8 th Grade Computer Skills and Applications Common Assessment Review DIRECTIONS: Complete each activity listed under each heading in bold. If you are asked to define terms or answer questions do so on a piece of notebook paper. Write the heading on your paper and put your answers under it. If you finish the work for the day go to QUIA and review any objective you feel you need help with. MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013 SS1 1.01 Spreadsheet Vocabulary Review the spreadsheet vocabulary terms. 1. Log into QUIA and take the 05.13.13 SS1 1.01 Spreadsheet Vocabulary Review 2. Write the question and the CORRECT answer for any questions you missed. Review the image of a EXCEL 2010 window 1. Login to QUIA and take the 05.13.13 SS1 1.01 Parts of an EXCEL 2010 Window Image Review SS1 1.02 Spreadsheet Formatting and Editing Answer the questions below about formatting and editing spreadsheets. 1. What is a footer? 2. What is a header? 3. Why do you rename or reorganize spreadsheet tabs? 4. In a spreadsheet what is label? 5. What is the default alignment for labels? 6. In a spreadsheet what are values? 7. What is the default alignment for values? 8. Identify the following as a value or label: Number of boxes of candy sold Names of the of different kinds of candy sold Employee Social Security Numbers Last Names of employees Item numbers of the different types of candy sold P a g e 1 CONTINUE TO PAGE 2
9. How are spreadsheet titles and column headings aligned? 10. What formatting is applied to cell data to emphasize subcategories in a spreadsheet? 11. What formatting command do you use to force data in a cell onto multiple lines? 12. What formatting command do you use to combine adjacent cells? 13. How do you format a range of cells? 14. What does ##### in a spreadsheet cell mean? 15. When ### appears in a cell, what is the solution to fix this error? 16. How do you resize a column? Review the spreadsheet formatting vocabulary terms. 1. Log into QUIA and take the 05.13.13 SS1 1.02 Spreadsheet Formatting and Editing Review 2. Write the question and the CORRECT answer for any questions you missed. SS1 1.03 Spreadsheet Formulas, Basic Functions, and Cell References Answer the questions below about spreadsheet formulas and basic functions. 1. What is a formula? 2. What is a function? 3. What symbol must a formula or function begin with? 4. What are the parts of a formula? 5. What are the parts of a function? 6. When is the SUM function used? Give an example 7. When is the AVERAGE function used? Give an example 8. When is the MAX function used? Give an example 9. When is the MIN function used? Give an example CONTINUE TO PAGE 3 P a g e 2
10. What is a cell reference? 11. Explain the term relative cell reference. Give an example. 12. Explain the term absolute cell reference. Give an example. 13. Explain the term mixed cell reference. Give an example. 14. Identify each cell reference at relative or absolute: 1. H6 2. $M$8 3. $X$94 4. B90 15. What keyboard shortcut displays formulas and functions in a spreadsheet? 16. What key do you depress to show the results of a formula or function? 17. In EXCEL where do you look to determine if cell data is the result of a formula or function? 18. If you want to include the cells located in Row 5 of Columns A through Column F. How would you write this range? 19. In a cell range what does the : (colon) tell you? Login to QUIA and take the 05.13.13 SS1 1.03 Spreadsheet Formulas, Basic Functions and Cell References Review CONTINUE TO PAGE 4 P a g e 3
SS1 1.04 Spreadsheet Operations Answer the questions below about spreadsheet operations. 1. Describe what the Fill Series command does in a spreadsheet. 2. Describe the spreadsheet operation Freeze Pane. 3. What do spreadsheet page breaks look like? 4. What is the difference between a primary sort and a secondary sort? 5. How is a column of numbers sorted if it is in descending order? 6. How is a column of numbers sorted if it is in ascending order? 7. How is a column of words sorted if it is in descending order? 8. How is a column of words sorted if it is in ascending order? 9. When printing a spreadsheet what does the Print Area command allow you to do? Login to QUIA and take the 05.13.13 SS1 1.04 Spreadsheet Operations Review STOP HERE ON MONDAY Go to QUIA and review any objective you feel you need help with. P a g e 4
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 SS2 2.01 Spreadsheet Advance Functions Answer the questions below about spreadsheet advance functions. 1. Describe the COUNT function. 2. Describe the COUNTA function. 3. Describe the COUNTIF function. Figure 3.1 Figure 3.2 Figure 3.3 Use the figures above to answer questions 4-7: 4. In Figure 3.1 which Count function was used to get the results in A12 and B12? 5. In Figure 3.2 which Count function was used to get the results in A13 and B13? 6. In Figure 3.3 which Count function was used to get the results in A14 and B14 which were to count the number of cells that contained Jack in A3:A10 and B3:B10. CONTINUE TO PAGE 6 P a g e 5
7. Which date function would you use to return the current date and time? 8. Which date function would you use to return the difference in days between two dates? 9. Which function specifies a logical test to perform then performs one action if the test result is true and another if it is not true? 10. What function will display the word "Yes" when the value in Cell A9 is greater than the value in Cell B9 and "No" when otherwise? 11. What is the difference between a validated list and a non validated list? 12. Which Lookup function is used for a one column or one row range? 13. Which Lookup function would be used o lookup information in a table with 2 or more columns? This Lookup function searches for matches in the table according to a column index number. Login to QUIA and take the 05.14.13 SS2 2.01 Spreadsheet Advance Functions Review SS2 2.02 Spreadsheets Charts and Graphs P a g e 6 Answer the questions below about spreadsheet charts and graphs components. 1. Which element of a chart describes the purpose and content of a chart? 2. What chart components help identify the values shown in each data point of the data series? 3. Which chart component is a symbol on the chart that represents a single value in the worksheet? This component must always represent values. 4. What is a group of related values, such as all the values in a single row in the chart called? 5. What are the horizontal or vertical lines across the plot area of the graph that help clarify the data by making it easier to read and understand the data values called? 6. Which chart component is a key that identifies patterns, colors, or symbols associated with the markers of a chart data series? 7. Which chart component are small lines intersecting an axis? 8. What is the bottom horizontal part of a chart which usually contains the category information called? 9. What is the left vertical side of a chart which contains the numerical data called? CONTINUE TO PAGE 7
10. What is the purpose of creating charts and graphs from spreadsheet data? Login to QUIA and take the 05.14.13 SS2 2.02 Spreadsheet Charts and Graphs Components Review Answer the questions below about types of spreadsheet charts and graphs. 1. Which type of graph is used to determine if one set of data has an effect on another set of data? 2. What are the 3 key words that tell you an XY Scatter Graph would be the best graph to use to represent the spreadsheet data? 3. Which are charts that do not appear on the same sheet as the worksheet is represents called? 4. What are charts that appear on the same sheet as the worksheet data called? 5. What are charts that change to reflect changes made to the spreadsheet it represents called? 6. Describe a column chart. 7. When would a column chart be the best type of chart to use? 8. What kind of chart is used to show the relationship of one data series to the whole with an emphasis on one or more parts? This type of chart shows parts to the whole, proportions, or percentages. 9. Which chart would you use if you are comparing trends over a period of time? 10. What kind of chart is used to show the relationship of one data series to the whole? This type of chart shows parts to the whole, proportions, or percentages. 11. What is the background portion of a graph that is bound by the X and Y axes called? 12. What type of chart is best for comparing the contributions of individual items to the whole if you have more than one data series? Login to QUIA and take the 05.14.13 SS2 2.02 Types of Spreadsheet Charts and Graphs Review Go to QUIA and review any objective you feel you need help with. P a g e 7