MS Excel Objective

Test
Question 1
• VBA stands for ______________________.
A. Visual Basic for Applications
B. Visual Basic Applications
C. Visual Basic for Appendices
D. None of the above

Answer: A
Question 2
• To apply a gradient or texture to selected cells in a worksheet, use
_________________.
A. Pattern Color
B. Background Color
C. Pattern Style
D. Fill Effects

Answer: D
Question 3
• The Excel 2007 worksheet contains _______ columns.
A. 12,000
B. 16,000
C. 20,000
D. 16,000 approx.

Answer: D
Question 4
• In _______ function in Excel, only numbers are compared
A. MIN
B. SUM
C. MAX
D. All of above

Answer: D
Question 5
• MS Excel 2007 displays ____ worksheets by default.
A. 3
B. 2
C. 4
D. 1

Answer: D
Question 6
• A cell reference in a spreadsheet can refer to _________________.
A. A value from a remote application
B. A cell in another spreadsheet entirely
C. A cell in a different sheet within the same spreadsheet
D. All of the above

Answer: D
Question 7
• Keyboard shortcut to show a shortcut menu in Excel, is
_______________.
A. Shift + F10
B. Shift + F12
C. Shift + F11
D. Shift + F1

Answer: A
Question 8
• To manually calculate all the formulas in a worksheet, press
_______.
A. F7
B. F8
C. F9
D. F6

Answer: C
Question 9
• In Excel, a cell on a different sheet of the same spreadsheet is
addressed as _______________.
A. <sheet name>$<cell reference>
B. <sheet name>:<cell reference>
C. <sheet name>!<cell reference>
D. <sheet name>@<cell reference>

Answer: C
Question 10
• Full form of OLE is __________________.
A. Object Linking and Embedding
B. Object Linking and Enhancing
C. Object Linking and Exchange
D. Object Loading and Embedding

Answer: A
Question 11
• Excel gives a ______ extension to the template file.
A. .xlt
B. .dot
C. .xls
D. None of the above

Answer: A
Question 12
• In Excel, ___ error message is given if the formula contains a blank
cell.
A. #Value
B. #NAME?
C. #####
D. #DIV/0!

Answer: D
Question 13
• Which function is used in Excel to enter current date?
A. CurrentDate
B. Date
C. Today
D. Workday

Answer: B
Question 14
• To have column and row headings visible while scrolling the
worksheet, _______________ feature is used.
A. Splitting Panes
B. Freezing Panes
C. Format
D. Radar Panes

Answer: B
Question 15
• To delete selected rows in Excel 2007, click the arrow next to Delete
in Cells group in Home tab, and then click ______________.
A. Delete
B. Delete Rows
C. Delete Sheet Rows
D. None of the above

Answer: C
Question 16
• f a cell is formatted as Accounting in Excel, zero values are shown as
________.
A. Dashes
B. None of the above
C. Zeroes
D. Blanks

Answer: A
Question 17
• If cells A2, A3, B2 and B3 in a worksheet are merged, the cell
reference for the merged cell is _______.
A. A2
B. A3
C. B2
D. B3

Answer: A
Question 18
• By default, MS-Excel aligns error values in the ________.
A. Center
B. Left
C. Right
D. Justified mode

Answer: A
Question 19
• Keyboard shortcut to save a workbook in Excel, is _____.
A. F12
B. F11
C. F13
D. F10

Answer: A
Question 20
• In MS Excel, references to cells in other workbooks are called _____.
A. Connections
B. Links
C. Hyperlinks
D. Relative Cell References

Answer: B
Question 21
• Which of the following is not a chart type in Excel?
A. Line Chart
B. Row Chart
C. Area Chart
D. Column Chart

Answer: B
Question 22
• In MS-Excel, a 3-D column chart uses three axes – a horizontal axis, a
vertical axis, and a ________ axis.
A. Length
B. Depth
C. Breadth
D. Width

