Microsoft PowerPoint Certification Review

Which file type is an image that includes motion or animation?

.gif

When saving a presentation that will be exported to Microsoft Word, which file type should be selected?

.rtf

What is the most common format that Microsoft used for short sound clips?

.wav

Which Tab contains commands that apply an entrance effect to a selected chart?

Animations

Which term refers to the size of alphabetic and numeric characters on a slide?

Font size

In PowerPoint, which term refers to a picture, shape, design, graph, chart, or diagram inserted into a slide?

Graphic

When a graphic is selected, which handle is used to freely rotate the image?

Green circle

Which of the following terms refers to combining multiple objects into a single object?

Grouped

Which Tab includes the command to create presentation slides from an outline?

Home

What is applied to text or an image in a slide that enables a user to jump to a new location by clicking on the text or image?

Hyperlink

Which group on the Insert Ribbon contains the command to insert a Chart into a slide?

Illustrations

In the PowerPoint, which presentation view enables a user to view one slide at a time in the Slide Pane?

Normal

Which display shows an entire slide and also displays the title, status, and task bars?

Normal

Which pane in PowerPoint provides an area for saving reminders to help a presenter during a presentation?

Notes

If a list on a slide must appear in a sequential order, which list option should be selected?

Numbering

Which command on the Insert Tab is used to place an image from your storage device into a presentation?

Picture

What does Microsoft PowerPoint call the predefined area inside a slide where text may be entered?

Placeholder

What is the region of a slide reserved for inserting text or graphics called?

Placeholder

Which of the following describes the process of determining a presentation's purpose and target audience, the type of presentation necessary, the desired outcome, and the presentation setting?

Planning the Presentation

Which command is used to test animations on a slide before delivering the presentation?

Preview

Which area in the Print dialog box is used to change the printer?

Printer Status Dropdown

Which Tab in PowerPoint contains the command to check spelling on a slide?

Review

In Powerpoint, what command is used to save a new presentation with a new name?

Save As

Which PowerPoint pane shows the current slide as it will appear during the slide show?

Slide

Which Tab contains the command to hide a slide in a presentation so that it does not show during the full-screen slide show?

Slide Show

What are the faint blue, dashed lines that appear as you drag an object toward a drawn shape when the edges or center of the object are aligned?

Smart Guides

Which Tab provides the command to split selected cells in a table into multiple cells?

Table Tools Layout

What is the link location within the same presentation, a different presentation, or a page on the World Wide Web called?

Target

Which command enables a user to choose from a wide range of animation options?

Add Animation

What is inserted into a slide to illustrate and compare data from a spreadsheet?

Chart

What appears on a slide to indicate there is a note or remark about the slide and the initials of the person who made the note?

Comment thumbnail

Which command is used to remove any unwanted parts of a picture in a slide?

Crop

Which area is used to specify the length of the transition effect for each slide in a presentation?

Duration

What does the wavy, red line under a word in a presentation mean?

Misspelling

Which tab shows a multilevel list of the titles and text of each slide in the presentation?

Outline

Which command is used to delete or clear any recorded timing saved for a presentation?

Record Slide Show

What is the coordinated set of colors, fonts, and other design elements that are applied to components of a presentation called?

Theme

In a presentation, which effect adds interest to a slide show and focuses audience attention on important points by adding entrances, emphasis, motion paths, or exits to text or objects?

Animation

In PowerPoint, which command is used to insert a sound clip into a slide?

Audio

What is a list of statements with a special symbol to the left called?

Bulleted list

In a table, what is the intersection of a column and a row called?

Cell

Which type of text may be fromatted to print at the bottom of every page?

Footer

Which of the following is a predetermined way of organizing objects on a slide including title text and other content?

Layout

What type of presentations runs on its own but can also be set to accept user intervention to advance to another slide or return to a previous one?

Self-running presentation

What command is used to color a shape that you have drawn on a slide?

Shape Fill

Which Tab is used to modify the layout of a SmartArt design?

SmartArt Tools Design

What is the purpose of using the corner resizing handles to resize a graphic?

To proportionately resize the graphic

What are visual effects in the form of movements from one slide to another during a presentation called?

Transitions

What area contains the command to automatically advance slides during a slide show?

Transitions ribbon, Timing group

When a sound clip is selected for a slide, which Tab appears to allow a user to change the way the sound clip appears?

Audio Tools Format

Which Tab appears when a sound clip is selected for a slide to allow a user to control how the sound clip plays?

Audio Tools Playback

What feature automatically revises typing errors based upon information contained in Microsoft Office's standard dictionary?

AutoCorrect

If you include more text in a slide than will fit in the slide placeholder, which PowerPoint feature adjusts the line spacing and font size of the text to accommodate it?

AutoFit

What is the name of the view in the File Tab that enables a user to manage files and data about files, and find frequently used features for managing PowerPoint presentation files?

