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Microsoft Word Basics Quiz

Total questions: 89

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where is the Start button located?

a)

Windows Desktop

b)

Windows taskbar

c)

Windows Sidebar

d)

Quick Launch toolbar

2.

Which of the following tabs displays by default when you start Word?

a)

Page Layout

b)

View

c)

Home

d)

Insert

3.

Which of the following displays options for opening recently used documents and creating new documents?

a)

Start menu

b)

File tab

c)

Quick Access Toolbar

d)

Ribbon

4.

Which part of the Word screen displays the name of the current document?

a)

Title bar

b)

Status bar

c)

Scroll bar

d)

Ribbon

5.

Which part of the Word window shows the placement of margins, indents, and tabs?

a)

Quick Access Toolbar

b)

Ribbon

c)

Status bar

d)

Ruler

6.

Which part of the Word screen is used with the mouse to move right or left and up or down within a document?

a)

Scroll bar

b)

Status bar

c)

Title bar

d)

Menu bar

7.

Which part of the Word screen displays the page number, document view buttons, and the zoom control?

a)

Scroll bar

b)

Status bar

c)

Title bar

d)

Menu bar

8.

Which of the following identifies screen elements such as buttons and commands?

a)

ScreenTips

b)

QuickTips

c)

CommandTips

d)

KeyTips

9.

Which of the following commands display by default on the Quick Access Toolbar?

a)

Open, Save, Print

b)

Save, Undo, Redo

c)

New, Open, Save As

d)

New, Save, Print

10.

Which of the following commands does not display when you click the File tab?

a)

Options

b)

Recent

c)

Margins

d)

Exit

11.

Where is the alternative position for the Quick Access Toolbar?

a)

To the left of the vertical ruler

b)

As a separate tab on the Ribbon

c)

Below the Ribbon

d)

As part of the status bar

12.

Which of the following can be used to access Ribbon commands?

a)

[Alt]

b)

[Ctrl]

c)

[Shift]

d)

[Esc]

13.

What is the keyboard shortcut to minimize the Ribbon?

a)

[F1]

b)

[Alt]+[F1]

c)

[Ctrl]+[F1]

d)

[Shift]+[F1]

14.

Which tab on the Ribbon displays the Show/Hide ¶ button?

a)

View

b)

Page Layout

c)

Insert

d)

Home

15.

Which of the following percentages represent a magnified text area?

a)

100%

b)

50%

c)

150%

d)

75%

16.

Which of the following is a vertical blinking line that marks the position of the next character to be keyed?

a)

I-beam

b)

Insertion point

c)

Paragraph mark

d)

End mark

17.

What is the procedure to display a shortcut menu?

a)

Press the right mouse button

b)

Press the left mouse button

c)

Double-click the left mouse button

d)

Double-click the right mouse button

18.

How does Word display words that are spelled incorrectly or not listed in the dictionary?

a)

green, wavy underline

b)

red, wavy underline

c)

blue, wavy underline

d)

bold and underlined

19.

Which of the following deletes a single character to the left of the insertion point?

a)

[Backspace]

b)

[Delete]

c)

[Ctrl]+[Backspace]

d)

[Ctrl]+[Delete]

20.

Which of the following is used to delete an entire word to the right of the insertion point?

a)

[Backspace]

b)

[Delete]

c)

[Ctrl]+[Backspace]

d)

[Ctrl]+[Delete]

21.

Which of the following deletes an entire word to the left of the insertion point?

a)

[Backspace]

b)

[Delete]

c)

[Ctrl]+[Backspace]

d)

[Ctrl]+[Delete]

22.

Which of the following modes is used to key over existing text?

a)

Typeover

b)

Insert

c)

Caps Lock

d)

Overtype

23.

Which of the following procedures is used to turn on overtype mode?

a)

Double-click the Status bar

b)

Click the Overtype button on the Ribbon

c)

Click the Overtype button on the Quick Access Toolbar

d)

Open the Word Options dialog box and click Advanced

24.

Which of the following characters can be used in a file name?

a)

_ (underscore)

b)

* (asterisk)

c)

? (question mark)

d)

> (greater than)

25.

Which of the following file names is not valid?

a)

Business Plan

b)

Business_Plan

c)

Business/Plan

d)

business plan

26.

Which of the following commands saves an existing document under a new name?

a)

Close

b)

Exit

c)

Save

d)

Save As

27.

Where is the Save As command located?

a)

Quick Access Toolbar

b)

Home tab

c)

Page Layout tab

d)

File tab

28.

What is the keyboard shortcut to print a document?

a)

[Ctrl]+[F]

b)

[Ctrl]+[P]

c)

[Shift]+[F]

d)

[Shift]+[P]

29.

Where is the Close command located?

a)

Quick Access Toolbar

b)

Home tab

c)

File tab

d)

View tab

30.

