Microsoft Excel

1. How are data organized in a spreadsheet?
1) Lines & spaces 2) Layers & Planes 3) Height & Width 4) Rows & Columns


2. In Excel, any set of characters containing a letter , hyphen, or space is considered —
1) a formula 2) text 3) a name 4) a title


3. ____________Software allows users to perform calculations on rows and columns of data.
1) Word processing
2) Presentation graphics
3) Database Management Systems
4) Electronic Spreadsheet


4. _______cells involves creating a single cell by combining two or more selected cells.
1) Formatting 2) Merging 3) Embedding 4) Splitting

5. The horizontal and vertical lines on a worksheet are called —
1) Cells 2) Sheets 3) block lines 4) gridlines


6. Which function calculates the largest value is a set of numbers in Excel?
1) Average 2) Count 3) Max 4) Maximum


7. What do you press to enter the current date in a cell?
1) Ctrl + ;(semicolon) 2) Ctrl + Shift + :(colon) 3) Ctrl + F10 4) Ctrl + F11


8. Which of the following are valid Min. and Max. Zoom sizes of MS Excel
1) 10,400 2) 20, 250 3) 10, 500 4) 10, 1000


9. An excel workbook is a collection of
1) Charts
2) Workbooks
3) Worksheets
4) Worksheets and charts


10. The formulas in Excel are made up of
1) Arithmetical Operators and functions
2) Only functions
3) Only arithmetic operators
4) Only symbols


11. By default the cell content alignment is
1) Left aligned
2) Centrally aligned
3) Text left aligned and numbers right
4) Text right aligned and number left

12. Each cell in a Microsoft Office Excel document is referred to by its cell address, which is the ______.
1) Cell’s column label
2) Cell’s column label and worksheet tab name.
3) Cell’s row label
4) Cell’s column and row labels

13. You click at B to make the text
1) Italic 2) Underlined 3) Italics and underlined 4) bold

14. __________ software allows users to perform calculation on rows and columns of data
1) Word processing
2) Presentation graphics
3) Database Management System
4) Electronic spreadsheet
5) None of these

15. All of the following terms are associated with spread sheet software except:
1) Worksheet 2) Cell 3) Formula 4) Virus detection

16. The most common subtotal used subtotals command is the ____ function, which causes Excel to display a sum
each time the control field change.
1) ADD 2) SUM 3) TOTAL 4) LIST

17. Which type of software is similar to an accountant’s work sheet?
1) Word processing
2) Database
3) Spreadsheets
4) Graphic
5) File manager

18. Text in a column is generally aligned
1) Justified 2) Right 3) Centre 4) Left

19. A program that works like a calculator for keeping track of money and making budgets
1) Calculator 2) Spreadsheet 3) Budgeter 4) Financier

20. The entire worksheet in Excel can be selected by
1) Ctrl+ spacebar
2) Ctrl + shift + spacebar
3) Shift + Spacebar
4) All of the above

21. number divide by zero
1) #DIV/0! 2) #div/0! 3) #Div/0! 4) None

22. to enter the current date press
1) ctrl + : 2) ctrl + ; 3) ctrl + “ 4) ctrl + ]

23. shortcut to display the find and replace window
1) shift + f5 2) shift + f6 3) shift + f4 4) shift + f9

24. Cell address A$4 in a formula means it is a
1) Relative cell reference
2) Absolute cell reference
3) Mixed cell reference
4) All of the above

25. To change the cell reference B2:B9 to an absolute row and column reference, you would enter it as
1) B2:B9 2) $B$2:$B$9 3) B2:B9 4) None of these

26. A function in Excel
1) Is a readymade formula
2) Is a shortcut formula
3) Can be built using function wizard
4) All of the above

27. The usage of =round(Average(G2:G12),0) will yield
1) average of range G2: G12 2) Rounding of range G2:G12 3) Error conditions
4) First averaging of range G2:G12 followed by rounding to the nearest decimal place

28. =round(2.15,1) entered in a cell displays
1) 2 2) 2.2 3) 2.1 4) None

29. =mod(-3,2) entered in a cell displays
1) -1 2) 1 3) -1.5 4) 0

30. When you create a chart on a separate sheet in the same workbook it is called
1) Chart sheet 2) Embedded chart 3) View sheet 4) View chart

31. To combine two or more cells into a single cell is called.
1) Merging 2) Joining 3) Sharing 4) Splitting

32. .xls, .doc and .htm are examples of
1) Database 2) Extension 3) Domain 4) Protocol

33. Saving is the process
1) To copy document from memory to storage medium
2) To change the content of any document
3) To change the display or entire document
4) To develop document by entering text using
keyboard

34. In a spreadsheet, a cell is defined as the ______.
1) Intersection of a table and a tuple
2) Intersection of a file and a database
3) Intersection of a row and column
4) Intersection of filed and a record.

