MIS 3302 Excel Training Quiz

To use AutoSum with a row of four values, where must your cursor be to have the sum appear in the row if you have not highlighted the cells?

on the first empty cell to the right of the last cell containing a value

Which action will edit locked cells in a protected worksheet?

Enter the password to turn off the protection.

What does it mean that the right mouse button is "context-sensitive"?

The menu items available will differ depending on the context of what you are right-clicking .

As you are entering sales data into a new worksheet, you inadvertently type 6/31/2019. Which action will Excel take with this?

Excel will display it as 6/31/2019 but left-justified and as only a set of numbers and dashes, and not an actual date.

You would like to filter your large worksheet down to only sales from January. Which action must you take before using the Filter feature?

Make sure your date has no empty rows or columns.

You would like to add some frequently used buttons to the Quick Access Toolbar. How can you do this?

Right-click the button on the ribbon and select Add.

How can you access Track Changes in Microsoft Excel Office 365?

Track Changes is located under the Customize Quick Access Toolbar.

Your worksheet includes data for your company's IT department. How can you use Find & Select to quickly capitalize the many instances of IT appearing in the worksheet?

Use the "Match entire cell contents" option under Replace.

You are working in the most recent version of Excel provided by your company. Why would you use the "Save as type" pulldown menu?

You are saving the file for someone with an older version of Excel.

Which primary function does the Excel Ideas feature serve?

You can explore charting variations for your data sets.

As you are working with a Pivot Table, you decide to change some of your source data. How will the Pivot Table recognize the change?

You will either have to click Refresh on the Analyze ribbon or click Alt+F5.

You want to subtract your cost of 250 in cell D6, from your selling price of 400 in cell D5, and have the result in cell D7. How would you do this so you can extend the calculation across your other products?

by typing =d5-d6

If you accidentally delete a sheet that you wanted to keep, which action should you take?

Retrieve the sheet from a saved version of the file.

How can you remove a split other than by clicking the Split button under View?

by double-clicking the split line

You are entering Sales data for each month in 2018. How can you quickly enter all 12 months in columns?

Type in January, point to the lower right-hand corner of the cell, hold down the left mouse button, and drag across the next eleven rows.

You can _____ multiple sheets at the same time by _____ them first.

edit; grouping

Before you create a chart in Excel, how would you have the chart appear?

Remove any totals next to your data.

You are working in your company's "2018 Sales" Workbook with each column widened and a color graph. When you add a worksheet "2018 Profit," how will the new worksheet appear?

with the same formatting as "2018 Sales" before you made any changes

If you have a worksheet containing data you do not want to be sorted, what must you do before sorting?

Delineate the data you do not want to be sorted.

What is the first step in creating a chart with Excel Office 365?

Highlight the data you want to show in the chart.

There is a button on the ribbon, and you are interested in learning more about its functionality. How can you access "Tell me more"?

Hover over the button, then click "Tell me more" at the bottom of the information displayed

You created a bar chart with the bars for the products and the colors for the salesperson. If you click Switch Row Column, what will happen?

The bars will change to salespeople, and the colors will change to products.

One of the number cells in your worksheet shows as ###. What does this mean?

The content in the cell is wider than the cell width.

How can you quickly add a border around a set of cells covering 3 rows and 12 columns?

Use Draw Border under Border on the ribbon under Home.

How would you most efficiently test a layout adjustment before printing on paper?

Use Print Preview as a trial and error.

You have numerical data across 12 rows and 4 columns. When you highlight this range of cells, and then press Average under AutoSum in the Formula ribbon, which outcome occurs?

The averages will display in the column at the end of each row and below the bottom row of each column.