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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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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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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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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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Excel When editing a cell, which key or
Assessment Test combination of keys can you press to
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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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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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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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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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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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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=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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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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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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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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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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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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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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How would you add a chart “in a cell” to
show sales data from last 12 months?

CHOOSE ONE:

A Add an image of the chart in the cell.

B Add comment & add chart.

C Hyperlink to the chart on another sheet. Excel

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D Add a sparkline, a graphic that shows in cell graphs.

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Adding an image would not look good in as it will not be legible.

Comments in Excel do not have ability

Add a sparkline, a
to add the charts. graphic that
D shows in cell
Hyperlinking defeats the purpose of the
question as we are supposed to add the
graphs.
chart in the cell.

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Excel Which option can we use, If the text in cell is
Assessment Test being cut off & we want to see all the text
without increasing the width of the column?

CHOOSE ONE:
A Wrap Text

B Wrap Column

C Change Alignment

D Fill Handle
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Wrap Column is not a feature present in Excel

A Wrap Text
Changing the alignment will only move the
alignment of text, some text will still cut off.

Fill handle is used to drag formula or cell

contents down, it won’t help us.

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Excel Which chart among the options is
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best for showing time based data?

CHOOSE ONE:

A Column Chart

B Bar Chart

C Radar Chart

D Line Chart

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D Line chart

Column chart creates individual bars so its not

good for displaying time based data.

Similarly, Bar chart also creates individual

bars for each data point so its not good for
displaying time based data.

Radar chart is best used for comparing the

data and so is not a good fit for displaying
time based data.

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How would you modify the cell so that
the cell containing the value 8.856
displays as 9?
CHOOSE ONE:

A Click decrease decimal button twice.

B Click decrease decimal button three times.

C Click Increase decimal button twice.

D Use the Round() function.

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Click decrease
B decimal button
Clicking the decrease decimal button twice
will give us 8.9 as the result.
three time.
Clicking the increase decimal button twice
will give us 8.85600

Round function will alter the value of the

cell from 8.856 to 9 and we only want to
change the display value, additionally we
will have use several steps as well.

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One of the option is not like the
Assessment Test others, find the odd one out.

CHOOSE ONE:
A =SUM(B2:B6)

B =SUM(B2,B5,B4,B3,B6)

C =B2+B3+B4+B5+B6

D =SUM(B2,B6)

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=Sum(B2:B6) will sum all cells including &

between B2:B6

=SUM(B2,B5,B4,B1,B6) will sum all cells D =SUM(B2,B6)

between & including, B2 and B6

=B2+B3+B4+B5+B6 will sum all the cells

between & including, B2 & B6

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Excel How can you restrict users to only select
Assessment Test the options from dropdown on a specific
cell or range?

CHOOSE ONE:

A Conditional Formatting

B Data Validation

C Protect Worksheet

D Protect Workbook

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Conditional formatting is used for formatting

the cells based on a condition.
B Data validation
Worksheet protection is used to restrict
the user from editing a range or cell.

Workbook protection is used for restricting

users from altering the workbook
structure.

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Which number format will display

the cell A2 as January?

CHOOSE ONE:
A MMMM-YY B MMMM C MMM D MMMMM
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MMMM-YY will give us the display result as

B MMMM
January-20

MMM will give us the display result as

Jan.

MMMMM will give us the display result as J.

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Which function will return the

largest value from cell range
A2:A5

CHOOSE ONE:
A =MAXIMUM(A2:A5) B =LARGE(A2:A5,A1) C =MAX(A2:A5) D =UPPER(A2:A5)
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=MAXIMUM(A2:A5) will throw an error as there

is no =MAXIMUM() formula.
C =MAX(A2:A5)

=LARGE(A2:A5,A1) will throw an error as

the second argument of the question is
wrong and it should be 1.

=UPPER() is used for converting text to all

uppercase.

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Which formula can be used to

get value of cell A1 from the
sheet named VALUE SHEET?

CHOOSE ONE:
A =VALUE SHEET!A1 B =VALUE SHEET-A1 C =VALUESHEET@A1 D =‘VALUE SHEET’!A1
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=VALUE SHEET!A1 will throw an error as there is

a between the sheet name & single inverted
comma is not used.

=VALUE SHEET-A1 will throw an error as

well because there is “-” instead of
exclamation mark & single inverted
D =‘VALUE SHEET’!A1
comma is not used
=VALUESHEET:A1 is also incorrect as the
semi colon is not right for the reference of
the formula & no space handling inverted
commas are used as well.

