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Spreadsheets Worksheet 01 (2nd Term 5%)
Cell B6 stores the product of B1, B2 and A6. If the formula stored in cell B6 is produced by copying
the formula stored in cell B5, what should be the formula in cell B5?
(A $ sign before any column letters or row numbers represents absolute addressing. Without the $
sign, relative addressing is used.)
A. B1*B2*A$5
B. B$1*B$2*A5
C. $B1*$B2*A5
D. B1*B2*$A5
2. Which of the following are advantages of using electronic spreadsheets over manual spreadsheets?
(1) Data format can be changed more easily.
(2) Chart can be drawn more easily.
(3) Calculation can be performed faster.
A B C D
1 Chinese English Mathematics
2 Ann 78 72 84
3 David 66 86 98
4 John 89 54 60
5
If cell B5 stores the formula MAX(B2:B4) and this formula is then copied to D5, what will be the result
of cell D5?
A. 60
B. 66
C. 89
D. 98
4. Which of the following software packages is the best option for maintaining the inventory of a
department store?
A. spreadsheet package
B. word processing package
C. database management system
D. graphics package
She wants to find the total amount of items 1, 2 and 3 in each month. She types a formula in cell E2
and then copies it into cells E3 and 14. Which of the following formulae does she type?
A. =SUM (B$2+C$2-D$2)
B. =SUM ($B2 : $B4)
C. =SUM ($B2 : $D2)
D. =SUM (B$2 : D$2)
6. Mr. Wong is the Accounts Manager of ABC Electrical Company. He is preparing letters using a word
processor with a spreadsheet file for mail merging. The following spreadsheet file contains three
customer records. A formula is entered in Column D on each row to calculate the customer’s total bill.
The total bill is the sum of the charges in April and May plus the Basic Charge in Cell B5:
A B C D
1 Customer April May Total bill
2 Mr. Lee 400 300 850
3 Mr. Chan 100 100 350
4 Ms. Lo 250 300 700
5 Basic Charge 150
Before generating all letters, a sample letter using the first record is previewed as shown below:
Dear Ms Lee,
Your total bill is $850.
Thank you for you attention.
Mr. Wong
ABC Electrical Company
Which of the following statements about preparing Mr. Wong’s letters is correct?
7. Mary conducts a survey with data computation and analysis and then produces a newsletter. Which
application software should she use?
(1) Word processor
(2) Spreadsheet software
(3) Presentation software
A. (3) only
B. (1) and (2) only
C. (1) and (3) only
D. (2) and (3) only
8. The total number of students in class is calculated in B6 in the spreadsheet below.
A B
1 Ways to go to school Number of students
2 walk 10
3 MTR 15
4 bus 10
5 taxi 5
6 Total 40
Which of the following formulae in B6 is logically correct?
A. =B2*4
B. =sum(A2:B5)
C. =B2+B3+B4+B5
D. =(max(B2:B5)+min(B2:B5))*2
9. A company used to use a spreadsheet to handle customer information, but recently it has adopted a
database system. Why?
10. In the following spreadsheet, what operator and function should be used?
(1) +
(2) *
(3) sum
(4) count
A B C D E
1 Name Test1 Test2 Exam Total
2 Chan Man-lun 56 78 78
3 Cheung Lai-mei 89 96 91
4 Ho Yue-chung 78 45 56
5 Law Kun-tin 90 22 45
8 Weight of Test 1 0.1
6
7
9 Weight of Test2 0.2
10 Weight of Exam 0.7
(a) The values in cells E2, E3, E4, and E5 are calculated by the following mathematical expression:
Test1 × Weight of Test1 + Test2 × Weight of Test2 + Exam × Weight of Exam
These values represent the assessment totals of students.
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(4 marks)
(b) Cell E6 is used to show the average of the 4 assessment totals. Write the formula that should be
stored in cell E6.
=average(e2:e5)
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(2 marks)
(c) Give ONE advantage of using an electronic spreadsheet, instead of a calculator, to find the assessment
results of students.
When the data in the spreadsheet file are changed, the cell with calculations involved
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those data will be updated accordingly.
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(2 marks)
2. Given that
annual interest =principal x annual interest rate
Peter uses a spreadsheet software package to calculate interest earned annually. He has typed the data
and formulae in a worksheet as follows: (Italic figures are generated by formulae.)
A B C
1 Annual interest rate: 0.03
2 Principal: 1,000
3 Year Principal invested at the beginning of the year Interest earned over the year
4 2003 1,000 30
5 2004 1,030 1,030,000
6 2005
7 Total interest earned:
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(5 marks)
(c) Assume that Peter has worked out all correct formulae to calculate the interest earned over each year.
(i) Using a spreadsheet built-in function, write down the formula in c7 to calculate the total interest
earned over the three years.
=sum(c4:c6)
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(ii) Peter wants to create a bar chart to show the annual interest earned over the three years. State the
cell ranges to be used for the chart.
c4 to c6
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(2 marks)