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SUBJECT: ICT

END OF YEAR EXAMINATION

FORM: TWO

1. Which of the following is not an

example of spreadsheet software?
a. Microsoft Excel
b. K-Spread
c. Microsoft Word
d. openOffice.org Calc
2. What would be the result of this
formula, =Product(A1:A2)Sum(A1:A2), if A1 and A2 contain 10
and 7 respectively?
a. 70
b. 17
c. 87
d. 53
3. The thin lines that form borders for
rows, columns and cells are called?
a. Gridlines
b. Border Lines
c. Tables
d. None of the above
4. The types of data a cell can contains
are:
I. Constant Value
II. Label
III. Formula
IV. Picture
a.
b.
c.
d.

I and IV only
I, II, and IV only
I, II and III Only
I, II, III and IV

5. The default font in Microsoft Excel

2010 is
a. Times New Roman
b. Calibri
c. Arial
d. Verdana
6. A formula begins with ..
a. Equal sign
b. Asterisks
c. Hash

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d. Minus
7. A pictorial representation of worksheet
data is a ..
a. Formula
b. Function
c. Chart
d. Cell Range
8. A group of adjoining cells treated as a
unit is a
a. Formula
b. Function
c. Chart
d. Cell Range
9. How worksheets does Microsoft Excel
have by default?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
10. What function would help you perform
addition?
a. Addition function
b. Max Function
c. Average Function
d. Sum Function
11. A cell reference with a dollar sign
before the column alphabet and row
number respectively is a
a. Absolute Cell Reference
b. Relative Cell Reference
c. Permanent Cell Reference
d. Temporary Cell Reference
12. Which of the following is an example
of an absolute cell reference?
a. A1
b. $A1
c. $A$1
d. A$1

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13. Joining two or more cells together is

known as
a. Merging Cells
b. Splitting Cells
c. Joining Cells
d. None of the above
14. Which of the following would help you
to find the mean of a group of numbers
on a worksheet?
a. Average function
b. Sum function
c. Max function
d. Min function
15. Which of the following would help you
to insert the cursor into a cell for
editing?
a. F5
b. F12
c. F2
d. F6
16. Which of the following would help you
move the cell pointer a designated cell?
a. F5
b. F12
c. F2
d. F6
17. Pressing the tab key moves the cell
pointer to . in MS Excel
a. down
b. top
c. left
d. right
18. Formulae in MS Excel follow the
BODMAS rule for arithmetic operation
a. True
b. False
19. A named formula is a .
a. Fashion
b. Function
c. Sum
d. Average
20. The most commonly used spreadsheet
software is
a. Google sheet
b. OpenOffice.org Calc

c. K-Spread
d. Excel
21. Which of the following is not a
function?
a. Sum
b. Average
c. Add
d. Max
22. A cell on column AB and row 121
would have the address ..
a. AB121
b. A121
c. B121
d. A12B1
23. Pressing the Home key while using
Excel would move the cell pointer
to.
a. The first cell on the worksheet
b. The first cell on the row
c. The first cell on the column
d. The first cell in the workbook
24. An expression that performs logical
and mathematical operations on
worksheet data and place the result in a
cell is a ..
a. Calculator
b. Addition
c. Formula
d. Sum
25. In order to perform a calculation in a
spreadsheet, you need to use a:
a. Table
b. Formula
c. field
d. variable
26. Which is an example of a formula?.
a. =A1+A2
b. =add(A1:A2)
c. A1+A2
d. SUM(A1:A2)
27. The shortcut for print is .
a. Ctrl + P
b. Ctrl + V
c. Ctrl + I
d. Ctrl + F

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28. The shortcut for Paste is ..

a. Ctrl + B
b. Ctrl + O
c. Ctrl + C
d. Ctrl + V
29. To find the frequency of a number in a
group of numbers, which function
would you use?
a. Average
b. Frequency
c. Sum
d. Product
30. The icon to MS Excel 2010 is.
a.
b.
c.

d.
31. Each excel file is called a workbook
because Mouse wheel
a. It can contain text and data
b. It can be modified
c. It can contain many sheets
including worksheets and chart
sheets
d. You have to work hard to create
it
32. How are data organized in a
spreadsheet?
a. Lines and spaces
b. Layers and planes
c. Rows and columns
d. Height and width
33. The menu that appears when you right
click is called the .
a. Pop-up menu
b. Context menu
c. Start menu
d. None of the above

34. The company that developed Microsoft

Excel is ..
a. Sun
b. Apple
c. Microsoft
d. rLG
35. Microsoft Excel is part of the
Microsoft Office Suite.
a. True
b. False
36. If 72pt equals 1 inch, then 0.5 inch
would be equal to .
a. 16pt
b. 26pt
c. 36pt
d. 46pt
37. A printed document on paper may be
referred to as .
a. Softcopy
b. Paper copy
c. Printed copy
d. Hardcopy
38. Tab scroll buttons are placed on Excel
screen
a. towards the bottom right corner
b. towards the bottom left corner
c. towards the top right corner
d. towards the top left corner
39. The Name box on to the left of formula
bar
a. shows the name of workbook
currently working on
b. shows the name of worksheet
currently working on
c. shows the name of cell or range
currently working on
d. None of above
40. Which of the following Excel screen
components can NOT be turned on or
off?
a. Formula Bar
b. Status Bar
c. Tool Bar
d. None of above
41. What happens when you press Ctrl +
X after selecting some cells in Excel?

