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Assessment questions

True or False? You can apply a border to paragraphs, pages, or pictures.*

True

False

True or False? You can mix numbers and bullets in a list.*

True

False

True or False? If you click File >> Close, you will exit out of Word entirely.*

True

False

True or False? Word's accessibility feature identifies problems with accessibility, but does not provide guidance and correcting accessibility problems.*

True

False

The format painter allows you to*

Copy all of the formatting from one object and apply it to another one

Copy all of the images from one page and apply it to another page

Copy all of the background colors only from one page to another

Remove all of the paragraph formatting from one object and apply it to another one

The lower-right cell of a table is selected. You press Tab. What then happens?*

A tab character is typed into the cell.

A new row is created.

Nothing. You can't advance past the last cell.

The insertion point moves to the first paragraph after the table.

Where is the command to add a border to all pages in a document?*

On the Home tab, in the Editing group

On the Design tab, in the Page Background group

On the Insert tab, in the Pages group

In the title bar

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

Green wavy underlines

Red wavy underlines

Blue wavy underlines

Orange wavy underlines

Which tab of the Ribbon provides the command to allow you to Zoom in and out?*

View

Design

Layout

Home

True or False? Word can save a document in PDF format.*

True

False

True or False? It is possible to crop an image after it has already been added to a Word document.*

True

False

Which feature of Microsoft Word allows you to make repetitive text entry edits quickly?*

Comments

Find and Replace

Insert Image

Page Background

Which technique below allows you to select the entire document?*

Ctrl + A

Ctrl + X

Ctrl + S

Ctrl + V

Which of the following is an example of a special character in Word?*

Trademark

Copyright

Registered trademark

All are correct

The defined areas at the top and bottom of each page in a document in Word are called:*

Styles and Designs

Backgrounds and Captions

Headers and Footers

All are correct

Which of these will enable the mode in which you can edit a footer?*

Select Footer Mode from the Home tab

Display the Header & Footer dialog box

Press Ctrl+A

Double-click the footer

True or False? You can provide a symbol other than a black circle as the bullet in a bulleted list.*

True

False

True or False? You can customize the Quick Access Toolbar from the Word Options dialog box?*

True

False

True or False? You can provide your own text to appear as a watermark.*

True

False

When you click within a table cell, where does the table selection box or table selector appear?*

In the status bar

In the title bar

In the lower-right cell

Above and to the left of the upper-left corner of the table

True or False? Word's document review features include translation, dictionary lookup (definitions), and thesaurus.*

True

False

Where is the command to add an image to the document?*

On the Design tab, in the Page Background group

On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group

On the Home tab, in the Styles group

In the title bar

True or False? By default, File-->Print will print the entire Word document.*

True

False

True or False? You cannot combine wildcards in a search when you use the Find and Replace dialog box.*

True

False

What is the Normal margin setting for Word documents?*

1/2' margin on all sides

1/2' margin on top and bottom, and 1' margin on left and right

1' margin on all sides

3/4' margin on top and bottom, and 1' margin on left and right

You want to automatically update the formatting throughout your entire document. What feature of Word is most appropriate for this purpose?*

Word Styles

Format Painter

Find and Replace

Clipboard

Which of these are character formatting options?*

Which view shows a document without graphics, headers, or footers?*

Draft

Print Layout

Full Screen Reading

Web Layout

A "Word Style" might include which of the following formatting characteristics?*

Text formatting

Paragraph formatting

Borders

Shading

All are correct

True or False? You cannot add your own words to the spelling dictionary.*

True

False

Word Beginners Assessment

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