Microsoft Excel Test

Some of your data in Column C is displaying as hashtags (#) because the column is too narrow. How can you widen Column C just enough to show all the data?

RIGHT-CLICK COLUMN C, SELECT FORMAT CELLS, AND THEN SELECT BEST-FIT.

DOUBLE-CLICK COLUMN C.

RIGHT-CLICK COLUMN C AND SELECT BEST-FIT.

DOUBLE-CLICK THE VERTICAL BOUNDARY BETWEEN COLUMNS C AND D.

Which two functions check for the presence of numerical or nonnumerical characters in cells?

ISVALUE AND ISNUMBER

ISNUMBER AND ISTEXT

ISNUMBER AND ISALPHA

ISVALUE AND ISTEXT

If cell A3 contains the text THE DEATH OF CHIVALRY, what will the function =PROPER(A3) return?

THE DEATH OF CHIVALRY

When editing a cell, what do you press to cycle between relative, mixed, and absolute cell references?

THE F4 KEY (WINDOWS) OR COMMAND+T (MAC)

ALT+F4 (WINDOWS) OR OPTION+F4 (MAC)

CTRL+SHIFT+4 (WINDOWS) OR COMMAND+SHIFT+4 (MAC)

ALT+SHIFT+4 (WINDOWS) OR OPTION+SHIFT+4 (MAC)

You need to add a line chart showing a sales trend over the last 12 months and you have only a little space to work with. How can you convey the required information within a single cell?

ADD A HYPERLINK TO ANOTHER WORKSHEET THAT DISPLAYS A CHART WHEN CLICKED.

ADD AN IMAGE OF THE CHART TO A COMMENT.

ADD AN IMAGE OF THE CHART TO THE WORKSHEET.

ADD A SPARKLINE, A GRAPHIC THAT SUMMARIZES DATA VISUALLY WITHIN A SINGLE WORKSHEET CELL.

What is the best way to activate the Excel Help system?

ALL OF THESE ANSWERS

PRESS F1 OR CLICK THE HELP TAB IN THE RIBBON.

RIGHT-CLICK ANYWHERE AND SELECT HELP.

PRESS F10.

Which format will display the value 27,500,000 as 27.5?

###.0,,

999.9,,

##,###,,

###,###.0,

When using Goal Seek, you can find a target result by varying _____ at most.

FOUR INPUTS

THREE INPUTS

ONE INPUT

TWO INPUTS

Cell D1 contains the value 7.877. You want cell D1 to display this value as 7.9 but keep the original number in calculations. How can you accomplish this?

CLICK THE DECREASE DECIMAL BUTTON ONCE.

CLICK THE DECREASE DECIMAL BUTTON TWICE.

IN THE CELLS GROUP ON THE HOME TAB, CLICK FORMAT > FORMAT CELLS. THEN CLICK THE ALIGNMENT TAB AND SELECT RIGHT INDENT.

USE THE ROUND() FUNCTION.

Which formula is not equivalent to all of the others?

=SUM(A3,A4,A5,A6)

=SUM(A3:A6)

=SUM(A3,A6)

=A3+A4+A5+A6

Which function returns a reference to a cell (or cell range) that is a specified distance from a base cell?

INDEX

OFFSET

VLOOKUP

MATCH

The text filter in column A is designed to display only those rows where column A entry has a particular attribute. What is this attribute?

THE SECOND CHARACTER IN THE CELL IS 9.

THE NUMBER 9 APPEARS ONE OR MORE TIMES WITHIN THE CELL.

THE CELL IS COMPRISED OF 9 CHARACTERS.

THE NUMBER 9 APPERARS ONCE AND ONLY ONCE WITHIN THE CELL.

To ensure shapres and other objects are an equal left-to-right distance apart, select the shapes, click Page Layout > Align, and the click ____.

ALIGH MIDDLE

DISTRIBUTE HORIZONTALLY

DISTRIBUTE VERTICALLY

ALIGN CENTER

An organization chart, which shows the hierarchy within a company or organization, is available as _ that is included with Excel.?

A 3D MODEL

SMARTART

A TREEMAP CHART

A DRAWING OBJECT

You want to be able to restrict values allowed in a cell and need to create a drop-down list of values from which users can choose. Which feature should you use?

PROTECT WORKSHEET

CONDITIONAL FORMATTING

ALLOW USERS TO EDIT RANGES

DATA VALIDATION

To round up a value to the nearest increment of your choice, such as the next five cents, what function should you use?

ROUND

MAX

CEILING

ROUNDUP

Which function returns the largest value amongst all values within the range H2:H30?

=MAX(H2:H30)

=MAXIMUM(H2:H30)

=UPPER(H2:H30,1)

=LARGE(H2:H30,29)

Which chart type can display two different data series as a different series type within the same chart?

CLUSTERED COLUMN

BUBBLE CHART

COMBO CHART

XY CHART

Which formula returns the value in cell A1 of the worksheet named MySheet?

=MYSHEET!A1

=MYSHEET_A1

=MYSHEET&A1

=MYSHEET@A1

Which formula correctly counts the number of numeric values in both B4:E4 and G4:I4?

=COUNT(B4:E4&G4:I4)

=COUNT(B4:E4,G4:I4)

=COUNT(B4:E4 G4:I4)

=COUNT(B4:I4)

After activating a chart, which sequence adds a trendline to the chart?

IN THE FORMAT GROUP, SELECT TRENDLINE FROM THE INSERT SHAPES LIST.

CLICK OUTSIDE THE PLOT AREA AND SELECT ADD TRENDLINE

CLICK INSIDE THE PLOT AND SELECT FORECAST.

RIGHT-CLICK A DATA SERIES AND SELECT ADD TRENDLINE.

Which Excel add-in will help you find a target result by varying multiple inputs to a formula?

GOAL SEEK

POWER PIVOT

DATA ANALYSIS

SOLVER

What tool would you use to prevent the input in a cell of a date outside a specific range?

PROTECT WORKBOOK

WATCH WINDOW

DATA VALIDATION

FILTER

When you sort a list of numerical value into ascending or descending order, the value in the middle of the list is the _.

MODULUS

MODE

MEDIAN

AVERAGE

Which format setting does NOT change the background appearance of a cell?

FILL COLOR

FONT COLOR

CELL STYLE

PATTERN STYLE

In Excel, what do most formulas begin with?

*

:

(

=

If you start a date series by dragging down the fill handle of a single cell that contains the date 12/1/19, what will you get?

A SERIES OF DAYS IDENTICAL TO THE INITIAL DATE

A SERIES OF DAYS EXACTLY ONE YEAR APART

A SERIES OF DAYS EXACTLY ONE MONTH APART

A SERIES OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS FOLLOWING THE INITIAL DATE

To discover how many cells in a range contain values that meet a single criterion, use the _____ function.

COUNTIF

SUMIFS

COUNT

COUNTA

Of these four chart types, which works best for summarizing time-based data?

LINE CHART

XY SCATTER CHART

PIE CHART

BAR CHART

Your worksheet has the value 27 in cell B3. What value is returned by the function =MOD(B3,6)?

1

3

4

5

For an IF function to check whether cell B3 contains a value between 15 and 20 inclusively, what condition should you use?

AND(B3>15,B3<20)

OR(B3>15,B3<20)

OR(B3=>15,B3<=20)

AND(B3>=15,B3<=20)

Which of these functions returns the largest value within the range H2:H30?