Excel 1
Excel 2
Excel 3
Basic Vocab
Confusing Vocab
100

An Excel _____ allows data to be summarized and charted easily.

What is a worksheet:

100

A ____ is a prewritten formula that is built into Excel.

What is a Function? 

100

Cell references in a formula are called ____.

What is Assumptions?

100

reduces the electricity consumed and environmental waste generated when using technology such as a computer

What is Green Computing?

100

the long edge is at the top of the paper; the printed page is wider than it is tall

What is Landscape Orientation?

200

The _____ feature works behind the scenes, fixing common typing or spelling mistakes when you complete a text entry.

What is AutoCorrect?

200

Which of the following calculations multiplies 23 by 0.01?

A. =23-1%
B. =23+1%
C. =23*0.01
D. =23/0.01

What is C?

200

Which of the following cell contents is extended to Qtr3, Qtr4, and Qtr1 by dragging the fill handle?

A. Quarter 2
B. Qtr2
C. Qt2
D. Qtr 2

What is B?

200

defines the color of the characters

What is font color?

200

the short edge is at the top of the printout; the printed page is taller than it is wide

What is portrait orientation? 

300

You _____ a worksheet to emphasize certain entries and make the worksheet easier to read and understand.

What is Format?

300

When more than one arithmetic operator is involved in a formula, Excel follows the same basic order of ___ that you use in algebra.

What is Operations?

300

Which of the following is an extension of the fill pattern Sunday, Tuesday?

A. Thursday, Saturday, Monday
B. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
C. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
D. Saturday, Sunday, Monday

What is A? 

300

consists of cell references, numbers, and arithmetic operators that instruct Excel to perform a calculation

What is a Formula?


300

when a formula refers to the same cell in which it is entered

What is Direct circular reference?


400

The date you change a file is an example of a(n) ______ property.

What is automatically updated?

400

The ___ function sums the numbers in the specified range and then divides the sum by the number of cells with numeric values in the range.

What is AVERAGE?

400

Using the mouse to move or copy cells is called _____.

What is drag and drop?

400

sums the numbers in a specified range then divides the sum by the number of cells with numeric values in the range

What is AVERAGE function?


400

when a formula in a cell refers to another cell or cells that include a formula that refers back to the original cell

What is Indirect circular references?


500

The _____ area on the status bar includes six command as well as the result of the associated calculation on the right side of the menu.

What is AutoCalculate?

500

The ___ AutoComplete list contains those functions that alphabetically match the letters you type following the equal sign.

What is Formula?

500

When assigned to a cell, the _____ function returns a number that corresponds to the system date and time beginning with December 31, 1899.

What is NOW?

500

excel displays the error message #REF! in those cells to indicate a cell reference error

What is #REF! ?


500

is one in which the action to be taken for the true or false cases includes yet another IF function

What is IF function?