Linkedin Microsoft Excel Skill Test Question & Answers


Linkedin Microsoft Excel Skill Test Question & Answers

1. When editing a cell, what do you press to cycle between relative, mixed, and absolute cell references?

  •  Alt+F4 (Windows) or Option+F4 (Mac)
  •  Alt+Shift+4 (Windows) or Option+Shift+4 (Mac)
  •  Ctrl+Shift+4 (Windows) or Command+Shift+4 (Mac)
  •  the F4 (Windows) or Command+T (Mac)

2. You need to add a line chart showing a sales trends over the last 12 months and you have only a little space to work with. How can you convey the required information within a single cell?

  •  Add an image of the chart to a comment.
  •  Add a hyperlink to another worksheet that displays a chart when clicked.
  •  Add an image of the chart to the worksheet.
  •  Add a sparkline, a graphic that summarizes data visually within a single worksheet cell.

3. What is the best way to activate the Excel Help system?

  •  Right-click anywhere and select Help.
  •  Press F1 or click the Help tab in the ribbon.
  •  Press F10.
  •  all of these answers.

4. Which format will display the value 27,500,000 as 27.5?

  •  ##,###,,
  •  ###.0,,
  •  999.9,,
  •  ###,###.0,

5. When using Goal Seek, you can find a target result by varying _ at most.

  •  three inputs
  •  four inputs
  •  two inputs
  •  one input

6. Some of your data in Column C is displaying as hashtags (#) because the column is too narrow. How can you widen Column C just enough to show all the data?

  • Right-click column C, select Format Cells, and then select Best-Fit.
  • Right-click column C and select Best-Fit.
  • Double-click column C.
  • Double-click the vertical boundary between columns C and D.

7. Which two functions check for the presence of numerical or nonnumerical characters in cells?

  • ISNUMBER and ISTEXT
  • ISNUMBER and ISALPHA
  • ISVALUE AND ISNUMBER
  • ISVALUE and ISTEXT

8. If you drag the fill handle (lower-right corner) of cell A2 downward into cells A3, A4, and A5, what contents will appear in those cells?



  •  Jan, Jan, Jan
  •  Feb, Mar, blank cell
  •  Feb, Mar, Apr
  •  FEB, MAB, APR

9. If cell A3 contains the text THE DEATH OF CHIVALRY, what will the function =PROPER(A3) return?

  •  the death of chivalry
  •  The death of Chivalry
  •  THE DEATH OF CHIVALRY
  •  The Death Of Chivalry

10. In the worksheet below, you want to use Data > Subtotal to show a subtotal value per sport. What must you do BEFORE applying the Subtotal function?


  •  Sort by the data in Column E.
  •  Format the data in Column D.
  •  Sort by the data in Column D.
  •  Format the data in Column E.


11. In the image below, which option(s) can you select so that the appropriate field headers appear in cells A4 and B3 instead of the terms Row Labels and Column Labels, respectively?

  •  Show in Tabular Form
  •  Show in Compact Form
  •  Show in Compact For or Show in Outline Form
  •  Show in Tabular Form or Show in Outline Form

  • 12. A cell contains the value 7.877 and you want it to display as 7.9. How can you accomplish this?

  • Use the ROUND() function.
  • Click the Decrease Decimal button twice.
  • In the cells group on the Home tab, click Format > Format Cells. Then click the  Alignment  tab and select Right Indent.
  • Click the Decrease Decimal button once.

13. Which formula is NOT equivalent to all of the others?

  •  =A3+A4+A5+A6
  •  =SUM(A3:A6
  •  =SUM(A3,A6)
  •  =SUM(A3,A4,A5,A6)

14. Which custom format will make the cells in column A appear like the corresponding cells in column B?

  •  MMM-YYYY
  •  MMMM-YYYY
  •  MMMM&"-"&YYYY
  •  M-YYYY

15. Which function returns a reference to a cell (or cell range) that is a specified distance from a base cell?

  •  OFFSET
  •  VLOOKUP
  •  INDEX
  •  MATCH

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16. You're working with columns whose width and font-size should not be changed. Yet the columns are too narrow to display all the text in each cell. What tool should you use to solve the problem?
  •  Sparklines
  •  Wrap Text
  •  Fill Handle
  •  Centered Alignment

17. Of the four chart types listed, which works best for summarizing time-based data?

  •  pie chart
  •  line chart
  •  XY scatter chart
  •  bar chart

18. The AutoSum formulas in the range C9:F9 below return unexpected values. Why is this?



  •  The AutoSum formulas refer to the column to  the left of their cells.
  •  The AutoSum formulas exclude the bottom row of data.
  •  The AutoSum formulas include the year at the   top of each column in the calculation. The formula bar clearly shows it's the dates   (top row) included, along with the total (bottom) row. Thus, the bottom row of data is not excluded.
  •  The AutoSum formulas include their own cells, creating a circular reference.

19. The text filter in column A is designed to display only those rows where column A entry has a particular attribute. What is this attribute?



     The second character in the cell is 9.

    •  The number 9 appears one or more times within the cell.
    •  The cell is comprised of 9 characters.
    •  The number 9 appears once and only once within the cell.

    20. To ensure shapes and other objects are an equal left-to-right distance apart, select the shapes, click Page Layout > Align, and then click _.

     Align Middle
    •  Distribute Horizontally
    •  Distribute Vertically
    •  Align Center

    21. An organization chart, which shows the hierarchy within a company or organization, is available as _ that is included with Excel.

    •  a 3D model
    •  SmartArt
    •  a Treemap chart
    •  a drawing object

    22. You want to be able to restrict values allowed in a cell and need to create a drop-down list of values from which users can choose. Which feature should you use?

    •  Protect Worksheet
    •  Conditional Formatting
    •  Allow Users to Edit Ranges
    •  Data Validation

    23. To round up a value to the nearest increment of your choice, such as the next five cents, what function should you use?

    •  ROUNDUP
    •  MAX
    •  ROUND
    •  CEILING

    24. Which function returns the largest value amongst all values within the range H2:H30?

    •  =MAX(H2:H30)
    •  =MAXIMUM(H2:H30)
    •  =LARGE(H2:H30,29)
    •  =UPPER(H2:H30,1)
    25. Which chart type can display two different data series as a different series type within the same chart?
    •  XY chart
    •  clustered column
    •  bubble chart
    •  combo chart

    26. In the image below, what does clicking the button indicated by the green arrow do?

    • Hides or shows the formula bar.
    •  Selects all.
    •  Hides or shows the ribbon.
    •  Selects objects.

    27. Which formula returns the value in cell A1 of the worksheet named MySheet?

    •  =MySheet!A1
    •  =MySheet_A1
    •  =MySheet&A1
    •  =MySheet@A1

    28. In the worksheet below, you want to copy the formatting of cell A1 into cells B1:D1. Which approach (see arrows) accomplishes this the most efficiently?


    •  B
    •  C
    •  A
    •  D
    • 29. Which formula correctly counts the number of numeric values in both B4:E4 and G4:I4?

    •  =COUNT(B4:E4&G4:I4)
    •  =COUNT(B4:E4,G4:I4)
    •  =COUNT(B4:E4 G4:I4)
    •  =COUNT(B4:I4)

    30. After activating a chart, which sequence adds a trendline to the chart?

    •  In the Format group, select Trendline from the Insert Shapes list.
    •  Click outside the plot area and select Add Trendline
    •  Click inside the plot and select Forecast.
    •  Right-click a data series and select Add Trendline.

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