Excel Assessment Test
From which field list was the PivotTable created?
rows: donor, event/ values: sum of amount
Which Excel feature allows you to hide rows or columns with an easily visible expand/collapse?
Grouping
To round up a value to the nearest increment of your choice, such as the next five cents, what function should you use?
ROUNDUP
To create new sheet in Excel you?
Right mouse click on Existing Sheet and select insert
After activating a chart, which sequence adds a treadline to the chart?
Right-click a data series and select Add Trendline
In this PivotTable, the continuous variables weight is shown in the Row field. Another continuous variable is in the Sum Values field. It is important to reduce a long list of body weights to a smaller set of weight categories. How do you do this?
Right-click any row field value in the PivotTable and select Group.
A ______ function can be used to calculate the SUM of subset of data.
SUBTOTAL
Which value is returned when you enter =LEN(C3) into cell F3
5
Which custom format will make the cells in column A appear like the corresponding cells in column B?
MMMM-YYYY
When you sort a list of numerical value into ascending or descending order, the value in the middle of the list is the __.
Median
To ensure the VLOOKUP function returns the value of an exact match, what do you need to enter into the Range_lookup field?
False
Which keyboard shortcut would you use to enter a current date in a cell?
CTRL + ;
Which function returns a reference to a cell ( or cell range) that is specified distance from a base cell?
INDEX
How to calculate total units sold by Jason?
SumIF formula
Which format setting does not change the background apperance of a cell?
Font Color
You can add a _____ when you want to keep others from changing your worksheet.
Password Protection
What is the best way to activate the Excel Help system?
Press F1 or click the Help tab in the ribbon
Which formula you would use to remove a % sign and convert it into space?
Substitute function
Which format will display the value 27,500,000 as 27.5?
###.0,,
If a worksheet has the value 27 in cell B3, what value is returned by the function =MOD(B3, 6)
3
Your worksheet has the value 27 in cell B3. What value is returned by the function =MOD (B3,6)?
3
The NOW() function returns the current data and time as 43740.665218. Which part of this value indicates the time?
665218
How to increase decimals of a value which have % sign?
<-.
In Excel, what do most formulas begin with?
=
You need to determine the commission earned by each Sales Rep, based on the Sales amounts in B3:B50 and the Commission rate specified in cell A1. You want to enter a formula in C3 and copy it down to C50. Which formula should you use?
=$A$1*B3
Which formula returns the value in cell A10 of the worksheet named Budget Variances?
='Budget Variances"!A10
Which formula, when entered into cell D2 and then dragged to cell D6, calculates the average total number of minutes spent on phone calls for each representative?
=B2*C2
Which formula correctly counts the number of numeric values in both B4:E4 and G4:I4?
=COUNT(B4:I4)
Which Excel formula would increment month to the next and allow display February-20 in the cell A3?
=Date(Year(A2), Month(A2)+1, Day(A2))
Which function returns TRUE if cell A1 contains a text value?
=ISTEXT(A1)
Which function returns the leftmost five characters in cell A1?
=Left(A1,5)
Which function returns the number of characters in a text string in cell A1?
=Len(A1)
Which function returns the largest value amongst all values within the range H2:H30?
=MAX(H2:H30)
Which of these functions returns the largest value among all values within the range H2:H30?
=MAX(H2:H30)
Which formula returns the value in cell A1 of the worksheet name MySheet?
=MySheet!A1
Which formula is used to make first letter in a word uppercase?
=Proper(A3)
Which function, when entered into cell F2 and then dragged to cell F6, returns the performance rating text (e.g. "good","poor") for each representative?
=RIGHT(E2, LEN(E2)-27)
Which formula is NOT equivalent to all of the others?
=SUM(A3,A6)
Which formula calculates the total value of a single row of cells across a range of columns?
=SUM(C15:Y15)
Which function, when entered into cell G7, allows you to determine the sum total of annual sles for market regions 18 and greater?
=SUMIF(F2:F6, ">=18", G2:G6)
Which VLOOKUP function, when entered into cell L2 and then dragged to cell L5, returns the average number of calls for the representative IDs listed in column J?
=VLOOKUP( J2, A$2:C$7,3, False)
In the worksheet below, you want to copy the formatting of cell A1 into cells B1:D1. Which approach (see arrows) accomplishes this the most efficiently?
A (Format Painter)
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)
You want to add a column to the PivotTable below that shows a 5% bonus for each sales rep. That data does not exists in the original data table. How can you do this without adding more data to the table?
Add a calculated field
You need to add a line chart showing a sales trends 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 sparkline, a graphic that summarizes data visually within a single worksheet cell
Which keyboard shortcut would you use to wrap the text and start a new line, when inside a cell?
