Q1. Some of your data in Column C is displaying as hashtags (#) because the column is too narrow. How can you widen Column C just enough to show all the data?
Q2. Which two functions check for the presence of numerical or nonnumerical characters in cells?
Q3. If you drag the fill handle (lower-right corner) of cell A2 downward into cells A3, A4, and A5, what contents will appear in those cells?
Q4. If cell A3 contains the text THE DEATH OF CHIVALRY, what will the function =PROPER(A3) return?
Q5. In the worksheet below, you want to use Data > Subtotal to show a subtotal value per sport. What must you do BEFORE applying the Subtotal function?
Q6. When editing a cell, what do you press to cycle between relative, mixed, and absolute cell references?
Q7. You need to add a line chart showing a sales trends over the last 12 months and you have only a little space to work with. How can you convey the required information within a single cell?
Q8. What is the best way to activate the Excel Help system?
Q9. Which format will display the value 27,500,000 as 27.5?
Q10. When using Goal Seek, you can find a target result by varying _ at most.
Q11. In the image below, which option(s) can you select so that the appropriate field headers appear in cells A4 and B3 instead of the terms Row Labels and Column Labels, respectively?
Q12. Which formula is NOT equivalent to all of the others?
Q13. What custom formatting can be applied to make the cells in column A resemble the cells in column B?
Q14. Which function returns a reference to a cell (or cell range) that is a specified distance from a base cell?
Q15. You're working with columns whose width and font-size should not be changed. Yet the columns are too narrow to display all the text in each cell. What tool should you use to solve the problem?
Q16. Of the four chart types listed, which works best for summarizing time-based data?
Q17. The AutoSum formulas in the range C9:F9 below return unexpected values. Why is this?
Q18. The text filter in column A is designed to display only those rows where column A entry has a particular attribute. What is this attribute?
Q19. An organization chart, which shows the hierarchy within a company or organization, is available as _ that is included with Excel.
Q20. You want to be able to restrict values allowed in a cell and need to create a drop-down list of values from which users can choose. Which feature should you use?
Q21. To round up a value to the nearest increment of your choice, such as the next five cents, what function should you use?
Q22. Which function returns the largest value amongst all values within the range H2:H30?
Q23. Which chart type can display two different data series as a different series type within the same chart?
Q24. In the image below, what does clicking the button indicated by the green arrow do?
Q25. Which formula returns the value in cell A1 of the worksheet named MySheet?
Q26. In the worksheet below, you want to copy the formatting of cell A1 into cells B1:D1. Which approach (see arrows) accomplishes this the most efficiently?
Q27. Which formula correctly counts the number of numeric values in both B4:E4 and G4:I4?
Q28. After activating a chart, which sequence adds a trendline to the chart?
Q29. Which Excel add-in will help you find a target result by varying multiple inputs to a formula?
Q30. What tool would you use to prevent the input in a cell of a date outside a specific range?
Q31. When you sort a list of numerical value into ascending or descending order, the value in the middle of the list is the _.
Q32. Which format setting does not change the background appearance of a cell?
Q33. In Excel, what do most formulas begin with?
Q34. You need to determine the commission earned by each Sales Rep, based on the Sales amounts in B3:B50 and the Commission rate specified in cell A1. You want to enter a formula in C3 and copy it down to C50. Which formula should you use?
A
B
C
1
8.5%
2018 Commission
2
Sales Rep
2018 Sales
Commission Earned
3
Jordan Hinton
$123,938.00
4
Lilah Douglas
$5594,810.00
5
Karyn Reese
$235,954.00
6
Chiquita Walsh
$684,760.00
Q35. If you start a date series by dragging down the fill handle of a single cell that contains the date 12/1/19, what will you get?
Q36. To discover how many cells in a range contain values that meet a single criterion, use the _ function.
Q37. Your worksheet has the value 27 in cell B3. What value is returned by the function =MOD (B3,6)?
Q38. For an IF function to check whether cell B3 contains a value between 15 and 20 inclusively, what condition should you use?
