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Matching: Match the term to the definition. Mark your answers on your own paper. 1. 2. A command that inserts text or an object from the Clipboard into a document. A command that duplicates selected data or an object and temporarily stores it on the Clipboard. The item may be pasted into the same file or a different file. Blank space along the edge of a page where text is not printed. All documents have a top, bottom, right, and left margin which can have the same or different widths. A grid made up of horizontal rows and vertical columns that is used to order certain types of information. The placement of text in relationship to the right and left margins of a page. An action that combines selected cells into a single cell. An area of the computers memory reserved by Windows to temporarily store text and other objects that have been cut or copied from a file. A line of text that appears at the bottom of each page in a file, containing information such as the documents name, a page number, or the date. A blinking vertical line that shows your current position in a document. A command that removes selected data or an object from a document and temporarily stores it on the Clipboard. The item may be pasted into the same file or a different file. a. clipboard b. cut

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c. copy

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d. paste e. alignment f. footer g. margin

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h. insertion point

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i. merge j. table

Multiple Choice: Select the option that best answers the questions. Mark your answers on your own paper. 11. What does B.C.I.S. stand for? a. Business Computer Information Systems b. Building Computer Information Skills c. Business Computer Inventory Survey d. Biodiversity Conservation Information Systems Fall Semester Exam B.C.I.S Class Set Please do NOT mark on this copy

12. Which menu contains the commands to save the current document, or to open a previously saved document? a. The Tools menu b. The File menu c. The View menu d. The Edit menu 13. Which of the following commands does not place data onto the clipboard? a. Cut b. Copy c. Paste d. All of the above 14. The Page Setup command can be used to change: a. The margins in a document b. The orientation of a document c. Both (a) and (b) d. Neither (a) nor (b) 15. What happens if you select a block of text, copy it, move to the beginning of the document, paste it, move to the end of the document, and paste the text again? a. The selected text will appear in three places: at the original location, and at the beginning and end of the document b. The selected text will appear in just the original location c. The selected text will appear in two places: at the beginning and the end of the document d. The situation is not possible; that is, you cannot paste twice in a row without an intervening cut or copy operation 16. A letter written by an individual to deal with business of a personal nature is: a. A business letter b. A memo c. A personal business letter d. An agenda 17. Which of the following is a true statement regarding reference initials? a. They are used when someone other than the originator of the letter keys it b. They are keyed in lowercase letters at the left margin c. They are a double space below the writers name d. All of the above 18. What is the first part of a business letter? a. Date b. Letter address c. Return address d. Salutation

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19. Which of the following displays the proper use of closed punctuation? a. Dear Mr. Harris, Sincerely, b. Dear Mrs. Lewis: Sincerely: c. Dear Mr. Smith: Sincerely, d. Dear Mrs. Taylor, Sincerely: 20. What are the correct margins for a business letter? a. 2 top margin, 1 side and bottom margins b. 1 margins all the way around c. 1 top and bottom margin, 1 left and right margins d. None of the above 21. How many margins are on a page? a. Two (header and footer) b. Four (top, bottom, left, and right) c. Two (portrait and landscape) d. Two (top and bottom) 22. What information would NOT be found in a memo heading? a. TO b. ADDRESS c. FROM d. DATE 23. The top margin on a memo should be set to: a. 1 b. 2 c. Centered vertically on the page d. Either (b)or (c) 24. What happens when you press the Tab key within a table? a. A Tab character is inserted just as it would be for ordinary text b. The insertion point moves to the next column in the same row or the first column in the next row if you are at the end of the row c. Both (a) and (b) d. Neither (a) nor (b) 25. When do you add reference initials to a document? a. When someone other than the writer of the document types it b. You add reference initials to every document c. When you write the document and type it d. You never add reference initials to a document

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Matching: Match the term to the definition. Mark your answers on your own paper. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. A text entry in an Excel worksheet. A vertical line of cells identified by an alphabetic label at the top of the column. A cell or a group of cells that can be selected in an Excel worksheet. A reference to a cell in another Excel worksheet within a workbook that includes the sheet name as part of the reference. A page in an Excel workbook. In Excel, the small, black square located in the lower-right corner of a selected cell or range that you can use to copy a value or formula to adjacent cells. The intersection of a row and a column in a worksheet. A numeric entry in Excel. In Excel, a horizontal line of cells identified by a row number at the left end of the row. An Excel file that can contain up to 256 worksheets. 36. What is an Excel file with one or more worksheets? a. Workbook b. Worksheet c. Active cell d. Sheet tabs 37. What is the intersection of a column and a row on a worksheet? a. Value b. Template c. Label d. Cell 38. What do you call the location of a cell in a worksheet identified by its column letter and row number? This is also known as the cells address. a. Series b. Pattern c. Cell Reference d. Range Fall Semester Exam B.C.I.S Class Set Please do NOT mark on this copy a. cell b. range c. value d. label e. worksheet f. workbook

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g. column h. row i. 3-D reference j. fill handle

39. Which of the following is not a way to move through an Excel document? a. Tab b. Arrow keys c. Enter d. All are ways to move in an Excel document 40. What symbol is used to start a formula in Excel? a. _ b. + c. = d. ( 41. In Excel, a value is aligned to the ___________________. a. Top b. Bottom c. Right d. Left 42. In Excel, a label is aligned to the __________________. a. Top b. Bottom c. Right d. Left 43. Which of the following will compute the average of the values in cells D2, D3, and D4? a. The function =AVERAGE(D2:D4) b. The function =(D2+D3+D4)/3 c. Both (a) and (b) d. Neither (a) nor (b) 44. Which of the following will return the highest and lowest arguments from a list of arguments? a. HIGH/LOW b. LARGE/SMALL c. MAX/MIN d. All of the above 45. Approximately how many cells are in a worksheet? a. 256 b. 16,627 c. 5 million d. 17 million

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46. What is the range of cells currently selected?

a. b. c. d.

B2, D2, B7, D7 B2 to D7 B2:D7 B2:D2:B7:D7

47. By default, how many worksheets are in a workbook? a. One b. Two c. Three d. Four 48. What formula will retrieve data from Sheet2, cell B10 and place it on a different worksheet? a. =(Sheet2,B10) b. =Sheet2;B10 c. =Sheet2!B10 d. =B10!Sheet2 49. Which of the following formulas will calculate a weighted average a. To the left b. To the right c. Above d. Below 50. Excel uses proper order or operations. What would be the outcome of the following formula? =12/6+4*3-5 a. 13 b. .92 c. 9 d. 12

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