DigiTools Digital Workbook
Chapter 8
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Review Questions
Instructions: Write or key your answers to the questions below.
 Peer Check
Check your answers by comparing them with those of a classmate.
1. What types of tasks can Excel help users do?
2. What happens when you key a cell reference in the Name box and strike Enter?
3. All formulas should begin with a(n) _________.
4. What happens to the cell references when you copy a formula with relative cell references?
5. The cell reference $A$5 is a(n) __________ cell reference.
6. How do you delete a row or column from a worksheet?
7. What type of data is 1991 Woodlake Drive? Which type of data can include symbols such as (, /, and
%?
8. What do the scaling options provided in the Print Setup dialog box allow you to do to your
document?
9. In Excel, a date or time is what type of data?
10. What two methods can you use to apply the currency number format to a cell?
11. To move to the beginning of a row in Excel, press the _____________ key. To move to the
beginning of a worksheet (A1) in Excel, press _____________.
12. Name the steps for renaming a worksheet tab.
13. Describe two ways you can change the width of a column in Excel.
14. To center a worksheet title over the worksheet, use the _______________________ button.
15. To change the size of a document you are viewing in Print Preview, click the ____________ button.
16. Explain how to edit data using the Cut, Copy, and Paste commands.
17. If Excel’s Spell Check feature highlights a word as a possible error but the word is correct, click
_____________ or __________________.
18. To copy an entire worksheet, use the ______________________ command from the Edit menu.
19. List the steps to enter a formula in a worksheet.
20. List five common functions used in Excel and tell what each does.
21. What formula (including a function) would you use to find the average of the numbers in Cells
B2:B7?
22. Give two examples of strategic planning decisions a company might make.
23. Give some examples of resources a business may use in achieving its goals.
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24. How can you insert a row or column in a worksheet?
25. List four types of formatting you can apply using options on the Formatting toolbar.
26. How can you change the height of a row in an Excel worksheet?
27. What is the difference between clearing a cell and deleting the contents of a cell?
28. To extend a series of numbers or dates, use the ___________________ command.
29. Which dialog box allows you to set options for printing such as margins, centering, and scaling?
30. When placing a header in an Excel worksheet, list three options you can choose from the Header list.
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Vocabulary Reinforcement
Instructions: Enter the letter of each term at the left beside its definition at the right.
 Self Check
Check your answers by comparing them with the correct answers on the last page of
this document.
A. absolute cell reference
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1. An Excel file
B. active cell
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2. Primary document used in Excel to store and work with data
C. AutoSum
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3. Vertical list of information
D. balance sheet
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4. Information arranged horizontally
E. budget
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5. Intersection of a column and row
F. cell
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6. Cell that is selected and ready for data to be entered
G. cell pointer
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H. cell range
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I. column
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7. Any combination of numbers, spaces, and nonnumeric
characters
8. Constant value that can include numeric characters as well
as some symbols
9. Set of instructions for calculating values in cells
J. column chart
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K. date and time
L. formula
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M. functions
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N. goal
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O. income statement
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P. mixed cell reference
Q. number
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R. pie chart
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16. Part of a worksheet specified for printing
17. Chart used to show a comparison of values for two or more
items
18. Chart used to show how a part contributes to the whole
S. print area
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19. Result one strives to attain
T. resources
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U. row
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20. Outlines the overall direction in which a company wants to
move to achieve its goals
21. Personnel or assets such as property, money, or equipment
V. steward
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W. strategic plan
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X. text
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Y. workbook
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Z. worksheet
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10. Cross-shaped pointer that appears when the mouse is over a
cell
11. Group of cells
12. Predefined formulas provided in Excel
13. Adds numbers in a group of adjoining cells above or to the
left of the active cell
14. Cell reference where only the column or row reference is
absolute
15. Cell reference that always refers to one particular cell
22. Plan detailing how a business intends to manage its
resources
23. Report that lists revenues, expenses, and the income or loss
of a business for the reporting period
24. Report that lists the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity for
a company on a specific date
25. Person morally responsible for the careful use of money,
time, talents, or other resources
26. Treated as a value and can be used in formulas in Excel
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Math Practice: Calculating Volume Discounts
Instructions: Calculate answers to the following questions.
