1. Which of the following is an absolute 4.

Which of the following formulas is

cell reference? not entered correctly?

a. !A!1 a. =10+50

b. $A$1 b. =B7*B1

c. #a#1 c. =B7+14

d. A1 d. 10+50

Correct Answer: b Correct Answer: d

2. What symbol is used before a 5. Which of the following formulas will

number to make it a label? Excel Not be able to calculate?

a. “ (quote) a. =SUM(Sales)-A3

b. = (equal) b. =SUM(A1:A5)*.5

c. _ (underscore) c. =SUM(A1:A5)/(10-10)

d. ‘ (apostrophe) d. =SUM(A1:A5)-10

Correct Answer: b Correct Answer: a

   

3. Which symbol must all formula 6. A typical worksheet has …. Number

begin with? of columns

a. = a. 128

b. + b. 256

c. ( c. 512

d. @ d. 1024

Correct Answer: b

 
7. How many characters can be typed 10. The chart wizard term data series
in a single cell in Excel? refers to

a. 256 a. A chart legend

b. 1024 b. A collection of chart data markers

c. 32,000 c. A set of values you plot in a chart

d. 65,535 d. A data label

Correct Answer: d Correct Answer: b

8. A worksheet can have a maximum 11. The  Chart wizard term data
of …. Number of rows categories refers to;

a. 256 a. A chart plot area

b. 1024 b. A horizontal axis

c. 32,000 c. The organization of individual values

with a chart’s data series
d. 65,535
d. The data range that supply chart
Correct Answer: d
data
 
Correct Answer: b
9. Which of the following is not an
example of a value?
12. A worksheet range is a
a. 350
a. A command used for data modeling
b. May 10, 2001
b. A range of values such as from 23
c. 57%
to 234
d. Serial Number 50771
c. A group of cells
Correct Answer: d
d. A group of worksheets
 
Correct Answer: c
13. Getting data from a cell located in Correct Answer: a
a different sheet is called …

a. Accessing
16. Concatenation of text can be done
b. Referencing using

c. Updating a. Apostrophe (&lsquo

d. Functioning b. Exclamation (!)

Correct Answer: b c. Hash (#)

  d. Ampersand (&

14. Tab scrolling button Correct Answer: d

a. Allow you to view a different  

worksheet
17. Data can be arranged in a
b. Allow you to view additional worksheet in a easy to understand
worksheet rows down manner using

c. Allow you to view additional a. auto formatting

worksheet columns to the right
b. applying styles
d. Allow you to view additional sheets
c. changing fonts
tabs
d. all of above
Correct Answer: d
Correct Answer: d

 
15. A numeric value can be treated as
a label value if it precedes with

a. Apostrophe (&lsquo

b. Exclamation (!)

c. Hash (#)

d. Ampersand (&
18. 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
20. 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

b. By dragging a range of excel data to d. Cell locator coordinates

the word button on the taskbar while
Correct Answer: c
pressing Shift key

c. By dragging a range of excel data to

the word button on the taskbar while 21. to view a cell comment
pressing Alt key
a. click the edit comment command on
d. None of above the insert menu

Correct Answer: a b. click the display comment command

on the window menu
 
c. position the mouse pointer over the
19. The auto calculate feature
cell
a. Can only add values in a range of
d. click the comment command on the
cells
view menu
b. Provides a quick way to view the
Correct Answer: c
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 Answer: b
22. 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 Answer: a
 
c. Selecting Edit>Edit Cell from the
menu
d. None of above
Correct Answer: b
25. 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

23. To save a workbook, you: c. Pressing the Shift key and an arrow
key
a. Click the save button on the
standard toolbar from the menu d. Dragging over the desired cells

b. Press Ctrl+F5 Correct Answer: d

c. Click Save on the Windows Start  

button
26. Which elements of worksheet can
d. Select Edit>Save be protected from accidental
modification
Correct Answer: a
a. Contents
 
b. Objects
24. You can edit a cell by
c. Scenarios
a. Clicking the formula button
d. All of above
b. Double clicking the cell to edit it
in-place Correct Answer: d
27. You can use the drag and drop find the record and Click the Delete
method to button

a. Copy cell contents c. Select Data > Delete Record from

the menu
b. Move cell contents
d. Click the Delete button on the
c. Add cell contents
Standard toolbar
d. a and b
Correct Answer: b
Correct Answer: d
 
