Software Solutions - PowerPoint 2003 Skill Assessment

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Skill Measurement:        Create new presentations from templates
It is important to create a presentation that has a consistent professional appearance.  This can be done with PowerPoint’s design templates and AutoContent Wizard. Design templates contain color schemes, slide and title masters with custom formatting, and styled fonts, all designed to create a particular look.

1) To create a blank presentation choose which menu commands you would use? 

1. File>Open
2. File>New
3. Insert>New presentation
4. Create>New
5. Honestly don't know

2) When creating a presentation using the AutoContent Wizard which type of output is not available?

1. On-screen presentation
2. Kiosk presentation
3. 35mm slides
4. Honestly don't know

3) To create a presentation using a Design Template choose which menu commands you would use?

1. Click the Design button on the Formatting toolbar
2. File>Open
3. File>New
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:        Organize a presentation
The order of slides in a presentation is critical to convey a message clearly and logically.  PowerPoint’s Slide Sorter view enables a PowerPoint user to see all the slides in the presentation on the screen at the same time, displayed in miniature. This view is convenient for adding, deleting, and moving slides.

4) Which method is not valid for adding a slide to a presentation:

1. Press CTRL+M
2. Click Insert>Slide in the menu
3. Click the New Slide button on the Formatting toolbar
4. Honestly don't know

5) To delete a slide from a presentation?

1. In the Slide Show view press the DELETE key
2. In the Notes Page view press the DELETE key
3. In the Slide Sorter view press the DELETE key
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Work with Masters
6) To view the slide master select which menu commands?

1. View>Master>Slide Master
2. View>Slide Master
3. View>Master
4. Honestly don't know

7) To add a slide number to the Slide Master select which menu commands?

1. View>Header and Footer and tick the option Slide Number
2. Insert>Header and Footer and tick the option Slide Number
3. Insert>Slide Numbers to Master
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Insert and edit text - based content
The PowerPoint user must be confident with the ability to use text created in other programs to make a new presentation. PowerPoint can import Word documents, and documents in Rich Text Format (.rtf), plain text format (.txt), or HTML format (.htm).  When you import a Word document, an HTML document, or a Rich Text Format document, PowerPoint uses the outline structure from the styles in the document. A heading 1 becomes a slide title, a heading 2 becomes the first level of text, and so on. If the document contains no styles, PowerPoint uses the paragraph indentations to create an outline. When you import a plain text document, tabs at the beginning of paragraphs define the outline structure. The slide master in the current presentation determines the format for the title and text.

8) To open a Word outline into a presentation you would select which menu commands?

1. File>Open and change Files of Type to Word Outline
2. File>Open and change Files of Type to All Outlines
3. Insert>Open Word Outline
4. File>Import Word Outline
5. Honestly don't know

9) To add text to a slide that has a blank layout you would use which icon?

1. Text Box icon on the Drawing toolbar
2.
Simply click on the slide and begin typing
3. Text Box icon on the Formatting toolbar
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Format text - based content
10) When formatting text on a slide which text format is not available in PowerPoint?

1. Engraved
2. Embossed
3. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Insert tables, charts and diagrams
The inserting of graphics into documents is important to support and enhance associated presentation text.  There are two basic types of graphics that you can use to enhance your Microsoft PowerPoint presentations: drawing objects and pictures. Drawing objects include AutoShapes, curves, lines, and WordArt drawing objects. These objects are part of your presentation.   Pictures are graphics that were created from another file. They include bitmaps, scanned pictures and photographs, and clip art.  Microsoft PowerPoint comes with its own set of pictures in the Clip Gallery. The Clip Gallery includes a wide variety of clip art that makes it easy for PowerPoint users to dress up their presentations with professionally designed images. There is a wide variety from scenic backgrounds to maps and from buildings to people.  The PowerPoint user must be able to competently enhance presentations by including pictures from the clipart gallery.

11) To add a table to a slide that has the layout Title Only; select which menu commands?

1. Edit>Insert>Table
2. Edit>Insert Table
3. Insert>Object>Table
4. Insert>Table
5. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Insert pictures, shapes and graphics
12) To add a clip art object to a slide select which menu commands?

1. Insert>Object>Clip Art
2. Insert>Picture>Clip Art
3. Insert>Clip Art
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Insert objects
13) To add a bitmap image to a slide you would select which menu commands?

