Outlook Beginners Assessment

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Assessment questions

When formatting your message text, which feature gives you a sneak peek of the selected formatting?*

Paste Formats

Paste Special

Live Preview

Mini Toolbar

True or False? The Private option prevents other users who may have access to your calendar from seeing the events on your calendar.*

True

False

True or False? The automatic reply rule allows you to redirect an incoming message to another person.*

True

False

True or False? Tasks are action items that can only be assigned to yourself.*

True

False

Which of the following are used to indicate possible spelling errors in your messages?*

Red wavy underlines

Green wavy underlines

Blue wavy underlines

Orange wavy underlines

None are correct

Which Outlook feature provides a simple and easy to use set of features that will allow you to search through your Email messages?*

The F1 key

Outlook Help

Tell Me

Instant Search

True or False? Electronic business cards are used to share contact information in native Outlook format.*

True

False

Which part of the email address is unique?*

The domain

The local part

The hostname

The @ symbol

True or False? Outlook allows you to remove an attachment from an email message without deleting the accompanying message.*

True

False

True or False? The Quick Access Toolbar is a temporary pop-up window that provides you common text editing commands.*

True

False

Which of the following is an example of automatic content that you can include in your Outlook messages?*

Signature

Templates

Quick Parts

Automatic Replies

All are correct

Which print setting controls how the days appear in the printed calendar?*

Printer

Print Style

Print range

Print preview

True or False? When typing a recipient's name in an address field, the AutoComplete feature attempts to enter email addresses that match.*

True

False

Which of the following is NOT a type of calendar entry available in Outlook?*

Appointments

All-day events

Weather events

Recurring events

Which option allows you to automatically delete or move old items from your Inbox?*

AutoPST

Save rule

AutoSave

AutoArchive

Which option would you use to delete messages older than 120 days and larger than 500KB?*

Mailbox Search

None are correct

Mailbox Cleanup

Inbox Filter

Group by Filter

Which command would you use to insert a trademark in an email message?*

Equation

Symbol

Language

Translate

Which Outlook feature automatically sorts your incoming messages according to perceived priority?*

Classified folder

Focused Inbox

Search folder

None are correct

Filter folder

Which Outlook feature displays the first few lines of an email message in the message list, without having to open the message?*

Live Preview

Desktop Alerts

Message Preview

Conversations

Which option would you use to display messages from your manager in a bright color automatically?*

Automatic color

Conditional formatting

Text formatting

Conditional styles

True or False? You can use the Notes feature to take notes and send them to other people.*

True

False

Which Outlook feature is used to retrieve a message before the recipient reads it?*

Retrieve

Recall

Resend

Recover

Which search option enables you to search contacts by phone number?*

Search People

Reverse search

People Peek

Search Contacts

Which command allows you to stop receiving messages in your Inbox pertaining to specific subject matter, and move them directly to your Deleted Items folder?*

None are correct

Ignore Conversation

Clean Up Conversation

Clean Up Folder

Categorize

True or False: By default, the new message form contains the "To" and "CC" fields?*

True

False

True or False? Outlook enables you to configure more than one email account.*

True

False

What are the available options in Outlook for tracking messages you send?*

Read Receipt & Delivery Receipt

Read Receipt & Recall Receipt

Delivery Receipt & Trace Receipt

Delivery Receipt & Recall Receipt

True or False? You work Wednesday through Sunday. Outlook will not allow you to specify those days as your work week.*

True

False

Which tab of the Ribbon can be used to add illustrations to email messages?*

Home

Insert

Options

Backstage

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