 
30. Right clicking something in Excel:
28. It is acceptable ot let long text
a. Deletes the object
flow into adjacent cells on a worksheet
when b. Nothing the right mouse button is
there for left handed people
a. Data will be entered in the adjacent
cells c. Opens a shortcut menu listing
everything you can do to the object
b. No data will be entered in the
adjacent cells d. Selects the object

c. There is not suitable abbreviation of Correct Answer: c

the text
 
d. There is not time to format the
31. Documentation should include
next
a. Destination and users of the output
Correct Answer: b
data
 
b. Source of input data
29. How can you delete a record?
c. Information on the purpose of the
a. Delete the column from the workbook
worksheet
d. All of the above
b. Select Data > Form from the menu
Correct Answer: d
to open the Data Form dialog box,
 32. Files created with Lotus 1-2-3  
have an extension
35. Which of the following is not a
a. DOC worksheet design criterion?

b. XLS a. Efficiency

c. 123 b. Aditibility

d. WK1 c. Description

Correct Answer: c d. Clarity

  Correct Answer: c

33. To delete an embedded objects,  

first
36. To copy cell contents using drag
a. Double click the object and drop press the

b. Select the object by clicking it a. End key

c. Press the Shift + Delete keys b. Shift key

d. Select it and then press the delete c. Ctrl key

key
d. Esc key
Correct Answer: d
Correct Answer: d
 

34. Comments can be added to cells

 37. Which of the following is the
using
latest version of Excel
a. Edit > Comments
a. Excel 2000
b. Insert > Comments
b. Excel 2002
c. File > Comments
c. Excel ME
d. View > Comments
d. Excel XP
Correct Answer: b
Correct Answer: d
 38. When you copy a formula 41. You can use the formula palette
to
a. Excel erases the original copy of the
formula a. Format cells containing numbers

b. Excel edits cell references in the b. Create and edit formulas containing
newly copied formula functions

c. Excel adjusts absolute cell references c. Enter assumptions data

d. Excel doesn’t adjust relative cell d. Copy a range of cells

references
Correct Answer: b
Correct Answer: b
 
 
42. You can convert existing excel
39. The autofill feature worksheet data an charts to an HTML
document by using
a. extends a sequential series of data
a. FTP wizard
b. automatically adds range of cell
values b. Internet assistant wizard

c. applies a boarder around the c. Intranet wizard

selected cells
d. Import wizard
d. none of the above
Correct Answer: b
Correct Answer: d
 

43. A circular reference is

40. Which menu option can be sued to
a. Geometric modeling tool
split windows into two
b. A cell that points to a drawing
a. Format > window
object
b. View > window > split
c. A formula that either directly or
c. Window > split indirectly depends on itself

d. View > split d. Always erroneous

44. Which of following is Not one of 47. Each excel file is called a workbook
Excel’s what-if function? because

a. Goal seek a. It can contain text and data

b. Solver b. It can be modified

c. Scenario manager c. It can contain many sheets including

worksheets and chart sheets
d. Auto Outline
d. You have to work hard to create it
Correct Answer: d
Correct Answer: c
 
 
45. When you insert an excel file into
a word document. The data are 48. Excel probably considers the cell
entry January 1, 2000 to be a
a. Hyperlinked placed in a word table
a. Label
b. Linked
b. Value
c. Embedded
c. Formula
d. Use the word menu bar and
toolbars d. Text string

Correct Answer: b Correct Answer: b

   

46. Which of the following is not 49. You can enter which types of data
information you can specify using the into worksheet cells?
solver?
a. Labels, values, and formulas
a. Input cells
b. Labe3ls and values but not formulas
b. Constraints
c. Values and formulas but not labels
c. Target cell
d. Formulas only
d. Changing cells
Correct Answer: a
Correct Answer: a
50. All worksheet formula c. Formatting options

a. Manipulate values d. The resulting values of a formula

instead of the actual formula
b. Manipulate labels
Correct Answer: d
c. Return a formula result
 
d. Use the addition operator
53. The numbers in our worksheet
Correct Answer: c
look like this: 1000. You want them
to look like this: $1,000.00. How can
you accomplish this?
51. Which of the following is a correct
order of precedence in formula a. None of these
calculation?
b. Select Format > Money from the
a. Multiplication and division menu
exponentiation positive and negative
c. Click the Currency Style button on
values
the formatting toolbar
b. Multiplication and division, positive
d. You have to retype everything and
and negative values, addition and
manually add the dollar signs, commas,
subtraction
and decimals.
c. Addition and subtraction, positive
Correct Answer: c
and negative values, exponentiation

d. All of above
54. Which of the following is not a
Correct Answer: d
valid data type in excel
 
a. Number
52. The Paste Special command lets
b. Character
you copy and paste:
c. Label
a. Multiply the selection by a copied
value d. Date/time

b. Cell comments Correct Answer: b

55. Excel worksheet cells work very 58. Without using the mouse or the
similarly to what common element of arrow keys, what is the fastest way of
the windows graphical user interface getting to cell A1 in a spreadsheet?

