Introductory Data Management Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Introductory Data Management provides students with a foundational understanding of organizing, storing, and maintaining data effectively and securely. The course covers key principles of data management, including data modeling, relational databases, data integrity, and normalization. Students learn how to use database management systems (DBMS) to input, retrieve, and manipulate data, along with essential tools and techniques for ensuring data accuracy and consistency. Practical exercises and case studies help students understand real-world applications, preparing them to support data-driven decision-making in a variety of professional contexts.
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Exploring Microsoft Office Excel 2016 Comprehensive 1st Edition by Mary Anne
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Excel
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Q1) You can move a range by using the cut and paste commands.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following would not be considered text?
A)Phone number (111.111.1111)
B)Social Security number (111-11-1111)
C)Part number (PT111)
D)=2*2
Answer: D
Q3) The ________ color is what is visible behind the value in a cell.
Answer: fill
Q4) Use the Find command to jump to a cell that is not currently visible.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q5) The contents of a cell can be seen in the naming box.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Formulas and Functions
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Q1) When you use the VLOOKUP function, the ________ column in the array is used to look up the value.
Answer: left, first
Q2) The most used logical function is the IF function.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Where does Excel automatically display statistics like count, average, and sum when a range of values is selected?
A)Formula bar
B)Name box
C)Status bar
D)Statistics bar
Answer: C
Q4) What does the AVERAGE function not ignore?
A)Text
B)Empty cells
C)Dates
D)Cells with N/A
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Charts
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Q1) Which axis in a chart displays incremental numbers for the data points?
A)Category
B)Value
C)Data
D)Series Answer: B
Q2) Which chart type displays the data horizontally?
A)Pie
B)Radar
C)Bar
D)Column Answer: C
Q3) What is not found on the Chart Elements List?
A)Chart Type
B)Data Table
C)Gridlines
D)Legend Answer: A
Q4) The ________ axis helps measure data from top to bottom in a chart. Answer: Y
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Chapter 4: Datasets and Tables
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Q1) Which table style option is useful to display aggregated data when it is checked?
A)Last Column
B)Total Row
C)Filter Button
D)Header Row
Q2) If you wanted several cells to be filled with a certain color where the width of the fill color in the cell represents that cell's value compared to the values in the other cells, you would use the Data ________ conditional formatting option.
Q3) After a table has been named, that name can be used in functions instead of cell references.
A)True
B)False
Q4) To go to the first unfrozen cell you would press Ctrl+________ at the same time.
Q5) Which of the following is not a freeze option?
A)Freeze Panes
B)Freeze Top Row
C)Freeze First Column
D)Freeze Section
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Chapter 5: Subtotals, Pivottables, and Pivotcharts
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Q1) Filters and Slicers are the same.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A PivotTable can display no subtotals and no grand totals.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The ________ function is the default summary statistic for PivotTables.
A)SUM
B)AVERAGE
C)MAX
D)MIN
Q4) If you have related data stored in multiple tables, create a(n)________ to create a PivotTable on the combined data
A)Access link
B)data collection
C)Excel table
D)data model
Q5) A(n)________ quickly formats a PivotTable with bold, fonts, shading, headers.
Q6) The ________ area is replaced with the AXIS (CATEGORY)in PivotChart task pane.
Q7) ________ apply different formatting and color schemes to a PivotChart.
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Chapter 6: What-If Analysis
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Q1) A(n)________ is a rule that Solver must enforce to reach the objective value.
A)binding constraint
B)non-binding constraint
C)objective
D)solving method
Q2) Which is the best what-if analysis tool to determine the optimal combination of products to produce in order to maximize profit?
A)Goal Seek
B)Solver
C)Two-variable data table
D)Scenario Manager
Q3) ________ values replace the original value of a variable in a data table.
A)Primary
B)Substitution
C)Table
D)Range
Q4) Excel uses two substitution values laid out in a grid in two-variable data table.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Specialized Functions
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Q1) A(n)________is a matrix that provides the results (TRUE or FALSE)for every possibility of an AND, OR, or NOT criteria combination.
A)AND/OR/NOT tool
B)truth table
C)goal table
D)evaluation matrix
Q2) The ________ function calculates cumulative principal through a specified payment period.
Q3) What is < > equivalent to in Advanced Filters?
