Excel Exam 1 Multiple Choice Questions

In the Cell Styles gallery, the Currency [0] style and the Comma [0] style format the selected cell with how many decimal places?

0

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

3-D

An Excel function that adds a group of values, and then divides the result by the number of values in the group.

AVERAGE

A cell reference that refers to cells by their fixed position in a worksheet.

Absolute cell reference

The feature that generates and extends values into adjacent cells based on the values of selected cells is:

Auto Fill

An Excel feature that generates and extends values into adjacent cells based on the values of selected cells.

Auto fill

An Excel feature that adjusts the width of a column to fit the cell content of the widest cell in the column is:

AutoFit

The command that moves a chart to a worksheet that contains only a chart and no other worksheet data.

Move chart

An Excel function that retrieves the date and time from your computer's calendar and clock and inserts the information into the selected cell.

NOW

The function that retrieves and then displays the date and time from your computer is the:

NOW function

A word or string or characters in Excel that represents a cell, a range or cells, a formula, or a constant value.

Name

An element of the Excel window that displays the name of the selected cell, table, chart, or object.

Name box

The abbreviation for number of time periods in various Excel functions.

Nper

A specific way in which Excel displays number in a cell.

Number format

The action of placing cell contents that have been copied or moved to the Clipboard into another location.

Paste

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

Pie

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

Plot area

Cells that are referred to by a formula in another cell are:

Precedent cells

The total amount that a series of future payments is worth now.

Principal

The numerical scale on the left side of a chart that shows the range of numbers for the data points.

Value axis

A tool that displays in the lower right corner of a selected range with which you can analyze your data by using Excel tools such as charts, color-coding, and formulas.

Quick Analysis Tool

A feature that displays in the lower right corner of a selected range with which you can analyze your data by using Excel tools such as charts, color-coding, and formulas is called:

Quick Analysis tool

Excel commands that enable you to stretch or shrink the width, height, or both, of printed output to fit a maximum number of pages.

Scale to fit

The location within which a defined name is recognized without qualification—usually either to a specific worksheet or to the entire workbook.

Scope

The location within which a name is recognized without qualification.

Scope

The process of arranging data in a specific order based on the value in each field.

Sort

A tiny chart in the background of a cell that gives a visual trend summary alongside your data; makes a pattern more obvious.

Sparkline

A charting command to swap the data over the axis—data being charted on the vertical axis will move to the horizontal axis and vice versa.

Switch row/column

The Paste option used to paste calculated values that result from the calculation of formulas along with the formatting applied to the copied cells.

Values & Number Formatting

A pie slice is an example of:

a data marker

A cell reference that refers to a cell by its fixed position in a worksheet is referred to as being:

absolute

The type of cell reference that refers to cells by their fixed position in a worksheet is:

absolute

A cell surrounded by a black border and ready to receive data is the:

active cell

Tracer arrows are red if a cell contains:

an Error value

A command that displays arrows that indicate what cells are affected by the value of the currently selected cell.

Trace Dependents command

The command that displays arrows to indicate what cells affect the value of the cell that is selected is:

Trace precedents

A command that displays arrows to indicate what cells affect the value of the cell that is selected.

Trace precedents command

An Excel function that looks up values that are displayed vertically in a column is the:

VLOOKUP

An Excel function that looks up values that are displayed vertically in a column.

VLOOKUP

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 is:

an enterprise fund

The values that an Excel function uses to perform calculations or operations are the:

arguments

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

base

The area along the bottom of a chart that identifies the categories of data is the:

category axis

The x-axis is also known as the:

category axis

When you use a defined name in a formula, the result is the same as if you typed a:

cell reference

In a chart, each data point—bar, slice, and so on—has a unique:

color or pattern

A shaded bar that provides a visual cue about the value of a cell relative to other cells is a:

data bar

The worksheets that contain the details of the information summarized on a summary sheet are called:

detail sheets

The action of pulling out a pie slice from a pie chart for emphasis is called:

