MOS Word: Text & Paragraph Formatting 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which paragraph border option in Word adds a horizontal line only below the paragraph?
- Box border
- Shadow border
- Bottom border (Correct answer)
- Outside border
Correct answer: Bottom border
The Bottom border option in the Borders dropdown adds a single horizontal line beneath the selected paragraph.
Question 2: What does the 'Character Spacing' setting 'Expanded' do to text?
- Increases the font size
- Adds space between individual characters (Correct answer)
- Stretches characters horizontally
- Increases line spacing
Correct answer: Adds space between individual characters
The 'Expanded' character spacing option increases the amount of space between each character in the selected text.
Question 3: In Word, what is the effect of applying the 'Hidden' font formatting to text?
- The text turns white
- The text is not printed or displayed unless Show All Formatting Marks is on (Correct answer)
- The text is moved to a hidden layer
- The text becomes password-protected
Correct answer: The text is not printed or displayed unless Show All Formatting Marks is on
Hidden text is invisible on screen and does not print unless you enable 'Show hidden text' in Word Options or toggle Show/Hide marks.
Question 4: Which keyboard shortcut increases the font size of selected text by one point in Word?
- Ctrl+Shift+>
- Ctrl+] (Correct answer)
- Ctrl+Shift+P
- Ctrl+>
Correct answer: Ctrl+]
Ctrl+] increases the font size of selected text by exactly one point at a time in Word.
Question 5: What does the 'Distributed' paragraph alignment option do, as opposed to 'Justify'?
- It distributes paragraphs evenly across all pages
- It justifies all lines including the last line of the paragraph (Correct answer)
- It aligns text to the center only
- It distributes text into multiple columns
Correct answer: It justifies all lines including the last line of the paragraph
Distributed alignment justifies every line including the last, spreading all text evenly edge-to-edge, unlike Justify which leaves the last line left-aligned.
Question 6: Which dialog box setting controls whether Word automatically adjusts spacing between specific pairs of characters (e.g., 'AV')?
- Tracking
- Kerning (Correct answer)
- Leading
- Ligatures
Correct answer: Kerning
Kerning adjusts the spacing between specific character pairs to improve visual appearance, and can be enabled in the Font dialog's Advanced tab.
Question 7: What is the purpose of the 'Page break before' paragraph option?
- Inserts a manual page break at the end of the paragraph
- Forces the paragraph to always start at the top of a new page (Correct answer)
- Adds extra space before the paragraph equal to one page
- Prevents page breaks within the paragraph
Correct answer: Forces the paragraph to always start at the top of a new page
'Page break before' forces the selected paragraph to begin on a new page, useful for chapter headings.
MOS Word: Text & Paragraph Formatting 5
Which paragraph border option in Word adds a horizontal line only below the paragraph?