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1. Excel lets you remove individual cells from an existing worksheet.
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2. Another name for a built-in function is a hyperlink.
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3. The Cut command performs the opposite function of the Copy command.
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4. You can use the Cut command to remove the contents of an entire row.
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5. You can only move one worksheet cell at a time.
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6. Creating a budget can help you manage your money responsibly.
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7. The contents of a worksheet’s cells vary depending on the type of worksheet you are creating.
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8. When you copy an item, it is placed on the Clipboard, whereas when you cut an item, the item is deleted and
cannot be retrieved at a later time.
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9. The AVERAGE function can be used with numbers, but not with dollar amounts such as $176.55.
____ 10. Whenever you use the MAX function, it determines the largest number on the entire worksheet.
____ 11. People use math formulas every day without realizing it.
____ 12. Before you can use the Find and Replace dialog box, you must select the part of the worksheet to be searched.
____ 13. If a formula in a cell requires both multiplication and division, Excel always performs the multiplication first.
____ 14. In Excel, you can use either the “/” symbol or the “” symbol to represent division.
____ 15. A worksheet cell, such as L28, can contain a word, a number, or both.
____ 16. You can only place the contents of a single cell on the Clipboard at a time.
____ 17. While it is possible to delete the contents of an entire row, it is not possible to delete the row itself.
____ 18. The Find command locates formulas that do not work properly.
____ 19. When you use the Insert Sheet Columns command, the Insert dialog box lets you specify where the new
column is to be located.
____ 20. The Fill Handle always duplicates the contents of the original cell, regardless of where it is used.
____ 21. In the block letter format, one blank line is left between the inside address and the salutation.
____ 22. To check a document’s spelling, open the Research pane.
____ 23. Even though tools like the Spelling and Grammar checker are extremely helpful, it is still important to
carefully proofread your documents.
____ 24. You can determine whether there is currently anything stored on the Office Clipboard by looking at the status
bar.
____ 25. A phrase is a group of words.
____ 26. In the block letter format, the first line of each paragraph is indented.
____ 27. While you can use the horizontal ruler to change the size of a document’s left and right margins, you must use
the Page Setup dialog box to change the size of its top and bottom margins.
____ 28. Word underlines suspected spelling errors in green and underlines suspected grammar errors in blue.
____ 29. If a business letter is short, you may want to center it vertically.
____ 30. One way that using the Envelopes and Labels dialog box simplifies creating an envelope is that it can
automatically insert a selected address.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 31. When creating a budget, you must estimate both your ____ and your expenses.
a. income
c. time
b. costs
d. savings
____ 32. When you insert a single cell, the Insert dialog box lets you specify that any existing cells should be ____.
a. shifted down
c. shifted to the left
b. shifted up
d. deleted
____ 33. If you are in cell B81 and want to move to cell C81, press ____.
a. [BACKSPACE]
c. [TAB]
b. [ENTER]
d. [SHIFT]+[TAB]
____ 34. If you open an existing workbook and want to save it under a different name, choose ____.
a. QAT>Save
c. Office>Open
b. Office>Save As
d. Office>New
____ 35. When you clear a cell, you are ____.
a. moving the cell’s contents to the Clipboard
b. erasing the cell’s contents
c. moving the cell’s contents to the formula bar
d. making a duplicate of the cell’s contents
____ 36. The Look in drop-down menu in the Open dialog box lets you ____.
a. save an existing workbook under a different name
b. save an existing workbook under the same name
c. specify the name of a workbook to be opened
d. specify the location of a workbook to be opened
____ 37. You travel for your job, and your company reimburses you for meals. You track your meals using an Excel
workbook. Your boss is writing a budget, and she has asked you to estimate the amount of money you need
per day for meals. What function would be the most helpful in giving your boss an answer?
a. AutoSum
c. MAX
b. AVERAGE
d. MIN
____ 38. The multiplication symbol used in Excel is ____.
a. x
c. *
b. 
d. #
____ 39. The following shows the ____.
a. AutoSum drop-down list
c. Insert drop-down list
b. Find and Replace dialog box
d. Insert Hyperlink dialog box
____ 40. Which of the following buttons would be helpful if you had just keyed the number 148901 into cell J44 and
you realized it should be in cell M297?
a.
c.
b.
d.