Q39. The charts below are based on the data in cells A3:G5. The chart on the right was created by copying the one on the left. Which ribbon button was clicked to change the layout of the chart on the right?
Q40. Cell A20 displays an orange background when its value is 5. Changing the value to 6 changes the background color to green. What type of formatting is applied to cell A20?
Q41. What does this formula do? =Sum(Sheet1:Sheet4!D18)
Q42. What is the term for an expression that is entered into a worksheet cell and begins with an equal sign?
Q43. How does the appearance of an array formula differ from that of a standard formula?
Q44. In a worksheet, column A contains employee last names, column B contains their middle initials (if any), and column C contains their first names. Which tool can combine the last names, initials, and first names in column D without using a worksheet formula?
Q45. Which formula returns the value in cell A10 of the worksheet named Budget Variances?
Q46. Which function returns the leftmost five characters in cell A1?
Q47. Which function returns TRUE if cell A1 contains a text value?
Q48. You select cell A1, hover the pointer over the cell border to reveal the move icon, then drag the cell to a new location. Which ribbon commands achieve the same result?
Q49. You want to add a column to the PivotTable below that shows a 5% bonus for each sales rep. That data does not exists in the original data table. How can you do this without adding more data to the table?
Q50. You need to determine the commission earned by each Sales rep, based on the Sales amount in B3:B50 and the Commission rate specified in cell A1. You want to enter a formula in C3 and copy it down to C50. Which formula should you use?
Q51. The NOW() function returns the current date and time as 43740.665218. Which part of this value indicates the time?
Q52. Cell A2 contains the value 8 and cell B2 contains the value 9. What happens when cells A2 and B2 are merged and then unmerged?
Q53. In the formula =VLOOKUP(A1,D1:H30,3,FALSE), the lookup value (A1) is being looked for in _.
Q54. An .xlsx workbook is saved into .csv format. What is preserved in the new .csv file?
Q55. Which function, when entered into cell G7, allows you to determine the sum total of annual sles for market regions 18 and greater?
Q56. Which function, when entered into cell F2 and then dragged to cell F6, returns the performance rating text (e.g., "Good", "Poor") for each representative?
Table[Column] can be used instead of cell references (C2:C7).
Reference
Q58. Which VLOOKUP function, when entered into cell L2 and then dragged to cell L5, returns the average number of calls for the representative IDs listed in column J?
because we are interested in the value of the 3rd column of the table
Q59. Which formula calculates the total value of a single row of cells across a range of columns?
The sum of columns C to Y for the same row 15.
Q60. Which value is returned when you enter =LEN(C3) into cell F3?
Q61. How can you create the lower table from the top one when the tables are not linked?
Because it needs to be transposed without creating a reference.
Q62. Which function returns the number of characters in a text string in cell A1?
Q63. Which formula, when entered into cell D2 and then dragged to cell D6, calculates the average total number of minutes spent on phone calls for each representative?
Q64. The PivotTable below has one row field and two column fields. How can you pivot this table to show the column fields as subtotals of each value in the row field?
Q65. Which Excel feature allows you to hide rows or columns with an easily visible expand/collapse?
Q66. Monthly revenues of 2019 are entered in B2:M2, as shown below, To get year-to-date running total revenues, what formula should you enter in B3 and autofill through M3?
We are calculating the running total here.
Q67. From which field list was the pivotTalble created?
(Missing screenshot)
Q68. In the worksheet shown below, cell C6 contains the formula =VLOOKUP(A6,$F$2:$G$10,2,FALSE). What is the most likely reason that #N/A is returned in cell C6 instead of mallory's ID (2H54)
Q69. What is the difference between pressing the delete key and using the clear command in the Home tab's Editing group?
Q70. What is the intersection of a worksheet row and column?
Q71. In this PivotTable, the continuous variable weight is shown in the Row field. Another continuous variable is in the Sum Values field. It is important to reduce a long list of body weights to a smaller set of weight categories. How do you do this?
