Microsoft Word Exam-2
Take an exam to see how well you know some Word basics. Content in this quiz was excerpted from Training on Microsoft Office Online.
- 1.You place the insertion point in the middle of a paragraph and start typing. But the new text deletes existing text. What's the problem and how do you fix it?
- A.
Word is in Overtype mode. Press BACKSPACE and retype.
- B.
The DELETE key is pressed in. Press DELETE again.
- C.
Word is in Overtype mode. Press INSERT to turn it off.
- 2.Once you've deleted text, you can't get it back.
- A.
True.
- B.
False
- 3.As you type a paragraph, press ENTER to move from one line to the next.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.The best way to create a heading in a document is to:
- A.
Apply a larger font size to it than the body text.
- B.
Add bold formatting by clicking the Bold button on the Formatting toolbar.
- C.
Apply a heading style.
- 5.You create a numbered list as you type by typing 1, adding your text, and pressing ENTER.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.What's a good reason to use a header or footer in your document?
- A.
To include the document title and page numbers.
- B.
To look impressive.
- C.
To add a title to the start of the document
- 7.How do you open the Header and Footer toolbar?
- A.
On the View menu, click Toolbars, and select Header and Footer from the list of toolbars.
- B.
On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
- C.
Right–click any toolbar and click Header and Footer.
- 8.In order to save an existing document with a different name you need to:
- A.
Retype the document and give it a different name
- B.
Use the Save as.. command
- C.
Copy and paste the original document to a new document and then save
- D.
Use Windows Explorer to copy the document to a different location and then rename it
- 9.Which keyboard shortcut bolds selected text?
- A.
Ctrl+B
- B.
Alt+B
- C.
File/Format/Bold
- D.
None of the above
- 10.What would you see while spell checking the phrase "My father was write"?
- A.
The word "write" is mispelled
- B.
No errors
- C.
The verb of the phrase will be highlighted
- D.
A blue squiggly underline under the word "write"
- 11.Suddenly Word does not display your favorite toolbar. What has happened?
- A.
Your program has been infected by a macro virus
- B.
This version of Word does not support toolbars
- C.
Your toolbar option has been deleted from the menus
- D.
Your toolbar has been unchecked under the View/Toolbars menu
- 12.Which elements of a Word document can be displayed in color?
- A.
Only graphics
- B.
Only text
- C.
All elements
- D.
All elements, but only if you have a color printer
- 13.Why the document you created at home displays with a different font at school?
- A.
Because you have a different printer at school than at home
- B.
Because you have a different monitor at school than at home
- C.
Because the font you used at home is not installed on your school computer
- D.
Because the version of Windows is different
- 14.Which keyboard shortcut centers selected text?
- A.
Ctrl+C
- B.
Alt+C
- C.
There is no keyboard shortcut for this operation
- D.
Ctrl+E
- 15.How many different documents can you have open at one time?
- A.
No more that three
- B.
Only one
- C.
As many as your computer memory will hold
- D.
No more than your Taskbar can display
- 16.How many margins are on a page?
- A.
Two (header and footer)
- B.
Four (top, bottom, right, left)
- C.
Two (landscape and Portrait)
- D.
Two (top and bottom)
- 17.A document in portrait prints:
- A.
The same characters per line with the same document in landscape
- B.
More characters per line than the same document in landscape
- C.
Less characters per line than the same document in landscape
- D.
Smaller fonts in order to fit the same amount of characters per line with landscape
- 18.In page preview mode:
- A.
You can see all pages of your document
- B.
You can only see the page you are currently working
- C.
You can only see pages that do not contain graphics
- D.
You can only see the title page of your document
- 19.How can you highlight text without using the mouse?
- A.
It is impossible
- B.
Use the F5 key
- C.
Use the arrow keys while holding down a Ctrl key
- D.
Use the arrow keys while holding down a Shift key
- 20.Microsoft Word 2007 or later documents are saved as what type of file?
- A.
.doc
- B.
.docx
- C.
.pdf
- D.
.jpg
- 21.The ______ contains all the toolbars (known as Tabs) that you can use to brighten up the plain white text on your page. The Tabs are called: Home, Insert, Page Layout, References,Mailings, Review and View.
- A.
Main bar
- B.
Home bar
- C.
Ribbon
- D.
Know It All
- 22.If your screen is too small or too large, you can use what to ways to increase or decrease the size of your page.
- A.
Magnifying glass
- B.
Zoom Slider
- C.
Increase/Reduce Button
- D.
The "-" and "+" on the bottom right of the screen
- 23.When is a document from Word usually saved?
- A.
My Documents
- B.
My Pictures
- C.
My Videos
- D.
Program Files
- 24.If you have a spelling error, what color line will be under your word?
- A.
Purple
- B.
Green
- C.
Red
- D.
Black
- 25.If you have a grammatical error, what color line will be under your word?
- A.
Purple
- B.
Red
- C.
Green
- D.
White