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Which function can return the cell value
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columns away from base cell?

CHOOSE ONE:

A INDEX

B VLOOKUP

C OFFSET

D MATCH

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INDEX function will be incorrect here as it works from

a given range then specified columns and row.

VLOOKUP function will be incorrect here as well as C OFFSET

this function is used for matching and returning
value from a given column.

MATCH function will also be wrong here as the

MATCH function matches and indexes position of a
match in a given row or column range

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In the following worksheet, you want to
Excel copy the format of cell A2 into cell C2:F2.
Assessment Test Which method achieve this the most
efficiently?
CHOOSE ONE:
A A

B D

C C

D B

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Format Painter is one of the most helpful

and underused features.

It works by copying the formatting of one cell and A Format Painter

applying it to other cells

Format attributes being copied

Type of Formatting: General, Percentage, Currency, etc.
Font characteristics such as bold, italic, and underline
Fill color (cell background color)
Text alignment, direction and orientation
Cell borders
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Excel
Assessment Test

Your worksheet has the

value 29 in cell A2. What
value is returned by the
function =MOD(A2,6)?

CHOOSE ONE:
A 4 B 3 C 5 D 2
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The Microsoft Excel MOD function returns the

remainder after a number is divided by a divisor.
.
The MOD function is a built-in function in Excel C 5
that is categorized as a Math/Trig Function.

As a worksheet function, the MOD function can

be entered as part of a formula in a cell of a
worksheet.

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how many cells in a range
contain values that meet a
Excel single condition?
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CHOOSE ONE:
A COUNT

B COUNTIF

C SUMFS

D COUNTA

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Excel COUNTIF function is used for counting cells

within a specified range that meet a certain criterion,
or condition.

you can write a COUNTIF formula to find out how many B COUNTIF
cells in your worksheet contain a number greater than
or less than the number you specify.

Another typical use of COUNTIF in Excel is for counting

cells with a specific word or starting with a particular
letter(s).

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Which worksheet formula does
Excel NOT return the number 4?
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CHOOSE ONE:

A =16^0.5

B =LOG10(10000)

C =SQRT(16)

D =ROOT(16,2)

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There is no such a formula in Microsoft Excel that

returned 4 from =ROOT(16,4).

All the remaining option returned 4 in a Microsoft Excel D =ROOT(16,2).

Worksheet.

Type all options in Microsoft Excel Worksheet, Only

option =ROOT(16,2) will NOT return the 4.

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Which tool can combine last names, initials,
and first names in Column D, if a worksheet
column A contains employee last names,
column B contains employee middle initials (if
any) and C contains employee first names?
CHOOSE ONE:

A Columns to Test

B Concatenation

C AutoFill

D Flash Fill
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Concatenation in Excel is the process of joining two or

more values together.

This method is often used to combine a few pieces of B Concatenation

text that reside in different cells (technically, these are
called text strings or simply strings)

When you concatenate cells in Excel, you combine only

the contents of those cells.

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When cell A1 value is 7 its
background displays a green
color. Changing the value to 8
changes the background color to
blue. What type of formatting
applied to cell A1?

CHOOSE ONE:
A Tabular Formatting B Cell Style Formatting C Conditional formatting D Value formatting
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Conditional formatting allows you to automatically

apply formatting, such as colors, icons, and data bars,
to one or more cells based on the cell value.

c Conditional formatting
To do this, you'll need to create a conditional
formatting rule.

For example, a conditional formatting rule might be: If

the value is equal to 7, color the cell Green. If the value
change to 8, color the cell Blue.

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If column C is displaying a hash (#),
because the column is too narrow.
How can we fix column C to display
all the data?

CHOOSE ONE:
Right-Click column C, Double-click the vertical
Double-click Right-click column C
A B Select format cell, and C boundary between D
Column C and select best-Fit
then select best-Fit. column C and D
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The "hashtag" error, a string of hash or pound

characters like ####### is not technically an error, but
it looks like one.
Double-click the vertical
In most cases, it indicates the column width is too c boundary between
narrow to display the value as formatted. column C and D

Drag the column marker to the right until you have

doubled or even tripled the width

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Which keyboard shortcut would
you use to wrap the text and start
a new line, when inside a cell?
CHOOSE ONE:

A Alt + Enter

B CTRL + Enter

C Alt + N

D Alt + W

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When you enter a text string in Excel which exceeds

the width of the cell, you can see the text overflowing
to the adjacent cell(s).

And in case you have some text in the adjacent cell, the A Alt + Enter
otherwise overflowing text would disappear and you
will only see the text that can fit the cell column width.

