MS Powerpoint Questions and Answers

Answer: B

Correct answer: Landscape

PowerPoint slides default to landscape - wider than they are tall (10 × 7.5 inches on the classic 4:3 setting) - because that matches the shape of a projector screen. Portrait is available under File → Page Setup but must be chosen deliberately.

Answer: D

Correct answer: All of the above

A PowerPoint show accepts pictures in .jpg and .gif form - the latter including animated GIFs - and sound in .wav form, each inserted from the Insert menu. Since all three formats can be added, the combined option is correct.

Answer: D

Correct answer: F5

F5 starts the slide show from the first slide. Shift + F5 starts it from the current slide, which is the more useful of the two when rehearsing a particular section. The shortcuts that matter during a show are worth having ready. N, Enter, space or the right arrow advance; P, Backspace or the left arrow go back. Typing a number followed by Enter jumps straight to that slide. B blanks the screen to black and W to white - useful for drawing attention back to the speaker. Esc ends the show. Ctrl + P turns the pointer into a pen for annotating a slide, and E erases the annotations. Alt + F5 opens Presenter View, which shows the current and next slides, the notes and a timer on the speaker’s screen while the audience sees only the slide.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Setting slide times

Give each slide an advance time - typed into the Slide Transition pane or recorded with Rehearse Timings - and the show moves on by itself when that time expires, with no click needed. Build effects and transitions govern how things appear, not when the slide changes.

Answer: C

Correct answer: select File, Save from the menu

A presentation is saved with File → Save - equally the Save button on the Standard toolbar or Ctrl + S. The Windows Start button launches programs, Ctrl + F5 does not save, and the Formatting toolbar carries type controls rather than a Save button.

Answer: D

Correct answer: All of these

PowerPoint can display objects created by the Office add-ins: an Equation Editor equation, an Organization Chart, and a Photo Album built from a folder of images. Each is inserted as an embedded object that its own add-in edits, so all three can appear on a slide.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Use the Transparency slider in the Format AutoShapes dialog box

Double-click the shape to open Format AutoShape, and the Colors and Lines tab carries a Transparency slider; raising it from 0% lets the slide background show through the fill. The Set Transparent Color button works on bitmap pictures, not AutoShapes, and the 3-D styles change depth rather than transparency.

Answer: D

Correct answer: All of above

A slide can be added from the Insert menu, from the New Slide button on the toolbar, or by right-clicking in the slides panel - three routes to one command.

Answer: D

Correct answer: copy formatting from one object and apply it to another

The Format Painter copies the formatting of a selected object - fill, outline, effects, font, size, colour - and applies it to another, leaving the content untouched. Its behaviour is worth knowing precisely: a single click applies the formatting once and then switches the tool off, while a double-click locks it on so the formatting can be applied to several objects in turn until Escape is pressed. That detail saves a great deal of time and is frequently examined. Its keyboard equivalent is Ctrl + Shift + C to copy formatting and Ctrl + Shift + V to apply it. For consistency across a whole presentation the better tool is the Slide Master, which defines formatting centrally so that changing it updates every slide - whereas the Format Painter copies one instance at a time and creates no lasting link. The Animation Painter, on the Animations tab, does the same job for animation effects.

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.