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1. Correct: D.
2. Correct: B. Even non-contiguous cell and range selections can be assigned a
name. 3. Correct: C. A5:IV5 would also reference the entire 5th row. A1:A65536 would also reference the entire column A. However, 5:5 and A:A do the same thing and are easier to type and remember. 4. Correct: B. The R1C1 reference style is used most often when writing Excel macros. 5. Correct: B. You can also concatenate using the concatenate function. For example, you could write = concatenate(“Duke”, ” “, “University”) to get the same result. 6. Correct: B. See a list of operator symbols and their order by entering “order of operations” in Excel’s online help Answer Wizard. 7. Correct: C. The F9 key causes recalculation when manual calculation is on. 8. Correct: C. The formula palette displays intermediate formula results as you build a formula. 9. Correct: B. Microsoft Excel begins serial numbers with 1900. Some other systems begin with 1904. If necessary you can use the menu commands Tools, Options, select the “Calculation” tab, and toggle on “1904 date system” to convert to this alternative scheme. 10. Correct: A. Excel’s “Paste Special” dialog is well-worth exploring. Its 15 options include along with paste options a variety of arithmetic operations and transposition. 11. Correct: A. The very useful F4 key is used to toggle on and off absolute, relative, and mixed addressing when writing a formula. 12. Correct: D. 13. Correct: B. If you don’t plan to copy a formula you need not worry about relative vs. absolute addressing. But if you DO plan to copy a formula, be sure you understand the differences. 14. Correct: B. 15. Correct: D. Linear, growth, date, and auto fill operations are all handled in the “Series” dialog. 16. Correct: B. The view formulas option displays all formulas in a worksheet but does not highlight all cells that contain them. 17. Correct: A. An exclamation mark must go between the worksheet name and the range reference. If the worksheet name contains blanks, surround the name with single quote marks. 18. Correct: A. Use square brackets to surround the workbook name. Use the same method to reference sheet name and range as before (that is, exclamation mark between the two and single quote marks around the sheet name if the name contains spaces). 19. Correct: B. The Auditing toolbar doesn’t display on the list of toolbars visible using the View, Toolbars commands. However it DOES appear in the list of toolbars on the “Toolbars” tab of the “Customize” dialog. 20. Correct: D. 21. Correct: C. Up to Excel 2007, Excel allowed up to 7 levels of nested IFs. In Excel 2007+, Excel allows up to 64 levels. 22. Correct: A.