Smartsheet Formulas Basics Quiz Questions
With Complete Solutions
Which function can you use to add up numerical values? correct
answer: =SUM()
Tricia has a task sheet where she is tracking both % Complete
and Status. Which function can she use to change the symbol in
the Status column based on the value in the % Complete
column? correct answer: =IF()
Jennifer is building a sheet to calculate commissions for her
sales team. They earn a fixed percentage of each sale they make.
She has entered the commission rate in a cell on her sheet.
Which formula can Jennifer copy and paste into each row to
correctly calculate her team's commissions? correct answer:
=SUM([Opportunity Value]@row * [Commission Rate]$1)
What symbols must you use when referencing another sheet?
correct answer: {} Braces
How do you reference the red ball in a symbol column in a
formula? correct answer: "Red"
Reginald is managing requests for his IT team using a sheet with
a form. Employees can request the completion date in the "Date
Need By" column. The team member assigned to the work
enters a date in the "Estimated Completion Date" column. He
wrote a formula to show if requests are on track. The formula
, will display On Time or the number of days late. The formula
displays an error, #UNPARSEABLE. Reginald's formula:
=IF(([Estimated Completion Datejl - [Date Need By]1) = 0, On
Time, ([Estimated Completion Date]1 - [Date Need By]1))
Which section of the formula does Reginald need to correct?
correct answer: The value if true
Yoko created a report to show collaborators on her project their
assigned tasks. They have told her that many tasks from
different areas of the project plan look the same in the report. To
solve the problem, she wants to add the parent name to the row
in the report." Which formula should she use? correct answer:
=JOIN(ANCESTORS())
Olga added a field called "Budget Total" in their sheet summary.
What is the syntax to reference the "Budget Total" field in a
formula? correct answer: [Budget Total]#
Which field type is available in a sheet summary? correct
answer: Contact List
Guillermo owns a project tracking sheet. His sheet uses a
hierarchy with all tasks being children of a phase. He created a
filter to help his team see only their tasks. They are reporting
that it is difficult to understand the phase as there are tasks with
the same name in multiple phases. To help them understand the
phase, he has added a column titled "Phase." What function can
he combine with JOIN() to show this information? correct
answer: =ANCESTORS()
With Complete Solutions
Which function can you use to add up numerical values? correct
answer: =SUM()
Tricia has a task sheet where she is tracking both % Complete
and Status. Which function can she use to change the symbol in
the Status column based on the value in the % Complete
column? correct answer: =IF()
Jennifer is building a sheet to calculate commissions for her
sales team. They earn a fixed percentage of each sale they make.
She has entered the commission rate in a cell on her sheet.
Which formula can Jennifer copy and paste into each row to
correctly calculate her team's commissions? correct answer:
=SUM([Opportunity Value]@row * [Commission Rate]$1)
What symbols must you use when referencing another sheet?
correct answer: {} Braces
How do you reference the red ball in a symbol column in a
formula? correct answer: "Red"
Reginald is managing requests for his IT team using a sheet with
a form. Employees can request the completion date in the "Date
Need By" column. The team member assigned to the work
enters a date in the "Estimated Completion Date" column. He
wrote a formula to show if requests are on track. The formula
, will display On Time or the number of days late. The formula
displays an error, #UNPARSEABLE. Reginald's formula:
=IF(([Estimated Completion Datejl - [Date Need By]1) = 0, On
Time, ([Estimated Completion Date]1 - [Date Need By]1))
Which section of the formula does Reginald need to correct?
correct answer: The value if true
Yoko created a report to show collaborators on her project their
assigned tasks. They have told her that many tasks from
different areas of the project plan look the same in the report. To
solve the problem, she wants to add the parent name to the row
in the report." Which formula should she use? correct answer:
=JOIN(ANCESTORS())
Olga added a field called "Budget Total" in their sheet summary.
What is the syntax to reference the "Budget Total" field in a
formula? correct answer: [Budget Total]#
Which field type is available in a sheet summary? correct
answer: Contact List
Guillermo owns a project tracking sheet. His sheet uses a
hierarchy with all tasks being children of a phase. He created a
filter to help his team see only their tasks. They are reporting
that it is difficult to understand the phase as there are tasks with
the same name in multiple phases. To help them understand the
phase, he has added a column titled "Phase." What function can
he combine with JOIN() to show this information? correct
answer: =ANCESTORS()
