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Skill level (in your own opinion)
Education level
Type of work being done/ applying for
If you work with numbers, what type of numbers
Estimated time spent on Excel in an average work day
How old are you
How many years have you been working with spreadsheets?

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Intermediate
University
Not number related
Historical numbers
50%
20 to 30
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ou truly don't know the answer, put Don't Know. If you can make an educated guess that is alright
Questions
To create a formula you start by typing
@
+
=
Don't know

To link a cell to another sheet or spreadsheet you


Type = and click on the other sheet or spreadsheet cell
Type the name of the sheet and the cell reference
Type the name of the sheet, a ' and the cell reference
Type the name of the sheet, a ! and the cell reference
Don't know

If you copy the cell in B4 to C5, what will the formula look like and what
will the answer be
'=B$1' and 0
'=B1' and 0
'=A$1' and OK
'=B$1' and OK
Don't know

In order to change the name of a excel file the best option would be to
Change the name shown in cell A1 of Sheet 1
In folder change name of the file while the file is closed
Click the Save icon (or use CTRL S)
Use the 'Save As'
Don't know

In order to change the way the printer prints (portrait to landscape) you
would
Go to Print Preview and choose page setup and choose the landscape option
Go to Page Setup and choose the Landscape option
Use the Print Option and then change the Printers Properties

Choose the Print Area option and Set the print Area to be landscape
Don't Know

If you've copied this cell (A1 with =1/3 in it) and you pasted as values into
cell B1 (which has no formatting) what could it look like
0.33
1/3
=1/3
0.3333333333
Don't Know

If you insert a row at Row 1, 2 and 4 in the first picture (pic A), resulting in
the second picture (pic B), what will the answer be in cell B7?
39
18
25
33
31

How do I make cell A1 look like cell A3


Go to the Format Cells option and Wrap Text
Go to the Format Cells option and Shrink to Fit
Go to the Format Cells option and Merge Cells
Hold ALT down and click enter at each new line point
Don't Know

If a row is hidden e.g. rows 5 and 6 in the picture, and you copy the
formula in C4 by dragging it down from C4 to C7 the following will happen
The formula will be included in the hidden cells
The hidden cells will be overwritten with the new formula
The formula will be copied into C7 only
The formula in C7 will say = B4+C4
Don't Know

If you sort the following list in ascending order what will be the result
A1, A2, A10, A11, A20, A100
A1, A10, A100, A11, A2, A20
A100, A10, A1, A11, A20, A2
A20, A2, A11, A100, A10, A1
Don't Know

In order to get this data set to go back to showing all the data items you
would need to
Set the filter in column A, B, and E to show all
Set the filter in column C and D to show all
Use the menu items to Show All or Clear all
Set the filter in column C to show all
Don't know

Which of the following comments makes the most sense to you


Separating the areas where your inputs, calculations and reports are is the most
important thing you can do when working with spreadsheets
Ensuring that you are consistent with your formula is critical especially with regards
hardcoding of numbers into formula (specifically not doing it)

The structure of your spreadsheet (columns, rows and sheets) is critical in order to
enable easy and safe changes to be made on your spreadsheet
Keeping a history of the different versions of your spreadsheet will enable you to
easily go back to a version that meets your requirements
Linking spreadsheets is only sensible when no other option exists. In this case you
must make sure that all the linked spreadsheets are open when you make changes
to any of them.

The result of the formula in cell B6 will be


0.08
0.04
8
4
Don't know

The VLOOKUP function in D3 will have the following answer (note that the
last '1' could also say True)
Anna
Toni
Adrian
Trevor
Don't Know

The answers that will be shown in cell A15 and A16 (respectively) are

6 & 30
6 & 20
8 & 30
8 & 20
Don't know

In order to make the TRANSPOSE function work (NOT the Transpose via
Paste Special) you need to do the following. Highlight the areas where you
want the information to appear, create a TRANSPOSE formula and
Highlight the cells where it is coming from and click ENTER
Highlight the cells where it is coming from and click SHIFT & ENTER
Highlight the cells where it is coming from and click SHIFT & CTRL & ENTER
The TRANSPOSE function does not exist
Don't Know

If the result of a formula is #N/A, you can improve the formula by using a
combination of which functions
IF & ISERROR
IF & CELL
IF & ERROR.TYPE
IF & NA
Don't Know

To build a spreadsheet that automatically removes duplicates (another way


to describe it would be to extract unique items) from a list the following
functions should be considered (either as one formula or over multiple
cells)
VLOOKUP & RANK
COUNTIF & VLOOKUP & RANK
SORT
SUMIF & RANK
Don't Know

Match the functions that you find tend to go together in Excel


VLOOKUP
IF
DATE
FIND
LEFT

To determine if a record is unique in a list you can use the following tool or function
ADVANCED FILTER tool
DATA AUTOFILTER tool
COUNTIF
DATA SORT tool
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ghanistan

ntigua & Deps

angladesh

osnia Herzegovina

ape Verde
entral African Rep

ongo {Democratic Rep}

zech Republic

ominican Republic

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eland {Republic}

ory Coast

azakhstan

orea North
orea South

echtenstein

uxembourg

adagascar

arshall Islands

ontenegro

ozambique
yanmar, {Burma}

etherlands
ew Zealand

apua New Guinea

ussian Federation
Kitts & Nevis

aint Vincent & the Grenadines

ao Tome & Principe


audi Arabia

erra Leone

olomon Islands

outh Africa

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rkmenistan

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nited Kingdom
nited States

atican City

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