Q72. How can you drill down into a PivotTable to show details?
Q73. To ensure the VLOOKUP function returns the value of an exact match, what do you need to enter into the Range_lookup field?
Q74. Cell D2 contains the formula =B2-C2. What is the fastest way to copy that formula into cells D3:D501 (the bottom of the data set)?
Q75. This data needs to be sorted by Group, then by Last Name, then by First Name. How do you accomplish this?
Q76. How can you use Format Painter to apply the format of a single source cell to several nonadjacent destination cells?
B
Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac) each destination cell to select it.
Click the Format Painter.
Click the source cell.
C
Select the source cell.
Double-click the Format Painter.
Click each destination cell.
Press Esc.
D
Select the source cell.
Right-click the Format Painter.
Click each destination cell.
Press Esc.
Q77. Which is a valid Excel formula?
=(A5+B5)*B7
=A3-7(B3:B5+4)
=(A5+B5)B7
=B3^[2*/3]
Q78. Columns D, E, and F are hidden in your worksheet. What is one way to unhide these columns?
Select column G, then right-click and select Unhide.
Select column C, then right-click and select Unhide.
On the Page Layout tab, in the Rows and Columns section, select Unhide.
Click and drag to select columns C and G, then right-click and select Unhide.
Q79. Before publishing a document, you want to identify issues that may make it difficult for people with disabilities to read. Which feature should you use?
Check Accessibility
Check Compatibility
Protect Document
Inspect Document
Q80. How do you remove the background of an inserted image?
Select the image and, on the Picture Tools Format tab, use the Compress Picture feature.
Select the image and, on the Design tab, use the Format Background feature.
On the Drawing Tools Format tab, select Graphics Fill > Remove Background.
Select the image and, on the Picture Tools Format tab, click the Remove Background button.
Q81. What is the result of the formula =4&3?
43
12
#VALUE!
7
Q82. How do you remove everything (values, formatting, etc.) from a cell?
Select the cell. On the Home tab, click Clear.
Select the cell and press Delete.
Right-click the cell and select Delete.
Select the cell. On the Home tab, click Clear > Clear All.
Q83. What is the difference between a workbook and a worksheet?
An Excel file is a workbook. A workbook contains one or more worksheets.
Nothing-these two terms mean the same thing.
A workbook contains only data. A worksheet contains both data and formulas.
An Excel file is a worksheet. A worksheet contains one or more workbooks.
Q84. How would you connect the slicer to both PivotTables?
You cannot use one slicer for two PivotTables.
Right-click the slicer and select Slicer Settings.
Merge the two PivotTables, right-click the merged PivotTable, and select Combine Slicer.
Right-click the slicer and select Report Connections, or click Report Connections on the Slicer tab.
Q96. Which value is returned when you enter this function into cell G2? =IF(SUM(F2:F6)>12,"Too Many Tardy Days","No Tardiness Issue")
Too Many Tardy Days
#NUM!
No Tardiness Issue
#REF!
0 + 0 + 3 + 6 + 3 = 12. The formula only dislays "Too Many Tardy Days" when it is more than 12.
Q97. What ribbon command on the Home tab can you use to change a cell's fill color automatically, based on the value of the cell?
Conditional Formatting
Format
Cell Styles
Fill
Q98. In this worksheet, how are cells A2:D2 related to cell C4?
Cells A2:D2 are comments relating to the formula in cell C4.
Cells A2:D2 are the source of an error in the formula in cell C4.
Cells A2:D2 are precedents of the formula in cell C4.
Cells A2:D2 are dependents of the formula in cell C4.
Q99. What is the name given to the numbers in or above each bar in a column chart, as shown?
data table
data numbers
data labels
data values
Q100. Which chart type provides the best visual display of the relationship between two numeric variables?
radar chart
box and whisker chart
XY scatter chart
combo chart
Q101. To ensure that a collection of shapes are evenly spaced apart from left to right, select the shapes, click Page Layout > Align, and then click _.
