Excel Chapter 2: Review Study Sheet

Theme

A company or department may standardize with a specific ______ so that all of their documents have a similar appearance.

Circular reference

A formula in a cell that contains a reference back to itself.

Function

A prewritten formula that is built into Excel.

Margins

Are those portions of a printed page outside the main body of the printed document and always are blank when printed.

MAX

Function displays the highest value in a range.

Average

Function sums the numbers in the specified range and then divides the sum by the number of cells with numeric values in the range.

Footer

Is text and graphics that print at the bottom of every page.

Header

Is text and graphics that print at the top of each page.

Best Fit

Means that the width of a column will be increased or decreased so the widest entry will fit in the column.

Division

The / arithmetic operator indicates ______.

26

When Excel follows the order of operations, the formula, 8*3+2, equals _____?

Operations

When more than one arithmetic operator is involved in a formula, Excel follows the same basic order of ____ that you use in algebra.

Fill handle

The small black square located in the lower-right corner of the heavy border around the active cell.

Range Finder

To check which cells are referenced in the formula assigned to the active cell.

Insert Function box in the formula bar

Clicking the ______ opens the Inserts Function Dialog Box.

Bright

Colors jump out a dark background and are easiest to see.

ALT+ENTER

To start a new line in a cell, press the ____ keys.

c. >

All of the following are valid Excel arithmetic operators except... a. * b. ! c. > d. %

False

(True or False) Best fit means that the width of the column will be increased or decreased by a percentage you specify.

True

(True or False) Cooler colors tend to pull away from the reader.

True

(True or False) Point mode allows you to select cells for use in a formula by using your finger or the pointer.

False

(True or False) The range automatically selected by Excel is always correct.

True

(True or False) To Sum button menu allows you to enter one of five often-used functions easily into a cell.

False

(True or False) An asterick (*) following a cell reference in a formula is the arithmetic operator that directs Excel to perform the division operation.

False

(True or False) As in algebra, you can use the brackets to override the order of operations Excel follows to perform calculations.

True

(True or False) Excel has more than 400 functions that preform just about every type of calculation you can imagine.

True

(True or False) Moving from left to right, the first calculation in the order of operations is negation (-).

True

(True or False) The AVERAGE function requires that the argument be included within parenthesis following the function name.

False

(True or False) The Accounting number format assigns a floating dollar sign.

False

(True or False) You cannot format an entire column at once.

MIN

Determines the lowest number in a range

8.43

If you do not assign a format to a cell or cells in a column, the column width will remain _____ characters.

Warmer

Of warmer and cooler colors, the kind of colors that tend to reach toward the reader are ____ colors.

Formula

One of reasons Excel is such a valuable tool is that you can assign a ______ to a cell, and Excel will calculate the result.

Indirect

Reference occurs when a formula in a cell refers to another cell or cells that include a formula that refers back to the original cell.

Relative

The adjusted cell references in a copied and pasted formula are called ____ cell references.

Normal

The default view in Excel is called ...

True

The equal sign (=) precedes a formula.

True

The most common error when entering a formula is to reference the wrong cell in the formula.

HOME tab/ Number Group

Which of the following is the path to the Comma Style button?

HOME tab/ Styles Group

Which of the following is the path to the Conditional Formatting button?

Accounting number Format

button assigns a fixed dollar sign to the numbers in a selected range, with the dollar sign to the far left with spaces between it and the first digit in the cell.

Page layout view

view allows you to create or modify a worksheet while viewing how it will look in printed format.

Page Layout View

view shows the worksheet divided into pages as well as the header/footer information.