Microsoft Excel Study Guide 2026

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📋 Microsoft Excel Exam Format at a Glance

Questions

50 min

Time Limit

70.00%

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📚 Microsoft Excel Topics to Study (83)

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✍️ Sample Microsoft Excel Questions & Answers

1. Which Excel feature allows you to automatically fill a series of dates, numbers, or text patterns?

✓ AutoFill

AutoFill uses the fill handle (small square at the bottom-right of a selection) to extend a series automatically.

2. Which function would you use to find the position of a value in a list?

✓ MATCH

MATCH returns the relative position (row or column number) of a value within a range.

3. Which function replaces all occurrences of a substring within a text string?

✓ SUBSTITUTE

SUBSTITUTE replaces all (or a specific) occurrences of a given text with new text within a string.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

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