MCAS Presentations & Slide Design 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In PowerPoint, which feature allows you to set up a presentation to run continuously and automatically advance slides at set intervals without a presenter?
- Rehearse Timings
- Set Up Show > Browsed at a Kiosk (Loop Continuously) (Correct answer)
- Slide Sorter > Auto Advance
- Animation Pane > Auto Play
Correct answer: Set Up Show > Browsed at a Kiosk (Loop Continuously)
The 'Browsed at a Kiosk' option under Set Up Show loops the presentation continuously and prevents manual navigation, ideal for self-running displays.
Question 2: In PowerPoint, what is the purpose of 'Animation' as distinct from 'Transitions'?
- Animations control how slides enter the screen; Transitions control objects on slides
- Animations apply effects to individual objects on a slide; Transitions control how slides change from one to the next (Correct answer)
- Animations are for images only; Transitions are for text only
- Animations require manual triggers; Transitions always run automatically
Correct answer: Animations apply effects to individual objects on a slide; Transitions control how slides change from one to the next
Animations are applied to individual objects (text, images, shapes) on a slide, while transitions are effects applied to the whole slide when moving between slides.
Question 3: In PowerPoint, how do you add a new slide with a specific layout (e.g., Two Content)?
- Home > New Slide > (select layout from dropdown) (Correct answer)
- Insert > Slide > Layout Picker
- Design > Slide Size > New Layout
- View > Layout > Add Slide
Correct answer: Home > New Slide > (select layout from dropdown)
The Home tab's 'New Slide' dropdown arrow expands to show all available slide layouts so you can pick the right one.
Question 4: In PowerPoint, which tab contains the Theme galleries for changing the overall visual design of a presentation?
- Home
- Insert
- Design (Correct answer)
- View
Correct answer: Design
The Design tab contains the Themes gallery where you can browse and apply pre-built color, font, and effect combinations to the entire presentation.
Question 5: In PowerPoint, what does 'Presenter View' provide during a live slide show?
- A view that shows the presentation in a window instead of full screen
- A view on the presenter's screen showing the current slide, next slide, speaker notes, and a timer (Correct answer)
- A view that lets the audience see slide notes alongside the slides
- A zoomed-in view of individual slide objects
Correct answer: A view on the presenter's screen showing the current slide, next slide, speaker notes, and a timer
Presenter View shows the current slide, a preview of the next slide, speaker notes, a timer, and controls on the presenter's screen while the audience sees only the full-screen slide.
Question 6: In PowerPoint, how do you align multiple selected objects so their left edges line up?
- Home > Arrange > Align Left
- Drawing Tools > Format > Align > Align Left (Correct answer)
- Right-click > Group > Align Left
- Insert > Shapes > Align Left
Correct answer: Drawing Tools > Format > Align > Align Left
With multiple objects selected, the Align Left option under Drawing Tools > Format > Align lines up all selected objects' left edges.
MCAS Presentations & Slide Design 2
In PowerPoint, which feature allows you to set up a presentation to run continuously and automatically advance slides at set intervals without a presenter?