MOS PowerPoint: Animations and Transitions 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the purpose of the Morph transition in PowerPoint?
- Smoothly animates objects that appear on both the current and next slide (Correct answer)
- Creates a dissolve effect between two completely different slides
- Converts slide content into animated GIFs
- Mirrors slide content from one layout to another
Correct answer: Smoothly animates objects that appear on both the current and next slide
Morph seamlessly animates shared objects between two slides, giving the impression of continuous movement.
Question 2: When using Effect Options for a text box animation, which option animates each paragraph separately?
- By 1st Level Paragraphs (Correct answer)
- As One Object
- All At Once
- By Letter
Correct answer: By 1st Level Paragraphs
'By 1st Level Paragraphs' causes each top-level paragraph in the text box to animate individually in sequence.
Question 3: Which setting hides an object on the slide after its Exit animation completes?
- After Animation: Hide After Animation (Correct answer)
- After Animation: Don't Dim
- After Animation: Hide on Next Mouse Click
- After Animation: Rewind when done playing
Correct answer: After Animation: Hide After Animation
'Hide After Animation' in the Effect Options dialog removes the object from view as soon as its Exit animation finishes.
Question 4: What does the 'Bounce' setting under 'Smooth End' in animation Effect Options do?
- Makes the animated object overshoot its endpoint and spring back (Correct answer)
- Adds a bouncing ball sound at the end of the animation
- Causes the object to repeat the animation three times
- Hides the object after it reaches its destination
Correct answer: Makes the animated object overshoot its endpoint and spring back
The Bounce end option creates an overshoot-and-spring-back effect at the end of the animation, simulating elastic rebound.
Question 5: Which keyboard shortcut previews animations on the current slide from within Normal view?
- Shift+F5 (Correct answer)
- F5
- Alt+F5
- Ctrl+F5
Correct answer: Shift+F5
Shift+F5 starts the slide show from the current slide, allowing you to preview animations without going to the first slide.
Question 6: In the Animation Pane, what does a yellow bar represent for an animation item?
- The delay period before the animation starts (Correct answer)
- The duration of the animation effect
- A trigger-based animation
- An animation set to loop
Correct answer: The delay period before the animation starts
In the Animation Pane timeline view, the yellow (lighter) portion of the bar represents the delay before the animation begins playing.
Question 7: Which menu option removes all animations from a selected object at once?
- Select the animations in the Animation Pane and press Delete (Correct answer)
- Animations tab > None in the gallery
- Right-click the object > Remove All Animations
- Edit tab > Clear > Animations
Correct answer: Select the animations in the Animation Pane and press Delete
Selecting all of an object's entries in the Animation Pane and pressing Delete removes every animation applied to that object.
MOS PowerPoint: Animations and Transitions 5
What is the purpose of the Morph transition in PowerPoint?