Quiz 7 - Excel Ch. 16

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

Axis

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

Bevel

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

Category axis

The entire chart and all of its elements.

Chart area

A workbook sheet that contains only a chart.

Chart sheet

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

Data marker

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

Formula AutoComplete

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

Goal Seek

The mathematical rules for performing multiple calculations within a formula.

Order of operations

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

Pie chart

The mathematical formula to calculate a rate of increase.

Rate = amount of increase/base

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.

Relative cell reference

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

Value after increase = base × percent for new value

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.

Value axis

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

What-if analysis

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

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

base

the x-axis is also known as the

category axis

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

color or pattern

the action of pulling out a pie slice from a pie chart is called

explode

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

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

major unit

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

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

series

the y-axis is also known as the

value axis

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

3-D