Excel Charting Quiz

Mr. Geerdes

Friday, February 27

The charts of a spreadsheet file are erased when the spreadsheet file is saved and closed.

False

Charts may be printed from the chart window under view.

False

To switch from a spreadsheet window to a chart window, choose Chart from the File Menu.

False

When the spreadsheet data changes, charts created from the spreadsheet will also change.

True

Excel automatically creates a line chart when the Create New Chart command is chosen.

False

Charts are a graphical representation of spreadsheet data.

True

Bar charts are the best way to represent data groups that are part of a whole.

False

Line charts are well suited for representing trends over a period of time.

True

A chart that produces a “cloud’ of data points not connected by lines and is the best way to plot two series

of data on one plot point.

Scatter

A column chart represents values in the spreadsheet by varying heights of rectangles.

True

What type of chart represents values in a spreadsheet by points connected by a line?

Line

What type of chart vertical uses rectangles to represent values in a spreadsheet?

Column

What type of chart is represented by a circle divided in portions?

Pie

What command is chosen to create a new sheet in for a newly created chart?

Move Chart

Unless you rename a chart, what will Excel name the first chart prepared from a spreadsheet?

Chart1

What three characteristics may be added to a chart to help identify what the chart represents?

Legends, Labels, Titles

Where do you go under Select Data Source to make changes if the X and Y axis data are not correct?

Series and/or Category

Name six options you have for data labels in a chart.

X-value, Y-value, Value, Series Name, Percentage, Category

Name

If no plot points appear in an X-Y Scatter Chart, what is the name of the Data Option you choose and then go to Switch Row/Column

(series/category) to reverse the X and Y axis values.

Select Data Source