This can be done using the wrap text feature in Excel.

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Which keyboard shortcut would
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you use to enter a current date in a
cell?

CHOOSE ONE:
A Alt + D

B CTRL + ;

C CTRL + 7

D CTRL + D

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A static value in a worksheet is one that doesn’t

change when the worksheet is recalculated or opened.

When you press a key combination such as Ctrl+; to B CTRL + ;

insert the current date in a cell, Excel “takes a snapshot”
of the current date and then inserts the date in the cell.

Because that cell’s value doesn’t change, it’s considered

static.

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You use a(n) ________to automate data
Excel analyses and organize the answer returned
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by Excel.

CHOOSE ONE:
A Extract data range

B Extract

C Formula

D Data Table

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Today there is age of data analytics. Python is pre-

dominant tool for data analysis.

Each day there is new library for data analysis. However D Data Table
it is hard to beat Excel in data analysis for small data
sets.

If the tables that you need to create from your data

keeps changing frequently. Then excel remains the tool
to use for data analysis.

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You can add a ______ when you want to
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keep others from changing your worksheet.

CHOOSE ONE:
A Data Range Encryption

B Password Protection

C Protected File Attribute

D Trust Center Options

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You can password-protect your Microsoft Excel

spreadsheets to prevent unauthorized people from
opening or editing them.

If you only block edits, anyone can open your B Password Protect
spreadsheets.

However, only people who know the password can edit

them.

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A ______ function can be used to
Excel calculate the SUM of subset of data.
Assessment Test

CHOOSE ONE:

A COUNT

B TOTAL

C SUBTOTAL

D GROUP

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In Microsoft Excel, the Subtotal feature is not limited to

only totaling subsets of values within a data set.

SUBTOTAL allows you to group and summarize your

C Subtotal
data using SUM, COUNT, AVERAGE, MIN, MAX and
other functions. Additionally, it creates a hierarchy of
groups, known as an outline,
SUBTOTAL lets you display or hide the details for each
subtotal, or view just a summary of the subtotals and
grand totals.

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You can change the value of ____
Assessment Test cells at any time.

CHOOSE ONE:
A Unprotected

B Formatted

C Un-Locked

D Hidden

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Protecting cells that contain formulas prevents them from

being changed, and can help avoid future errors.

However, locking the cell is a first step, and you must A Unprotected
perform additional operations to protect the workbook,
such as setting a password.

By default, when you protect cells in a sheet or

workbook, all of the cells will be locked. This means
they can't be reformatted or deleted, and the content
in them can't be edited. By default, the locked cells can
be selected, but you can change that in the protection
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The query techniques that uses the
Excel
column heading arrows is called ____. It
Assessment Test is automatically enabled when you first
create Excel Table.
CHOOSE ONE:

A Extract range

B AutoFilter

C Sorting

D Rules Manager

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You can use the AutoFilter feature to find, show, or hide

values in one or more columns of data.

You can filter based on choices you make from a list, or

B AutoFilter
search to find the data that you seek.

When you filter data, entire rows will be hidden if the

values in one or more columns don't meet the filtering
criteria.

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Which of the following will be
Excel displayed when you enter .5 in a cell
Assessment Test
that is formatted as a percent?
CHOOSE ONE:

A 5%

B 50%

C .05%

D 0.5%

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In Microsoft Excel, displaying values as percentages is very

straightforward.

To apply the percent format to a given cell or several B 50%

cells, select them all, and then click the Percent Style
button in the Number group on the Home tab.

Keyboard shortcut:
Ctrl + Shift + %

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Question: You need include a line graph demonstrating
a sales trends in the column H and you have just a little
space to work with. How can you do it?

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a) Add a sparkline to sums up information inside a single cell
b) Add a picture of the graph to a comments section of the cell
c) Link a cell to another worksheet that shows a graph when clicked
d) Add a picture of the graph to the worksheet

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Correct Answer: a) Add a sparkline to sums up
information inside a single cell

A sparkline is a tiny chart in a worksheet cell that

provides a visual representation of data. Use
sparklines to show trends in a series of values,
such as seasonal increases or decreases,
economic cycles, or to highlight maximum and
minimum values. Position a sparkline near its data
for greatest impact.

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sequence of steps adds a trendline to the graph?

Excel Assessment Test

a) Click inside the plot area and Select Forecast
b) In the format group, select trendline from the Insert Shapes list
c) Click outside the plot area and select Add Trendline
d) Right-click a data series and select Add Trendline
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Correct Answer: d) Right-click a data series and
select Add Trendline.