Which of the following keyboard shortcuts is used to close a document?

a)

[Ctrl]+[C]

b)

[Ctrl]+[W]

c)

[Ctrl]+[Q]

d)

[Ctrl]+[E]

31.

Which of the following keyboard shortcuts is used to Exit Word?

a)

[Ctrl]+[E]

b)

[Ctrl]+[W]

c)

[Alt]+[F4]

d)

[Ctrl]+[F4]

32.

Where is the Help button located?

a)

Quick Access Toolbar

b)

File tab

c)

Beside the Exit button

d)

Above the Ribbon

33.

What is the keyboard shortcut to open Word Help?

a)

[Ctrl]+[1]

b)

[F1]

c)

[Alt]+[1]

d)

[Shift]+[F1]

34.

Which of the following is not a method to open an existing document?

a)

Press [Ctrl]+[O]

b)

Click the Open button on the Ribbon

c)

Use document links in Recent Documents

d)

Display the File tab and click Open

35.

By default, how many file names appear in Recent Documents?

a)

7

b)

10

c)

22

d)

Unlimited

36.

Which button in the Open dialog box opens a menu of options for displaying drives, folders, and their icons?

a)

Search

b)

Organize

c)

Views

d)

New Folder

37.

Which button in the Open dialog box opens a menu of file functions such as cutting, copying, pasting, deleting, or renaming a file?

a)

Search

b)

Organize

c)

Views

d)

New Folder

38.

Which of the following nonprinting characters is used to indent text in a Word document?

a)

Tab character

b)

Line-break character

c)

Non-breaking space

d)

Space character

39.

Which of the following features is used to start a new line within the same paragraph?

a)

Tab character

b)

Line-break character

c)

Non-breaking space

d)

Space character

40.

Which of the following features is used to prevent two words from being divided between two lines?

a)

Tab character

b)

Line-break character

c)

Non-breaking space

d)

Space character

41.

Which of the following inserts a nonbreaking space?

a)

[Ctrl]+[Spacebar]

b)

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Spacebar]

c)

[Alt]+[Spacebar]

d)

[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Spacebar]

42.

Which of the following inserts a line-break character?

a)

[Enter]

b)

[Ctrl]+[Enter]

c)

[Shift]+[Enter]

d)

[Alt]+[Enter]

43.

Which of the following is used to view and move through a document that is wider than the document window?

a)

Horizontal scroll bar

b)

Vertical scroll bar

c)

Status bar

d)

View tab, Ribbon

44.

Which of the following key combinations is used to move the insertion point to the end of a line?

a)

[Alt]+[End]

b)

[Ctrl]+[End]

c)

[Shift]+[End]

d)

[End]

45.

Which of the following key combinations is used to move the insertion point up one paragraph?

a)

[Ctrl]+[Up arrow]

b)

[Ctrl]+[Left arrow]

c)

[Alt]+[Up arrow]

d)

[Alt]+[Left arrow]

46.

Which of the following key combinations is used to move the insertion point down one window?

a)

[End]

b)

[Page Up]

c)

[Page Down]

d)

[Ctrl]+[End]

47.

Which of the following key combinations is used to move the insertion point to the beginning of a line?

a)

[Alt]+[Home]

b)

[Ctrl]+[Home]

c)

[Shift]+[Home]

d)

[Home]

48.

Which of the following key combinations is used to move the insertion point to the previous page?

a)

[Alt]+[PageUp]

b)

[Ctrl]+[PageUp]

c)

[Shift]+[PageUp]

d)

[PageUp]

49.

Which of the following key combinations is used to move the insertion point to the end of the document?

a)

A. [Alt]+[End]

b)

B. [Ctrl]+[End]

c)

C. [Shift]+[End]

d)

D. [End]

50.

Which of the following displays a menu of icons?

a)

A. Scroll box

b)

B. Scroll arrow

c)

C. Scroll bar

d)

D. Select Browse Object

51.

Which command is used to reverse an action?

a)

A. Revert

b)

B. Replace

c)

C. Undo

d)

D. Reverse

52.

Which command is used to reverse the action of the Undo command?

a)

A. Redo

b)

B. [Esc]

c)

C. Revert

d)

D. Reverse

53.

Which of the following combinations is used to execute the Undo command?

a)

A. [Ctrl]+[Z]

b)

B. [Ctrl]+[U]

c)

C. [Ctrl]+[Y]

d)

D. [Ctrl]+[R]

54.

Which of the following key combinations executes the Redo command?

a)

A. [Ctrl]+[Z]

b)

B. [Ctrl]+[U]

c)

C. [Ctrl]+[Y]

d)

D. [Ctrl]+[X]

55.

Where is the Undo button located?

a)

A. File menu

b)

B. Ribbon

c)

C. Shortcut menu

d)

D. Quick Access Toolbar

56.

