Exam 4: Excel 2 Formulas, Functions, and Formatting

One of the reasons Excel is such a valuable tool is that you can assign a(n) ____________________ to a cell, and Excel will calculate the result.

Excel has more than 400 functions that perform just about every type of calculation you can imagine.

Critical Thinking Questions Case 2-2 Anna is a competitive runner. She wants to improve her performance and decides to keep track of data for six months to determine if the time of day or year she runs affects her performance. Her worksheet contains the following data: start and end time, total time, and distance. Now Anna wants to know the longest total time she has run. By looking at the total time values, she finds the longest total time to be 54 minutes. Instead of manually entering that value in a cell below the total time data, Anna decides to use the MAX function to determine the longest total time. Why did Anna prefer to use the MAX function?

Moving from left to right, the first calculation in the order of operations is negation (-).

The ____ Option button lists formatting options following an insertion of cells, rows, or columns.

The Insert Options button lists formatting options.

Point mode allows you to select cells for use in a formula by using your finger or the pointer.

The arithmetic operator, ^, directs Excel to perform the division operation.

Excel automatically appends the ____ to complete the AVERAGE function when you click the Enter box or press the ENTER key.

Best fit means that the width of the column will be increased or decreased by a percentage you specify.

Which of the following are valid formulas?

You can click the ____ button to undo an automatic correction.

The adjusted cell references in a copied and pasted formula are called ____ cell references.

____________________ means that the width of a column will be increased or decreased so the widest entry will fit in the column.

In the order of operations, the last operation Excel performs is ____________________.

When more than one arithmetic operator is involved in a formula, Excel follows the same basic order of ____ that you use in algebra.

You can click the Page Layout button on the status bar to switch to ____________________ view.

If you do not assign a format to a cell or cells in a column, the column width will remain ____ characters.

Which of the following Option buttons gives options for filling cells following a fill operation?

Which of the following calculations multiplies 23 by 0.01?