Excel 1 End-of-Chapter Quiz

The Excel feature that generates and extends values into adjacent cells based on the values of selected cells is:

Auto Fill

The intersection of a column and a row.

Cell

Text or numbers in a cell.

Data

An equation that performs mathematical calculations on values in a worksheet.

Formula

A command that joins selected cells in an Excel worksheet into one larger cell and centers the contents in the merged cell:

Merge & Center

A feature that displays in the lower right corner of a selected range with which you can analyze your data by using Excel tools such as charts, color-coding, and formulas is called:

Quick Analysis tool

Another name for a constant value.

Value

An Excel file that contains one or more worksheets.

Workbook

The type of cell reference that refers to cells by their fixed position in a worksheet is:

absolute

A cell surrounded by a black border and ready to receive data is the:

active cell

An Excel feature that adjusts the width of a column to fit the cell content of the widest cell in the column is:

AutoFit

Another name for a cell reference.

Cell address

Anything typed into a cell.

Cell content

The graphic representation of data in a worksheet.

Chart

A vertical group of cells in a worksheet.

Column

Numbers, text, dates, or times of day that you type into a cell.

Constant value

The small black square in the lower right corner of a selected cell.

Fill handle

Constant values consisting of only numbers.

Number values

A horizontal group of cells in a worksheet.

Row

The labels along the lower border of the Excel window that identify each worksheet.

Sheet tabs

Another name for a worksheet.

Spreadsheet

The area along the bottom of a chart that identifies the categories of data is the:

category axis

An element in the Excel window that displays the value or formula contained in the active cell is the:

formula bar

The default format that Excel applies to numbers is the:

general format

The symbols with which you can specify the type of calculation you want to perform in an Excel formula are:

operators

A feature that outlines cells in color to indicate which cells are used in a formula is called:

range finder

A box in the upper left corner of the worksheet grid that selects all the cells in a worksheet is the:

select all box

Tiny charts embedded in a cell that give a visual trend summary alongside your data are:

sparklines

The data that displays in the Formula Bar is referred to as the:

underlying value

An element of the Excel window that displays the name of the selected cell, table, chart, or object is the:

name box