Alt + Enter
The query techniques that uses the column heading arrows is called _____. It is automatically enabled when you first create Excel Table.
AutoFilter
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?
Double-click the vertical boundary between columns C and D
If you drag the fill handle (lower-right corner) of cell A2 downward into cells A3, A4, A5, what contents will appear in those cells?
Feb, Mar, Apr
Which format setting does not change the background appearance of a cell?
Font Color
What is the term for an expression that is entered into a worksheet cell and begins with an equal sign?
Formula
Which Excel add-in will help you find a target result by varying multiple inputs to a formula?
Goal Seek
Which two functions check for the presence of numerical or nonnumerical characters in cells?
ISNUMBER and ISTEXT
How does the apperance of an array formula differ from that of a standard formula?
In the formula bar, an array formula appears surrounded by curly brackets
What does the formula do? =Sum(Sheet1:Sheet4!D18)
It adds data from all D18 cells in Sheet1, Sheet2, Sheet3, Sheet4
Of the four chart types listed, which works best for summarizing time-based data?
Line chart
How can you create the lower table from the top one when the tables are not linked?
Select Paste Special > Transpose
How can you drill down into a PivotTable to show details?
Select the cell into which you want to drill down and double-click
In the image below, what does clicking the button indicated by the green arrow do?
Selects All
In the image below, which option(s) can you select so that the appropriate field headers appear in cells A4 and B3 instead of the terms Row Labels and Column Labels, respectively?
Show in Tabular Form or Show in Outline Form
An organization chart, which shows the hierarchy within a company or organization, is available as __ that is included with Excel.
SmartArt
In the worksheet below, you want to use Data > Subtotal to show a subtotal value per sport. What must you do BEFORE applying the Subtotal function?
Sort by the data in Column D
You want to apply subtotals per sport in the data below. What should you do before applying subtotals?
Sort the data in column D
What formula can separate first name and last name?
Text to Column function
The AutoSum formulas in the range C9:F9 below return unexpected values. Why is this?
The AutoSum formulas include the year at the top of each column in the calculation
If cell A3 contains the text THE DEATH OF CHIVALRY, what will the function = PROPER(A3) return?
The Death Of Chivalry
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
You can change the value of _____ cells at any time.
Unprotected
You're working with columns whose width and font-size should not be changed. Yet the columns are too narrow to display all the text in each cell. What tool should you use to solve the problem?
Wrap Text
Which chart type can display two different data series as a different series type within the same chart?
XY Chart
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 consecutive days following the initial date
An .xlsx workbook is saved into .csv format. What is preserved in the new .csv file?
cell values only
What is the difference between pressing the delete key and using the clear command in the Home Tab's editing group?
deletes removes formulas, values and hyperlinks. clear removes formulas, values, hyperlinks, formats, comments and notes
When using Goal Seek, you can find a target result by varying __ at most.
one input
What is the intersection of a worksheet row and column?
selection
When editing a cell, what do you press to cycle between relative, mixed and absolute cell references?
the F4 (Windows) or Command +T (Mac)
To ensure shapes and other objects are an equal left-to-right distance apart, select the shapes, click Page Layout > Align, and then click __.
Distribute Vertically
Cell D2 contains the formula =B2-C2. What is the fastest way to copy that formula into cells D3:D501 (the bottom of the data set)?
Double-click D2's fill handle
To discover how many cells in a range contain values that meet a single criterion, use the __ function.
COUNTIF
Cell A2 contains the value 8 and cell B2 contains the value 9. What happens when cells A2 and B2 are merged and then unmerged>
Cell A2 contains the value 8 and cell B2 is empty
A cell contains the value 7.877 and you want it to display as 7.9. How can you accomplish this?
Click the Decrease Decimal button twice. <-
In the formula =VLOOKUP(A1,D1:H30,3,False), the lookup value (A1) is being looked for in ____.
Columns D through H
Which tool can combine last names, initials, and first names in Column D, if a worksheet column A contains employee last names, column B contains employee middle initials and C contains employee first names?
Concatenation
When cell A1 value is 7 its background displays a green color. Changing the value to 8 changes the background color to blue. What type of formatting applied to cell A1?
Conditional formatting
You select cell A1, hover the pointer over the cell border to reveal the move icon, then drag the cell to a new location. Which ribbon commands achieve the same result?
Cut and Paste
You use a(n) ________ to automate data analyses and organize the answer returned by Excel.
Data Table
What tool would you use to prevent the input in a cell of a date outside a specific range?
Data Validation
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?
Data Validation