____ 41. To select cells F15 through F20, ____.
a. click cell F15 and then click cell F20
b. click cell F15, drag the pointer down to cell F20, and release the mouse button
c. click in each of the cells and press [ENTER]
d. in the formula bar, key F15-F20 and press [ENTER]
____ 42. If you select row 14 and then choose Home>Cells>Insert and then select Insert Sheet Rows, row 14 ____.
a. is deleted
b. becomes row 13
c. becomes row 15
d. is moved to the bottom of the worksheet
____ 43. In the following worksheet, if you use the Fill handle to fill cells E1 through H1, what will be the contents of
cell G1?
a. Monday
c. Friday
b. Thursday
d. Nothing--it will be blank.
____ 44. What shape must the pointer have before you can use the Fill handle?
a.
c.
b.
d.
____ 45. Cells can contain ____.
a. words
b. numbers
c. functions
d. All of the above.
____ 46. When you select column D in a worksheet and then insert a new column, column D ____.
a. becomes column A
c. becomes column E
b. becomes column C
d. is deleted
____ 47. To move a cell, your pointer needs to change to a ____.
a. hand
c. four-headed arrow
b. two-headed arrow
d. plus sign
____ 48. The Delete command is contained in the ____ group on the Home tab.
a. Editing
c. Clipboard
b. Cells
d. Numbering
____ 49. The text in a cell will ____ to indicate the presence of a hyperlink.
a. be bolded
c. turn gray
b. be enlarged
d. turn blue
____ 50. When you use the Find and Replace dialog box, ____.
a. it will only search the selected portion of the current worksheet
b. it will only search the current worksheet
c. it will always search the entire workbook
d. you can specify whether just the current worksheet or the entire workbook should be
searched
____ 51. Which function will find the smallest number in a group of cells?
a. SMALL
c. DELETE
b. MIN
d. MAX
____ 52. According to the order of precedence, “7 - 2 * 3” is equal to ____.
a. 15
c. 1
b. 8
d. 0
____ 53. What is the primary advantage of using the Replace All option in the Find and Replace dialog box?
a. It allows you to examine each occurrence before deciding whether to replace it.
b. It saves time.
c. It allows you to make more complex replacements than the Replace option.
d. There are less likely to be unexpected mistakes when you use Replace All rather than
Replace.
____ 54. If you want the Find and Replace dialog box to search the entire workbook for a specific word, click the ____
button.
a. Options
c. Find All
b. Find Next
d. Replace All
____ 55. If you want to automatically replace every occurrence of “Mrs.” with “Ms.” without first looking at each
occurrence, select ____ in the Find and Replace dialog box.
a. Find Next
c. Replace
b. Options
d. Replace All
____ 56. Which of the following steps allows you to move the contents of cell A11 to cell C30?
a. Position the pointer at the edge of cell A11 so that it turns into a four-headed arrow
pointer, hold down the mouse button, and drag to C30.
b. Position the pointer at the lower-right corner of cell A11 so that turns into a plus sign, hold
down the mouse button, and drag to C30.
c. Click in cell A11, click the Copy button, click in cell C30, and click the Paste button.
d. Click in cell A11, press [DELETE], click in cell C30, and click the Paste button.
____ 57. Which of these symbols cannot be used to perform arithmetic in Excel?
a. +
c. /
b. &
d. *
____ 58. What Excel feature have you used if you position the pointer at the lower-right corner of cell M12 and drag to
cell V12, causing the contents of cell M12 to be duplicated in cells N12 through V12?
a. Fill handle
c. Insert Sheet Rows
b. Insert Hyperlink
d. Copy
____ 59. Excel is excellent for tasks such as ____.
a. creating pictures and illustrations
c. making personal stationery
b. writing business letters
d. keeping track of a budget
____ 60. According to the order of precedence, which of the following equals 16?
a. 4 * 2 + 2
c. 18 / 2 - 2
b. 18 - 4 / 2
d. 4 * 8 - 4
____ 61. Which of the following best explains the difference between using the [DELETE] key and using the Cut
command?
a. Both erase the selected cell’s contents, but only Cut places those contents on the
Clipboard.
b. Both erase the selected cell’s contents, but only [DELETE] places those contents on the
Clipboard.
c. [DELETE] actually removes the selected cell from the worksheet whereas Cut simply
erases its contents.
d. Cut actually removes the selected cell from the worksheet whereas [DELETE] simply
erases its contents.
