PowerPoint Presentation - Questions and Answers

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Multiple Choice Questions
Short Answer Questions

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1. An electronic page in a presentation is called ______.

slide

2. New Slide button for inserting a new slide can be found on ______ tab.

Home

3. In ______ view, you can see all the slides in a presentation concurrently.

Slide Sorter

4. ______ is a special effect that allows to specify how to navigate from one slide to other.

Transition

5. The ______ Animation enhance uses the flying effect on the text and character.

Fly In

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ______ is the default file name for a PowerPoint presentation.

(c) Presentation 1

2. File extension for a PowerPoint 2007 presentation is ______

(b) .pptx

3. The custom animation can apply ______

(d) All of these

4. The entire presentation can be seen at a time in ______

(d) Slide Sorter view

5. Special effects used to introduce slides in a presentation are ______

(a) transitions

Short Answer Questions

1. Write down the name of default view in a PowerPoint presentation.

The default view in a PowerPoint presentation is Normal view.

2. Differentiate between a presentation and a slide.

A presentation is the entire file that contains all the slides, while a slide is an individual electronic page within the presentation. A presentation is made up of multiple slides organized in sequence.

3. Write use of layouts in PowerPoint.

Layouts in PowerPoint provide predefined arrangements for content on a slide. They help maintain consistency throughout the presentation and make it easier to add different types of content like text, images, charts, and multimedia in an organized manner.

4. In PowerPoint 2007 under the Insert tab, there is a button named Text Box. What is the utility of this button?

The Text Box button allows users to insert a customizable text container anywhere on a slide. This is useful for adding text in locations not covered by the default slide layout, creating labels, captions, or additional text elements.

5. Animation is a feature, which you can use in your presentation. What is the purpose of this feature?

The purpose of animation is to add visual effects to text, objects, and other elements on slides. It makes presentations more engaging and dynamic by controlling how elements appear, move, and disappear during a slide show.

6. Write three functions that can be performed in Slide Sorter view of a presentation.

Three functions that can be performed in Slide Sorter view are:

  1. Rearrange the order of slides by dragging and dropping
  2. View all slides in the presentation simultaneously
  3. Apply transitions to multiple slides at once
7. How are Header and Footer useful?

Headers and Footers are useful for displaying consistent information across multiple slides, such as slide numbers, date and time, presentation title, or company logo. This helps maintain professionalism and makes navigation easier during the presentation.

8. Differentiate between Slide Transition and Custom Animation.

Slide Transition refers to the visual effect when moving from one slide to another during a presentation. Custom Animation refers to the effects applied to individual elements (text, images, etc.) within a single slide, controlling how they appear, move, or disappear.

9. Explain the various views of a slide available in PowerPoint 2007.

The various views in PowerPoint 2007 are:

  1. Normal View: The default view with slide pane, notes pane, and thumbnail pane
  2. Slide Sorter View: Displays all slides as thumbnails for easy rearrangement
  3. Notes Page View: Shows each slide with its associated speaker notes
  4. Slide Show View: Displays the presentation full screen as it would appear to the audience