Microsoft Excel

Which is a valid Excel formula?

=(A5+B5)*B7

A colleague shared an excel file with you, and you want to display a worksheet that is hidden in it. How you can do that?

Right-click on any worksheet tab and select Unhide

Which value is calculated when the formula =AVERAGE(G2:G6)/AVERAGE(C2:C6) is entered into cell H7?

average annual sales per call

What is the intersection of a worksheet row and column?

cell

This data needs to be sorted by Group, then by Last Name, then by First Name. How do you accomplish this?

1. Highlight the entire dataset. 2. In the Data tab, click the Sort button. The headers appear. 3. Drag the headers into this order: Group, Last Name, First Name.

Which format will display the value 27,500,000 as 27.5?

###.0,,

In the worksheet below, a table called Projects extends from cell A1 to D10. Cell D1 contains the text Status. Cell E12 contains the formula =Projects[@Status]. What does this formula return?

#REF!

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

What is the result of the formula =4&3?

43

Which value is returned when you enter =LEN(C3) into cell F3?

5

The NOW() function returns the current date and time as 43740.665218. Which part of this value indicates the time?

665218

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

You need to determine the commission earned by each Sales rep, based on the Sales amount 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 contains a valid absolute reference?

=B7*$G$3

Cell A1 contains the number 3. Which formula returns the text Apple?

=CHOOSE(A1, "Banana", "Orange", "Apple", "Mango") =CHOOSE(A1,"Banana","Orange","Apple","Mango")

Which formula correctly counts the number of numeric values in both B4:E4 and G4:I4?

=COUNT(B4:I4)

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 named MySheet?

=MySheet!A1

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)

Monthly revenues of 2019 are entered in B2:M2, as shown below, To get year-to-date running total revenues, what formula should you enter in B3 and autofill through M3?

=SUM($B2:B2)

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

In the worksheet shown below, cell C6 contains the formula=VLOOKUP(A6,$F$2:$G$10,2,FALSE). What is the most likely reason that #N/A is returned in cell C6 instead of mallory's ID (2H54)

A trailing space probably exist in cell A6 or F7

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.

You want to group your slides based on their content to better organize your presentation. How would you accomplish this? Create an outline in the outline view and rearrange slides. Add a table of contents slide and link the remaining slides to it. Add sections and move the slides into the appropriate sections. Create custom shows and add the slides into the shows.

Add sections and move the slides into the appropriate sections.

What is the difference between a workbook and a worksheet?

An Excel file is a workbook. A workbook contains one or more worksheets.

What happens if you use the AutoSum button in cell H4?

AutoSum will total the numbers in cells B4:G4

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.

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 of the data?

Double-click the vertical boundary between columns C and D

To ensure the VLOOKUP function returns the value of an exact match, what do you need to enter into the Range_lookup field?

FALSE

If you drag the fill handle (lower-right corner) of cell A2 (Jan) downward into cells A3, A4, and 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

Which format setting does not change the background appearance of a cell?

Font color

Which Excel add-in will help you find a target result by varying multiple inputs to a formula?

Goal Seek

You are determining % growth by dividing Growth by Sales. Which Excel function would you use to avoid #DIV/0! errors?

IFERROR

Which two functions check for the presence of numerical or nonnumerical characters in cells?

ISNUMBER and ISTEXT

The PivotTable below has one row field and two column fields. How can you pivot this table to show the column fields as subtotals of each value in the row field?

In the PivotTable Fields pane, drag Sum Values from the Columns section to a location below the field in the Rows section.

How does the appearance of an array formula differ from that of a standard formula?

In the formula bar, an array formula appears surrounded by curly brackets.

To insert a new column to the left of a specific column, right-click the header containing the column's letter and select _.

Insert

What does this formula do? =Sum(Sheet1:Sheet4!D18)

It adds data from all D18 cells in Sheet1, Sheet2, Sheet3 and Sheet4

You want to find the second-largest invoice in a column containing all the invoices in a given month. What function would you use?

LARGE

Which custom format will make the cells in column A appear like the corresponding cells in column B? (eg. Column A: 5/31/2015, Column B: May-2015)

MMMM-YYYY

To create this PivotTable, drag the _ field to the Rows area and the _ field to the Values area?

Market Region; Total Sales This Year

Which value is returned when you enter this function into cell G2? =IF(SUM(F2:F6)>12,"Too Many Tardy Days","No Tardiness Issue")

No Tardiness Issue 0 + 0 + 3 + 6 + 3 = 12. The formula only dislays "Too Many Tardy Days" when it is more than 12.

Which function returns a reference to a cell (or cell range) that is a specified distance from a base cell?

OFFSET

How can you see the data in column E?

On the Home tab of the ribbon, select Fit to Column.

How would you search an entire workbook with Find & Select?

On the Home tab, click Find & Select > Find > Options (Windows) or Find & Select > Find (Mac). Change the Within drop-down to Workbook.

Which Excel feature allows you to select all cells in the column with inconsistent formulas compared to the rest of the column?

On the Home tab, click Go To > Special > Column differences.

What is the best way to activate the Excel Help system?

Press F1 or click the Help tab in the ribbon.

You have a column of dog breeds that are in all capital letters. What function would you use to convert those dog breeds so that only the first letter of each word is capitalized?