a. Option buttons a. Press Ctrl +Home

b. List boxes b. Press Home

c. Text boxes c. Press Shift + Home

d. Combo boxes d. Press Alt + Home

Correct Answer: c Correct Answer: a

   

56. Which of the following options is 59. Which of the following methods
not located in the Page Setup dialog cannot be used to edit the contents
box? of a cell?

a. Page Break Preview. a. Press the Alt key

b. Page Orientation b. Clicking the formula bar

c. Margins c. Pressing the F2 key

d. Headers and Footers d. Double clicking the cell

Correct Answer: a

57. 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 Answer: c
60. If you begin typing an entry into Correct Answer: a
a cell and then realize that you don’t
 63. Which of the following is not a
want your entry placed into a cell,
way to complete a cell entry?
you:
a. Pressing enter
a. Press the Erase key
b. Pressing any arrow key on the
b. Press Esc
keyboard
c. Press the Enter button
c. Clicking the Enter button on the
d. Press the Edit Formula button Formula bar

Correct Answer: b d. Pressing spacebar

Correct Answer: d

61. Which of the following methods  

cannot be used to enter data in a cell
64. You can activate a cell by
a. Pressing an arrow key
a. Pressing the Tab key
b. Pressing the Tab key
b. Clicking the cell
c. Pressing the Esc key
c. Pressing an arrow key
d. Clicking on the formula bar
d. All of the above
Correct Answer: c
Correct Answer: d
 
 
62. Which of the following will not
65. Text formulas:
cut information?
a. Replace cell references
a. Pressing Ctrl + C
b. Return ASCII values of characters
b. Selecting Edit>Cut from the menu
c. Concatenate and manipulate text
c. Clicking the Cut button on the
standard d. Show formula error value

d. Pressing Ctrl+X Correct Answer: c

 66. How do you insert a row?
a. Right-click the row heading where
you want to insert the new row and
select Insert from the shortcut menu
b. Select the row heading where you
want to insert the new row and select
Edit >Row from the menu
c. Select the row heading where you
want to insert the new row and click
the Insert Row button on the
standard toolbar
d. All of the above
Correct Answer: a
67. Which of the following is not a
basic step in creating a worksheet?
a. Save workbook
b. Modifiy the worksheet
c. Enter text and data
d. Copy the worksheet
Correct Answer: d
68. How do you select an entire
column?
a. Select Edit > Select > Column from
the menu
b. Click the column heading letter
c. Hold down the shift key as you click
anywhere in the column.
d. Hold down the Ctrl key as you click
anywhere in the column
Correct Answer: b
 
69. How can you print three copies of
a workbook?
a. Select File>Properties form the
menu and type 3 in the Copies to
print text box.
b. Select File >Print from the menu
and type 3 in the Number of copies
text box.
c. Click the Print button on the
standard toolbar to print the
document then take it to Kinko’s and
have 2 more copies made
d. Press Ctrl+P+3
Correct Answer: b
70. To create a formula, you first:
a. Select the cell you want to place
the formula into
b. Type the equals sign (=) to tell
Excel that you’re about to enter a
formula
c. Enter the formula using any input
values and the appropriate
mathematical operators that make up
your formula
d. Choose the new command from the
file menu
Correct Answer: a
71. To center worksheet titles across a
range of cells, you must
a. Select the cells containing the title
text plus the range over which the
title text is to be centered
b. Widen the columns
c. Select the cells containing the title
text plus the range over which the
title text is to be enfettered
d. Format the cells with the comma
style
Correct Answer: a
72. How do you delete a column?
a. Select the column heading you want
to delete and select the Delete Row
button on the standard toolbar
b. Select the column heading you want
to delete and select Insert Delete from
the menu
c. Select the row heading you want to
delete and select Edit>Delete from the
menu
d. Right click the column heading you
want to delet and select delete from
the shortcut menu
Correct Answer: d
73. How can you find specific
information in a list?
a. Select Tools > Finder from the
menu
b. Click the Find button on the
standard toolbar
c. Select Insert > Find from the menu
d. Select Data > Form from the menu
to open the Data Form dialog box and
click the Criteria button
Correct Answer: d
74. When integrating word and excel,  77. Comments put in cells are called
word is usually the
a. Smart tip
a. Server
b. Cell tip
b. Destination
c. Web tip
c. Client
d. Soft tip
d. Both b and c
Correct Answer: b
Correct Answer: d
 
