Computer Applications Final Exam

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

Axis

Facts about people, events, things, or ideas.

Data

The primary key field is connected to this field in the related table to create a relationship.

Foreign key

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

Formula AutoComplete

A predefined formula that performs calculations by using specific values in a particular order or structure.

Function

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

3-D

Data that is organized in a useful manner.

Information

The entire chart and all of its elements.

Chart area

Conditions that you specify in a logical function.

Criteria

A command that enables you to select one or more rows or columns and lock them in place.

Freeze Panes

An Excel function that determines the smallest value in a range.

MIN function

The action of filling a database with records.

Populate

A principle stating that techniques are used to ensure the accuracy of data entered into a table.

Second principle of good database design

The field that uniquely identifies a record in a table is known as the:

primary key

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

print titles

Precise changes to the properties—characteristics—of selected items in database can be made in the:

property sheet

The object that retrieves specific data and then displays only the data that you specify is a:

query

The underlying design of a table is referred to as the:

structure

The y-axis is also known as the:

value axis

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

explode

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

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

table

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

AVERAGE function

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

Bevel

An Excel function that finds the middle value that has as many values above it in the group as are below it.

MEDIAN function

The area directly below the ribbon that displays information such as security alerts.

Message Bar

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

NOW function

The window area that organizes the database objects and from which you open objects.

Navigation Pane

The process of applying design rules and principles to ensure that a database performs as expected.

Normalization

The window area that displays each open object on its own tab.

Object window

The basic parts of a database; for example tables, queries, forms, and reports.

Objects

A relationship between two tables, where one record in the first table corresponds to many records in the second table.

One-to-many relationship

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

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 mathematical formula to calculate a rate of increase.

Rate = amount of increase/base

A table row that contains all of the categories of data pertaining to one person, place, thing, event, or idea.

Record

A set of rules that ensures that the data between related tables is valid.

Referential integrity

An association that you establish between two tables based on common fields.

Relationship

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 in the formula.

Relative cell reference

A predefined formula that adds all the numbers in a selected range.

SUM function

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

Sorting

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

An area where you can view the security and privacy settings for your Access installation.

Trust Center

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

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 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

To add on to the end of an object, such as to add records to the end of an existing table, is to:

append

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

arguments

The data type that describes a unique sequential or random number assigned by Access as each record is entered is:

autonumber

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 data type that describes monetary values and numeric data used in mathematical calculations involving data with one to four decimal places is:

currency

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

data bar

The characteristic that defines the kind of data you can store in a field is the:

data type

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

detail sheets

Characteristics of a field that control how the field displays and how data is entered are:

field properties

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 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 tick marks and between the gridlines in the plot area is the

major unit

The process of moving within a worksheet or workbook:

navigate

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 box at the left of a record in Datasheet view that you click to select an entire record is the:

record selector box

Information repeated in a database in a manner that indicates poor design is said to be:

redundant

A more sophisticated type of database that stores multiple collections of data that are related to one another; for example, data about the students, the courses, and the faculty members at a college is a:

relational database

The object that displays fields and records from a table or query in a printable format is a:

report

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 data type that describes text, a combination of text and numbers, or numbers that are not used in calculations, such as a ZIP code is:

short text

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

sorting

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

summary sheet

Excel functions, such as AVERAGE, that are useful to analyze a group of measurements.

Statistical functions

In Datasheet view, clicking the plus sign (+) displays the related records in this format.

Subdatasheet

The database object that stores the data, and which is the foundation of an Access database.

Table

A function that uses a logical test to check whether a condition is met, and then returns one value if true and another value if false.

IF function

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

MAX function

The visual cue in the Relationships window that indicates tables are related by connecting common fields.

Join line

A group of functions that test for specific conditions, and which typically use conditional tests to determine whether specified conditions are true or false.

Logical functions

Any value or expression that can be evaluated as being true or false.

Logical test

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

volatile

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

COUNTIF function

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

Category axis

A workbook sheet that contains only a chart.

Chart sheet

A field in one or more tables that stores the same data.

Common field

Symbols that evaluate each value to determine if it is the same (=), greater than (>), less than (<), or in between a range of values as specified by the criteria.

Comparison operator

A format that changes the appearance of a cell based on a condition.

Conditional format

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

Data marker

An organized collection of facts about people, events, things, or ideas related to a specific topic.

Database

The Access view that displays data in columns and rows like an Excel worksheet is:

Datasheet view

A single piece of information that is stored in every record and represented by a column in a table.

Field

In the query design window, in the table area, the list of field names in a table.

Field list

A principle stating that data is organized in tables so that there is no redundant data.

First principle of good database design

A simple database file that is not related or linked to any other collection of data.

Flat database