MS Powerpoint Questions and Answers

Answer: D

Correct answer: Slide Show Menu

Animation Schemes, Custom Animation and Slide Transition all govern what happens while the show runs, so they are on the Slide Show menu.

Answer: B

Correct answer: group slides into named blocks that can be collapsed and moved together

Sections group slides into named blocks. A section can be collapsed to a single heading, expanded again, moved as a unit, or removed with all its slides. They are added by right-clicking between two slides in the thumbnail pane or in Slide Sorter view and choosing Add Section. Their value grows with the length of a deck. A presentation of eighty slides is unmanageable as a flat list; divided into six named sections it can be reordered wholesale, and collapsing the sections not being worked on makes navigation immediate. They also help when several people contribute, since each can own a section. Sections appear in Presenter View, so a speaker can jump to a named part rather than hunting by thumbnail. They are purely organisational and have no effect on the presentation as the audience sees it - unlike Hide Slide, which changes what is shown, or a Custom Show, which defines a subset of slides to present.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Click File, New, select the presentations tab and choose a template

File → New opens the New Presentation dialog; its Presentations tab lists the content templates supplied with PowerPoint, and choosing one creates a presentation already carrying that design and its suggested slides. The other three commands do not exist.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Loop continuously

Slide Show → Set Up Show offers the check box Loop continuously until ‘Esc’. With it ticked the album returns to slide 1 the moment the last slide finishes, so the show runs unattended. Random transitions only vary the effect between slides, and a broadcast streams the show to remote viewers instead of repeating it.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Right click, point to go on the shortcut menu, point to by title, and click the slide you want to go to

Right-clicking during a running show raises its shortcut menu; Go → By Title lists every slide by name, and clicking one jumps straight there without leaving the show. Pressing Esc would end the show, and Backspace steps back one slide at a time.

Answer: C

Correct answer: transitions

The effects that introduce each slide are transitions; animations apply to the objects on a slide once it is displayed.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Click Start >> Run then type powerpnt then press Enter

The executable is powerpnt.exe, without the second o, so typing powerpnt in the Run box starts it. ppoint.exe does not exist.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Rehearse timings button

Slide Show → Rehearse Timings runs the presentation with a timer; the seconds you spend on each slide are recorded and saved as that slide’s advance time, so the show can then run itself. The Slide Transition pane can also hold a manual figure, but the button that records the times is Rehearse Timings.

Answer: B

Correct answer: An item on the slide that performs an action when clicked

A trigger ties an animation to an object: the effect runs when that object is clicked, rather than in the ordinary sequence. That is how an interactive slide is built.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Edit the slide master

A background placed on the slide master appears on every slide that follows it, and any slide added later inherits it too. Applying it slide by slide would leave new slides untouched.