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Lab: MS PowerPoint MCQs — Computer Science

42 multiple-choice questions on Lab: MS PowerPoint from Computer Science, each with the correct answer and, where available, a teacher's explanation. Read through them to revise the chapter, then practise the same questions one by one to test yourself.

1. To make slides change automatically after 5 seconds you set:

  1. Duration 5 on animation
  2. On Mouse Click only
  3. Slide Show → Hide Slide
  4. Advance Slide – After 00:05

Answer: D) Advance Slide – After 00:05

Explanation: Transitions → Timing → After.

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2. Which tool copies formatting from one text to another?

  1. Slide Sorter
  2. Format Painter
  3. Notes pane
  4. Animation Pane

Answer: B) Format Painter

Explanation: Click Format Painter, then select the target.

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3. Format Background allows you to apply which fills?

  1. Only solid fill
  2. Only animations
  3. Solid, gradient, picture/texture and pattern
  4. Only transitions

Answer: C) Solid, gradient, picture/texture and pattern

Explanation: These are the background fill types.

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4. To insert a video in a slide you use:

  1. Home → Video
  2. Insert → Video
  3. View → Video
  4. Design → Video

Answer: B) Insert → Video

Explanation: Insert tab, Media group.

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5. To use the same background on every slide you click:

  1. Apply to All
  2. Reset Background
  3. Close
  4. Undo

Answer: A) Apply to All

Explanation: Otherwise only the selected slide changes.

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6. The Ctrl + E shortcut in PowerPoint:

  1. centres the selected text
  2. ends the show
  3. exports to PDF
  4. erases the slide

Answer: A) centres the selected text

Explanation: E for cEntre alignment.

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7. Which animation type controls how an object appears on the slide?

  1. Entrance
  2. Motion path
  3. Exit
  4. Emphasis

Answer: A) Entrance

Explanation: Entrance effects are shown in green.

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8. Commands in PowerPoint are organised into tabs and groups on the:

  1. slide pane
  2. scroll bar
  3. status bar
  4. ribbon

Answer: D) ribbon

Explanation: e.g. Home tab → Font group.

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9. Which view shows all slides as thumbnails so they can be rearranged easily?

  1. Notes Page only
  2. Reading
  3. Normal
  4. Slide Sorter

Answer: D) Slide Sorter

Explanation: Drag slides to reorder.

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10. The shortcut for Save As is:

  1. Shift + F5
  2. F5
  3. Ctrl + M
  4. F12

Answer: D) F12

Explanation: F12 opens Save As.

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11. To make background music continue on all slides you select:

  1. Play Across Slides
  2. Trim Audio
  3. Fade In
  4. Hide During Show only

Answer: A) Play Across Slides

Explanation: Found on the Playback tab.

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12. The small toolbar with Save, Undo and Redo buttons is the:

  1. status bar
  2. Quick Access Toolbar
  3. slide sorter
  4. notes pane

Answer: B) Quick Access Toolbar

Explanation: It can be customised.

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13. Effects that appear when moving from one slide to the next are called:

  1. transitions
  2. animations
  3. placeholders
  4. macros

Answer: A) transitions

Explanation: Transitions tab.

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14. The bar at the very top that shows the file name is the:

  1. ribbon
  2. title bar
  3. notes pane
  4. status bar

Answer: B) title bar

Explanation: It displays the presentation and program name.

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15. To apply the same transition to every slide you click:

  1. Add Animation
  2. Preview
  3. Apply To All
  4. Reset

Answer: C) Apply To All

Explanation: In the Transitions tab, Timing group.

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16. Diagrams such as cycles and hierarchies are created with:

  1. WordArt
  2. Slide Master
  3. Transitions
  4. SmartArt

Answer: D) SmartArt

Explanation: Insert → SmartArt.

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17. Which Start option makes an animation begin automatically after the previous one ends?

  1. On Click
  2. With Previous
  3. Before Slide
  4. After Previous

Answer: D) After Previous

Explanation: With Previous starts at the same time.

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18. An animation that draws attention to an object already on the slide is:

  1. Transition
  2. Entrance
  3. Exit
  4. Emphasis

Answer: D) Emphasis

Explanation: e.g. Pulse, Spin.

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19. The zoom slider is located on the:

  1. title bar
  2. status bar (bottom-right)
  3. Quick Access Toolbar
  4. Insert tab

Answer: B) status bar (bottom-right)

Explanation: Drag it to zoom the slide.

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20. Visual effects applied to objects on a slide are called:

  1. layouts
  2. animations
  3. themes
  4. transitions

Answer: B) animations

Explanation: Animations tab.

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21. Shift + F5 starts the slide show:

  1. with no animations
  2. in reverse order
  3. from the first slide
  4. from the current slide

Answer: D) from the current slide

Explanation: Useful when rehearsing a particular slide.

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22. The first time you press Ctrl + S on a new presentation:

  1. the slide show starts
  2. the Save As dialog opens
  3. nothing happens
  4. the file is deleted

Answer: B) the Save As dialog opens

Explanation: A new file needs a name and location.

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23. Shapes such as arrows and rectangles are inserted from:

  1. Transitions → Fade
  2. Review → Spelling
  3. Design → Themes
  4. Insert → Shapes

Answer: D) Insert → Shapes

Explanation: Shapes are drawing objects.

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24. The area where the presenter types notes that the audience does not see is the:

  1. title bar
  2. ribbon
  3. notes pane
  4. slide pane

Answer: C) notes pane

Explanation: Speaker notes appear in Presenter View.

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25. To add text anywhere on a slide you insert a:

  1. text box
  2. slide master
  3. handout
  4. transition

Answer: A) text box

Explanation: Insert → Text Box.

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