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Basic Computer: MS PowerPoint Interface & Views MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Match the PowerPoint views in List I with their usual purpose in List II. List I: I. Slide Sorter II. Slide Show III. Reading View IV. Notes Page List II: 1. View the presentation in a window without full-screen delivery 2. See many slide thumbnails together to rearrange slides 3. Work with speaker notes in page-like form 4. Present slides to the audience
PowerPoint views are named according to the way they help you work with slides. Slide Sorter shows many slide thumbnails together, so it is best for rearranging slides. Slide Show is meant for presenting the slides to an audience. Reading View lets you preview the presentation in a window without taking over the whole screen. Notes Page is used when the slide and speaker notes are handled together in a page-like layout. Therefore the correct matching is I-2, II-4, III-1 and IV-3.
Q2A teacher wants to quickly change the order of many slides by dragging slide thumbnails. Which PowerPoint view is most suitable for this task?
Slide Sorter view is designed to show all or many slides as thumbnails in one workspace. The important cue is dragging slide thumbnails to change their order. In this view, a user can select, move, copy, delete, and rearrange slides more conveniently than in Normal view. Notes Page focuses on notes, Outline view focuses on slide text, and Reading view previews the presentation. Hence, Slide Sorter view best matches the task.
Q3Which one of the following statements about PowerPoint views is incorrect?
The question asks for the incorrect statement. Reading view is for previewing or reading a presentation in a window, so option A is correct. Slide Show view is used for presenting to an audience, so option B is also correct. PowerPoint also gives view controls through places such as the View tab and status-bar buttons, making option D correct. Option C is wrong because editing slide masters and layouts belongs to Master-related views, not Reading view. Therefore, C is the incorrect statement.
Q4Consider the following statements about starting a PowerPoint presentation. Statement 1: Pressing F5 starts the slide show from the first slide. Statement 2: Pressing Shift+F5 starts the slide show from the current slide. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Both statements are correct. In PowerPoint, F5 is the standard shortcut to begin the slide show from the first slide, which is useful when starting a presentation for the audience. Shift+F5 begins the slide show from the currently selected slide, which is useful when testing or presenting from the middle of a deck. The stem clearly asks about starting a presentation and gives these two common shortcuts. Therefore, the correct choice is that both statements are correct.
Q5Study the following statements about Notes Page view in MS PowerPoint. Statement 1: It is useful for preparing speaker notes along with a slide. Statement 2: It is the best view for rearranging all slides by dragging their thumbnails. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Notes Page view is used when the presenter wants to prepare or view speaker notes together with the related slide. That makes Statement 1 correct. Statement 2 is not about Notes Page view; rearranging many slides by dragging their thumbnails is the typical use of Slide Sorter view. The stem asks which statements are correct, so we separate the two functions: notes belong to Notes Page, and thumbnail rearrangement belongs to Slide Sorter. Hence only Statement 1 is correct.
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6In MS PowerPoint, which keyboard shortcut is commonly used to insert a new slide in the current presentation?
7Consider the following statements about the MS PowerPoint interface. Statement I: The ribbon contains commands arranged under tabs such as Home, Insert and Design. Statement II: The status bar is usually at the bottom of the window and may show slide information, view buttons and zoom controls. Statement III: The Windows taskbar is a PowerPoint pane used for storing slide layouts. Which of the statements given above are correct?
8Which statement correctly describes the Normal view in MS PowerPoint?
9In Microsoft PowerPoint, which view is used as the main editing view where you can work on the current slide, see slide thumbnails, and use the notes area?
10Consider the following Assertion and Reason about MS PowerPoint. Assertion (A): Pressing F5 starts the slide show from the first slide. Reason (R): Slide Show view is meant for delivering the presentation to the audience, not for editing the slide contents. Choose the correct answer.
11In MS PowerPoint, which view is most commonly used to create and edit individual slides, because it shows the slide area along with the thumbnail pane?
12In MS PowerPoint, which shortcut is used to insert a new slide in the current presentation?
13Read the following assertion and reason about MS PowerPoint. Assertion (A): Pressing F5 starts the slide show from the first slide. Reason (R): Pressing Shift+F5 starts the slide show from the current slide. Choose the correct answer.
14Which statement correctly describes Slide Sorter view in MS PowerPoint?
15Assertion (A): Notes Page view helps a presenter work with speaker notes for individual slides. Reason (R): In PowerPoint, speaker notes are meant to support the presenter and are not normally shown to the audience during a slide show. Choose the correct option.