Test 1: Coverage or Scope of Test

Please note the following test information

 20 MCQ Questions
 45 minutes
 One Attempt Only
 CLOSED BOOK
 No toilet break during test
 No use of mobile phone and other electronic devices

1) Difference between R1C1 and A1 reference style.

2) Difference between xlsx vs xlsm workbook files. Ans: xlsx is a default Excel file (2007 or
later) that does not have macro. Xlsm is an Excel file that contains macro.

3) Basic Skills
i) How to insert and delete columns Ans: Many ways. Faster is to right click mouse
ii) How to show formulas in a worksheet Ans: CTL~
iii) How to select a contiguous block of cells Ans: For a large range of block of cells,
even if the last cell is out of screen, to select entire range: select first cell, press
CTL and SHIFT together, hold them, then press right arrow key, followed by down
arrow key
iv) How to select a discontiguous block of cells Ans: select the first block as in the step
above, then press CTL, goto the top left corner of the second block, press CTL and
Shift together, hold them, then press right arrow key, followed by down arrow key.
Now both blocks are selected.

v) How to fill a contiguous block of cells Ans:

vi) Using Ctl-C (copy), Ctl-X (cut), Ctl-V (paste), Ctl-Z (unto), keys

4) Types of Cell Referencing: Absolute (e.g. $A$1), Relative (e.g. A1), and Mixed
Referencing (e.g. $A1 or A$1), and how to toggle between them using the keyboard: Use
F4

5) Working with Formulas

i) How to enter formulas: Enter =
ii) Formulas with absolute referencing =$A$1
iii) Formulas with relative and mixed referencing =$A1 or A$1
iv) Copying formulas with mixed referencing: Be careful of which is fixed, which is
relative (refer to examples on multiplication)
v) How to avoid hardcoding of formulas (use constant definition by Formula-
>DefineName)

6) Working with Functions

i) What is a function :
ii) How to enter functions into formulas
iii) How to specify single and cell range in formulas

7) List of Functions covered

 IF()
Use the IF function, one of the logical functions, to return one value if a condition is
true and another value if it's false.
=IF(logical_test, value_if_true, [value_if_false])

 SUM()
The SUM function, one of the math and trig functions, adds all of its arguments.
 =SUM(number1,[number2],...)

 COUNT()
The COUNT function counts the number of cells that contain numbers, and counts
numbers within the list of arguments.
=COUNT(value1, [value2], ...)

 COUNTA()
The COUNTA function counts the number of cells that are not empty in a range
=COUNTA(value1, [value2], ...)

 AVERAGE()
Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of the arguments.
=AVERAGE(number1, [number2], ...)

 MIN()
 MAX()
 CONCATENATE()
Use CONCATENATE, one of the text functions, to join two or more text strings into
one string.
=CONCATENATE(text1, [text2], ...)

 & operator

 COUNTIF()
Use COUNTIF, one of the statistical functions, to count the number of cells that meet a
criterion; for example, to count the number of times a particular city appears in a
customer list.
=COUNTIF(range, criteria)

 COUNTIFS()
Applies criteria to cells across multiple ranges and counts the number of times all
criteria are met.
=COUNTIFS(criteria_range1, criteria1, [criteria_range2, criteria2]…)

 SUMIF()
You use the SUMIF function to sum the values in a range that meet criteria that you
specify.
=SUMIF(range, criteria, [sum_range])

 SUMIFS()
The SUMIFS function, one of the math and trig functions, adds all of its arguments
that meet multiple criteria.
=SUMIFS(sum_range, criteria_range1, criteria1, [criteria_range2, criteria2], ...)

 AVERAGEIF()
Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of all the cells in a range that meet a given
criteria.
=AVERAGEIF(range, criteria, [average_range])

 AVERAGEIFS()
Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of all cells that meet multiple criteria.
=AVERAGEIFS(average_range, criteria_range1, criteria1, [criteria_range2,
criteria2], ...)

 VLOOKUP()
Use VLOOKUP, one of the lookup and reference functions, when you need to find
things in a table or a range by row. For example, look up an employee's last name by
 her employee number, or find her phone number by looking up her last name (just like
a telephone book).

The secret to VLOOKUP is to organize your data so that the value you look up
(employee’s last name) is to the left of the return value you want to find (employee’s
phone number).
=VLOOKUP (lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, [range_lookup])

 HLOOKUP()
Searches for a value in the top row of a table or an array of values, and then returns a
value in the same column from a row you specify in the table or array. Use
HLOOKUP when your comparison values are located in a row across the top of a
table of data, and you want to look down a specified number of rows. Use VLOOKUP
when your comparison values are located in a column to the left of the data you want
to find.
= HLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, row_index_num, [range_lookup])

 LOOKUP()
Use LOOKUP, one of the lookup and reference functions, when you need to look in a
single row or column and find a value from the same position in a second row or
column. Lookup is for earlier version of Excel. Try to use Vlookup or Hlookup instead
of Lookup.

 MATCH()
MATCH(lookup_value, lookup_array, [match_type])

match_type Optional. The number -1, 0, or 1. The match_type argument specifies how
Excel matches lookup_value with values in lookup_array. The default value for this
argument is 1.
The MATCH function searches for a specified item in a range of cells, and then
returns the relative position of that item in the range. For example, if the range A1:A3
contains the values 5, 25, and 38, then the formula

=MATCH(25,A1:A3,0)

returns the number 2, because 25 is the second item in the range.

Use MATCH instead of one of the LOOKUP functions when you need the position of
an item in a range instead of the item itself. For example, you might use the MATCH
function to provide a value for the row_num argument of the INDEX function.

 INDEX()
Returns the value of an element in a table or an array, selected by the row and
column number indexes.

Use the array form if the first argument to INDEX is an array constant.
=INDEX(array, row_num, [column_num])

8) Goal Seek: What is it? How to activate? How to use in a formula?

To set certain value of a variables in a forumula and find the value of another variable
(Excel achieve that by reverse calculation)

9) Solver: What is it? How to activate? Use for what? How is it different from Goal Seek?
To find the max or min of a value in a series of equation. This is call an optimization
problem. Solver can achieve what Goal Seek try to achieve. However, Solver is often
used to solve a more complex problem.