Microsoft Excel QuizOpen-Note

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 menub. 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 Areab. On the File menu, click print, and then click Selection under Print Whatc. 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 opensb. Nothingc. A new chart is createdd. 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 Macrob. A Hyperlinkc. A Formulad. 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. RANDb. MAXc. LNd. 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-savingb. Totaling a column or rowc. Sorting Datad. 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. Yesb. No

16. What is the correct syntax for typing a function into a cell?

a. Function name, argument, equals signb. Function name, equals sign, argumentc. Equals sign, function name, resultd. 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 F7b. Pressing Alt+o, then Alt+ec. Pressing Ctrl+1d. 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. Dotb. Rockyc. Linksd. Ruff

19. Is it possible to highlight your cells?

a. Yesb. 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. CreateStringc. JoinCellsd. Concatenate