Review Questions for Bast FIores (MS Excel)

What is Microsoft Excel primarily used for?

• Writing documents and letters

• Creating presentations and slideshows

• Organizing, analyzing, and storing data in spreadsheets

• Editing photos and videos

Priya is using Excel to organize her school project. What is a "cell" in Excel?

• A group of columns

• A single box where you can enter data

• A collection of formulas

• The entire spreadsheet document

What is a "worksheet" in Excel?

• The entire Excel program

• A single page or tab within an Excel workbook

• A tool for drawing shapesA type of chart

Scarlett is organizing her data for a school project. She wonders, what is a "workbook" in Excel?

• A single page of data

• A collection of one or more worksheets

• A small cell

• A type of formula

Which of the following is NOT a basic data type you can enter into an Excel cell?

• Numbers

• Text

• Formulas

• Videos

Liam is trying to calculate his monthly expenses in Excel. What symbol does he ALWAYS use to start a formula in Excel?

• #

• @

• =

• $

What does PEMDAS stand for in the order of operations?

• Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, Addition and Subtraction

• Perfectly Evaluate Math, Data, and Simple Arithmetic Systems

• Primary Excel Math and Data Analysis Steps

• Programs, Equations, Macros, Data, and Spreadsheets

Ethan is making a fruit salad. He has 5 apples and decides to add 3 times 2 bananas to the mix. According to PEMDAS, which operation is performed FIRST in the formula =5 + 3 * 2?

• Addition (5 + 3)

• Multiplication (3 * 2)

• Subtraction

• Division

What is the result of the formula =2 * (3 + 1) in Excel?

• 5

• 6

• 8

• 9

In Excel formulas, what are parentheses () used for?

• To indicate text

• To group operations and change the order of calculation

• To create cell references

• To insert comments