UpWork Test Answers for Microsoft Excel Skill Updated

Question If you want to create a citation and fill in the source information later, you should:
a. insert a caption.
b. add a placeholder.
c. add a new source.
d. insert a cross-reference.

Answer: a

Question To select vertical blocks of text, you would hold down which key while dragging the mouse?
a. Alt
b. Ctrl
c. Shift
Answer : b

Question If I do not want the contents of one of my fields to automatically update, I would have to do which of the following?

a. Lock the field.
b. Protect the field.
c. Make the field hidden.
d. Turn field shading off.

Answer : c

Question Sarah receives a company turnover summary in the form of an embedded Excel chart (as shown in the above image) in a Microsoft Word 2010 document from her boss. Her boss wants the chart to be sent over to the Public Relations department with a line in the chart showing the variations in the company’s turnover, as well as a prediction for the next 2 years. The turnover values for each year also need to be sent separately in an Excel file. What should Linda do to achieve this in the shortest possible time?

a. Take a screenshot of the chart and ask a designer to draw a line showing the trends. She can then type the data manually into an excel sheet.
b. Import the chart into an Excel sheet and change the formatting of the chart to a line chart. She can then copy the corresponding fields into a separate Excel file and send it over.
c. Change chart type to a line chart and type all the values into an Excel file.
d. Use the Trendline feature to create a line showing the trends and copy the data from the Excel sheet field which opens up on clicking Edit Data.

Answer: c

Question You want to add an image as the first character in your paragraph. Which type of text wrapping treats your graphic as if it were a character?

a. Through
b. Square
c. In Font of Text
d. In Line with Text

Answer: b

Question Roger was editing a Word document, when his mobile phone rang. By mistake, some button got clicked on the Word 2010 Ribbon area, so that the document’s appearance changed from Image A to Image B. Which of the following options could be the cause?

a. Margins were activated on the document.
b. Tables with maximum number of rows and columns was added to the document.
c. Gridlines were enabled from the Page Layout Tab.
d. A preset Watermark was inserted.

Answer : b

Question A particular chart layout can be applied to a chart only if:

a. it has been saved as a template in the Charts Template folder.
b. it has been set as the default chart.
c. it is a 2D chart.
d. it is a 3D chart.

Answer : c

Question Choose the INCORRECT statement:

a. Only high-risk documents from an uncertain location are opened in Read-Only view.
b. All documents that contain macros open in Read-Only view.

Answer : a

Question Microsoft Word 2010 has enabled ligatures for which of the following fonts?

a. Open Type fonts
b. True Type fonts

Ans: a

Question With which chart type(s) is the “Depth Gridlines” option available?

a. Bubble chart
b. Line chart
c. True 3D chart
d. All of the above

Answer : b

Question Which of the following is NOT an option under File > Print > Microsoft Document Image Writer?
a. PDF
b. TIFF
c. MDI
Answer : c

Question I want to use the AutoCaption feature for several elements in my document. What type of file format is NOT available in the AutoCaption dialog box?

a. BMP
b. PDF
c. XLS
d. JPG

Answer : c

Question What view must be used when inserting a subdocument?
a. Print Layout
b. Web Layout
c. Outline
d. Full Screen Reading
Answer : b

Question Josh is creating a collage for his college project. He has an image – Image A – which he wants to show in different color themes so as to represent different moods in the collage (Images B, C and D). How can Josh achieve this in Microsoft Word 2010?

a. By using Format Painter.
b. By altering the Line Color.
c. By using the Recolor option under Format Picture.
d. This can’t be achieved in Microsoft Word 2010.

Answer : c

Question Which of the following in NOT a type of Section Break?

a. Next Page
b. Linked
c. EvenPage
d. Continuous

Answer : d

Question Samantha is given an article to proofread. The article runs into hundreds of pages. She is asked to use hyphens to allow words in the article to break between two lines. There is an option in Microsoft Word 2010 which can be used to achieve this result with a single click. Please identify it.

a. Breaks
b. Indentation
c. Orientation
d. Hyphenation

Answer : c

Question Which of the following options allows you to arrange drawings in your document so they may be moved, kept together, aligned, or formatted more easily?

