MS Powerpoint Questions and Answers

Answer: A

Outline view shows only text from the slides.

In PowerPoint 2003 the outline view lists the titles and body text of every slide as a structured outline, so the content can be written and reorganised without the slide layout. Pictures, charts and other objects are not shown in it.

Images of the slides are what slide sorter view and the thumbnails show. The final presentation with effects is slide show view. Normal view is the one with three panes: the outline or slides tab, the slide itself and the notes pane.

Answer: A

Action buttons are used to facilitate navigation between slides.

Action buttons are ready-made shapes in PowerPoint, such as Next, Previous, Home and End, to which an action is attached. Clicking one during a slide show jumps to another slide, which makes them useful for non-linear and self-running presentations.

Media clips are added through the Insert menu, and animations are controlled through Custom Animation. Pack and Go is a separate wizard that packages a presentation for use on another computer. An action button can be set to play a sound or run a program, but its standard purpose is navigation.

Answer: D

Correct answer: All of the above

An animation scheme is applied to whatever is selected when you click it: the slide on screen, a group of slides picked out in the slides pane, or every slide at once using the Apply to All Slides button in the Slide Design task pane. All three scopes are supported.

Answer: A

Correct answer: A table slide

Text paired with numbers needs rows and columns so that each figure sits under its heading and beside its label - that is what a table slide provides. A bullet slide would leave the numbers unaligned and hard to compare, and a title slide simply introduces the topic.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Common tasks toolbar

The Common Tasks toolbar changes its contents according to the view you are in, so in Slide Master, Title Master, Handout Master and Notes Master view it offers the commands relevant to that master. The Standard, Formatting and Drawing toolbars keep the same buttons whichever view is displayed.

Answer: D

Correct answer: All of the above

Format → Background → Fill Effects offers four tabs - Gradient, Texture, Pattern and Picture - so a slide background can be a blend of colours, a stone or fabric texture, a repeating pattern, or a photograph of your own. All the listed effects are available.

Answer: B

Correct answer: The print button

Clicking the Print button on the Standard toolbar sends the job straight to the default printer with the current settings, skipping the dialog box altogether. File → Print and Ctrl + P both open the dialog so options can be chosen.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Loop continuously

Slide Show → Set Up Show carries the check box Loop continuously until ‘Esc’. With it ticked the album restarts at slide 1 as soon as the last slide finishes, which is what an unattended display needs. Random transitions only vary the effect between slides, and an online broadcast streams the show to remote viewers.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Click on the undo button

The Undo button on the Standard toolbar (Ctrl + Z) reverses the last action, so the image returns to where it was. Redo re-applies an action you have just undone, and there is no “not do move object” command on the Edit menu.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Press the shift + tab keys

Tab demotes a bullet to the next level down; Shift + Tab promotes it back up. Enter starts a new bullet at the current level, and Shift alone does nothing to the outline level.