Distribute Horizontally
Align Center
Distribute Vertically
Align Middle
Q102. A file extension of .xlsm indicates what type of workbook?
macro-enabled workbook
XML-standard workbook
Excel 2003 workbook
workbook where macros are not allowed
Q103. How do you remove only the conditional formatting from a cell and leave all other formatting intact?
This is not possible-you can remove only all formatting from a cell.
Select the cell. On the Home tab, click Conditional Formatting > Clear Rules > Clear Rules from Selected Cells.
Right-click the cell and select Delete Conditional Formatting.
Right-click the cell and select Remove Conditional Formatting.
Q104. If a range name is used in a formula and the name is deleted, what happens to the formula?
The formula display a warning but the actual cell address is substituted for the deleted name.
The formula becomes invalid and displays a #NAME? error.
The actual cell addresses replace the original range name in the formula.
The formula becomes invalid and displays a #N/A error
Q106. You want to find the second-largest invoice in a column containing all the invoices in a given month. What function would you use?
NEXT
MAX
LARGE
MATCH
Q107. How can you see the data in column E?
Close the workbook without saving and reopen it.
Turn off conditional formatting.
On the Home tab of the ribbon, select Fit to Column.
Expand the width of its column.
Q108. In the worksheet below, a table called Projects extends from cell A1 to D10. Cell D1 contains the text Status. Cell E12 contains the formula =Projects[@Status]. What does this formula return?
#VALUE!
a blank cell
#REF!
0
Q109. Which Excel feature allows you to select all cells in the column with inconsistent formulas compared to the rest of the column?
On the Home tab, click Go To > Special > Column differences.
On the Formulas tab, click Trace precedents.
On the Formulas tab, click Trace errors.
On the Formulas tab, click show formulas
Q110. What is one way to center text in a cell?
Right-click the cell and select Center (Windows) or Center Text (Mac).
Select the cell and, on the View tab in the Cells section, click Alignment and select Center (Windows) or Center Text (Mac).
Select the cell and, on the Home tab in the Alignment section, click Center (Windows) or Center Text (Mac).
Change the width of the cell until the text is centered.
Q111. Cell D1 contains the value 7.877. You want cell D1 to display this value as 7.9 but keep the original number in calculations. How can you accomplish this?
Click the Decrease Decimal button once.
Click the Decrease Decimal button twice.
Use the ROUND() function.
In the Cells group on the Home tab, click Format > Format Cells. Then click the Alignment tab and select Right Indent.
Q114. Your transactions data set contains more than 10,000 rows. Some rows contain the same transaction. How would you remove the rows containing the identical transactions?
Filter the relevant column, right-click the column head, and select Remove Duplicates.
This is possible only with Power Query.
With the data selected, on the Data tab click Remove Duplicates.
Q116. You have a column of dog breeds that are in all capital letters. What function would you use to convert those dog breeds so that only the first letter of each word is capitalized?
Sentence
Upper
Titlecase
Proper
Q117. In cell C2, how would you limit the user to choosing one of the company's five regions(East, Central, North, South, West)?
Use reference tabs to create a drop-down list
Use a PivotTable slicer to create a drop-down list
Insert a table in the data to create a drop-down list
Use data validation to create a drop-down list
Q118. To calculate gross pay, hours are multiplied by the hourly rate. What formula would you put in cell C4 to then able to copy that cell down to the rest of the column
Q120. Based on the data in columns D,G,H, and K below, what formula will calculate the average compensation for full-time employees who have a job rating of 5?
=AVERAGEIF(D:D,K2,H:H,5,G:G)
=AVERAGEIF(G:G,D:D,K2,H:H,5)
=AVERAGEIFS(K2,H:H,5,G:G)
=AVERAGEIFS(G:G,D:D,K2,H:H,5)
Q121. Which feature enables you to quickly sort and reduce data to a subset?
data validation
conditional formatting
advanced sort
filters
Q122. You have a formula in cell A1. You want to display that formula in cell B1. What function can you use in cell B1?