 Self Check
Check your answers by comparing them with the correct answers on the last page of
this document.
You work in the order department of a company that sells movie videotapes and DVDs. Your company
sells to large national stores and small, locally run stores. Your job is to calculate the discounts and final
amounts customers will pay for their orders.
Your company uses volume discounts to encourage customers to place large orders. One series of
discounts applies to large store orders. Another series is used for the small store orders. Details of the
discounts and a partial list of customers are given below.
Large Store Orders
$2,000 or Less
$2,001-$5,000
$5,001-$10,000
$10,001-$25,000
$25,000 and Above
Large Store Customers
Big Flix Superstore
Great Buy Electronics
Super Video
Discount Percentage
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
Small Store Orders
$200 or Less
$201-$500
$501-$750
$751-$1,000
$1,001 and Above
Discount Percentage
0.0%
2.5%
5.0%
7.5%
10.0%
Small Store Customers
Al’s Video Emporium
China Towne Video
Zack’s Electronics
1. Great Buy Electronics ordered 1,000 DVD copies of each of the top 10 current release movies. The
list price of the DVDs is $5 each. What is the total dollar amount of Great Buy’s order before any
discount? What is the volume discount percentage for this order? What is the volume discount dollar
amount for this order? What is the dollar amount of Great Buy’s order after the volume discount?
2. Zack’s Electronics ordered 10 each of 12 music videos at a cost of $7.50 each. What is the
percentage amount of the volume discount you should apply to this order? What is the dollar amount
of the volume discount you should apply to this order?
3. Super Video sent a special order for some old cowboy movies. The order included 16 videotapes at
$14 apiece. What is the dollar amount of Super Video’s order after the volume discount has been
applied?
From the Editor’s Desk: Comma Usage Part 1
Instructions:
1. Open your browser software. Use the bookmark on your Favorites list to access the From the
Editor’s Desk page on the Corporate View intranet. (If you do not have a bookmark, access the
Corporate View intranet. Choose Corporate Communications, From the Editor’s Desk.)
2. Choose the Punctuation link. Under Punctuation, choose the Comma Usage Part 1 link. Read the
information provided and follow the directions for completing the practice exercise.
 Self Check
Check your answers by comparing them with the answers on the intranet page.
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Keyboarding Practice: Number Reaches
Instructions:
Print this page. Key each line once at a comfortable, constant rate. Determine lines that
need more practice. Repeat those lines.
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My staff of 11 worked 11 hours a day from May 11 to June 11.
Her flight, PW 222, lands at 2:22 p.m. on Thursday, June 22.
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We 3, part of the 333rd Corps, marched 33 miles on August 3.
Car 444 took Route 4 east to Route 44, then 4 miles to Aden.
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The 55 wagons traveled 555 miles in ’55; only 5 had trouble.
Put 6 beside 6; result 66. Then, add one more 6 to get 666.
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She sold 7,777 copies of Record 77, Schubert’s 7th Symphony.
In ’88, it took 8 men and 8 women 8 days to travel 88 miles.
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The 9 teams, 9 girls and 9 boys, depart on Bus 999 at 9 a.m.
Million has six zeros; as, 000,000. Ten has but one; as, 0.
Keyboarding Practice: Speed Building
Instructions:
Print this page. Key 1' timings on each paragraph. Key a 3' timing on the entire writing.
Try to maintain the speed and accuracy you achieve on the 1' timings on the 3' timing.
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planning properly, then perhaps you are not using time well.
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Answers to Math Practice
1. The order total before discount is $50,000. The volume discount percentage is 20%. The volume
discount dollar amount is $10,000. The dollar amount of the order after volume discount is $40,000.
2. The volume discount percentage is 7.5%. The volume discount amount is $67.50.
3. The dollar amount of the order after volume discount is $224. Super Video gets no discount on
orders below $2,000.
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