Which of the following key combinations returns to the exact point in the document where you were last working?

a)

[Shift]+[F1]

b)

[Shift]+[F3]

c)

[Shift]+[F4]

d)

[Shift]+[F5]

57.

What is the keyboard shortcut to repeat an action?

a)

[F1]

b)

[F3]

c)

[F4]

d)

[F5]

58.

What is another term for a highlighted block of text?

a)

Replacement text

b)

Selection

c)

Formatted text

d)

Marked text

59.

Which key combination is used to select an entire document?

a)

[Ctrl]+[A]

b)

[Shift]+[A]

c)

[Alt]+[A]

d)

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[A]

60.

Which key is used to select non-contiguous text?

a)

[Alt]

b)

[Ctrl]

c)

[Shift]

d)

[Spacebar]

61.

What is the procedure to reduce or shorten a selection?

a)

Hold down the [Shift] key and press the right arrow

b)

Hold down the [Shift] key and press the down arrow

c)

Hold down the [Shift] key and press the left arrow

d)

Hold down the [Shift] key and press [End]

62.

Which of the following key combinations is used to select text from the insertion point to the end of a document?

a)

[Ctrl]+[End]

b)

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[End]

c)

[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[End]

d)

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Alt]+[End]

63.

Which feature can automatically save an open document at a specified interval?

a)

AutoRecover

b)

Save

c)

Save As

d)

AutoSave

64.

In the event of a power failure while using Word, which version of the document opens automatically the next time Word is launched?

a)

Unsaved version

b)

Text version

c)

AutoRecover version

d)

Last saved version

65.

If a file is saved and closed normally, what happens to the AutoRecover version of that file after Word is closed?

a)

It is available for future sessions.

b)

It is saved in a temporary folder.

c)

It is deleted.

d)

It is appended to the saved file.

66.

Which of the following provides information about a document?

a)

Property

b)

Template

c)

Format

d)

Page Layout

67.

What is the procedure to display document properties?

a)

File tab, Info

b)

File tab, Save

c)

Home tab, Info

d)

View tab, Info

68.
This is the:
a)
Quick Access Toolbar
b)
Office Button
c)
Status Bar
d)
None of the Above
69.
This is a:
a)
Quick Access Toolbar
b)
Group
c)
Ribbon
d)
None of the above
70.
This is a:
a)
Group
b)
Tab
c)
Status Bar
d)
None of the above
71.
This is the:
a)
Zoom
b)
Status Bar:
c)
Windows Task Bar
d)
None of the above
72.
This is a:
a)
Office Button
b)
Status Bar
c)
Group
d)
None of the above
73.
This is the:
a)
Status Bar
b)
Windows Task Bar
c)
Title Bar
d)
None of the above
74.

What is circled in Red?

a)

GROUPS

b)

TABS

c)

Dialog Box Launcher

d)

SmartArt

75.
This is a:
a)
Group
b)
Tab
c)
Status Bar
d)
None of the above
76.
In MS Word you create:
a)
spreadsheets
b)
documents
c)
presentations
d)
none of the above
77.
MS Word is this kind of application:
a)
Word Processing
b)
Spreadsheet
c)
Desktop Publishing
d)
None of the above
78.

A ribbon is MS Word is found

a)

on the left side of the screen

b)

at the top of the screen

c)

at the bottom of the screen

d)

none of the above

79.

What is circled in Red?

a)

TABS

b)

GROUPS

c)

Backstage View

d)

Contextual Tab

80.

What is circled in Red?

a)

TABS

b)

GROUPS

c)

Backstage View

d)

Word Art

81.

What is this?

a)

Mini Toolbar

b)

Mini Toolbox

c)

Mini Ribbon

d)

Mini command box

82.
What keys should be pressed to paste text or objects?
a)
Ctrl + Shift
b)
Alt + Shift
c)
Ctrl + V
d)
Ctrl + C
83.

The title bar displays which of the following?

a)

A quick way to find where commands are located in the application

b)

Commands to manage work in documents

c)

The name of the active location in the the document

d)

The name of the current, active file

84.

Place the labels in the correct spot on the Microsoft Word Window.

85.

The command for reversing a previous action.

a)

Cut

b)

Undo

c)

Redo

d)

Paste

86.

A feature that causes text to move automatically from the end of one line to the beginning of the next line is ​​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
a word wrap.
auto-text.
cursor.
a paragraph mark.
87.
The:
a)
Zoom
b)
Insertion point
c)
Status Bar
d)
None of the above
88.

A set of commands and command groups at the top of the document window that you can minimize or hide.

a)

Button

b)

Group

c)

Ribbon

d)

Tab

89.

What is the shortcut key to bold the selected text in Microsoft Word?

a)

Ctrl + B

b)

Ctrl + I

c)

Ctrl + U

d)

Alt + B