TEXT
FORMULATEXT
ISFORMULA
ISTEXT
Q123. You want to remove the unprintable characters and unnecessary spaces from column A. What formula would you put into cell B2 to copy down to the rest of the column?
=ERROR.TYPE(A2)
=CLEAN(TRIM(A2))
=CHOOSE(A2)
=TRIM(A2)
Q124. What is the output of the formula =(8+2*3)/7?
13
2
11
15
Q125. The amount of sales tax on each sale is calculated as the selling price times the quantity sold times the sales tax rate. What formula would you use in celle E4 to then be able ro copy that cell to the rest of the column?
=C4*D4*$B$1
=(C4*D4)*B1
=C4*D4*B1
=C4*D4(*B1)
Q126. Which is not a way to edit a formula in a cell?
Press F2.
Select the cell and then click in the formula bar.
Double-click the cell
Right-click the cell and select Edit
Q127. What dows this formula do?
=SUM(Sheet1:Sheet4!D18)
It adds data form all D18 cells in Sheet1, Sheet2, Sheet3, Sheet4
It adds data from cell D18 of Sheet1 and cell D18 of Sheet4
It adds alla data in the range A1:D18 in Sheet1,Shee2, Shee3, and Sheet4
It adds data from cell A1 of Sheet1 and cell D18 of Sheet4
Q128. You realize that you named a table Quraters and you want to correct it to be Quarters. How could you accomplish this ?
On the Table Design tab (Windows) or Table tab (Mac), rename the table in the Table Name box.
Copy the table to another worksheet and rename it Quarters.
Right click in the table and select Rename.
On the Table Design tab (Windows) or Table tab (Mac), click Name Manager.
Q129. Which function is best used to look up and retrieve data from a specific row in a table?
HLOOKUP
MATCH
VLOOKUP
ADDRESS
Q130. When you provide alt text for an image, what type of control are you including?
Q132. You are creating a slide that shows annual rainfall in different regions of Europe. What chart type would most effectively communicate that relationship?
line chart
scatter chart
pie chart
map chart
Q133. Column A contains a list of book titles. To ensure that no book title appears more than once, first you select column A. What should you do next?
Right-click the column head and select Unique
On the Home ribbon, click Clear > Duplicates
On the Data ribbon, click Remove Duplicates
On the Data ribbon, click **Data Validation
Q134. You want to copy only the cells that are displayed here - not the hidden cells - into another worksheet. After selecting the cells in the worksheet, how do you accomplish this?
On the View tab, select Visible cells only, Paste into the destination worksheet
On the Home tab, clear the Hidden cells check box. Paste into the destination worksheet
Copy the cells. Then in the destination worksheet, click Paste special > Paste only visible cells
On the Home tab, click Find & Select > Go to special > Visible cells only. Paste into the destination worksheet
Q135. You want to define a reusable process to reshape data (removing blank rows, merging columns, etc.). What toold can you use to accomplush this?
Power Query
Data Analysis
Power Pivot
Data Modeler
Q136. You want to be able restrict values allowed in a cell and need to create a drop-down list of values from which users can choose. Which feature should you use?
Project Worksheet
Data validation
Conditional Formatting
Allow Users to Edit Ranges
Q137. Which situation will result in a #REF! error?
The cell referenced in the error message has been deleted
A nonnumeric agument is used in a function when a numeric value is expected
A required operator is omitted in a formula
The formula contains an undefined range
Q138. Which feature allows formatting to be automatically added to new columns and rows?
AutoFormat
conditional formatting
Format as Table
PivotTable
Q139. What Excel feature can you use to automatically format cells that are greater than a specified value with designated fill and text colors?
Flash Fill
Conditional Formatting
Format as Table
Theme Colors
Q140. Which formula could not have been entered in cell C5?
=SUBTOTAL(9, C2:C4)
=C2+C3+C4
=SUBTOTAL(C2:C4)
=SUM(C2:C4)
Q141. The last two digits of the Representative ID Number is the Office ID. Which function, when entered into cell B2 and then dragged to cell B6, returns the Office ID for each representative?