35. Which of the following display the contents of active cell?
1) Toolbar 2) Menubar 3) Namebox 4) Formula Bar

36. By default, Excel positions number in a cell_________.
1) Left aligned 2) Right aligned 3) Centered 4) Justified

37. Each box in a spreadsheet is called
1) Cell 2) Empty space 3) Record 4) Field

38. Which key moves your cursor from one cell to the next in a table?
1) Tab 2) Shift 3) Enter 4) Ctrl+Enter

39. By default, Excel positions text in a cell _________
1) Left-aligned 2) Right –aligned 3) Centered 4) Justified

40. Which area in an excel window allow entering values and formulas
1) Title bar 2) Menu bar 3) Formula Bar 4) Standard Tool Bar

41. Which of the following is the latest version of Excel?
1) Excel 2000 2) Excel 2002 3) Excel ME 4) Excel XP

42. What kind of software would you most likely use to keep track of a billing account?
1) Word Processing
2) Electronic Publishing
3) Spreadsheet
4) Web authoring
5) None of these

43. A program that works like a calculator for keeping track of money and making budgets.
1) Calculator 2) Scholastic 3) Keyboard 4) Spreadsheet

44. Gridlines are
1) May be turned off for display
2) May be turned on or off for printing
3) The be turned for display and printing
4) (1), (2) and (3)

45. Excel stores its document in form of files which is called form of files which is called.
1) Worksheet 2) Workbooks 3) Notebooks 4) Excel Sheets

46. To combine two or more cells into a single cell is called.
1) Merging 2) Joining 3) Sharing 4) Splitting

47. In order to move from one worksheet to another in excel workbook, one should click.
1) Active cell 2) Scroll bar 3) Sheet Tab 4) Tab button

48. For opening and closing of the file in Excel, you can use which bar?
1) Formatting
2) Standard.
3) Title
4) Formatting or Title

49. In a spreadsheet program the ________ contains related worksheet and documents.
1) Workbook 2) Column 3) Cell 4) Formula

50. =SUM(B1:B8) is an example of a
1) Function 2) Formula 3) Cell address 4) Value

51. In s Spreadsheet, a ________ is a number you will use in a calculation.
1) Label 2) Cell 3) Field 4) Value

52. Which of the following is not an example of hardware?
1) Mouse 2) Printer 3) Monitor 4) EXCEL

53. All formula in excel start with
1) % 2) + 3) = 4) –

54. Ms Excel allows creation of _______ type of documents by default?
1) DOC 2) .WPF 3) .TXT 4) .XLS

55. The divide symbol is
1) / 2) \ 3) D 4) )

56. To add two cells(A1 and A2) together you use the following formula
1) =A1 + A2
2) =Add(A1+A2)
3) =concatenate(a1,a2)
4) A1 plus A2

57. To make a number in cell C1 10% smaller that the number in C3 you enter.
1) =C3*1.10 2) =C3*110 3) =C3%10 4) =C3*.90

58. On an excel sheet the active cell is indicated by
1) A dark wide boarder
2) A dotted border
3) A Blinking border
4) All of the above

59. The worksheet contains _________ rows
1) 65536 2) 256 3) 400 4) 17

60. The worksheet contains __________ columns
1) 65536 2) 256 3) 400 4) 17

61. The cell reference from a range of cells that starts in cell B1 and goes over to column G and down to row 10 is
1) B1-G10 2) B1.G10 3) B1;G10 4) B1:G10

62. You can create hyperlinks from the Excel workbook to
1) A webpage on company internet
2) A web page on the internet
3) Other office 97 application documents
4) All

63. The advantages of using a spreadsheet is
1) Calculation can be done automatically

2) More flexibility
3) Changing data automatically updates calculations
4) All of the above

64. You can open the sort dialog box by choosing short form the …. Menu
1) View 2) Format 3) Tools 4) Data

65. Except for the ……….. function, a formula with a logical function shows the word “True” or “false” as a result
1) If 2) AND 3) OR 4) NOT

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