PowerPoint Certification PowerPoint Slide Creation and Design 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which option in the Slide Layout gallery would you choose for a slide that needs a title, a content placeholder, and a picture placeholder side by side?
- Two Content
- Comparison (Correct answer)
- Picture with Caption
- Content with Caption
Correct answer: Comparison
The Comparison layout provides a title, two content placeholders side by side with individual sub-headings, suitable for placing text next to an image.
Question 2: How do you insert a new custom slide layout into an existing Slide Master?
- Right-click a slide and select 'Add Layout'
- Switch to Slide Master view and click 'Insert Layout' (Correct answer)
- Use Insert > New Slide and customize it
- Duplicate an existing slide and rename it
Correct answer: Switch to Slide Master view and click 'Insert Layout'
In Slide Master view, clicking Insert Layout adds a new blank layout beneath the master that you can customize with placeholders.
Question 3: What is the purpose of the 'Section' feature in PowerPoint?
- It groups slides into labeled regions for easier organization and navigation (Correct answer)
- It creates a divider slide automatically
- It applies different themes to parts of the presentation
- It restricts editing to a subset of slides
Correct answer: It groups slides into labeled regions for easier organization and navigation
Sections allow you to group and label sets of slides, making long presentations easier to organize, navigate, and reorder.
Question 4: When you right-click a placeholder and choose 'Edit Placeholder', which view must you be in?
- Normal view
- Slide Sorter view
- Slide Master view (Correct answer)
- Reading view
Correct answer: Slide Master view
Placeholders can only be edited (resized, moved, or reformatted) within Slide Master view, not in Normal view.
Question 5: Which keyboard shortcut duplicates a selected slide in the slide panel?
- Ctrl+D (Correct answer)
- Ctrl+Shift+D
- Ctrl+C then Ctrl+V
- Alt+D
Correct answer: Ctrl+D
Ctrl+D duplicates the selected slide (or any selected object) in place, creating an immediate copy.
Question 6: A user wants to insert a live Excel chart that updates automatically when the source workbook changes. Which paste option achieves this?
- Embed Workbook
- Paste as Picture
- Use Destination Theme
- Link Data (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Link Data
Paste Special > Link Data (or Paste Link) creates a live OLE link so the chart updates whenever the source Excel file is modified.
Question 7: Which PowerPoint view shows slide thumbnails in a grid, making it ideal for reordering and deleting multiple slides quickly?
- Normal
- Outline
- Slide Sorter (Correct answer)
- Reading
Correct answer: Slide Sorter
Slide Sorter view displays all slides as thumbnails in a grid, making drag-to-reorder and bulk-delete operations fast and visual.
PowerPoint Certification PowerPoint Slide Creation and Design 3
Which option in the Slide Layout gallery would you choose for a slide that needs a title, a content placeholder, and a picture placeholder side by side?