 
78. Which is used to perform what if
75. When a label is too long to fit analysis?
within a worksheet cell, you typically
a. Solver
must
b. Goal seek
a. Shorten the label
c. Scenario Manager
b. Increase the column width
d. All of above
c. Decrease the column width
Correct Answer: d
d. Adjust the row height
 
Correct Answer: b
79. You can use the horizontal and
 
vertical scroll bars to
76. The name box
a. Split a worksheet into two panes
a. Shows the location of the previously
b. View different rows and columns
active cell
edit the contents of a cell
b. Appears to the left of the formula
c. Edit the contents of a cell
bar
d. view different worksheets
c. Appears below the status bar
Correct Answer: b
d. Appears below the menu bar
 
Correct Answer: b
80. Multiple calculations can be made 83. Which button do you click to add
in a single formula using up a series of numbers?

a. standard formulas a. The autosum button

b. array formula b. The Formula button

c. complex formulas c. The quicktotal button

d. smart formula d. The total button

Correct Answer: a

81. Hyperlinks can be

 

a. Text
84. When the formula bar is active,

b. Drawing objects you can see

c. Pictures a. The edit formula button

d. All of above b. The cancel button

Correct Answer: d c. The enter button

  d. All of the above

Correct Answer: d

82. To activate the previous cell in a

pre-selected range, press

a. The Alt key

b. The Tab key

c. The Enter key

d. None of the above

Correct Answer: d
85. To copy formatting from one area 87. When you link data maintained in
in a worksheet and apply it to another an excel workbook to a word document
area you would use:
a. The word document cannot be edit
a. The Edit>Copy Format and
b. The word document contains a
Edit>Paste Format commands form the
reference to the original source
menu.
application
b. The Copy and Apply Formatting
c. The word document must contain a
dialog box, located under the
hyperlink
Format>Copy and Apply menu.

d. The word document contains a copy

c. There is no way to copy and apply
of the actual data
formatting in Excel – You have to do
it manually Correct Answer: b

d. The Format Painter button on the  

standard toolbar
88. Which area in an excel window
Correct Answer: d allows entering values and formulas

  a. Title bar

86. In a worksheet you can select b. Menu bar

a. The entire worksheet c. Formula bar

b. Rows d. Standard toolbar

c. Columns Correct Answer: c

d. All of the above  

Correct Answer: b

 
89. To hold row and column titles in
place so that they do not scroll when
you scroll a worksheet click the
a. Unfreeze panes command on the
window menu
b. Freeze panes command on the
window menu
c. Hold titles command on the edit
menu
d. Split command on the window menu
Correct Answer: b
 
90. To edit in an embedded excel
worksheet object in a word document
a. Use the excel menu bar and toolbars
inside the word application
b. Edit the hyperlink
c. Edit the data in a excel source
application
d. Use the word menu bar and
toolbars
Correct Answer: a
 
91. To create a formula, you can use:
a. Values but not cell references
b. C ell references but not values
c. Values or cell references although
not both at the same time
d. Value and cell references
Correct Answer: d
92. Status indicators are located on
the
a. Vertical scroll bar
b. Horizontal scroll bar
c. Formula bar
d. Standard toolbar
Correct Answer: c
93. Which of the following is the
oldest spreadsheet package?
a. VisiCalc
b. Lotus 1-2-3
c. Excel
d. StarCalc
Correct Answer: a
 94. Rounding errors can occur 96. You can not link excel worksheet
data to a word document
a. When you use multiplication,
division, or exponentiation in a formula a. With the right drag method

b. When you use addition and b. With a hyperlink

subtraction in a formula
c. With the copy and paste special
c. Because excel uses hidden decimal commands
places in computation
d. With the copy and paste buttons
d. When you show the results of on the standard toolbar.
formulas with different decimal places
Correct Answer: d
that the calculated results

 
Correct Answer: a

97. Which of the following is a popular

DOS based spreadsheet package?
95. You can copy data or formulas
a. Word
a. With the copy, paste and cut
b. Smart cell
commands on the edit menu

c. Excel
b. With commands on ta shortcut
menu d. Lotus 1-2-3

c. With buttons on the standard Correct Answer: d

toolbars
 
d. All of the above

Correct Answer: d

 
98. An excel workbook is a collection 100. You can use the format painter
of multiple times before you turn it off
by
a. Workbooks
a. You can use the format painter
b. Worksheets
button on ly one time when you click

c. Charts it

d. Worksheets and charts b. Double clicking the format painter

button
Correct Answer: d
c. Pressing the Ctrl key and clicking
 
the format painter button

99. Excel files have a default extension

d. Pressing the Alt key and clicking the
of
format painter button

a. Xls
Correct Answer: b

b. Xlw

c. Wk1

d. 123

Correct Answer: a