Smartsheet Formulas Basics Quiz
Questions with Correct Answers
Which function can you use to add up numerical values? - ANSWERS=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? - ANSWERS=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? - ANSWERS=SUM([Opportunity Value]@row *
[Commission Rate]$1)
What symbols must you use when referencing another sheet? - ANSWERS{} Braces
How do you reference the red ball in a symbol column in a formula? - ANSWERS"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 Date] - [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? - ANSWERSThe value if true - Reginald needs to correct the
section where he is trying to display the text "On Time" without putting it inside quotation
marks. The correct formula should be: =IF(([Estimated Completion Date]1 - [Date Need
By]1) <= 0, "On Time", ([Estimated Completion Date]1 - [Date Need By]1) & "days late")
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? - ANSWERS=JOIN(ANCESTORS()) - The
formula `=JOIN(ANCESTORS())` in Smartsheet is used to return the names of all
parent rows above the current row, separated by a specified delimiter.
For example, if you have a hierarchy of rows in your sheet (e.g. Project > Task > Sub-
task), adding this formula in a column in the sub-task rows, with a delimiter such as a
forward-slash "/" will return a string of the parent rows' names, in the order from top-
level to the immediate parent of the current row, separated by the delimiter.
Questions with Correct Answers
Which function can you use to add up numerical values? - ANSWERS=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? - ANSWERS=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? - ANSWERS=SUM([Opportunity Value]@row *
[Commission Rate]$1)
What symbols must you use when referencing another sheet? - ANSWERS{} Braces
How do you reference the red ball in a symbol column in a formula? - ANSWERS"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 Date] - [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? - ANSWERSThe value if true - Reginald needs to correct the
section where he is trying to display the text "On Time" without putting it inside quotation
marks. The correct formula should be: =IF(([Estimated Completion Date]1 - [Date Need
By]1) <= 0, "On Time", ([Estimated Completion Date]1 - [Date Need By]1) & "days late")
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? - ANSWERS=JOIN(ANCESTORS()) - The
formula `=JOIN(ANCESTORS())` in Smartsheet is used to return the names of all
parent rows above the current row, separated by a specified delimiter.
For example, if you have a hierarchy of rows in your sheet (e.g. Project > Task > Sub-
task), adding this formula in a column in the sub-task rows, with a delimiter such as a
forward-slash "/" will return a string of the parent rows' names, in the order from top-
level to the immediate parent of the current row, separated by the delimiter.
