DATA ANALYTICS (IMP QUESTIONS)
1. Which excel function is used to find average function ? - AVERAGE
2. what is the keyboard shortcut to open the insert button ? - ALT + F1
3. Which chart suits the composition of the dataset in excel ? - PIE CHART
4. Which excel future allows u to filter and analyse data based on certain criteria ? - DATA
FILTERATION
5. Which function is used to round number upto the nearest integer ? - ROUND UP FUNCTION
6. Which excel tool is used to create visual summary of data and perform exploratory analysis ?
- DATA PIVOT TABLE
7. What is the use case of VLOOKUP ? - SEARCHES FOR A VALUE IN THE TABLE AND RETURNS A
CORRESPONDING VALUE
8. In excel what does a count function do ? - RETURNS THE NUMBER OF CELLS IN A RANGE
THAT CONTAINS NUMBERS
9. What is the purpose of data label in excel chart ? - TO DISPLAY VALUE OF DATA ON THE
CHARTS
10. Which excel function is used to find the highest value of range of nos ? MAX
11. What is the purpose of conditional formatting ? - FORMATTING CELLS BASED ON CERTAIN
CRITERIA
12. Which excel tool is used to create a 2 dimensional summarising data ? - DATA PIVOT TABLE
13. What is the use of concatinate function ? - COMBINE TEXT FROM MULTIPLE TEXTS FROM
OTHER CELLS INTO OME CELL
14. What is the function of WHAT-IF Analysis tool ? - TO PERFORM CALCULATIONS BASED ON
DIFFERENT SCENARIO
15. What is the Square root of a number function in excel ? - SQRT (SQUARE ROOT)
16. What does SUM IF function do in excel ? - SUMS VALUE BASED ON A CONDITION
17. Which chart is used for combining values across different categories ? - BAR CHART
18. What is the Purpose of AVG IF Function ? - AVG VALUES BASED ON A CONDITION
19. Which excel tool allows you to group and summarise data based on specific columns ? -
PIVOT TABLE
20. What does an IF function do in excel ? - RETURNS THE VALUE BASED UPON A LOGICAL TEST
21. How can you freeze panes in excel ? - WINDOW AND THEN FREEZE PANES
22. What is the use case of choose function ? - RETURNS THE VALUE FROM A LIST OF OPTIONS
23. Which chart type is used to show trends ? - LINE CHART
24. What is the purpose of COUNTA funtion ? - RETURNS THE TOTAL COUNT OF CELLS IN A
RANGE
25. How can you sort a data based on multiple criteria ? - USE ADVANCED SORT FEATURE
26. What is the Purpose of transpose function ? - SWAPS ROWS AND COLUMNS IN A RANGE
27. What is the Purpose of goal seek ? - TO FIND THE INPUT VALUE NEEDED TO ACHIEVE A
DESIRED RESULT
28. Function used to find the lowest value - MIN FUNCTION
29. Pivot chart – SUMMARISES AND VISUALISE DATA FROM A PIVOT TABLE
30. Text function in excel – CONVERTS TEXT VALUE TO SPECIFIC FORMAT
31. Remove duplicate from a column in excel – USE REMOVE DUPLICATE TOOL
32. Purpose of RAND function – RETURNS A RANDOM NUMBER BETWEEN 0 AND 1
33. Excel tool used to create graphical rep of data using bars of varying length – BAR CHART
34. Function network days – CALCULATES NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS BETWEEN 2 DAYS
35. Purpose of SUB TOTAL function – PERFORMS CALCULATIONS ON VISIBLE ROWS IN A
FILTERED RANGE
36. Purpose of PMT Function – CALCULATES PAYMENTS FOR A LOAN BASED ON A INTEREST
RATES AND DURATION
37. Function used to find standard deviation – STDEV
38. Purpose of substitute function – REPLACES A TEXT WITH A NEW TEXT
39. Purpose of IRR function – CALCULATES THE INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN FOR A SERIES OF
CASH FLOWS
40. Purpose of RANK function – RANKS VALUES IN A RANGE BASED ON THEIR NUMERICAL VALUE
41. Which feature allows you to create dynamic summary report without using complex formula
– PIVOT TABLE
42. Purpose of Round function – ROUNDS A NUMBER TO A SPECIFIED NUMBER OF DECIMAL
PLACES
43. Purpose of Forecast function – PREDICTS FUTURE VALUES BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA
44. Purpose of Filter function – FILTERS DATA BASED ON SPECIFIED CRITERIA
45. Purpose of AVGA Function – CALCULATES THE AVERAGE OF A RANGE OF NON NUMERIC
VALUE (TEXT)
46. Purpose of XMPV Function – CALCULATES THE NET PRESENT VALUE OF A SERIES OF CASH
FLOWS
47. Purpose of MAX IF’s Function – MAXIMUM VALUE OF THE RANGE BASED ON SPECIFIED
CRITERIA
48. Purpose of TREND Function – PREDICTS FUTURE VALUES BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA