BCS IT User – Exercise 6
Spreadsheets Level 1
Version 1.0 XP07
You work for an Electrical Goods Department Store. One of your duties is to update a
spreadsheet. This includes creating a new spreadsheet and creating a chart.
All the files that you need are on the Learner Drive.
There are 30 questions in this practice exercise.
You have 45 minutes to complete them.
Tasks
Marks
Open the word Processing application.
On your learner drive find and open the answerfile.docx document.
Enter your name in the space provided.
Use this document to record your answers to questions 1-8.
1
Which one of the following displays spreadsheet data in an easy-tounderstand, graphical format?
A.
B.
C.
D.
[1 Mark]
Images.
Charts.
Hyperlinks.
Illustrations.
Enter your answer, A, B, C, or D in answerfile.docx in the space for
question 1.
2
Which one of the following describes the use of a line chart?
A. A line chart can be used to display data trends at different time
intervals.
B. A line chart can be used to display the percentage share of an
item in a series of data values.
C. A line can be used to compare multiple values.
D. A line chart can be used to compare values across categories.
Enter your answer, A, B, C, or D in answerfile.docx in the space for
question 2.
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[1 Mark]
3
Which one of the following is used to input information in a
spreadsheet?
A.
B.
C.
D.
[1 Mark]
A printer.
A USB drive.
A modem.
A keyboard.
Enter your answer, A, B, C, or D in answerfile.docx in the space for
question 3.
4
Which one of the following can be used to create a formula in a
spreadsheet?
A.
B.
C.
D.
[1 Mark]
Sorting.
Autosum.
Tables.
Charts.
Enter your answer, A, B, C, or D in answerfile.docx in the space for
question 4.
5
Which one of the following describes why a spreadsheet should
observe guidelines and conventions when naming and storing
spreadsheet files?
A.
B.
C.
D.
[1 Mark]
To save all files in one folder
To identify the user.
To save the location and time of editing.
To ensure standardisation in file names.
Enter your answer, A, B, C, or D in answerfile.docx in the space for
question 5.
6
Which one of the following is good practice when creating formulas or
using functions in a spreadsheet?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Using a full stop at the end.
Not using parentheses.
Using only uppercase to enter data.
Using cell references rather than typing numbers.
Enter your answer, A, B, C, or D in answerfile.docx in the space for
question 6.
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[1 Mark]
7
Which of the following describes the appropriate use of a pie chart?
[1 Mark]
A. A pie chart can be used to display the contribution of each value
to a total.
B. A pie chart can be used to display data trends at different time
intervals.
C. A pie chart can be used to compare pairs of values.
D. A pie chart can be used to compare values across categories.
Enter your answer, A, B, C, or D in answerfile.docx in the space for
question 7.
8
Which one of the following is displayed to identify the columns of a
spreadsheet?
A.
B.
C.
D.
[1 Mark]
Symbols.
Letters.
Numbers.
A combination of letters and numbers.
Enter your answer, A, B, C, or D in answerfile.docx in the space for
question 8.
9
Open the spreadsheet application.
Open the file called Goods.xlsx from your Learner Drive
Find the Product worksheet and enter your name into cell A14
Save this file to your Learner Drive using the new filename Goods for
sale.xlsx
[1 Mark]
10
Continue using the new file Goods for sale.xlsx
On the Product worksheet find cell A15
Move the data from this cell to cell H1
[1 Mark]
11
Find the cell range B2:B12
Format the data in these cells to display as £ currency.
[1 Mark]
12
Insert automatic page numbers to the footer of the Product worksheet.
[1 Mark]
13
Add a thick border around the cell range A2:A12
[1 Mark]
14
Find cell A19
Insert the image mobile.jpg from your Learner Drive into this cell.
[1 Mark]
15
Find the data B2:B11
Sort the data by Pre VAT from largest to smallest value.
[1 Mark]
16
Find the sales worksheet
Format the data in cells B4:B9 to display a thousands separator.
[1 Mark]
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17
Continue with the sales worksheet
Find cell A16 create a simple formula by adding Griffin sale in cell B8
with the Higgins sale in cell B9
[1 Mark]
18
Create a 3D stacked bar chart from the cell range A3:B9
[1 Mark]
19
Continue using the chart
Remove the legend
[1 Mark]
20
Find cell F1
Delete the data in this cell
[1 Mark]
21
Check the whole spreadsheet for spelling mistakes using the most
suitable tool from the application.
Make corrections where needed.
You can safely ignore proper names.
[1 Mark]
22
Find the product worksheet
On the column chart add the title Data above the chart
[1 Mark]
23
Change the orientation of the product worksheet to portrait.
[1 Mark]
24
Change both the top and bottom margins of the product worksheet to
3 cm
[1 Mark]
25
Continue with the product worksheet
Delete column C which contains no data
[1 Mark]
26
Find the sales worksheet
Find cell B10
Enter a function to calculate the average of the cell range B4:B9
[1 Mark]
27
There is an error in the data
Change the title to Annual Sales figures.
[1 Mark]
28
Merge and centre this title over cell range A1:B1
[1 Mark]
29
Create a new spreadsheet based on the blank workbook template.
In cell A1, enter the following text:
For Sale
[1 Mark]
30
Save the new file to your Learner Drive using the filename Products
for sale.xlsx
Close ALL files and the spreadsheet application.
[1 Mark]
This is the end of the practice test.
If you have time, check the work you have done.
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Answers
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. D
6. D
7. A
8. B
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