Backstage

To add information about an illustration in a slide, which of the following describes a text box with a line between the text box and the illustration?

Callout

In Slide Sorter View, which method is used to change slide order?

Click-and-Drag to a new location

Which of the following includes illustrations, movies, sounds, and stock photography stored in collections for easy access from both a user's local machine and the Microsoft website?

Clipart

Which area in PowerPoint serves as a temporary storage location for text or other objects are stored when you cut or copy them?

Clipboard

What command is used to quit the current presentation on screen but leave the PowerPoint program open?

Close

Which is an option offered on the Picture Tools Format Tab Color drop-down command for adjusting picture color?

Color Tone

Which term refers to the various degrees of lightness and darkness of the colors in a graphic?

Color tone

When creating a custom slide show, which diaog box enables a user to select individual slides to include in the custom slide show?

Define Custom Show

Which type of presentation is used to teach an audience how something works or helps them understand a process or procedure?

Demonstrations

Whichis the means for beginning Edit Mode to modify a comment on a slide?

Double-click the comment box

Which group on the Home Tab contains commands for inserting various shapes into a presentation?

Drawing

Which Tab contains the command to flip or rotate an object on a slide?

Drawing Tools Format

What is the name of the process for modifying a presentation by adding and deleting slides or by changing the contents of individual slides?

Editing

Which command is used to view the various options that can be applied to a selected animation?

Effect Options

Which commonly used animation effect makes text on a slide appear for the first time in the presentation?

Entrance

What command is used to quit the current presentation on screen and quit the PowerPoint program?

Exit

When printing a PowerPoint presentation, which print setting enables multiple slides to be printed on one page?

Handouts

Which type of text may be formatted to print at the top of every page?

Header

Which Ribbon contains the command to create a link to a new location?

Insert

Which Tab contains the command to insert a text box placeholder on a slide?

Insert

Which text alignment command aligns text with both the left and right margins of a slide including adding additional space between words as needed?

Justify

What command on the Home Tab enables a user to change the design of a slide after it has been inserted into a presentation?

Layout

What is the state of a selected text box or placeholder when a user can make modifications?

Live

Which of the following software programs is used to create a collection of slides that may contain text, charts, pictures, sound, movies, or multi-media, and is often called a presentation graphics program?

Powerpoint

Which of the following refers to rearraging a multilevel list of text in an outline format by moving it from one level to another in the presentation?

Promote and demote

In PowerPoint, where is the command located to undo the last action?

Quick Access Toolbar

Which command is used to record the time a presenter spends on each slide in order to run the show automatically in the future?

Rehearse Timings

What command is used to set an image background to transparent?

Remove Background

In Powerpoint, what command is used to save an existing presentation with a new name or in a new location?

Save As

What are the small circles and squares called that surround a picture that has been inserted into a slide?

Sizing handles

Which term refers to the small circles and squares that appear on each corner and side of an active text box?

Sizing handles

Which view displays each slide so that it fills the entire screen with no toolbars or other Windows elements visible on the screen?

Slide Show

Which group on the Home Tab contains commands to create new slides in a presentation?

Slides

Which tab shows a column of numbered slide thumbnails so users can see a visual presentation of several slides at once?

Slides

Which feature allows you to create graphical lists and process diagrams easily and quickly?

SmartArt

In the PowerPoint window, what is the name of the are that contains the zoom control and PowerPoint view buttons?

Status bar

When working with tables in slides, what is applied to a table in order to format the borders around the table and cells and to select a color scheme for the table?

Table Style

Which Tab contains the command for applying predetermined styles to a table in a slide?

Table Tools Design

In PowerPoint, what contains a theme, sample text, and graphics on a slide or slide background to guide you as you develop your content?

Template

On the Home Tab, which command is used to change the orientation of text in a text box to vertical, stacked, or rotated?

Text direction

What does it mean if a text box placeholder's borders change to become a dashed line?

The palceholder is active

What are in the PowerPoint window contains the Quick Access Toolbar, filename, and Window control buttons?

Title Bar

Typically which is the first type of slide placed in a presentation?

Title slide

Which command is used to insert slides from another presentation into a new presentation?

Reuse Slides

What type of slide show is created to display only selected slides during a presentation?

Custom

Which print setting creates printouts of an entire slide on the top of the page and an area for speaker notes below the slide?

Notes Pages

What group on the Picture Tools Format Tab enables a user to apply picture effects to a graphic?

Picture styles

When an image is selected, which Tab appears at the top of the Microsoft PowerPoint window?

Picture tools format

What is the text that appears on every slide but depending on the theme applied may not always appear at the bottom of a slide?

Footer

When a graphic is selected, which option on the Shortcut menu is used to alter the color of the image?

Format Picture

Which option indicates that a presentation should wait for a mouse click prior to moving to the next slide?

On Mouse Click