a. Insert Clip Art
b. Insert Flowchart
c. Insert SmartArt
d. Insert Quick Parts
e. Insert Drawing Canvas

Answer: b

QuestionWhen you apply a theme to a Microsoft Word 2010 document, all the tables, charts, SmartArt graphics, shapes, and other objects are updated to complement one another.

a. True
b. False

Answer : b

Question My table heading row is not repeating on subsequent pages though I have properly set the header row to repeat. What is one problem that might be causing this behavior?

a. “Allow row to break across pages” is unchecked.
b. My top and bottom margins are too small.
c. There are hard page breaks in my table

Answer: a

Question: figure shows a view of the Standard Toolbar. What function is performed by the button marked by the letter ‘Z’?

Ans: It copies the formatting properties from one cell to another

Question: The figure shows the AutoFit Selection menu option. What function does it perform?

Ans: It automatically resizes the column height and width to the minimum necessary to fit the contents of the selected cell

Question: How does the AutoComplete feature in Excel help you save time?

Ans: It automatically completes abbreviated words

Question: The figure shows a view of the Standard Toolbar. What function is performed by the button marked by the letter ‘A’?

Ans: It is used to add a hyperlink

Question: Which of the following options would be used if you need to insert a 77889867810070809 number in a cell?

Ans: Apply the Text Format to empty cells, and then type the numbers

Question: Suppose the value in cell A1 is John and B1 is Smith then which of the following function you will use to get the John_Smith in C1 cell?

Ans: A_B

Question: How can you select all the blank cells in your worksheet?

Ans:This must be done manually as it is not automated through any built-in feature

Question:What is the quickest way to select all the columns on a worksheet?

Ans: Click on the gray rectangle on the upper left corner of the worksheet where the column headings and row headings meet

Question: The figure shows an Excel worksheet. If you want to freeze the row showing the months (row 1) and the column showing the products (column A), what should you do?

Ans: Select the cell A1 and click on Freeze Panes under the menu Window->Freeze Panes

Question: Which of the following functions would return a value of 8?

Ans: b and c

Question: You select the row headings 10, 11 and 12 and then choose the menu option Insert->Rows. What will happen?

Ans: 3 new rows will be inserted after row 9

Question: The figure shows a view of the Drawing Toolbar. What function is performed by the button marked by the letter ‘X’ ?

Ans: It inserts a Diagram or Organization Chart in the worksheet

Question: When using Document Workspaces, you cannot work directly on the Document Workspace copy, but you can work on your own copy which you can update periodically with changes that have been saved to the copy on the Document Workspace site.

Ans: TRUE

Question: You have created a worksheet which consists of confidential data. You want that these values, although present in the worksheet, should remain hidden and as a result the cells containing this data should appear blank in the worksheet. Which method will help you do this?

Ans: Select the cells, open the Window menu and click on Hide

Question: Which of the following Date and Time function you will use to return the serial number of the last day of the month before or after a specified number of months?

Ans: DATEVALUE

Question: The figure shows a view of the Standard Toolbar. What function is performed by the button marked by the letter ‘Y’?

Ans: It adds up the values in the selected cells

Question: Which of the following errors appears when an invalid argument is passed while converting a number from one number system to another system?

Ans: #N/A

Question: Which of the following function you will use to find the highest number in a series of numbers?

Ans: MAX(B1:B3)

Question: You have entered 4/6 as data in a cell without applying any formats to it. By default, Excel will treat this data entry as a:

Ans: Date

Question: You define a print area in your worksheet, but later you select a smaller range of cells to print and then click Selection under the menu File->Print->Selection. What will happen?

Ans: b

Question: What will be the output of the function IF(ISNA(MODE(B1:B4)),0,MODE(B1:B4)) when it is applied to the data series given below?

Ans: #N/A

Question: AutoFilter drop-downs are automatically added in the header row of a list when the list is created.

Ans: TRUE

Question: What does the NOW() function returns?

Ans: Returns the serial number of the current date and time

Question: You start Microsoft Excel and you do not want it to automatically run a macro upon starting. What will you do?

Ans: Hold down the CTRL key during startup

Question: Which toolbar is shown in the figure?

Ans: Forms toolbar

Question: When you clear the contents from a cell, the formatting of the cell is also lost.

Ans: FALSE

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