IBCA A Study Guide, Unit 2, Lesson 1 & 2
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Another name for a worksheet is a ____.
a. tab
c. file
b. spreadsheet
d. folder
2. Which of the following buttons closes Print Preview?
a.
c.
b.
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3. You can print a worksheet by choosing ____.
a. Home>Editing>Print
c. Office>Save As
b. Home>Cells>Print
d. Office>Print
4. Which of the following is a Dialog Box Launcher?
a.
c.
b.
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5. Which of the following is not a tab on the Excel Ribbon?
a. Print
c. View
b. Home
d. Formulas
6. Which of the following buttons would you click to add together a row of numbers?
a.
c.
b.
d.
7. If you want to see how a worksheet will look when printed, choose ____.
a. View>Workbook Views>Normal
c. Office>Open
b. View>Workbook Views>Full Screen
d. Office>Print>Print Preview
8. How must the pointer appear before you can increase the width of a column?
a.
c.
b.
d.
9. By default, a new workbook contains how many worksheets?
a. One
c. Three
b. Two
d. Four
____ 10. Worksheets are made up of boxes called ____.
a. formulas
c. columns
b. cells
d. cell references
____ 11. To see a greater amount of a worksheet on your screen at one time, you can ____.
a. increase the zoom percentage
c. use the horizontal scroll bar
b. decrease the zoom percentage
d. use the vertical scroll bar
____ 12. Which of the following contains the Undo button?
a. Home tab
c. QAT
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b. View tab
d. Office menu
Which of the following could you use to find instructions on how to use the Open command?
a. Help feature
c. QAT
b. Question feature
d. Formulas feature
If you want to permanently store your workbook so that you can modify it again at a later time, choose ____.
a. Redo on the QAT
c. Office>Print
b. Office>Save As
d. Office>Open
Which of the following steps lets you create a new folder?
a. Open the Save As dialog box and key New Folder into the File name box.
b. Click the New Folder button on the Home tab.
c. Open the Save As dialog box and click the New Folder button.
d. Click New Folder in the Office menu.
Which of the following steps lets you calculate the total of the numbers in cells C1 through C10?
a. Click cell D10 and choose Home>Formulas>AutoSum.
b. Click cell C11 and choose Formulas>Function Library>AutoSum.
c. Click cell C1 and choose Home>Formulas>AutoSum.
d. Click cell C1 and choose Formulas>Function Library>AutoSum.
The formula ____ will add together the contents of cells A5 through A8.
a. +AUTOSUM A5-A8
c. +SUM(A5-A8)
b. =AUTOSUM (A5-A8)
d. =SUM(A5:A8)
The Help button is located on the ____.
a. status bar
c. title bar
b. Office menu
d. Ribbon
To access the Font Color button, click the ____ tab.
a. Home
c. Formulas
b. Page Layout
d. View
A worksheet’s row heads ____.
a. appear in the Formula bar
b. contain labels that describes the worksheet’s contents
c. run down the left edge of the worksheet
d. run across the top of the worksheet
The Zoom command is located on the ____ tab.
a. Home
c. Formulas
b. Insert
d. View
If you accidentally click the Undo button, which of the following buttons would you click to reverse this
action?
a.
c.
b.
d.
____ 23. The ____ contains a command that lets you minimize the Ribbon.
a. Office menu
c. status bar
b. QAT
d. Home tab
____ 24. The Open dialog box lets you ____.
a. display a worksheet in Print Preview
b. specify the name of the workbook to be opened
c. perform calculations on worksheet cells
d. use the Excel Help feature
____ 25. Which of the following is a reason you might want to minimize the Ribbon?
a. To make on-screen letters and numbers larger.
b. To make on-screen letters and numbers smaller.
c. to allow more room for a worksheet to be displayed
d. to close an existing workbook
____ 26. If you want a worksheet to take up the entire screen, which of these buttons would you click?
a.
c.
b.
d.
____ 27. The Select All button is ____.
a. on the Home tab
b. on the View tab
c. to the left of the sheet tabs
d. in the upper-left corner of the worksheet
____ 28. C11 is an example of a ____.
a. group
c. formula
b. ScreenTip
d. cell reference
____ 29. If you want to create a workbook from scratch, choose ____.
a. QAT>Open
c. Office>New
b. Office>Open
d. Home>Cells>Insert
____ 30. The following is the ____.
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a. title bar
c. QAT
b. Office menu
d. status bar
If you have chosen Undo by mistake, you can bring back your previous action by choosing ____.
a. Repeat
c. New
b. Open
d. Redo
You can exit the Excel program by ____.
a. choosing Office>Save As
b. choosing Office>Close
c. choosing Office>Exit Excel
d. clicking the Close Window button in a workbook’s upper-right corner
When you first start Excel, what is the name of the workbook that appears?
a. New
c. Book1
b. New Workbook
d. Excel 1
If you want to quickly see what percentage of zoom the screen is at, look at the ____.
a. title bar
c. vertical scroll bar
b. status bar
d. horizontal scroll bar
Label “A” is pointing to the ____.
