oDesk Microsoft Excel Skill Test Answers 2015
Qu: If you want to create a citation and fill in the source information later, you should:
a. insert a caption.
b. add a placeholder.
c. add a new source.
d. insert a cross-reference.
Qu: To select vertical blocks of text, you would hold down which key while dragging the mouse?
a. Alt
b. Ctrl
c. Shift
Qu: If I do not want the contents of one of my fields to automatically update, I would have to do which of the following?
a. Lock the field.
b. Protect the field.
c. Make the field hidden.
d. Turn field shading off.
Qu: Sarah receives a company turnover summary in the form of an embedded Excel chart (as shown in the above image) in a Microsoft Word 2010 document from her boss. Her boss wants the chart to be sent over to the Public Relations department with a line in the chart showing the variations in the company’s turnover, as well as a prediction for the next 2 years. The turnover values for each year also need to be sent separately in an Excel file. What should Linda do to achieve this in the shortest possible time?
a. Take a screenshot of the chart and ask a designer to draw a line showing the trends. She can then type the data manually into an excel sheet.
b. Import the chart into an Excel sheet and change the formatting of the chart to a line chart. She can then copy the corresponding fields into a separate Excel file and send it over.
c. Change chart type to a line chart and type all the values into an Excel file.
d. Use the Trendline feature to create a line showing the trends and copy the data from the Excel sheet field which opens up on clicking Edit Data.
Qu: If you want to create a citation and fill in the source information later, you should:
a. insert a caption.
b. add a placeholder.
c. add a new source.
d. insert a cross-reference.
Qu: To select vertical blocks of text, you would hold down which key while dragging the mouse?
a. Alt
b. Ctrl
c. Shift
Qu: If I do not want the contents of one of my fields to automatically update, I would have to do which of the following?
a. Lock the field.
b. Protect the field.
c. Make the field hidden.
d. Turn field shading off.
Qu: Sarah receives a company turnover summary in the form of an embedded Excel chart (as shown in the above image) in a Microsoft Word 2010 document from her boss. Her boss wants the chart to be sent over to the Public Relations department with a line in the chart showing the variations in the company’s turnover, as well as a prediction for the next 2 years. The turnover values for each year also need to be sent separately in an Excel file. What should Linda do to achieve this in the shortest possible time?
a. Take a screenshot of the chart and ask a designer to draw a line showing the trends. She can then type the data manually into an excel sheet.
b. Import the chart into an Excel sheet and change the formatting of the chart to a line chart. She can then copy the corresponding fields into a separate Excel file and send it over.
c. Change chart type to a line chart and type all the values into an Excel file.
d. Use the Trendline feature to create a line showing the trends and copy the data from the Excel sheet field which opens up on clicking Edit Data.