=TRIM(A2,2)
=LEFT(A2,2)
=RIGHT(A2,2)
=MID(A2,2)
Q142. What is the fastest way to see the data in column E
Double-click between column headers E and F
Double-click between column headers F and G
On the Home tab of the ribbon, select Fit to Column
Drag to resize the column
Q143. Excel's default view contains the Quick Access Toolbar and the ribbon. Which can you customize?
You cannot customize either.
only the ribbon
both the Quick Access Toolbar and the ribbon
only the Quick Access Toolbar
Q144. Other than pasting an image, how can you insert an image file from your computer into a worksheet?
On the Insert tab, click Pictures > This Device (Windows) or Pictures > Picture from file (Mac)
On the Insert tab, click SmartArt > Copy Image from Device (Windows) or SmartArt > Copy (Mac)
On the Insert tab, click Illustrations > Insert Illustration from This Device
On the Insert tab, click Icons > Insert > Picture from This Device
Q145. You want to restrict a user from entering any amount greater than $100 or less than $20 in a row. Which Excel feature would you use?
There is not a feature in Excel that will do this.
Data Limiting
Data Parameters
Data Validation
Q146. What is the output of the formula =(8+2*3)/2?
13
15
11
7
Q147. How many columns in Excel sheet by default ?
16000
1,048,576
16384
1,048,000
Q148. What feature can you use to populate B2:B7 with the number from each sectence in A2:A7?
No Excel feature can accomplish this; this is possible only using formulas.
Flash Fill
Merge cells
Text to columns
Q149. Which choice causes a circular error when it is included in a worksheet formula?
a reference to the cell occupied by the formula
a named constant
a worksheet function
a defined formula name
Q150. You have a workheet with the year in column A, the month in column B, and the day in column C. All fields contain numbers. What function would you use to create the date column in D?
DATEVALUE
CONCATENATE
TEXTJOIN
DATE
Q151. You have a column containing runner times for a recent race. What function could you use to find the second-place finisher (the runner with the second-lowest time)?
Q152. What is the default horizontal alignment of text in a cell
left
bottom
top
right
Q153. Which formula adds 8 and 5 in a cell?
=ADD(8+5)
8+5
None of these answers, as you cannot add without a SUM function.
=8+5
Q154. What feature allow you to make the text appear as it does in cell B1:F1?
cell border
merge cells
text orientation
wrap text
Q155. What type of chart is this?
histogram
waterfall
treemap
box and whisker
Q156. What type of chart is this?
histogram
waterfall
treemap
box and whisker
Q157. How do you override Excel's automatic axis scaling to enter custom axis maximum and minimum values?
You cannot do this in Excel.
Right-click the axis, select Format Axis, and scroll to the desired minimum and maximum values.
Right-click the axis and select Format Axis > Axis Options. Then change the minimum and maximum values.
Click the individual axis values and change them manually.
Q158. Given the source data, how do you transform the middle PivotTable to appear like the rightmost PivotTable?
­
­
Below answer should be right
Right-click any row field value in the pivot table and select Group.
Q159. Which formula will calculate the number of blank cells in the range A1:A20
=COUNTBLANK(A1:A20)
=COUNTA(A1:A20)
=COUNTIF(A1:A20,">0")
=COUNT(A1:A20)
Q160. A mortgage lender requires a 20% down payment and is offering a 30-year loan with a 3.5% interest rate. Which Excel function can you use to calculate the maximum purchase price you can afford?
Power Query
NPV
Goal Seek
Scenario Manager
Q161. You have filtered a table. How can you tell which column a table is sorted by?
The sorted by column heading will be italicized
The sorted by column heading will be bold
The sorted by column heading filter will have an arrow icon
The sorted by column will be lightly shaded
Q162. How many users can open a excel file at same time?
64
128
256
512
Q163. How to specify cell range from A9 to A99 in Excel?