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a. Zoom feature
c. formula bar
b. Full Screen button
d. Select All button
When you choose Office>Open, ____.
a. the Ribbon displays the Insert tab
b. a menu appears
c. a dialog box appears
d. the last workbook you saved appears
Excel is a type of ____ software.
a. word processing
c. spreadsheet
b. e-mail
d. database
The individual buttons on a tab are also called ____.
a. commands
c. Ribbons
b. groups
d. menus
As you key data into a cell, the data appears both in the cell itself and in the ____.
a. column heading
c. status bar
b. row heading
d. formula bar
Which cells are used in calculating the results of “=SUM(G14:G18)”?
a. G14
c. G14 and G18
b. G18
d. G14 through G18
If you want to learn how to use a particular built-in formula, you can enter that formula’s name the Help
window’s ____ box.
a. Search
c. Find
b. Save
d. Open
Which of these buttons lets you quickly zoom in?
a.
c.
b.
d.
____ 43. If you want to see the formula stored in a specific cell, click the cell and then ____.
a. look in the formula bar
b. look at the contents of the cell
c. choose View>Workbook Views>Page Layout
d. choose View>Workbook Views>Normal
____ 44. Which of the following explains what happens when you double-click a cell?
a. The cell’s contents are placed on the Clipboard.
b. The cell’s contents appear in the formula bar.
c. The cell’s contents are erased.
d. The entire cell is removed from the worksheet.
____ 45. When creating a budget, you must estimate both your ____ and your expenses.
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a. income
c. time
b. costs
d. savings
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
If you are in cell B81 and want to move to cell C81, press ____.
a. [BACKSPACE]
c. [TAB]
b. [ENTER]
d. [SHIFT]+[TAB]
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
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
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
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
The multiplication symbol used in Excel is ____.
a. x
c. *
b. 
d. #
____ 53. 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
____ 54. 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.
____ 55. 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]
____ 56. What can you do to make the moving border around cell A1 disappear?
a. Click in cell A1.
c. Press [Tab].
b. Click in any cell other than A1.
d. Press [ESC].
____ 57. 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
____ 58. 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.
____ 59. What shape must the pointer have before you can use the Fill handle?
a.
c.
b.
d.
____ 60. Cells can contain ____.
a. words
b. numbers
c. functions
d. All of the above.
____ 61. 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
____ 62. To move a cell, your pointer needs to change to a ____.
a. hand
c. four-headed arrow
b. two-headed arrow
d. plus sign
____ 63. The Delete command is contained in the ____ group on the Home tab.
a. Editing
c. Clipboard
b. Cells
d. Numbering
____ 64. 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
____ 65. 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
____ 66. Which function will find the smallest number in a group of cells?
a. SMALL
c. DELETE
b. MIN
d. MAX
____ 67. According to the order of precedence, “7 - 2 * 3” is equal to ____.
a. 15
c. 1
b. 8
d. 0
____ 68. 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
____ 69. If you opened the Find and Replace dialog box and keyed “meat” into the Find what box, how many
occurrences of “meat” would be found in the following worksheet?
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a. 2
c. 5
b. 4
d. 6
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.
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
Before Excel can use the Replace command, it must first use the ____ command.
a. Cut
c. Find
b. Copy
d. Insert
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
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
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.
Which of these symbols cannot be used to perform arithmetic in Excel?
a. +
c. /
b. &
d. *
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
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
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
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.
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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.
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.
Which of the following is not in the Clipboard group?
a. Copy
c. Insert
b. Paste
d. Cut
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
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
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
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
The MIN function will determine the ____ number in a column of numbers.
a. largest
c. smallest
b. most commonly used
d. middle
To place a new, empty column into a worksheet, choose ____.
a. Insert>Cells>Insert New Column
c. Home>Editing>
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 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.
Which of the following steps will remove row 32 from a worksheet?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Select row 32 and press [BACKSPACE].
Click anywhere in row 32 and press the [DELETE] key.
Select row 32, right-click and select Delete in the pop-up menu.
Click anywhere in row 32, right-click and select Delete in the pop-up menu.
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90. ANS: D
91. ANS: C
PTS: 1
PTS: 1
PTS: 1
REF: p. 236
REF: p. 235
REF: p. 235
NAT: MCAS Excel 2.2
NAT: MCAS Excel 2.2
NAT: MCAS Excel 2.2