explode

The process of displaying only a portion of the data based on matching a specific value to show only the data that meets the criteria that you specify is called:

filtering

The Excel command that recognizes a pattern in your data and then automatically fills in the values when you enter examples of the desired output is:

flash fill

An element in the Excel window that displays the value or formula contained in the active cell is the:

formula bar

The default format that Excel applies to numbers is the:

general format

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

increase

A chart type that displays trends over time is a:

line chart

A group of Excel functions that look up a value in a defined range of cells located in another part of the workbook to find a corresponding value is referred to as:

lookup functions

The value in a chart's value axis that determines the spacing between tick marks and between the gridlines in the plot area is the:

major unit

An element of the Excel window that displays the name of the selected cell, table, chart, or object is the:

name box

The process of moving within a worksheet or workbook:

navigate

The symbols with which you can specify the type of calculation you want to perform in an Excel formula are:

operators

The action of placing cell contents that have been copied or moved to the Clipboard into another location is called:

paste

The target destination for data that has been cut or copied using the Office Clipboard is the:

paste area

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

plot area

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

point

The Excel command that enables you to specify rows and columns to repeat on each printed page is:

print titles

A feature that outlines cells in color to indicate which cells are used in a formula is called:

range finder

A box in the upper left corner of the worksheet grid that selects all the cells in a worksheet is the:

select all box

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

series

The labels along the lower border of the workbook window that identify each worksheet are the:

sheet tabs

The process of arranging data in a specific order based on the value in each field is called:

sorting

Tiny charts embedded in a cell that give a visual trend summary alongside your data are:

sparklines

A worksheet where totals from other worksheets are displayed and summarized is a:

summary sheet

A series of rows and columns that contains related data and that is managed independently from other data is an Excel:

table

The data that displays in the Formula Bar is referred to as the:

underlying value

A list of values that are acceptable for a group of cells is a:

validation list

The y-axis is also known as the:

value axis

The term used to describe an Excel function that is subject to change each time the workbook is opened is called:

volatile

On startup, Excel displays a new blank:

workbook

Loans are typically made for a period of:

years

The future value at the end of a loan is typically:

zero

A command that enables you to select one or more rows or columns and lock them into place; the locked rows and columns become separate panes.

Freeze panes

The value at the end of the time periods in an Excel function; the cash balance you want to attain after the last payment is made—usually zero for loans.

Future value

A method to find a specific value for a cell by adjusting the value of one other cell. With this, you can work backward from the desired outcome to find the number necessary to achieve your goal

Goal Seek

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

Goal seek

One of Excel's What-If Analysis tools that provides a method to find a specific value for a cell by adjusting the value of one other cell—find the right input when you know the result you want.

Goal seek

A chart element that identifies the patterns or colors that are assigned to the categories in the chart.

Legend

A type of chart that displays trends over time.

Line

An Excel function that determines the largest value in a selected range of values.

MAX

A statistical function that counts the number of cells within a range that meet the given condition and that has two arguments—the range of cells to check and the criteria.

COUNTIF

A defined set of formatting characteristics, such as font, font size, font color, cell borders, and cell shading.

Cell style

The combination of chart elements that can be displayed in a chart such as a title, legend, labels for the columns, and the table of charted cells.

Chart layout

A workbook sheet that contains only a chart.

Chart sheet

A format that changes the appearance of a cell—for example, by adding cell shading or font color—based on a condition; if the condition is true, the cell is formatted based on that condition, and if the condition is false, the cell is not formatted.

Conditional formatting

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

Data point

A range of cells that shows how changing certain values in your formulas affects the results of those formulas

Data table

A word or string of characters that represents a cell, a range of cells, a formula, or a constant value is a:

Defined name

Cells that contain formulas that refer to other cells are:

Dependent cells

The process of displaying only a portion of the data based on matching a specific value to show only the data that meets the criteria that you specify.

Filter

An equation that performs mathematical calculations on values in a worksheet.

Formula