1. Insert>Items
2. Insert>Image
3. Insert>Picture
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Insert tables, charts and diagrams
14) To add a chart to a slide you would select which menu commands?

1. Insert>Items
2. Insert>Chart
3. Insert>Picture
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Format slides
You can change the background color or background design on slides, notes, and handouts. Changing the background is useful if you just want a simple shade or texture for a slide background and not all the other design elements in a design template. Or, you might want to change the background to emphasise sections of a presentation. Besides changing the color, you can add shading, a pattern, a texture, or a picture.

15) To make a bitmap graphic appear in the background you would select the graphic and choose which commands?

1. Select Format>Background from the menu
2. Click Draw on the Drawing toolbar and then Order and Send to Back
3. Select View>Send to the Back from the menu
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Insert pictures, shapes and graphics
16) To change the style of Word Art to an existing Word Art element you would click which icon on the Word Art toolbar?

1. Shape
2. Style
3. WordArt Gallery
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Format pictures, shapes and graphics
17) To rotate text in a table 90º you would select which menu commands?

1. Format>Table and click the Text Box tab
2. Format>Table and click the Borders tab
3. Format>Table and click the Fill tab
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Format slides
18) To change the background colour of each slide independently select which menu commands?

1. Format>Background Colour, select a colour and click the Apply button
2. Format>Background, select a colour and click the Apply button
3. Format>Background, select a colour and click the Apply to All button
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Customize slide templates
19) To change the colour of a shape contained within a presentation template you would?

1. Click the shape and change the colour using the Fill Color icon
2. Click View>Master>Slide Master.  Click the shape and change the colour using the Fill Color icon
3. Click View>Master>Slide Master.  Click the shape and change the colour using the Background Color icon
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Format slides
20) To remove the slide number from a single selected slide?

1. Draw a rectangle over the slide number to hide it
2. Click Insert>Slide Number and unselect the option Slide Number and click Apply
3. Click Insert>Slide Number and select the option remove Slide Number and click Apply
4. Honestly don't know

21) To apply a different template to a single selected slide in a collection of slides?

1. In the Slide Design - Design Templates Task Pane click the drop-down on the template and select Apply to Selected Slides
2. Click the particular slide and In the Slide Design - Design Templates Task Pane click the template
3. In the Slide Design - Design Templates Task Pane drag the template to the particular slide
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Apply animation schemes
When creating an on-screen presentation, it is important to be able to add many of PowerPoint’s special effects to make the online (electronic) presentation exciting, interesting, and complete. A PowerPoint user must be able to apply special effects such as slide transitions, timings, movies, sounds, animation, and hyperlinks to captive an audience.

22) To apply a different animation scheme to a single selected slide in a collection of slides do the following in the Slide Design - Animation Schemes Task Pane?

1. Click the drop-down on the animation and select Apply to Selected Slides
2. Drag the animation to the particular slide
3.
Click the animation
4. Honestly don't know

23) To remove animation schemes, from an entire presentation select which commands?

1. In the Slide Design - Animation Schemes Task Pane click the animation named No Animation
2. In the Slide Design - Animation Schemes Task Pane click the animation named No Animation and click the Apply to all Slides button
3. Select Format>Animation>Remove Animation in the menu
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Apply slide transitions
24) To apply a different slide transition to a single selected slide in a collection of slides?

1. In the Slide Design - Slide Transition Task Pane click the drop-down on the transition and select Apply to Selected Slides
2. In the Slide Design - Slide Transition Task Pane click the transition and click the Apply button
3. Select Slide Show>Slide Transition in the menu and then click transition in the Slide Transition Task Pane
4. Honestly don't know

25) To remove transitions from an entire presentation select which commands?

1. In the Slide Design - Slide Transition Task Pane click the transition named No Transition
2. Select
Slide Show>Slide Transition in the menu click the transition named No transition and click the Apply to all Slides button
3. Select Format>Transitions>Remove Transitions in the menu
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Format slides
Different types of information need different types of layout in order to present the information effectively.  The PowerPoint user must be able to effectively incorporate any of the 24 different layouts in a presentation.    When a new slide is created select one of 24 predesigned slide layouts: for example, there's a layout that has placeholders for a title, text, and a chart; and there's another with placeholders for a title and clip art. The title and text placeholders follow the formatting of the slide master. The placeholders can be moved, resized, or reformatted so that they vary from the slide master. It is possible to change the layout of a slide after it has been created if a different layout is found to be more effective.