Proper

To round up a value to the nearest increment of your choice, such as the next five cents, what function should you use?

ROUNDUP

After activating a chart, which sequence adds a trendline to the chart?

Right-click a data series and select Add Trendline.

In this PivotTable, the continuous variable 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.

How would you connect the slicer to both PivotTables?

Right-click the slicer and select Report Connections, or click Report Connections on the Slicer tab.

How can you create the lower table from the top one when the tables are not linked?

Select Paste Special > Transpose.

What is one way to center text in a cell?

Select the cell and, on the Home tab in the Alignment section, click Center (Windows) or Center Text (Mac).

How can you drill down into a PivotTable to show details?

Select the cell into which you want to drill down and double-click.

How do you remove everything (values, formatting, etc.) from a cell?

Select the cell. On the Home tab, click Clear > Clear All.

How do you remove only the conditional formatting from a cell and leave all other formatting intact?

Select the cell. On the Home tab, click Conditional Formatting > Clear Rules > Clear Rules from Selected Cells.

How do you remove the background of an inserted image?

Select the image and, on the Picture Tools Format tab, click the Remove Background button.

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.

To split text across cells without using Merge & Center, click Formt Cells. The, on Alignment tab, click**_**.

Text control > Merge cells

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. The formula bar clearly shows it's the dates (top row) included, along with the total (bottom) row. Thus, the bottom row of data is not excluded.

If cell A3 contains the text THE DEATH OF CHIVALRY, what will the function =PROPER(A3) return?

The Death Of Chivalry

00. In the worksheet below, what do the symbols in rows 4, 6, 7, and 11 indicate?

The columns aren't wide enough to show the full date.

If a range name is used in a formula and the name is deleted, what happens to the formula?

The formula becomes invalid and displays a #NAME? error.

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.

Given the image below, what happens if you type "P" in cell A6?

The word "Perez" appears and the active cell remains in Edit mode.

You have a worksheet in Excel that will print as 10 pages. How can you ensure that the header row is printed at the top of each page?

Use Print Titles on the Page Layout tab.

Your transactions data set contains more than 10,000 rows. Some rows contain the same transaction. How would you remove the rows containing the identical transactions?

With your cursors in the data range, on Data tab click Remove Duplicates.

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

Which chart type provides the best visual display of the releationship between two numeric variables?

XY scatter 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

How do you create a heatmap in a table, such as this one, which is responsive to the values?

color scales (within conditional formatting)

In the formula =VLOOKUP(A1,D1:H30,3,FALSE), the lookup value (A1) is being looked for in _.

columns D through H

What is the name given to the numbers in or above each bar in a column chart, as shown?

data labels

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

What is the term for an expression that is entered into a worksheet cell and begins with an equal sign?

formula

Which Excel feature allows you to hide rows or columns with an easily visible expand/collapse?

grouping

How can you use Format Painter to apply the format of a single source cell to several nonadjacent destination cells?

i. Select the source cell. ii. Double-click the Format Painter. iii. Click each destination cell. iv. Press Esc.

Of the four chart types listed, which works best for summarizing time-based data?

line chart

You want to restrict the values entered in a cell to a specified set, such as Hop, Skip, Jump. Which type of data validation should you use?

list

A file extension of .xlsm indicates what type of workbook?

macro-enabled workbook

When you sort a list of numerical value into ascending or descending order, the value in the middle of the list is the _.

median

When using Goal Seek, you can find a target result by varying ______ at most. one inputa. three inputs b. four inputs. c. two inputs d. one input

one input

From which field list was the pivotTalble created?

rows:donor, event / values: Sum of amount

When editing a cell, what do you press to cycle between relative, mixed, and absolute cell references?

the F4 (Windows) or Command+T (Mac)

What is Colors[Inventory] referring to here? =SUMIFS(Colors[Inventory],Colors[Colors],"Orange")

the Inventory column in the Colors table

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.

In this worksheet, how are cells A2:D2 related to cell C4?

Cells A2:D2 are precedents of the formula in cell C4.

The charts below are based on the data in cells A3:G5. The chart on the right was created by copying the one on the left. Which ribbon button was clicked to change the layout of the chart on the right?

Change Chart Type

Before publishing a document, you want to identify issues that may make it difficult for people with disabilities to read. Which feature should you use?

Check Accessibility

Columns D, E, and F are hidden in your worksheet. What is one way to unhide these columns?

Click and drag to select columns C and G, then right-click and select Unhide.

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.

Cell D1 contains the value 7.877. You want cell D1 to display the value as 7.9 but keep the original number in calculations. How can yu=ou accomplish this?

Click the Decrease Decimal button twice.

In a worksheet, column A contains employee last names, column B contains their middle initials (if any), and column C contains their first names. Which tool can combine the last names, initials, and first names in column D without using a worksheet formula?

Concatenation

Cell A20 displays an orange background when its value is 5. Changing the value to 6 changes the background color to green. What type of formatting is applied to cell A20?

Conditional Formatting

What ribbon command on the Home tab can you use to change a cell's fill color automatically, based on the value of the cell?

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

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

To ensure that a collection of shapes are evenly spaced apart from left to right, select the shapes, click Page Layout > Align, and then click __.

Distribute Horizontally

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