Smartsheet Formulas Basics Quiz – Questions With
Correct Answers
Which function can you use to add up numerical values? Right Ans -
=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? Right Ans - =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? Right
Ans - =SUM([Opportunity Value]@row * [Commission Rate]$1)
What symbols must you use when referencing another sheet? Right Ans - {}
Braces
How do you reference the red ball in a symbol column in a formula? Right
Ans - "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? Right Ans - 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?
Right Ans - =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? Right Ans -
[Budget Total]#
Which field type is available in a sheet summary? Right Ans - 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? Right Ans -
=ANCESTORS()
Marcos wrote a formula to check the box in a Complete checkbox column
when the %. Complete is 100%. What is the recommended way to apply his
formula to the rest of the column? Right Ans - Convert it to a column
formula
Kai is building a sheet to track opportunities for his sales team. For each
opportunity, the salesperson enters their Region and the Opportunity Value.
Kai wants to know the total value of all opportunities in the Western region.
Which formula should Kai use to add sales opportunities for the Western
region? Right Ans - =SUMIF(Region:Region, "Western", [Opportunity
Value]:[Opportunity Value])
What symbols must you place around a column name in a formula if the name
includes a space, special characters, or numbers? Right Ans - [ ] Square
brackets
What level of hierarchy should the CHILDREN() function be placed on?
Right Ans - Parent row
John wants to have his health column display a red symbol if a task is past its
due date. Which formula can he use? Right Ans - =IF([Due Date]@row <
TODAY(), "Red")
Which Permission levels can edit existing workflows others have created?
Right Ans - Sheet Owner & Admin
Correct Answers
Which function can you use to add up numerical values? Right Ans -
=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? Right Ans - =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? Right
Ans - =SUM([Opportunity Value]@row * [Commission Rate]$1)
What symbols must you use when referencing another sheet? Right Ans - {}
Braces
How do you reference the red ball in a symbol column in a formula? Right
Ans - "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? Right Ans - 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?
Right Ans - =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? Right Ans -
[Budget Total]#
Which field type is available in a sheet summary? Right Ans - 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? Right Ans -
=ANCESTORS()
Marcos wrote a formula to check the box in a Complete checkbox column
when the %. Complete is 100%. What is the recommended way to apply his
formula to the rest of the column? Right Ans - Convert it to a column
formula
Kai is building a sheet to track opportunities for his sales team. For each
opportunity, the salesperson enters their Region and the Opportunity Value.
Kai wants to know the total value of all opportunities in the Western region.
Which formula should Kai use to add sales opportunities for the Western
region? Right Ans - =SUMIF(Region:Region, "Western", [Opportunity
Value]:[Opportunity Value])
What symbols must you place around a column name in a formula if the name
includes a space, special characters, or numbers? Right Ans - [ ] Square
brackets
What level of hierarchy should the CHILDREN() function be placed on?
Right Ans - Parent row
John wants to have his health column display a red symbol if a task is past its
due date. Which formula can he use? Right Ans - =IF([Due Date]@row <
TODAY(), "Red")
Which Permission levels can edit existing workflows others have created?
Right Ans - Sheet Owner & Admin
