MS Word Questions and Answers

Answer: D

Correct answer: Hanging Indent

Ctrl + T creates a hanging indent, in which the first line stays at the margin and the rest of the paragraph is indented - the arrangement used for bibliographies. Ctrl + Shift + T removes it.

Answer: D

Correct answer: winword.exe

The Word program file is winword.exe - a name inherited from Word for Windows, which distinguished it from the earlier DOS version.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Displays the document in screen-width columns for comfortable reading

Read Mode reflows the document into screen-sized columns and hides the ribbon, giving the largest possible reading area. Pages are turned with the arrow keys or by clicking the arrows at either edge. It is a display view, not a protection: editing is not permitted in it, but switching back to Print Layout restores full editing, so it prevents nothing permanently. Escape leaves the view. It offers a few reading tools of its own - adjustable column width and page colour, including a sepia setting, an object zoom that enlarges a table or image on click, and a resume-reading marker that returns to where the document was last left, even on another device. The distractors describe other features. Reading aloud is Read Aloud on the Review tab, part of the accessibility tools. Preventing editing is Restrict Editing. Converting to PDF is done through Save As or Export.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Ctrl+Z

Ctrl + Z undoes the last action - Z being the leftmost key on the bottom row, reachable with one hand.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension

MIME extends mail beyond plain ASCII text, allowing attachments, non-Latin character sets and multipart messages; its content types are now used by HTTP as well.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Tool bar

A toolbar holds buttons for frequently used commands, so they can be reached in one click instead of through the menus. The menu bar holds every command, the title bar the document name, and the status bar information about the current state.

Answer: D

Correct answer: None of the above

All three are possible: a saved version can be opened, deleted, and opened and saved again as a new version. So there is nothing in the list that cannot be done.

Answer: B

Correct answer: find synonyms and antonyms for a selected word

The Thesaurus suggests synonyms - and often antonyms - for a selected word, so that a repeated or imprecise word can be replaced. It is opened with Shift + F7, or by right-clicking a word and choosing Synonyms. The suggestions are grouped by sense, which matters: a word with several meanings will offer several lists, and choosing from the wrong one produces a sentence that is grammatical but wrong. The tool cannot judge which sense is meant. The distractors name neighbouring tools on the Review tab. Spelling & Grammar, opened with F7, checks correctness. Word Count reports words, characters, paragraphs and pages. Translate renders selected text or the whole document into another language. The Thesaurus should be used with judgement rather than mechanically, since synonyms rarely carry identical connotations - slim, thin and skinny describe the same thing very differently.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Moves the cursor one paragraph up

Ctrl with a vertical arrow moves by paragraph, so Ctrl + Up goes to the start of the previous paragraph.

Answer: B

Correct answer: AutoCorrect

AutoCorrect replaces text as you type according to a list of entries - changing teh to the, capitalising the first letter of a sentence, and correcting two initial capitals. Its list is editable, and that is what makes it more than a spelling aid: an entry can be added to expand an abbreviation into a long phrase, so typing a short code produces a full address or a standard clause. The distractors are separate features. AutoFormat applies formatting automatically - turning a typed hyphen list into a bulleted list, or converting straight quotes into curly ones. AutoText, now part of Quick Parts, stores reusable blocks of content to be inserted on demand. AutoSave preserves the document at intervals so that work is not lost. AutoCorrect should not be confused with the spelling checker, which flags errors with a wavy underline and waits for the user to act rather than changing anything itself.