A)Equal to B)Not equal to C)Greater than D)Less than
Q4) An OR condition in an advanced filter requires at least two rows in the criteria range. A)True B)False
Q5) A NOT function reverses the truth of a logical test. A)True B)False
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Chapter 8: Statistical Functions
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Q1) A(n)________ is a visual display of tabulated frequencies.
Q2) ________ is a measure of how two sets of data vary simultaneously.
Q3) ________ is a measure of how two set of data vary simultaneously and is calculated by taking the average of each product of the deviation of a data point.
A)Covariance
B)Correlation
C)Causation
D)Period
Q4) Relative Standing measures ________.
A)the median of a dataset
B)the rank value of the quartiles of a dataset
C)the standard deviation of a dataset
D)the rank of one value with regard to other values in a dataset
Q5) The ________ is the square root of the variance.
Q6) Which of the following functions determines the standard deviation of a sample?
A)STDEVA
B)VARA
C)STDEV.P
D)STDEV.S
Q7) Sort data in ________ order before beginning a forecast analysis.
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Chapter 9: Multiple-Sheet Workbook Management
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Q1) A source file is a file containing links to receive data from the destination files.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In a 3-D Reference, the ________ name is enclosed in single quotes and followed by an exclamation point.
Q3) A Watch Window is a dialog box which displays all of the intermediary steps of a function.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The return for =12/0 will be a(n)________ error.
Q5) You developed a sales quotation workbook that you will share with your sales staff to help them quote prices.It shows #DIV/0 in some cells where there are empty quantities in a column.Which function would handle the error and replace it with another value.
A)ERRRORRETURN
B)IFERROR
C)ERRORHANDLER
D)ERRORTRACK
Q6) When using the tracer arrows, cell with errors have ________ arrows.
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Chapter 10: Imports, Xml, and Power Add-Ins
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Q1) Data stored in tables on websites often produce a lot of errors because of additional web design languages formating the table on the web page.Which tool would be best suited to clean data downloaded from a website.
A)XML Import
B)Text Manipulation
C)Power Query
D)CSV Import
Q2) Which feature is best suited to split imported text into multiple columns?
A)Text Import Wizard
B)Column Split Wizard
C)Convert Column Tool
D)Convert Text to Columns Wizard
Q3) Flash Fill only fills formulas.
A)True
B)False
Q4) On which tab is the Text to Columns Wizard?
A)Insert
B)Data
C)Formula
D)Developer
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Chapter 11: Collaboration and Workbook Distribution
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Q1) Which of the following is not a method to protect a workbook against changes?
A)Enable Sharing
B)Add a Signature Line
C)Mark as Final
D)Export as PDF
Q2) If another user has a ________ workbook open and you try to open it, the File in Use dialog box will display.
Q3) The .xltx extension is the default format for an Excel ________.
Q4) Which tool evaluates the workbook's contents to identify features would be lost if opened in an older version of Excel?
A)Compatibility Checker
B)Accessibility Checker
C)Backwards Compatibility Checker
D)Document Inspector
Q5) Which of the following items is not stored as metadata in a workbook?
A)Author
B)Company
C)Imported images
D)Creation date
Q6) The ________ checks a workbook for personal data.
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Chapter 12: Templates, Styles, and Macros
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Q1) The Themes Gallery is located on the ________ tab.
Q2) Functions are edited in the ________.
Q3) What file extension do templates use?
A).xlsx
B).xlsm
C).xltx
D).xlsb
Q4) Protected workbooks cannot be ________.
A)saved
B)printed
C)shared
D)edited
Q5) What function traps errors in a custom template?
A)ERRORTRAP
B)IF(#ErrorValue)
C)IFERROR
D)FINDERROR
Q6) The Macro Recorder uses absolute references by default.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Appendix: Exploring Microsoft Office Excel 2016
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Q1) Which of the following Microsoft Office applications is used to produce documents, including memos, newsletters, forms, brochures?
A)Access
B)Excel
C)Word
D)Photoshop
Q2) Office's ________ is an area of memory reserved to temporarily hold selections that have been cut or copied.
A)gallery
B)Clipboard
C)contextual tab
D)Ribbon
Q3) Portrait orientation
A)Duplicates a selection from the original location and places a copy in the Office Clipboard
B)Removes a selection from the original location and places it in the Clipboard
C)Page that is wider than it is tall
D)Page that is taller than it is wide
E)Places a selection in the Clipboard into another location
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