____ 62. If you double-click a cell containing the number 6543, then click to the right of the number and press
[BACKSPACE] three times, what happens?
a. The entire cell is removed from the worksheet.
b. The entire number is erased.
c. The digits 654 are erased.
d. The digits 543 are erased.
____ 63. Which of the following is not in the Clipboard group?
a. Copy
c. Insert
b. Paste
d. Cut
____ 64. To place a hyperlink into a worksheet cell, choose ____.
a. Insert>Links>Insert Hyperlink
c. Home>Editing>Hyperlink
b. Insert>Cells>Insert Hyperlink
d. Home>Cells>Insert Hyperlink
____ 65. Which of the following cannot be used in the Address box of the Insert Hyperlink dialog box?
a. a Web address
b. the location of another worksheet
c. the location of another file such as a Word document
d. An Excel function such as MIN or MAX
____ 66. When you insert a new row, it ____.
a. is always inserted above the selected row
b. is always inserted below the selected row
c. always becomes the first row
d. is always placed at the end of the worksheet
____ 67. If you want a hyperlink to contain the words “Detailed Report,” you can ____.
a. enter these words into the Text to Display box in the Insert Hyperlink dialog box
b. create a graphic containing these words
c. enter these words into the Look in box in the Insert Hyperlink dialog box
d. enter these words into the Address box in the Insert Hyperlink dialog box
____ 68. To place a new, empty column into a worksheet, choose ____.
a. Insert>Cells>Insert New Column
c. Home>Editing>
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b. Insert>Text>Insert New Column
d. Home>Cells>Insert
Which of the following is not something you can do from the Insert drop-down list?
a. Insert a new worksheet
c. Insert a new column
b. Insert cells from another worksheet
d. Insert a new row
Which of the following steps will remove row 32 from a worksheet?
a. Select row 32 and press [BACKSPACE].
b. Click anywhere in row 32 and press the [DELETE] key.
c. Select row 32, right-click and select Delete in the pop-up menu.
d. Click anywhere in row 32, right-click and select Delete in the pop-up menu.
On an envelope, the address of the person who is to receive a letter is called the ____ address.
a. delivery
c. sender’s
b. inside
d. salutation
Which of the following is not a tab in the Find and Replace dialog box?
a. Go To
c. Replace
b. Find
d. AutoCorrect
Which of the following is an example of a salutation that might be used in a business letter?
a. Sincerely,
c. Peter Pratt, Customer Service
b. Dear Mr. Ling:
d. February 15, 2009
In a business letter, where would a company’s logo be most likely to appear?
a. In the salutation.
c. In the sender’s address.
b. In the closing.
d. In the letterhead.
By looking at this dialog box, you can tell that ____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
____ 76.
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____ 78.
____ 79.
if you forget to capitalize the first letter of a line, Word will do it for you
if you key tath, Word will replace it with that
Word’s AutoCorrect and Spelling features have been turned off
Word will automatically display a menu offering alternative spellings for words it cannot
recognize
The trademark symbol is contained on the ____ of the Symbols dialog box.
a. Special Characters tab
c. Replace tab
b. Font box
d. Labels tab
Building blocks are saved using the ____.
a. Office Clipboard
c. Find and Replace dialog box
b. Quick Part tool
d. Symbol dialog box
In a template, each specific text field is called a ____.
a. building block
c. Clipboard
b. Quick Part
d. content control
What is happening in the following screen?
a. A new template is being created and will be stored in the Installed Templates folder.
b. A new building block is being created that will be based on the Median Letter template.
c. A new letter is being created that will be based on the Median Letter template.
d. A new template is being created that will be based on the Median Letter template.
____ 80. A building block ____.
a. can contain text, but not text formatting
b. can contain images only
c. is a special type of template
d. can contain text, images, and special formats
____ 81. To insert a ____ into your document, choose Insert>Text, open the Quick Parts drop-down menu, and click
the item to be inserted.
a. building block
c. symbol
b. template
d. content control
____ 82. Which of the following is not something you can do in the Envelopes and Labels dialog box?
a. Insert the recipient’s address.
b. Use Find and Replace to change an address.
c. Insert the sender’s address.
d. Print the envelope.