26) Which method is not a valid way to change a slide layout?

1. Select Format>Slide Layout in the menu
2. Select Layout>Slide Layout in the menu
3. Click the Task Pane drop-down and select the Slide Layout Task Pane
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Customise slide templates
27) What is the file extension of a PowerPoint Design Template?

1. .ppt
2. .pdt
3. .pot
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Works with masters
The slide master is an element of the design template that stores information about the template, including font styles, placeholder sizes and positions, background design, and color schemes.

28) To stop a master from being automatically deleted when another design template is applied you would?

1. Select View>Master>Slide Master in the menu and click the Preserve Master icon on the Master toolbar
2. Select View>Master>Slide Master in the menu and click the Protect Master icon on the Master toolbar
3. Select View>Master>Slide Master in the menu and click the Lock Master icon on the Master toolbar
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Rehearse timing
29) To adjust the rehearse timing on a particular slide you would?

1. Select Slide Show>Rehearse Timings from the menu and change the time shown on the Task Pane
2. Double-click the slide and change the time shown
3. Select Slide Show>Slide Transition from the menu and change the time shown on the Task Pane
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Organize a presentation
30) Changing the order of slides cannot be done in which view?

1. Slide Sorter
2. Notes Page
3. Normal
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Track, accept and reject changes in a presentation
31) To end a review you would?   

1. Save the presentation as a presentation and not a presentation for review
2. Click Tools>Tracking>End Review in the menu
3. Click the End Review button on the Reviewing toolbar

4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Set up slide shows for delivery
32) An action button will not link to what option?

1. An AutoShape on a particular slide
2. The Last Slide in a presentation
3. Another File or PowerPoint Presentation
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Print slides, outlines, handouts and speaker notes
You can print your entire presentation — the slides, outline, notes, and audience handouts — in color, grayscale, or pure black and white. You can also print specific slides, handouts, notes pages, or outline pages.  Most presentations are designed to be shown in color, but slides and handouts are usually printed in black and white. You can preview how your slides and handouts will look in black and white and adjust the look of black-and-white objects before you print your presentation.

33) When printing Slides what Color/grayscale options do you have?

1. Color, Grayscale and Pure Black and White
2. Color and Grayscale
3. Honestly don't know

34) When printing Hand Outs what is the maximum number of slides you can print on single page?

1. Nine
2. Six
3. One
4. Honestly don't know

35) When you need to print only Speaker Note pages 1 and 3 and 5 to 12 what would you type in the Slides field of the Print window?

1. 1-3,5-12
2. 1,3,5,6,7,9,10,11,12
3. 1,3,5-12
4. Honestly don't know

36) To print comments with your handouts you would?

1. Select Tools>Options from the menu and under the Print tab tick Include comments page
2. Select File>Print from the menu and tick Include comments page in the Print window
3. Select File>Print from the menu and click the Slides drop-down and select comments
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Insert objects
37) To embed an Excel chart into a PowerPoint slide select which menu commands?

1. Insert>Object in the menu, click the Create from file option button, browse and locate the Excel file and click OK
2. Insert>Chart in the menu, click the Create from file option button, browse and locate the Excel file and click OK
3. Insert>Picture>Chart in the menu, click the Create from file option button, browse and locate the Excel file and click OK
4. Honestly don't know

38) To link an Excel chart into a PowerPoint slide select which menu commands?

1. Insert>Picture>Chart in the menu, click the Create from file option button, browse and locate the Excel file, tick Link and click OK
2. Insert>Object in the menu, click the Create from file option button, browse and locate the Excel file, tick Link and click OK
3. Insert>Chart in the menu, click the Create from file option button, browse and locate the Excel file, tick Link and click OK
4. Honestly don't know

39) To insert a .wav file into a PowerPoint presentation you would?

