MOS PowerPoint: Slide Masters & Layouts 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: You want every slide in your presentation to use the same custom font theme. Where is the most efficient place to set this?
- In each slide's text box individually
- On the Slide Master (Correct answer)
- In the Design tab's Variants group
- In the Insert tab's Header & Footer dialog
Correct answer: On the Slide Master
Setting the font theme on the Slide Master propagates the change to all layouts and slides that inherit from it.
Question 2: Which view do you use to add a logo to all slides without editing each one individually?
- Normal view
- Slide Show view
- Slide Master view (Correct answer)
- Reading view
Correct answer: Slide Master view
Objects placed on the Slide Master in Slide Master view appear on every slide that uses that master.
Question 3: A layout in Slide Master view has a placeholder that was deleted. How do you restore only that placeholder without affecting other layouts?
- Click Insert > Placeholder on the Slide Master
- On the Slide Master tab, click Insert Placeholder while the specific layout is selected (Correct answer)
- Right-click the layout thumbnail and choose Reset Layout
- Delete and recreate the entire layout
Correct answer: On the Slide Master tab, click Insert Placeholder while the specific layout is selected
With a specific layout selected in Slide Master view, the Insert Placeholder button on the Slide Master tab adds placeholders to just that layout.
Question 4: What happens to a slide layout that is not used by any slide when you close Slide Master view?
- It is automatically deleted
- It is hidden but retained
- PowerPoint prompts you to delete or keep unused layouts (Correct answer)
- It remains unchanged
Correct answer: PowerPoint prompts you to delete or keep unused layouts
PowerPoint detects unused layouts on close and offers a dialog to delete them or keep them for future use.
Question 5: You insert a new Slide Master. How many default slide layouts does PowerPoint create with it?
- 1
- 7
- 11 (Correct answer)
- 24
Correct answer: 11
PowerPoint automatically generates 11 standard layouts (Title Slide, Title and Content, Section Header, etc.) under each new Slide Master.
Question 6: A presenter wants slide numbers to appear on every slide except the title slide. What is the best approach using Slide Master view?
- Insert a slide number text box on each content slide manually
- Add the slide number placeholder to the Slide Master but remove it from the Title Slide layout
- Use Insert > Header & Footer and check 'Don't show on title slide'
- Both B and C achieve this goal (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Both B and C achieve this goal
You can either remove the footer/number placeholder from the Title Slide layout in Slide Master view or use the Header & Footer dialog's 'Don't show on title slide' option — both work.
Question 7: Which element set on the Slide Master is NOT automatically inherited by its child layouts?
- Background fill
- Theme fonts
- Unique placeholder positions added directly to a layout (Correct answer)
- Theme colors
Correct answer: Unique placeholder positions added directly to a layout
Placeholders added directly to an individual layout are specific to that layout and are not inherited from the Slide Master.
MOS PowerPoint: Slide Masters & Layouts 2
You want every slide in your presentation to use the same custom font theme.
Where is the most efficient place to set this?