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a. a. The cell content of selected

cells disappears from cell and
stored in clipboard
b. b. The cells selected are marked
for cutting
c. The selected cells are deleted and
the cells are shifted left
c. d. The selected cells are deleted
and cells are shifted up
42. Which of the cell pointer indicates you
that you can make selection?
a. Doctors symbol (Big Plus)
b. small thin plus icon
c. Mouse Pointer with anchor at
the tip
d. None of above
43. Which of the following is not an option
of the spelling dialog box?
a. a. Ignore
b. b. Ignore all
c. c. Edit
d. d. Change
44. Which of the following methods will
not enter data in a cell?
a. Pressing the Esc key
b. Pressing an arrow key
c. Pressing the tab key
d. Clicking the enter button to the
formula bar
45. The cell reference for cell range of G2
to M12 is
a. G2.M12
b. G2;M12
c. G2:M12
d. G2-M12
46. What is the keyboard shortcut for
creating a chart from the selected cell
range?
a. F2
b. F4
c. F8
d. F11
47. The Software which contains rows and
columns is called
a. Database
b. Drawing
c. Spredsheet software
d. Word processing

48. Which of the following is not a valid

Zoom percentage in Excel?
a. 10
b. 100
c. 300
d. 500
49. If you need a text to show vertically in
a cell. How will you achieve this?
a. choose vertical on text
alignment in format cells dialog
box
b. choose 90 degrees in orientation
of format cells dialog box
c. choose distributed from the
vertical drop down list of format
cells dialog box
d. choose center across selection
from horizontal combo box in
Format Cells dialog box
50. Formatting a cell in Number format
you cant set
a. Decimal Places
b. Use 1000 separator
c. Negative numbers
d. Currency Symbol
51. Special category of Number tab in
Format Cells dialog box can be used to
apply formats like
a. Zip Code
b. Phone Number
c. Both of above
d. None of above
52. Merge cells option can be applied from
a. Format Cells dialog box
Alignment Tab
b. Alignment group on Home tab
c. Both of above
d. None of above
53. Which of the following format can you
decide to apply or not in AutoFormat
dialog box?
a. Number format
b. Border format
c. Font format
d. All of above
54. You can set Page Border in Excel from
a. From Border tab in Format Cells
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b. From Border tool in Formatting

toolbar
c. From Line Style tool in Drawing
toolbar
d. You cannot set page border in
Excel
55. You can auto fit the width of column
by
a. Double clicking on the column
name on column header
b. Double click on the cell pointer
in worksheet
c. Double clicking on column right
border on column header
d. Double clicking on the column
left border of column header
56. Long text can be broken down into
many lines within a cell. You can do
this through
a. Wrap Text in Alignment group
on Home tab
b. Justify in Edit >> Cells
c. Text Wrapping in Format >>
Cells, Layout tab
d. All of above
57. Ctrl + D shortcut key in Excel will
a. Open the font dialog box
b. Apply double underline for the
active cell
c. Fill down in the selection
d. None of above
58. The short cut key Ctrl + R is used in
Excel to
a. Right align the content of cell
b. Remove the cell contents of
selected cells
c. Fill the selection with active
cells to the right
d. None of above
59. The key F12 opens a
a. Save as dialog box
b. Open dialog box
c. Save dialog box
d. Close dialog box
60. Which of the following setup options
cannot be set in the page setup dialog
box?
a. Printer selection

b. Vertical or horizontal placement

c. Orientation
d. Row and column titles
61. How do you change column width to
fit the contents?
a. Single-click the boundary to the
left to the column heading
b. Double click the boundary to the
right of the column heading
c. Press Alt and single click
anywhere in the column
d. All of above
62. Paper spreadsheets/ledger can have all
the same advantages as an electronic
spreadsheet except which of the
following?
a. Rows and columns
b. Headings
c. Speed
d. None of the above
63. Which types of charts can excel
produce?
a. Line graphs and pie charts only
b. Only line graphs
c. Bar charts, line graphs and pie
charts
d. Bar charts and line graphs only
64. . Which of the following methods
cannot be used to edit the content of
cell?
a. Pressing the Alt key
b. Clicking the formula bar
c. Pressing F2
d. Double clicking the cell
65. You can use the formula bar to
a. format cells containing
numbers
b. create and edit formula
containing functions
c. enter assumptions data
d. copy a range of cells
66. Which tool you will use to join some
cells and place the content at the
middle of joined cell?
a. Merge and Center
b. Merge Cells
c. Merge Across
d. Unmerge cell

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67. Formulas in Excel start with

a. %
b. =
c. +
d.
68. To find the position of a number among
a group of numbers which function
would you use?
a. Sum
b. If
c. Rank

d. Average
69. MS Excel cannot be used for
calculations.
a. True
b. False
70. The symbol for greater than or equal to
in MS Excel is
a. < >
b. > or =
c. >=
d. = >
SECTION B

Answer all:
1. What is a spreadsheet program?

2marks

b. Give five examples of spreadsheet program

3marks

c. Give five advantages of spreadsheet program

5marks

2. Define the following terms

a. Column

f. Worksheet

b. Row

g. Workbook

c. Cell

h. Cell Address

d. Formula

i. Chart

e. Active Cell

j. Cell Range
10 marks

3. Name the parts of the MS Excel 2010 user interface below

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