C268 Spreadsheets Practice Questions with
Correct Answers
IN Columns
AA, BB, CA
In Rows
5, 6, 7
In clip art
Images
What is a possible outcome using Boolean logic
Only the numbers 0 and 1
What is possible in freeze panes
Freezing the row above where a person is working
Auto sum
Count, Number, Max
Logical
And, Not, OR
Financial
Duration, Coupdays, Effect
Date and Time
Weeknum, Weekday
,What is true about correlation coefficients when using the Correl function in Excel?
They must be a whole number
Which two options are possible under "Review" on the Excel riboon?
Protect sheet and Track Changes
An administrator wishes to display the number $3.10 in cell A4. How can this goal be
met?
Select cell A4, select the currency category, then enter the number 3.1
A student noted a correlation between hours of studying and test grades. The student
decides to track this correlation coefficient in Excel. How should this be set up?
By setting up hours in array A and grades in arrow B, then using the CORREL function
A student wants to have text appear in Excel as it would in a business document, with
all of the text starting on the left-hand side. Which group on the homepage should be
used to accomplish this goal?
Alignment
A manager has a spreadsheet table with company name, stock prices, and sales dollars.
What should the manager do to sort this table by name and then by sales dollars, from
largest to smallest?
Clink anywhere in the table, click the sort icon, click the name in the sort by dropbox, then
click "then by" and choose "sales dollars largest to smallest"
The following data is in an Excel Spreadsheet: Company A-Manufacturing-$22,000,000;
Company B - Industrial - $12,000,000; Company C - Manufacturing - $14,000,000.
Which steps will display only the information for the manufacturing industry?
, Click anywhere in the table, click the filter button, click the down arrow next to "Industry",
and then select "Manufacturing"
A doctor wants to know how many patients she has seen this month and their diagnoses.
The doctor's assistant puts together a report showing each patient's name in column A
and diagnosis in column B. Which steps should the assistant take to obtain a list of
patients who have been diagnosed with strep throat?
Click in the report, click the filter icon, click the down arrow for the diagnosis column,
Cell B3 contains a formula that multiply cells B1 and B2. Which formula is in cell B3?
=B1*B2
The accountant for a company wants to create a spreadsheet to calculate sales markup.
The costs of these items are located in cells C4 through C30, and the markup percent is
located in cell A1. The formula for the markup will be in the range D4 through D30.
What does the formula in cell D4 have to be in order to copy it into cells D5 through
D30?
=C4+$A1
(A1) Name (B1) Sales $ (C1) Commission $ (A2) Rep 1 (B2) $12,500 (C2) (A3) Rep 2
(B3) $15,000 (C3) (A4) Rep 3 (B4) $17,000 (C4) The commission percent of 2% is
located in cell A5. What should the fomula be in cell C2 in order to calculate
commission dollars and enable copying to cells C3 and C4?
=A5+$B2
A local golf course held a charity tournament that was open to all ages. The following
information was gathered about the golfers and presented in a table: name, age,
Correct Answers
IN Columns
AA, BB, CA
In Rows
5, 6, 7
In clip art
Images
What is a possible outcome using Boolean logic
Only the numbers 0 and 1
What is possible in freeze panes
Freezing the row above where a person is working
Auto sum
Count, Number, Max
Logical
And, Not, OR
Financial
Duration, Coupdays, Effect
Date and Time
Weeknum, Weekday
,What is true about correlation coefficients when using the Correl function in Excel?
They must be a whole number
Which two options are possible under "Review" on the Excel riboon?
Protect sheet and Track Changes
An administrator wishes to display the number $3.10 in cell A4. How can this goal be
met?
Select cell A4, select the currency category, then enter the number 3.1
A student noted a correlation between hours of studying and test grades. The student
decides to track this correlation coefficient in Excel. How should this be set up?
By setting up hours in array A and grades in arrow B, then using the CORREL function
A student wants to have text appear in Excel as it would in a business document, with
all of the text starting on the left-hand side. Which group on the homepage should be
used to accomplish this goal?
Alignment
A manager has a spreadsheet table with company name, stock prices, and sales dollars.
What should the manager do to sort this table by name and then by sales dollars, from
largest to smallest?
Clink anywhere in the table, click the sort icon, click the name in the sort by dropbox, then
click "then by" and choose "sales dollars largest to smallest"
The following data is in an Excel Spreadsheet: Company A-Manufacturing-$22,000,000;
Company B - Industrial - $12,000,000; Company C - Manufacturing - $14,000,000.
Which steps will display only the information for the manufacturing industry?
, Click anywhere in the table, click the filter button, click the down arrow next to "Industry",
and then select "Manufacturing"
A doctor wants to know how many patients she has seen this month and their diagnoses.
The doctor's assistant puts together a report showing each patient's name in column A
and diagnosis in column B. Which steps should the assistant take to obtain a list of
patients who have been diagnosed with strep throat?
Click in the report, click the filter icon, click the down arrow for the diagnosis column,
Cell B3 contains a formula that multiply cells B1 and B2. Which formula is in cell B3?
=B1*B2
The accountant for a company wants to create a spreadsheet to calculate sales markup.
The costs of these items are located in cells C4 through C30, and the markup percent is
located in cell A1. The formula for the markup will be in the range D4 through D30.
What does the formula in cell D4 have to be in order to copy it into cells D5 through
D30?
=C4+$A1
(A1) Name (B1) Sales $ (C1) Commission $ (A2) Rep 1 (B2) $12,500 (C2) (A3) Rep 2
(B3) $15,000 (C3) (A4) Rep 3 (B4) $17,000 (C4) The commission percent of 2% is
located in cell A5. What should the fomula be in cell C2 in order to calculate
commission dollars and enable copying to cells C3 and C4?
=A5+$B2
A local golf course held a charity tournament that was open to all ages. The following
information was gathered about the golfers and presented in a table: name, age,
