes
Correct Option: Text boxes
6. Which of the following options is not located in the Page Setup dialog box?
A. Page Break Preview
B. Page Orientation
C. Margins
D. Headers and Footers
Correct Option: Page Break Preview
7. You want to track the progress of the stock market on a daily basis. Which type of chart should you use?
A. Pie chart
B. Row chart
C. Line chart
D. Column chart
Correct Option: Line chart
8. Without using the mouse or the arrow keys, what is the fastest way of getting to cell A1 in a spreadsheet?
A. Press Ctrl +Home
B. Press Home
C. Press Shift + Home
D. Press Alt + Home
Correct Option: Press Ctrl +Home
9. Which of the following methods can not be used to edit the contents of a cell?
A. Press the Alt key
B. Clicking the formula bar
C. Pressing the F2 key
D. Double clicking the cell
Correct Option: Press the Alt key
10. If you begin typing an entry into a cell and then realize that you don’t want your entry placed into a cell, you
A. Press the Erase key
B. Press Esc
C. Press the Enter button
D. Press the Edit Formula button
Correct Option: Press Esc
11. to view a cell comment
A. click the edit comment command on the insert menu
B. click the display comment command on the window menu
C. position the mouse pointer over the cell
D. click the comment command on the view menu
Correct Option: position the mouse pointer over the cell
12. When you want to insert a blank imbedded excel object in a word document you can
A. Click the object command on the insert menu
B. Click the office links button on the standard toolbar
C. Click the create worksheet button on the formatting toolbar
D. Click the import excel command on the file menu
Correct Option: Click the object command on the insert menu
13. To save a workbook, you
A. Click the save button on the standard toolbar from the menu
B. Press Ctrl+F5
C. Click Save on the Windows Start button
D. Select Edit>Save
Correct Option: Click the save button on the standard toolbar from the menu
14. You can edit a cell by
A. Clicking the formula button
B. Double clicking the cell to edit it in-place
C. Selecting Edit>Edit Cell from the menu
D. None of above
Correct Option: Double clicking the cell to edit it in-place
15. You can select a single range of cells by
A. Clicking the upper-left cell in a group of cells and then pressing the Shift key while clicking the lower right cell in a group of cells
B. Pressing the Ctrl key while dragging over the desired cells
C. Pressing the Shift key and an arrow key
D. Dragging over the desired cells
Correct Option: Dragging over the desired cells
16. Which elements of worksheet can be protected from accidental modification
A. Contents
B. Objects
C. Scenarios
D. All of above
Correct Option: All of above
17. You can use the drag and drop method to
A. Copy cell contents
B. Move cell contents
C. Add cell contents
D. a and b
Correct Option: a and b
18. It is acceptable to let long text flow into adjacent cells on a worksheet when
A. Data will be entered in the adjacent cells
B. No data will be entered in the adjacent cells
C. There is no suitable abbreviation of the text
D. There is not time to format the next
Correct Option: No data will be entered in the adjacent cells
19. How can you delete a record?
A. Delete the column from the worksheet
B. Select Data > Form from the menu to open the Data Form dialog box, find the record and Click the Delete button
C. Select Data > Delete Record from the menu
D. Click the Delete button on the Standard toolbar
Correct Option: Select Data > Form from the menu to open the Data Form dialog box, find the record and Click the Delete button
20. Right clicking something in Excel
A. Deletes the object
B.
C. Opens a shortcut menu listing everything you can do to the object
D. Selects the object
Correct Option: Opens a shortcut menu listing everything you can do to the object
