Microsoft Excel Study Guide 2026

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📋 Microsoft Excel Exam Format at a Glance

Questions

50 min

Time Limit

70%

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📚 Microsoft Excel Topics to Study (57)

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✍️ Sample Microsoft Excel Questions & Answers

1. What does the SUMIFS function do differently from SUMIF?

✓ SUMIFS allows multiple criteria while SUMIF allows only one

SUMIFS can apply multiple criteria across different columns simultaneously, while SUMIF is limited to a single condition.

2. Let's say that cell A1 shows the value "12000.7789". How should this number be rounded to the nearest integer using the following formula?

✓ =ROUND(A1,0)

The `ROUND` function in Excel is used to round a number to a specified number of decimal places. To round a number to the nearest integer, you specify `0` as the number of decimal places. This instructs Excel to round the value in cell A1 to the closest whole number.

3. What is the purpose of Custom Views?

✓ Saving different display, filter, print settings to switch between

Custom Views save combinations of display, filter, print settings for quick switching.

4. Which spreadsheet application was Excel primarily designed to compete against?

✓ Lotus 1-2-3

Lotus 1-2-3 dominated the spreadsheet market in the 1980s, and Microsoft developed Excel specifically to surpass it in features and usability.

5. What does VLOOKUP's fourth argument (range_lookup) control?

✓ Exact match (FALSE) or approximate match (TRUE)

FALSE requires exact match; TRUE allows approximate match from sorted data.

6. How does the Watch Window help with large spreadsheets?

✓ Displays selected cells' values in a floating window visible while navigating

Watch Window shows cell values and formulas in a persistent panel across sheets.

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