____ 83. You can adjust the spacing between the paragraphs in a document by ____.
a. going to the Paragraph group on the Page Layout tab
b. going to the Page Setup group on the Page Layout tab
c. going to the Editing group on the Home tab
d. going to the Styles group on the Home tab
____ 84. If your document contains a suspected grammar error, Word will ____.
a. place it in bold type
b. underline it with a solid blue line
c. underline it with a squiggly green line
d. underline it with a squiggly red line
____ 85. In order to use the ____ command, you must first use the Find command.
a. Cut
c. Replace
b. AutoCorrect
d. Go To
____ 86. In a template, each ____ typically contains instructions for how that area of the template should be filled.
a. content control
c. building block
b. Quick Part
d. Research pane
____ 87. Which of the following would you use if you needed to determine what state the city of Cedar Rapids is in?
a. Spelling and Grammar dialog box
c. AutoCorrect
b. Research task pane
d. building block
____ 88. You can edit the contents of a cell either in the cell itself or ____.
a. in its column header
b. in its row header
c. in the formula bar
d. by using the Insert Hyperlink dialog box
____ 89. If you are creating a worksheet that contains your company’s quarterly sales and you want to allow readers to
access additional sales information on the company’s Web site, you could ____.
a. use AutoSum
b. use a function to insert the additional sales information
c. insert a hyperlink to the company’s site
d. use the Find and Replace dialog box to let the reader go the company’s site
____ 90. Which of the following must be true before you can use the Delete Cells command to delete an entire column
from a worksheet?
a. The cells in that column must all be empty.
b. The column cannot contain any formulas.
c. It must be the last column in the worksheet.
d. The column must be selected.
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Match each item with the correct tool name.
a.
d.
b.
e.
c.
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You want to get a copy of the contents of cell J4 so that they can later be inserted into another cell.
Your teacher wants to determine the highest score on a test taken by 145 students.
You want to find the average height of 100 people.
You no longer need the data in column F, so you want that column removed from the worksheet.
You want to copy the contents of the Clipboard to cell P20.
You need to place a new row of employee data between rows 50 and 51.
You want to add together all the expenses in row 14.
You want to find out the fastest time for 30 athletes in a race.
Match each item with the correct statement.
a.
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c.
d.
=SUM(C21:F21)
=AVERAGE(C8:F8)
F18
=SUM(C10:F10)
e. 0
f. =MAX(C15:F15)
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____ 104. Cell that is currently selected.
____ 105. Function that would determine the largest quarterly amount of Filo Mix purchased by DUMON.
____ 106. Function that would calculate the total amount of Boston Crab Meat bought by VAFFE over the entire four
quarters.
____ 107. Contains a hyperlink.
____ 108. Function that would calculate the average amount of Boston Crab Meat bought by SAVEA for the four
quarters.
____ 109. Function that would calculate the total sales for all quarters.
____ 110. The amount of Aniseed Syrup that VAFFE purchased in the second quarter.
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p. 235
NAT: MCAS Word 5.1
NAT: MCAS Word 1.1
NAT: MCAS Excel 2.3
NAT: MCAS Excel 2.2
MATCHING
91.
92.
93.
94.
95.
ANS:
ANS:
ANS:
ANS:
ANS:
C
A
D
E
B
PTS:
PTS:
PTS:
PTS:
PTS:
1
1
1
1
1
REF: pp. 234, 236, 239
96.
97.
98.
99.
100.
101.
102.
103.
ANS:
ANS:
ANS:
ANS:
ANS:
ANS:
ANS:
ANS:
B
G
F
C
A
D
E
H
PTS:
PTS:
PTS:
PTS:
PTS:
PTS:
PTS:
PTS:
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
REF: pp. 229, 234-236
C
PTS:
MCAS Excel 3.2
F
PTS:
D
PTS:
G
PTS:
B
PTS:
A
PTS:
E
PTS:
1
REF: pp. 228-229, 239
104. ANS:
NAT:
105. ANS:
106. ANS:
107. ANS:
108. ANS:
109. ANS:
110. ANS:
1
1
1
1
1
1