A trendline is an additional line that indicates the

slope (or trend) in a particular data series.
Trendlines can be helpful when you are analyzing
data because they can forecast future values
based upon your current data.
Trendlines are often used for regressions analysis
(or curve fitting).
You can also use Moving Averages to smooth out
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Question: By clicking the button in the
image below, indicated by the green arrow,
what does it do?

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a) Excel will Hide or Show formula bar
b) Select All
c) Select Row ID and Column ID
d) Hide or shows the ribbon
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Correct Answer: b) Select All.

If the worksheet contains data, and the active cell

is above or to the right of the data, pressing
CTRL+A selects the current region. Pressing
CTRL+A a second time selects the entire
worksheet.

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Question: If cell B2 contains a Text value,
Which function returns TRUE?

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a) =ISSTRING(B2)
b) =ISTEXT(B2)
c) =ISCHAR(B2)
d) =ISALPHA(B2)
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Correct Answer: b) =ISTEXT(B2).

ISTEXT will return TRUE when value is text.

For example, =ISTEXT(A1) will return TRUE if A1

contains “Jones".

ISTEXT is part of a group of functions called the IS

functions that return the logical values TRUE or
FALSE.

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Question: How can you limit Date Range
Entry in an Excel Column C & B?

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a) Data Validation
b) Data Selection
c) What-if Analysis
d) Data Filtering
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Correct Answer: a) Data Validation.

In Excel, the Data Validation feature is powerful,

which can force user to select data form a list,
prevent duplicate values from being entered, and
can limit date range entry by validating values.

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Question: Which function returns the
leftmost three characters from cell A2?

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a) =GET(A2,3,LEFT)
b) =RETRIEVE(A2,3,Left)
c) =LEFT(A2,3)
d) =LEFTCHAR(A2,LEN(A2)-3)

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Correct Answer: c) =LEFT(A2,3)

Sometimes you may need to create a worksheet

formula that examines the leftmost characters in a
different cell. To allow for this need, Excel provides
the LEFT worksheet function.
You use LEFT function by specifying the cell or
value to use, along with the number of character
to return.
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Question: Which Excel ribbon commands you can use to achieve
same result when you select cell A1, hover the pointer over the
cell border and drag the cell to a new location?

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a) Cut and Format
b) Copy as Picture
c) Cut and Paste
d) Copy and Paste
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Correct Answer: c) Cut and Paste.

Dragging the value of the cell is similar to Cut and

Paste functionality available in Excel

Keyboard Shortcuts:
Cut CTRL+X
Paste CTRL+V

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Question: How to display the product ID for the
Product name (water cooler) in cell E2?

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a) =MATCH(A2:A7,MATCH(E2,B2:B7,0))
b) =MATCH(A2:A7,INDEX(E2,B2:B7,0))
c) =INDEX(A2:A7,INDEX(E2,B2:B7,0))
d) =INDEX(A2:A7,MATCH(E2,B2:B7,0))
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Correct Answer: d) =INDEX(A2:A7,MATCH(E2,B2:B7,0))

One advantage of the INDEX / MATCH functions is that

the lookup value can be in any column in the array,
unlike the VLOOKUP function, in which the lookup
value must be in the first column.

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Question: Row ____ causes adjacent rows to
have different formatting so that each row in the
table is distinguished from surrounding rows.

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a) Banding
b) Conditional formatting
c) Conditional Background
d) Format Painter
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Correct Answer: a) Banding

Color banded rows indicate every

second/alternate rows with color/shading.
Banding is used by default in Excel Tables

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Question: To Create new Tab in Excel you ___?

a) Click File -> New Tab

b) Use CTRL+T keyboard shortcut
c) Click (+) sign next to existing excel sheet
d) Click New Icon in Quick Access Toolbar
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Correct Answer: c ) Click (+) sign next to
existing excel sheet

You create new Tab (or Sheet) by clicking

(+) sign at the bottom left corner

Term Excel Tab is the same as Excel Sheet

and these terms is used interchangeably.

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Question: To Create new Sheet in Excel you ___?

a) Use CTRL+T keyboard shortcut

b) Click File -> New Sheet
b) Click New Icon in Quick Access Toolbar
d) Right mouse click on Existing Sheet and select Excel Assessment Test
insert

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Correct Answer: d ) Right mouse click on
Existing Sheet and select insert

Other choices are designed to trick you

to believe that they might be the right
answer, but they are not a valid options in
Excel or incorrect for the particular
question

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Question: Which Excel date format would you use
to display date 01/01/2020 as January-20

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a) month-yy
b) mmmm-yy
b) mmm-yy
d) month-shortyear

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Correct Answer: b) mmmm-yy

Other choices are designed to trick you

to believe that they might be the right
answer, but they are not a valid options in
Excel or incorrect for the particular
question.