21. Documentation should include
A. Destination and users of the output data
B. Source of input data
C. Information on the purpose of the workbook
D. All of above
Correct Option: All of above
22. Files created with Lotus 1-2-3 have an extension
A. DOC
B. XLS
C. 123
D. WK1
Correct Option: 123
23. To delete an embedded objects, first
A. Double click the object
B. Select the object by clicking it
C. Press the Shift + Delete keys
D. Select it and then press the delete key
Correct Option: Select it and then press the delete key
24. Comments can be added to cells using
A. Edit > Comments
B. Insert > Comments
C. File > Comments
D. View > Comments
Correct Option: Insert > Comments
25. Which of the following is not a worksheet design criterion?
A. Efficiency
B. Aditibility
C. Description
D. Clarity
Correct Option: Description
26. To copy cell contents using drag and drop press the
A. End key
B. Shift key
C. Ctrl key
D. Esc key
Correct Option: End key
27. Which of the following is the latest version of Excel
A. Excel 2000
B. Excel 2002
C. Excel Me
D. Excel XP
Correct Option: Excel XP
28. When you copy a formula
A. Excel erases the original copy of the formula
B. Excel edits cell references in the newly copied formula
C. Excel adjusts absolute cell references
D. Excel doesn’t adjust relative cell references
Correct Option: Excel edits cell references in the newly copied formula
29. The Autosum feature
A. extends a sequential series of data
B. automatically adds range of cell values
C. applies a boarder around the selected cells
D. none of the above
Correct Option: automatically adds range of cell values
30. Which menu option can be sued to split windows into two
A. Format > window
B. View > window > split
C. Window > split
D. View > split
Correct Option: Window > split
31. Which of the following is an absolute cell reference?
A. !A!1
B. $A$1
C. #a#1
D. A1
Correct Option: $A$1
32. What symbol is used before a number to make it a label?
A. quote
B. equal
C. underscore
D. apostrophe
Correct Option: apostrophe
33. A typical worksheet has …. Number of columns
A. 128
B. 256
C. 512
D. 1024
Correct Option: 256
34. How many characters can be typed in a single cell in Excel?
A. 256
B. 1024
C. 32000
D. 65535
Correct Option: 65535
35. A worksheet can have a maximum of …. Number of rows
A. 256
B. 1024
C. 32000
D. 65535
Correct Option: 65535
36. Which of the following is not an example of a value?
A. 350
B. May-01
C. 0.57
D. Serial Number 50771
Correct Option: Serial Number 50771
37. The chart wizard term data series refers to
A. A chart legend
B. A collection of chart data markers
C. A set of values you plot in a chart
D. A data label
Correct Option: A collection of chart data markers
38. The Chart wizard term data categories refers to
A. A chart plot area
B. A horizontal axis
C. The organization of individual values with a chart’s data series
D. The data range that supply chart data
Correct Option: A horizontal axis
39. A worksheet range is a
A. A command used for data modeling
B. A range of values such as from 23 to 234
C. A group of cells
D. A group of worksheets
Correct Option: A group of cells
40. Getting data from a cell located in a different sheet is called
A. Accessing
B. Referencing
C. Updating
D. Functioning
Correct Option: Referencing
41. Tab scrolling button
A. Allow you to view a different worksheet
B. Allow you to view additional worksheet rows down
C. Allow you to view additional worksheet columns to the right
D. Allow you to view additional sheets tabs
Correct Option: Allow you to view additional sheets tabs
42. A numeric value can be treated as a label value if it precedes with
A. Apostrophe &lsquo
B. Exclamation
C. Hash
D. Ampersand
Correct Option: Apostrophe &lsquo
43. Concatenation of text can be done using
A. Apostrophe &lsquo
B. Exclamation
C. Hash
D. Ampersand
Correct Option: Ampersand
44. Data can be arranged in a worksheet in a easy to understand manner using
A. auto formatting
B. applying styles
C. changing fonts
D. all of above
Correct Option: all of above
45. You can use drag-and-drop to embed excel worksheet data in a word document
A. By dragging a range of excel data to the word button on the taskbar while pressing the Ctrl key
B. By dragging a range of excel data to the word button on the taskbar while pressing Shift key
C. By dragging a range of excel data to the word button on the taskbar while pressing Alt key
D. None of above
Correct Option: By dragging a range of excel data to the word button on the taskbar while pressing the Ctrl key
46. The auto calculate feature
A. Can only add values in a range of cells
B. Provides a quick way to view the result of an arithmetic operation on a range of cells
C. Automatically creates formulas and adds them to a worksheet
D. A and c
Correct Option: Provides a quick way to view the result of an arithmetic operation on a range of cells
47. Excel uniquely identifies cells within a worksheet with a cell name
A. Cell names
B. Column numbers and row letters
C. Column letters and row numbers
D. Cell locator coordinates
Correct Option: Column letters and row numbers
48. You can zoom a worksheet
A. With the mouse pointer in Print Preview
B. With the zoom button on the Print Preview toolbar
C. With the Zoom command on the view menu
D. all of above
Correct Option: all of above
49. You can not link Excel worksheet data to a Word document
A. With the right drag method
B. With a hyperlink
C. With the copy and paste special commands
D. With the copy and paste buttons on the standard toolbar
Correct Option: With the copy and paste buttons on the standard toolbar
50. This type of software is similar to an accountant’s worksheet
A. Word processing
B. Database
C. Spreadsheets
D. Graphics
Correct Option: Spreadsheets