Answer: B
Question 23
• In Excel, when E$5 is copied down or across, the _________
reference can change.
A. Column
B. Row
C. Either A or B
D. Both A and B

Answer: A
Question 24
• In a clustered bar chart in Excel, the ___________ are typically
organized along the vertical axis.
• Values
• Either A or B
• Categories
• Neither A nor B

Answer: C
Question 25
• Which operator is used for exponentiation in Excel?
• *
• ^
• \
• /

Answer: B
Question 26
• In Excel, if user wants to create a hyperlink to a specific location in
the file or on the Web page, click _________.
A. Current Folder
B. Recent Files
C. Browse the Web
D. Bookmark

Answer: D
Question 27
• In Excel, pivot charts don’t have _________________.
A. Page fields
B. Category fields
C. Series fields
D. Value fields

Answer: A
Question 28
• Macros is in ________ Ribbon in Excel.
A. Insert
B. Home
C. Data
D. View

Answer: D
Question 29
• A _____________ in Excel, summarizes the columns of information
in a database in relationship to each other.
A. Pivot table
B. Table
C. Chart
D. Pivot chart

Answer: A
Question 30
• Excel’s default margins are _______ on each side.
A. 0.5"
B. 0.75"
C. 0.25"
D. 1"

Answer: B
Question 31
• In Excel, a ___________ is a grid made up of horizontal rows and
vertical columns.
A. Workbook
B. Excel sheet
C. Spreadsheet
D. Worksheet

Answer: D
Question 32
• In Excel, an absolute cell reference is indicated by prefixing the row
and column numbers with ________.
A. ^
B. #
C. %
D. $

Answer: D
Question 33
• In Excel, the default criteria setting for AutoFilter in each field is
_______.
A. Bottom 10
B. Top 10
C. Top half
D. All

Answer: D
Question 34
• When a record is deleted using a data form in Excel, __________.
A. It gets deleted but it can be restored
B. It doesn't get deleted
C. It gets deleted and cannot be restored
D. Whether the deletion is permanent or temporary is dependent on how it
is deleted.

Answer: C
Question 35
• External data source for an Excel workbook can be __________.
A. A text file
B. An Access file
C. From web
D. All of the above

Answer: D
Question 36
• Keyboard shortcut for Auto Fill in Excel, is ____________.
A. Enter
B. Alt + Enter
C. Ctrl + Enter
D. Shift + Enter

Answer: B
Question 37
• To apply a gradient or texture to selected cells in a worksheet, use
A. Background Color
B. Pattern Style
C. Pattern Color
D. Fill Effects

Answer: D
Question 38
• By default, Excel range names use ___________ cell references.
A. Absolute
B. Relative
C. Either A or B
D. Both A and B

Answer: A
Question 39
• _______ function in Excel, numbers are compared
A. MAX
B. MIN
C. MAXA
D. SMALL

Answer: A
Question 40
• In Excel, a macro’s series of commands and functions are stored in
___________________.
A. The worksheet
B. The workbook
C. A Microsoft VB module
D. None of the above

Answer: C
Question 41
• In Excel, a macro can be accessed using ___________.
A. The letter specified by user
B. Ctrl + the letter specified by user
C. Alt + the letter specified by user
D. Shift + the letter specified by user

Answer: B
Question 42
• A __________ is used in Excel, to select records that meet a specific
criterion and temporarily hide all the other records.
• Connection
• Filter
• Sort
• Subtotal

Answer: B
Question 43
• If date typed in cell is incorrect then
A. Date is shown in left alignment
B. Date copies in other cell increase year only
C. ###### is shown
D. A and B

Answer: B
Question 44
• In Excel, _________ error message is given if the formula contains
text that Excel doesn’t recognize.
A. #####
B. #REF!
C. #NAME?
D. #DIV/0!

Answer: C
Question 45
• In Excel, ____ are structured programs that calculate a specific
result.
A. Equations
B. Functions
C. Formulas
D. Ranges

Answer: B