1. Select Insert>Wav File from the menu
2. Select Insert>Movies and Sounds>Movie from File from the menu
3. Select Insert>Movies and Sounds>Sound from File from the menu
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Insert and edit text - based content
You can add music and sounds from files on your computer, a network, the Internet, or Microsoft Clip Organizer. You can also record your own sounds to add to a presentation, or use music from a CD. You insert music or sounds on a slide, and a sound icon that represents the sound file appears. To play the music or sound, you can set it to start automatically when the slide displays, start on a mouse-click, start automatically but with a time delay, or play as part of an animation sequence. If you don't want the icon to be visible, you can drag it off the slide and set up the sound to play automatically.

40) To create a new embedded Word table in a PowerPoint slide you would select?

1. Insert>Word Table in the menu, click the Create New option button, select the Object type Microsoft Word document and click OK
2.
Insert>Table in the menu, click the Create New option button, select the Object type Microsoft Word document and click OK
3. Insert>Object in the menu, click the Create New option button, select the Object type Microsoft Word document and click OK
4. Honestly don't know

41) To link to a Word table in a PowerPoint slide you would select?

1. Insert>Word Table in the menu, click the Create from file option button, browse and locate the Word file, tick Link and click OK
2. Insert>Object in the menu, click the Create from file option button, browse and locate the Word file, tick Link and click OK
3. Insert>Table in the menu, click the Create from file option button, browse and locate the Word file, tick Link and click OK
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Export a presentation to another Microsoft Office program
42) To export a PowerPoint presentation as Outline/Rich Text Format File you would?

1. File>Export>Outline/RTF
2. File>Send To>Microsoft Word and select Outline
3. File>Save As and change Files of Type to Outline/RTF
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Rehearse timing
43) If your slides had timings and you wanted to run the Slide Show using timings and looping continuously what menu commands would you select?

1. Slide Show>Set Up Slide Show
2. Slide Show>Set Up Show
3. File>Set Up Slide Show
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Save and publish presentations
44) To make the PowerPoint show run automatically when the file is double-clicked you would?

1. Save the PowerPoint file as a web page
2. Save the PowerPoint file as a PowerPoint Add-in
3. Save the PowerPoint file as a PowerPoint Show
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Deliver presentations
45) To run a slide show from the first slide press which shortcut key?

1. F5
2. F6
3. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Save and publish presentations
The PowerPoint user can save the presentation they are working on — whether it's new or been saved before — and the presentation can also be saved as copy of the original presentation with a different name or in a different location.

46) To store your presentation in a new folder from within PowerPoint you would?

1. Select File>New>Folder from the menu
2. Select File>Save As from the menu and click the Create New Folder button
3. Use the My Computer icon on the desktop to Create a New Folder
4. Honestly don't know

47) Which method is invalid for embedding TrueType fonts into your presentation?

1. Select Format>Font from the menu
2. Select Tools>Options from the menu and click the Save tab 
3. Select File>Save As and click Tools in the Save As toolbar and click Save Options
4. Honestly don't know

48) To publish your PowerPoint presentation to the web you would select which menu commands?

1. File>Publish
2. File>Save as Web Page
3. File>Publish as Web Page
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Prepare presentations for remote delivery
49) When you package to a CD you can include what?

1. Embedded true type fonts
2. Embedded true type fonts and a password
3. Neither
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Track, accept and reject changes in a presentation
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 allows you to send a presentation for review so that other people can add comments and make any changes they want to their copies of the presentation. As the author of a presentation, you may want to send or your presentation to reviewers online so that you do not have to rely upon a hard copy markup.

50) To prepare a presentation for review select what menu commands?

1. Tools>Tracking>Track Changes
2. File>Save As and set File save as type to presentation for review
3. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Compare and merge presentations
51) To combine reviewed presentations select which menu commands?

1. Tools>Compare and Merge Presentations
2. File>Compare and Merge Presentations
3. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Add, edit and delete comments in a presentation
52) To accept or reject revisions to a presentation use which toolbar?

1. Reviewing
2. Revisions
3. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Set up shows for delivery
53) When creating a hyperlink you have what choices?

1. Existing File or web page
2.
Existing File or web page or Place in this document
3.
Existing File or web page, Place in this document or email address
4.
Existing File or web page, Place in this document, Create new document or email address
5. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Deliver presentations
54) When viewing a slide show you cannot?

1. Change the pen colour
2. View a custom show
3. Change the template
4. Honestly don't know

Skill Measurement:    Format pictures, shapes and diagrams
55) To change the fill colour of a venn diagram by double clicking the diagram?

1. Yes
2. No
3. Honestly don't know