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CGS 2518 Jill Weiss – MidTerm ExamQuestions and Answers
What is a chart/ graph? - Answers -A visual representation of a set of data values. It
shows trends or relationships that may not be visible by numbers alone.
What is an embedded chart? - Answers -An object in a worksheet.
Chart area - Answers -Contains the chart and all the chart elements.
What are the three chart elements? - Answers -Chart legend, chart title and data label.
Data label - Answers -Text that describes an individual data marker, it provides the data
value with amounts related to it. For example, the percentage value next to a pie slice.
Data source - Answers -Range that contains the data displayed in a chart.
Category values - Answers -The groups or categories that a data series belongs to.
Data series - Answers -The actual values displayed in a chart.
Modifying an excel table - Answers -You can modify an excel table by adding or
removing table elements or its formatting
Total row - Answers -A row you can display below a table to calculate data in the
columns above using a function you choose.
Banded rows or columns - Answers -The shading of alternating rows or columns to
make a table easier to read.
Filter buttons - Answers -Buttons that appear in each column of the header row and
open a menu with options for sorting and filtering the table data
Vertical/ value axis - Answers -Displays the values from the data series ( y axis)
Horizontal/ category axis - Answers -Displays the category values from each data series
( x axis)
Chart tools - Answers -Tabs that appear on the ribbon when a chart is selected and
allow you to modify the chart.
, Format pane - Answers -Contains a selection of commands to format charts.
Chart title - Answers -Name or Description of a chart.
Data marker - Answers -An individual column, dot, bar or pie slice that represents a
single data value.
Chart legend - Answers -identifies data markers associated with each data series.
PMT function - Answers -Used to calculate the payment periods of a loan or mortgage.
Principal amount - Answers -the initial amount borrowed
interest amount - Answers -the amount added to the principal by the loaner
How to access the PMT function: - Answers -put the function in the cell manually or
select the formulas tab on the ribbon, click on library, financial, and select PMT.
How to create a chart - Answers -Step 1: Select the range that has your desired data.
Step 2: Click on the insert tab.
Step 3: Click on recommended or chart type button, and select the chart you want.
What are chart subtypes? - Answers -Variations of the same chart
How to insert a pie chart using quick analysis - Answers -Step 1: Select the data values
you desire.
Step 2: Click on Ctrl + Q for the quick analysis shortcut.
Step 3: Click on the CHARTS category.
Step 4: Select pie chart.
How to move and resize a chart: - Answers -Step 1: highlight your desired data.
Step 2: Use the sizing handles at the bottom of the selected range.
What is what-if analysis? - Answers -Checking how changing the values of a cell will
affect the outcomes of the formulas in the worksheet.
What are the three types of what if analyses? - Answers -1- Scenarios: When you want
to test various variables.
2- Data tables: When you want to test one or two variables.
3- Goal Seek: When you want to test multiple variables that all have one specific
outcome.
clustered column chart - Answers -A column chart that displays the data values in
separate columns side-by-side.
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