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12-question test on essential Excel functions and habits: SUM, IF, COUNTIF, VLOOKUP, absolute and relative references. Suited to recruitment or internal assessment.

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  1. Question 1 · Single choice

    Cells A1, A2 and A3 contain 10, 20 and 30. What is the result of =SUM(A1:A3)?

    • 6
    • 10
    • 30
    • 60
  2. Question 2 · Single choice

    Cell B2 contains 8. What is the result of =IF(B2>=10,"Pass","Fail")?

    • FALSE
    • 8
    • Fail
    • Pass
  3. Question 3 · Single choice

    Range A1:A5 contains: yes, no, yes, yes, no. What is the result of =COUNTIF(A1:A5,"yes")?

    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 5
  4. Question 4 · Single choice

    What is the result of =AVERAGE(4,6,11)?

    • 6
    • 7
    • 10.5
    • 21
  5. Question 5 · Single choice

    Which notation locks both the column and the row of cell A1 when copied?

    • $A1
    • A$1
    • A1
    • $A$1
  6. Question 6 · Single choice

    Range A2:C4 contains: 101 / Pen / 2.50; 102 / Notebook / 4.00; 103 / Binder / 6.00 (one row per item). What is the result of =VLOOKUP(102,A2:C4,2,FALSE)?

    • Notebook
    • #N/A
    • Pen
    • 4.00
  7. Question 7 · Single choice

    A1 contains 3, A2 contains the text "abc", A3 contains 5 and A4 is empty. What is the result of =COUNT(A1:A4)?

    COUNT only counts cells that contain numbers.

    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
  8. Question 8 · Single choice

    A1 contains "Mary" and B1 contains "Smith". What is the result of =A1&" "&B1?

    • MarySmith
    • Mary Smith
    • #VALUE!
    • Mary & Smith
  9. Question 9 · Single choice

    What is the result of =ROUND(2.678,1)?

    • 2.6
    • 2.68
    • 2.7
    • 3
  10. Question 10 · Single choice

    Cell B1 contains =A1*2. You copy it to B3. Which formula does B3 then contain?

    • =A1*2
    • =A2*2
    • =A3*2
    • =$A$1*2
  11. Question 11 · Single choice

    A1 contains 7. What is the result of =IF(AND(A1>5,A1<10),"yes","no")?

    • no
    • #VALUE!
    • TRUE
    • yes
  12. Question 12 · Single choice

    A1:A4 contains X, Y, X, Y and B1:B4 contains 10, 20, 30, 40. What is the result of =SUMIF(A1:A4,"X",B1:B4)?

    • 20
    • 40
    • 60
    • 100

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