Excel Chapter 3

Question 1

3-D

Answer 1

The shortened term for three-dimensional, which refers to an image that appears to have all three spatial dimensions - length, width, and depth.

Question 2

Absolute cell reference

Answer 2

A cell reference that refers to cells by their fixed position in a worksheet; an absolute cell reference remains the same when the formula is copied

Question 3

Axis

Answer 3

A line that serves as a frame of reference for measurement and which borders the chart plot area.

Question 4

Base

Answer 4

The starting point; used in calculating the rate of increase, which is the amount of increase divided by the base.

Question 5

Bevel

Answer 5

A shape effect that uses shading and shadows to make the edges of a shape appear to be curved or angled.

Question 6

Category axis

Answer 6

The area along the bottom of a chart that identifies the categories of data; also referred to as the x-axis.

Question 7

Chart area

Answer 7

The entire chart and all of its elements

Question 8

Chart Elements box

Answer 8

The box in the Chart Tools tabs from which you can select a chart element so that you can format it.

Question 9

Chart sheet

Answer 9

A workbook sheet that contains only a chart

Question 10

Data marker

Answer 10

A column, bar, area, dot, pie slice or other symbol in a chart that represents a single data point; related data points form a data series.

Question 11

Data point

Answer 11

A value that originates in a worksheet cell and that is represented in a chart by a data marker.

Question 12

Data series

Answer 12

Related data points represented by data markers; each data series has a unique color or pattern represented in the chart legend.

Question 13

Explode

Answer 13

The action of pulling out one or more pie slices from a pie chart for emphasis.

Question 14

Format as you type

Answer 14

The excel feature by which a cell takes on the formatting of the number typed into the cell

Question 15

Formula AutoComplete

Answer 15

An Excel feature which, after typing an = (equal sign) and the beginning letter or letters of a function name, displays a list of function names that match the typed letter(s)

Question 16

Fund

Answer 16

A sum of money set aside for a specific purpose

Question 17

General Fund

Answer 17

The term used to describe money set aside for the normal operating activities of a government entity such as a city.

Question 18

Goal Seek

Answer 18

One of Excel’s What-If Analysis tools that provides a method to find a specific value for a cell by adjusting the value of one other cell - find the right input when you know the result you want.

Question 19

Legend

Answer 19

A chart element that identifies the patterns or colors that are assigned to the categories in the chart

Question 20

Line chart

Answer 20

A chart type that is useful to display trends over time; time displays along the bottom axis and the data point values are connected with a line.

Question 21

Major unit

Answer 21

A number that determines the spacing between tick marks and between the gridlines in the plot area.

Question 22

Order of operations

Answer 22

The mathematical rules for performing multiple calculations within a formula

Question 23

Percent for new value = base percent + percent of increase

Answer 23

The formula for calculating a percentage by which a value increases by adding the base percentage - usually 100% - to the percent increase

Question 24

Percentage rate of increase

Answer 24

The percent by which one number increases over another number

Question 25

Pie Chart

Answer 25

A chart that show the relationship of each part to a whole

Question 26

Plot area

Answer 26

The area bounded by the axes of a chart, including all the data series

Question 27

Rate = amount of increase/base

Answer 27

The mathematical formula to calculate a rate of increase

Question 28

Relative cell reference

Answer 28

In a formula, the address of a cell based on the relative position of the cell that contains the formula and the cell referred to

Question 29

Text box

Answer 29

A movable resizable container for text or graphics.

Question 30

Tick marks

Answer 30

The short lines that display on an axis at regular intervals

Question 31

Value after increase = base x percent for new value

Answer 31

The formula for calculating the value after an increase by multiplying the original value - the base - by the percent for new value (see the percent for new value formula)

Question 32

Value axis

Answer 32

A numerical scale on the left side of a chart that shows the range of numbers for the data points; also referred to as the y-axis

Question 33

What-If-analysis

Answer 33

The process of changing the values in cells to see how those changes affect the outcomes of formulas in a worksheet

Question 34

WordArt

Answer 34

A feature that transforms text into a stylized image that you can use to create a distinctive logo or heading

Question 35

x-axis

Answer 35

Another name for the horizontal (category) axis

Question 36

y-axis

Answer 36

Another name for the vertical (value) axis.