Excel Chapter 3: End-of-Chapter Quiz

Axis

A line that serves as a frame of reference for measurement and that borders the chart plot area

An enterprise fund

A municipal government fund that reports income and expenditures related to municipal services for which a fee is charged in exchange for goods or services

Value axis

A numerical scale on the left side of a chart that shows the range of numbers for the data points; also referred to as the y-axis

A data marker

A pie slice is an example of..

Bevel

A shape effect that uses shading and shadows to make the edges of a shape appear to be curved or angled

Point

A value that originates in a worksheet cell and that is represented in a chart by a data marker is a..

Goal Seek

A what-if analysis tool that finds the input needed in one cell to arrive at the desired result in another cell

Chart sheet

A workbook sheet that contains only a chart

Color or pattern

In a chart, each data point-bar, slice, and so on- has a unique..

Relative cell reference

In a formula, the address of a cell based on the relative position of the cell that contains the formula and the cell referred to

Series

Related data points represented by data markers are referred to as the data..

Formula AutoComplete

The Excel feature which, after typing = and the first letter of a function, displays a list of function names

Explode

The action of pulling out a pie slice from a pie chart

Category axis

The area along the bottom of a chart that identifies the categories of data; also referred to as the x-axis

Plot area

The area bounded by the axes of a chart, including all the data series, is the..

Chart area

The entire chart and all of its elements

Value after increase (i.e. the formula)

The formula for calculating the value after an increase by multiplying the original value-the base-by the percent for new value

Rate = amount of increase/base

The mathematical formula to calculate a rate of increase

Order of operations

The mathematical rules for performing multiple calculations within a formula

Increase

The percent by which one number increases over another number is the percentage rate of..

What-if analysis

The process of changing the values in cells to see how those changes affect the outcome of formulas in a worksheet

Base

The starting point when you divide the amount of increase by it to calculate the rate of increase is the..

3-D

The term that refers to an image that appears to have all three spatial dimensions is..

Major unit

The value in a chart's value axis that determines the spacing between the gridlines in the plot area is the..

Category axis (2)

The x-axis is also known as the..

Value axis (2)

The y-axis is also known as the..

Absolute

A cell reference that refers to a cell by its fixed position in a worksheet is

Pie Chart

A chart that shows the relationship of each part to a whole

Line chart

A chart type that displays trends over time is a...

Data Marker

A column, bar, area, dot, pie slice, or other symbol in a chart that represents a single data point