Take this test to see if you need to brush up on your Excel Skills!
1) You define a print area in your worksheet, but later you select a smaller range of cells to print and then click Selection under the menu File->Print->Print What->Selection. What will happen?
a) The print area will be printed b) The selected area will be printed c) Excel will prompt you to de-select the selected area d) None of the above
2) By default, how is text horizontally aligned inside a cell in Excel?
a) Left aligned b) Centered c) Right aligned d) None of the above
3) Is the following statement true or false: When you clear the contents from a cell, the formatting of the cell is also lost.
a) True b) False
4) What is the quickest way to select all the columns on a worksheet?
a) Click on the column heading of the first column, press Shift, and then click on the column heading of the last column b) Click on the column heading of the first column, press Ctrl, and then click on the column heading of the last column c) Choose Edit->Select all from the main menu d) Click on the gray rectangle on the upper left corner of the worksheet where the column headings and row headings meet
5) How can you select all the blank cells in your worksheet?
a) This must be done manually as it is not automated through any built-in feature b) Choose Edit->Select->Blank under the main menu c) Choose blank in the Edit->Go To->Special menu option d) Choose blank in the View->Go To->Special menu option
6) You select the row headings 10, 11 and 12 and then choose the menu option Insert->Rows. What will happen?
a) 3 new rows will be inserted after row 12 b) 1 new row will be inserted after row 12 c) 3 new rows will be inserted before row 12 d) 1 new row will be inserted before row 12
7) When using the AutoFill handle to quickly fill a range of cells with the same or consecutive data, the cells need not be adjacent as long as they are within the same sheet.
8) When the AutoSum button is clicked, Excel first looks for a range of numbers above the active cell.
9) A relative cell reference changes when a formula is copied or moved to other locations.
10) If cell entries are changed, the formula will automatically recalculate the values and insert the result in the cell containing the formula.
11) The Merge button on the Formatting toolbar will merge selected cells and right align data within the cells.
12) To move the insertion point down to the next cell, press:
a) Enter b) Page Down c) Tab d) Shift + Enter
13)The cell range A3 through G3 should be keyed in as:
a) A3-G3 b) A3:G3 c) A3...G3 d) A3 to G3
14) A document created in Excel is referred to as a
a) worksheet b) notebook c) workbook d) cell
15) Use this handle to automatically insert the next month in the series, January:
a) AutoComplete b) Fill c) AutoDate d) Insert
16) Which of these operators are in the correct order of operations?
a) %,+,/ b) ^,*,- c) +,*,% d) /,-,*
17) If the text you entered into a cell does not fit, Excel will display ##### to indicate that the text is too long
18) By default, data in a cell is centered
19) When a new row is added into an Excel worksheet, by default, this row will be inserted just below the active cell.
20) To insert a row, click Insert and then Rows
21) The Split option causes the worksheet to be split into two window panes.
22) A column is inserted immediately to the left of the column containing the active cell unless you choose otherwise
23) To delete a specific cell as well as the text within it, make the cell active and then
a) click Edit and then Delete b) use the Clear option from the Edit drop-down menu c) click Delete d) type over the existing contents
24) Which of the following is an absolute cell reference
a) B$3 b) $B3 c) B3 d) $B$3
25) To select nonadjacent cells, columns, or rows, you must
a) drag with the mouse to specific cells b) position the cell pointer on the row or column header and click the left mouse button c) hold down the Ctrl key while clicking column, row header, or specific cells d) click the Select All button
26) When copying selected cells to a new location, you must position the mouse pointer on any border around the selected cells until it turns into a(n)
a) I-beam pointer b) pointing index finger c) double-headed arrow d) arrow pointer
27) When data is linked, a change made in a linked cell is automatically made to other cells in the link.
28) Selected cells and cell contents can be moved or copied within a worksheet but not between worksheets.
29) Time in a cell in Excel is stored as a decimal fraction representing a portion of the day
30) The PMT function is used to calculate a loan payment based on a variable interest rate, payment, and the time period.
31) The gridlines that appear on your worksheet will print as displayed.
32) The FV function is used to calculate the future value of an investment based on a periodic constant payment and interest rate
33) To apply page numbering to a worksheet page, which option in the Page Setup dialog box should you choose
a) Page b) Margins c) Header/Footer d) Sheet
34) If a function is included in an argument within a function, it is called a
a) Value b) Contant c) Nested Function d) Variance
35) If you want row and column headings to print, which tab do you click from the Page Setup dialog box?
a) Sheet b) Margins c) Header/Footer d) Page
36) A new workbook initially contains this many sheets
a) One b) Sixteen c) Four d) Three
37) An Excel workbook saved in HTML format allows Internet or intranet users to have access to workbook data even if they do not have Excel installed
38) The x-axis runs along the bottom of a column chart
39) Once the chart is created, data can only be changed in a chart located in the same worksheet as the changed cells
40) Certain chart elements automatically inserted in a chart created by Chart Wizard include a chart legend, labels for the x-axis and y-axis, and a chart title
41) You can double-click a chart element to display the appropriate formatting dialog box.
42) You can change the size of an image by using the white sizing handles.
43) To make the image taller or shorter, use the middle sizing handle at the left or right side of the image.
44) Which of the following is not a tab on the Chart Options dialog box?
a) Titles b) Axes c) Legend d) Patterns
45) This chart is the default chart
a) Bar Chart b) Column Chart c) Line Chart d) Pie Chart
46) Which of the following displays the contents of the active cell?
a) Active Cell b) Formula bar c) Menu bar d) Name box
47) A worksheet is an individual page or tab in the workbook.
48) You can copy cell formats from one cell to another by using the
a) Backspace Key b) Default Font c) Format Painter d) Formatting toolbar
49) You can select the current row by pressing
a) Ctrl + Spacebar b) F8 + arrow key c) Shift + arrow key d) Shift + Spacebar
50) The multiplication arithmetic operator is represented by which of the following symbols
a) ^ b) * c) / d) x