Practice Excel Chapter 1 - 2

If a cell is not wide enough to display all the cell's contents, extra text extends into the next cells if there is room.

• True
• False

The contents of the active cell always appear in the Formula Bar.

• True
• False

To resize a column, place the pointer on the right edge of the column heading until the pointer changes to a double-headed arrow. Click and drag to the right until the column expands to the width you want.

• True
• False

Each formula begins with a quotation mark.

• True
• False

The formula =B5+C5 is an example of a multiplication operation.

• True
• False

Although Excel checks that the formula has the correct structure, it does not check that the formula contains the correct values or cell references.

• True
• False

The name of each worksheet appears in the ____at the bottom of the worksheet window.

• sheet box
• sheet task bar
• sheet dialog box
• sheet tab

_________ of the worksheet appear vertically and are identified by letters at the top of the worksheet window.

• Columns
• Rows
• Cells
• Headings

__________ appear horizontally and are identified by numbers on the left side of the worksheet window.

• Columns
• Rows
• Cells
• Headings

The range is identified by its range reference, which is the cell in its upper-left corner and the cell in its lower-right corner, separated by ______.

• colon
• semicolon
• comma
• period