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Question: You have a date value of 01/01/2020 in
cell A2. Which Excel formula would increment
month to the next and allow display February-20 in
the cell A3?

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a) =A2+1
b) =DATE(YEAR(A2), MONTH(A2)+1, DAY(A2))
b) =MONTH(A2)+1
d) =DATE(A2+1)
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Correct Answer: b) =DATE(YEAR(A2),
MONTH(A2)+1, DAY(A2))

Other choices are designed to trick you

to believe that they might be the right
answer, but they are not a valid options in
Excel or incorrect for the particular
question

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Question: Which Excel formula would you use to
generate random numbers in the range B2:F13?

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a) Rand
b) Randbetween
c) Randarray
d) None of the above
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Correct Answer: c) Randarray

Other choices are designed to trick you

to believe that they might be the right
answer, but they are not a valid options in
Excel or incorrect for the particular
question

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Answer: The correct answer is d. Format Painter.

Format painter is used to copy formatting from
one item to another. To replicate format you
have to click on format painter on home tab
after selecting the fruits table from A1:C4; then
selecting the area for vegetables table to
replicate format.

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Answer: The correct answer is d. Format Painter.

Format painter is used to copy formatting from
one item to another. To replicate format you have
to click on format painter on home tab after
selecting the fruits table from A1:C4; then
selecting the area for vegetables table to
replicate format.

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Excel Test Tips and Tricks

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Smartest Ways to Get Prepared for Excel Test
• Download latest version Excel and Explore
• Consider Office 365 subscription
• Use outlines from Test provider (Indeed.com,
SkillsCheck, IKM) and review their sample questions
• Try Passing LinkedIn Assessment Test (Its FREE)
• Download and read Excel Books and eBooks
• Follow along Practice Exercises
• Post questions and Comments of relevant YouTube
Videos to Get Answers
• Consider subscribing to Online Training for Everyone
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Best Practices During Excel Test
• Try to schedule test in the morning, when you have high
levels of energy
• Get a good sleep before the test.
• Do not take a test if you are tired
• Read Question carefully (ideally more than once)
• Answer easy questions first (if you have a choice)
• This would allow you to leave harder questions for the
end, but you will get easy answers in
• Validate your answer with more than one method (i.e.
Manual Calculations, Formulas, Pivot Table etc.)

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Excel Test during COVID-19
1. Be prepared for Excel Test at Home
• You might be monitored and timed
2. Anticipate questions based on the job
position
3. Research and practice before the test
4. Reflect after the test and take notes
• Use these notes to get ready for next test
5. Improve your hands on Excel Skills in Between
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• Dedicate uninterrupted chunks of time
• When your attention drifts take a break
• Download workbooks to repeat steps
• Try to watch from start to finish
• Set the playback speed so that it
- Keeps you engaged
- Gives you time to absorb the content
- Pause the video to try out the material

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Mixed mode learning is the most effective
• Use variations of resources
• Alternate between different resources
Example:
- Watch YouTube Video
- Practice the steps in Excel
- Read related topics in the eBook
- Experiment with variations of questions

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Answer: The Correct answer is d, First

select the list and then go to Conditional
Formatting from home tab then >
Highlight Cell Rules > Duplicate vales and
choose your color. This option is use to
highlight duplicate values on one click.

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Answer: Correct answer is c, Trim Function.

Trim function is used to remove unwanted

space from the cell. = Trim(A2). This formula
will be applied in next Cell A2 and then drag
it down.

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Answer: Correct answer is a, ALT + =

You need to select the area with values and by clicking ALT + =
SUM Formula will be automatically applied.
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Answer: Correct answer is a, = Left(A2,3).

With the help Left formula you can easily extract

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Answer: Correct answer is b, SumIF.

SumIF formula is used to calculate a sum of values when you

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Answer: Correct answer is d. Substitute function.

SUBSTITUTE function replaces predefined string with the

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Answer: Correct answer is a, Proper (A3).

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Answer: Correct answer is b.

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Answer: Correct answer is a, Text to columns function. This

function is used to separate words that have a separator
character (i.e. space, special character, tab or any unique
word.)

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click on Data tab > then press Delimited > then press Ok.