Excel Practice Test

10 Sample Excel Assessment Test

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Question 1

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 Question:
Excel Applying AutoSum formulas in the
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range B12:E12 render wrong
results, why is that?
CHOOSE ONE:
A AutoSum formulas exclude last row from results

B AutoSum formulas refer to the column left of their cells

AutoSum formulas are referring to their own cells

C
causing error

AutoSum formulas, includes header values in the

D
calculation
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 Correct Answer
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AutoSum formulas do not exclude last row.

AutoSum
formulas, includes
AutoSum formulas are not referring to
left row as the data is on the columns.
D header values in
the calculation
AutoSum formulas do not refer to the cells
they are placed in.

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Question 2

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 Question:
Excel Which function would you choose from
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below to round up a value to the nearest
increment of your choice like for
instance up to next 5?

CHOOSE ONE:
A ROUNDUP B MAX C CEILING D ROUND
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 Correct Answer
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ROUNDUP function rounds the given value

upwards to a specified number of digits

MAX function is used for finding C CEILING

maximum value in a given range

ROUND function rounds the given value to

specified digits up or down depending
upon the value

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Question 3

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 Question:
Excel When editing a cell, which key or
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toggle between relative, absolute and
mixed cell references?
CHOOSE ONE:
A CTRL+SHIFT+F4 (Windows) or Command+ Shift+4 (Mac)

B ALT + SHIFT + F4 (Windows) or Option + Shift + 4 (Mac)

C F4 (Windows) or Command + T (Mac)

D ALT + F4 (Windows) or Option + F4 (Mac)

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 Correct Answer
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CTRL+SHIFT+F4 (Windows) or Command+ Shift+4

(Mac) used for finding the previous match

ALT + SHIFT + F4 (Windows) or Option +

F4 (Windows) or
Shift + 4 (Mac) is not a valid Excel shortcut C Command + T
(Mac)
ALT + F4 (Windows) or Option + F4 (Mac)
terminates the active Excel window.

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Question 4

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 Question:
What will happen if we click the
Excel button indicated by the arrow?
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CHOOSE ONE:

A All Cells in the sheet will be selected

B All Cells in the sheet will be cleared

C All Cells in the sheet will be hidden

D It will hide the formula bar

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 Correct Answer
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You can’t clear the cells in Excel without selecting

a cell or range of cells

Hiding a single cell is not possible in Excel,

All Cells in the
you can only hide rows or columns. A sheet will be
selected
You can hide the formula bar by
unchecking Formula Bar from the View
ribbon under group Show.

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Question 5

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Excel Which option should we use to quickly &
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efficiently copy the formatting over from
cell A1 to range B1:D1?
CHOOSE ONE:
A Conditional Formatting

B Format Painter

C Cell Styles

D Format as table

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Conditional formatting is used for formatting the

cells based on any defined condition

Cell styles are pre defined & custom styles

which you can use fill a certain style on a B Format Painter
cell or range

Format as a table converts the selected

range to a table with design of your
choice.

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Question 6

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 Question:
Excel Which formula will capture correct
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number of numerical values from range
A2:A5 & C2:C5?
CHOOSE ONE:
A =COUNT(C2:C5)

B =COUNT(C2:C5,A2:A5)

C =COUNT(A2:A5 C2:C5)

D =COUNT(A2:A5)

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 Correct Answer
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=COUNT(C2:C5) is not taking into account the

cells in range A2:A5.

=COUNT(A2:A5 C2:C5) has no comma

separator in formula so it will throw an B =COUNT(C2:C5,A2:A5)
error

=COUNT(A2:A5) is not taking into account

the cells in range C2:C5.

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Question 7

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 Question:
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Which tool would allow you to set a cell in a such a

way that the date entered would only be between a
given range?

CHOOSE ONE:
A Protect Workbook B Protect Worksheet C Filter D Data Validation
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 Correct Answer
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Protect Workbook feature is used to prevent the

users from altering the structure of a workbook

Protect worksheet feature is used for

protecting a given cell or range from being D Data Validation
edited.

Filter is used to filter across data with

many different attributes which include
color, text, number value etc.

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 Question:
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Which formula can we use to get

the value that lies in the middle of
range A2:A12 where data is sorted
in Ascending order?

CHOOSE ONE:
A MODE B MAX C AVERAGE D MEDIAN
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MODE function returns the most frequently

occurring number in a range.

MAX function returns the maximum value

in a given range. D Median

Average function returns the average of

cells in a given range.

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Question 9

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 Question:
Excel How can you insert a new table row, when
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active cell is the rightmost cell on last
column of an Excel table?
CHOOSE ONE:
A Press the Tab key

B Press the Enter(Return key)

C Press the Esc key

D Press the Spacebar key

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Pressing the Enter(Return) key will move your

select cursor, one cell down.

Escape key in this instance will not do

anything. A Press the Tab key

Pressing Spacebar would replace the active

cell with a space and give you the cursor
to edit more.

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Question 10

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 Question:
Excel To unhide all columns at once what
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option would you select after selecting
the entire worksheet?
CHOOSE ONE:
A Double-click a column header

B Right-click a column header and select Reveal

C Right-click a column header and select unhide

D Right-click a column header and select Column Width

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 Correct Answer
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Double-click on a column header will move your

selection from all the sheet to that specific
column.

Reveal is not an option in Excel. Right-click a column

C header and select
Column width as the name suggests is unhide
used for adjusting the width of the
column.

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