MOS PowerPoint: Slide Masters & Layouts 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: You right-click a slide in Normal view and choose 'Reset Slide.' What does this action do?
- Deletes all content from the slide
- Restores placeholder size, position, and formatting to match the current layout (Correct answer)
- Reapplies the Slide Master theme colors
- Removes all animations from the slide
Correct answer: Restores placeholder size, position, and formatting to match the current layout
Reset Slide restores the slide's placeholder positions, sizes, and formatting to the defaults defined in its assigned layout.
Question 2: Which of the following changes made on the Slide Master will NOT automatically update slides that have manually overridden that property?
- Theme color changes
- Background fill changes
- Font changes applied to body text placeholder
- Changes to properties manually formatted on the slide itself (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Changes to properties manually formatted on the slide itself
Manual formatting applied directly on a slide overrides master/layout settings and will not be updated when the master changes.
Question 3: You need to apply a different Slide Master to only selected slides without affecting other slides. What should you do?
- This is impossible; a master applies to all slides
- Right-click the desired master in the Slide Master panel and choose 'Apply to Selected Slides'
- In Normal view, select the slides, then right-click the master thumbnail in the right-click menu
- Select slides in Slide Sorter, then on the Design tab right-click the theme and choose 'Apply to Selected Slides' (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Select slides in Slide Sorter, then on the Design tab right-click the theme and choose 'Apply to Selected Slides'
On the Design tab, right-clicking a theme thumbnail offers 'Apply to Selected Slides,' which changes only the highlighted slides.
Question 4: What is the purpose of the 'Preserve Master' option in Slide Master view?
- It saves the master to a .potx file automatically
- It prevents PowerPoint from deleting the master if no slides use it (Correct answer)
- It locks the master so no edits can be made
- It copies the master to the clipboard
Correct answer: It prevents PowerPoint from deleting the master if no slides use it
Enabling Preserve Master ensures PowerPoint keeps the Slide Master even if all slides using it are deleted, so it stays available for future use.
Question 5: Where is the correct location in the Ribbon to change the slide size (widescreen vs. standard) for a presentation using a custom Slide Master?
- Slide Master tab > Slide Size (Correct answer)
- View tab > Slide Size
- Insert tab > Slide Size
- Home tab > Slide Size
Correct answer: Slide Master tab > Slide Size
In Slide Master view, the Slide Master tab contains the Slide Size button where you can switch between standard (4:3) and widescreen (16:9) or set custom dimensions.
Question 6: You delete a slide layout that is currently assigned to several slides. What happens to those slides?
- They are also deleted from the presentation
- They revert to the blank layout
- PowerPoint prevents you from deleting a layout that is in use (Correct answer)
- They adopt the first available layout in the master
Correct answer: PowerPoint prevents you from deleting a layout that is in use
PowerPoint does not allow deleting a slide layout that is actively assigned to one or more slides; you must reassign those slides first.
Question 7: A SmartArt graphic placed on the Slide Master appears on slides, but a user wants to replace it with different content on a single slide. What is the best approach?
- Edit the Slide Master to add a Content placeholder over the SmartArt, then use it on that slide
- Delete the SmartArt from the master for just that slide using 'Hide Background Graphics'
- Both A and B are valid, with different tradeoffs (Correct answer)
- SmartArt on a master cannot be overridden per slide
Correct answer: Both A and B are valid, with different tradeoffs
You can hide background graphics to suppress the master's SmartArt and add your own, or redesign the layout with a placeholder — both are valid strategies with different implications.
MOS PowerPoint: Slide Masters & Layouts 5
You right-click a slide in Normal view and choose 'Reset Slide.' What does this action do?