MS PowerPoint MCQs 2026

The area that holds the title text on a slide is the

1. A Notes pane ✓
2. B Title placeholder ✓
3. C Status bar ✓
4. D Handout ✓

Which of the following is NOT a PowerPoint view

1. A Normal ✓
2. B Slide Sorter ✓
3. C Formula ✓
4. D Reading ✓

The old file extension of PowerPoint before 2007 was

1. A .pps ✓
2. B .ppt ✓
3. C .pptx ✓
4. D .potx ✓

The bar at the bottom showing slide number and view buttons is the

1. A Title bar ✓
2. B Ribbon ✓
3. C Status bar ✓
4. D Scroll bar ✓

To bring an object smoothly onto a slide, you would add a/an

1. A Transition ✓
2. B Entrance animation ✓
3. C Theme ✓
4. D Template ✓

PowerPoint is a part of

1. A Adobe Creative Cloud ✓
2. B Windows OS ✓
3. C Microsoft Office ✓
4. D Google Workspace ✓

Which file format lets a presentation run automatically as a slideshow

1. A .docx ✓
2. B .xlsx ✓
3. C .txt ✓
4. D .ppsx ✓

A background design applied to all slides is best set using the

1. A Slide Master ✓
2. B Notes pane ✓
3. C Status bar ✓
4. D Outline view ✓

Which tab is used to apply themes to a presentation

1. A Design ✓
2. B Insert ✓
3. C Review ✓
4. D Home ✓

Which tab is used to insert pictures, videos and tables

1. A Design ✓
2. B Insert ✓
3. C View ✓
4. D Transitions ✓

The feature that records how long you spend on each slide is

1. A AutoPlay ✓
2. B Slide Master ✓
3. C Rehearse Timings ✓
4. D Presenter Notes ✓

A new PowerPoint file by default opens as a

1. A Themed deck ✓
2. B Photo album ✓
3. C Chart ✓
4. D Blank presentation ✓

To duplicate the current slide quickly you can use

1. A Ctrl+D ✓
2. B Ctrl+X ✓
3. C Ctrl+P ✓
4. D Ctrl+F ✓

To start the slide show from the current slide, use the button on which tab

1. A Home ✓
2. B Slide Show ✓
3. C Design ✓
4. D Insert ✓

The Outline view is mainly used to

1. A Add animations ✓
2. B Sort slides ✓
3. C Play the show ✓
4. D View and edit slide text as an outline ✓

Which element lets you jump to another slide or website when clicked

1. A Placeholder ✓
2. B Theme ✓
3. C Hyperlink ✓
4. D Handout ✓

A collection of slides saved together is called a

1. A Workbook ✓
2. B Presentation ✓
3. C Document ✓
4. D Worksheet ✓

The default aspect ratio of modern PowerPoint slides is

1. A 16:9 ✓
2. B 4:3 ✓
3. C 1:1 ✓
4. D 3:2 ✓

Printed pages containing several slides for the audience are called

1. A Templates ✓
2. B Handouts ✓
3. C Themes ✓
4. D Transitions ✓

The shortcut to insert a new slide is

1. A Ctrl+N ✓
2. B Ctrl+S ✓
3. C Ctrl+M ✓
4. D Ctrl+D ✓

Shift+F5 starts the slide show from

1. A The first slide ✓
2. B A blank slide ✓
3. C The last slide ✓
4. D The current slide ✓

PowerPoint was developed by

1. A Microsoft ✓
2. B Apple ✓
3. C Adobe ✓
4. D Google ✓

Decorative, stylized text in PowerPoint is created using

1. A SmartArt ✓
2. B WordArt ✓
3. C ClipArt ✓
4. D AutoShape ✓

Animations are applied from which tab

1. A Design ✓
2. B Insert ✓
3. C Home ✓
4. D Animations ✓

Diagrams such as cycles and hierarchies are inserted using

1. A WordArt ✓
2. B ClipArt ✓
3. C SmartArt ✓
4. D Chart ✓

To advance to the next slide during a show, you can press

1. A Esc ✓
2. B Backspace ✓
3. C Tab ✓
4. D Spacebar ✓

The three components of a theme are colors, fonts and

1. A Slides ✓
2. B Layouts ✓
3. C Effects ✓
4. D Notes ✓

Reading View displays the presentation

1. A In a window for review ✓
2. B As printed handouts ✓
3. C In the Notes pane ✓
4. D In Slide Master ✓

The small icons in a content placeholder let you insert

1. A Only text ✓
2. B Only audio ✓
3. C Only themes ✓
4. D Tables, charts, pictures and media ✓

In a slide show, Presenter View shows the speaker

1. A Notes and the next slide ✓
2. B Only the current slide ✓
3. C The file size ✓
4. D The ribbon ✓

A pre-designed presentation you can reuse is called a

1. A Template ✓
2. B Macro ✓
3. C Query ✓
4. D Record ✓

The default editing view in PowerPoint is

1. A Slide Sorter ✓
2. B Reading ✓
3. C Outline ✓
4. D Normal ✓

Which view displays thumbnails of all slides together

1. A Normal ✓
2. B Reading ✓
3. C Slide Sorter ✓
4. D Outline ✓

Effects applied to objects within a single slide are called

1. A Animations ✓
2. B Transitions ✓
3. C Templates ✓
4. D Handouts ✓

Effects applied to the movement between slides are called

1. A Animations ✓
2. B Transitions ✓
3. C Themes ✓
4. D Layouts ✓

To exit a running slide show, you press

1. A Enter ✓
2. B Space ✓
3. C Backspace ✓
4. D Esc ✓

Which key starts a slide show from the beginning

1. A F1 ✓
2. B F2 ✓
3. C F5 ✓
4. D F7 ✓

The default file extension of PowerPoint 2007 or later is

1. A .pptx ✓
2. B .docx ✓
3. C .xlsx ✓
4. D .pdf ✓

A single page in a PowerPoint presentation is called a

1. A Sheet ✓
2. B Page ✓
3. C Card ✓
4. D Slide ✓

MS PowerPoint is mainly used to create

1. A Spreadsheets ✓
2. B Presentations ✓
3. C Databases ✓
4. D Letters ✓

To print audience copies with several slides per page, choose

1. A Full page slides ✓
2. B Outline ✓
3. C Notes pages ✓
4. D Handouts ✓

Speaker notes are typed in the

1. A Notes pane ✓
2. B Title bar ✓
3. C Status bar ✓
4. D Slide Sorter ✓

Boxes on a slide layout that hold text or objects are called

1. A Frames ✓
2. B Cells ✓
3. C Fields ✓
4. D Placeholders ✓

A theme in PowerPoint controls

1. A Only the fonts ✓
2. B Only the slide size ✓
3. C Colors, fonts and effects ✓
4. D The file format ✓

The feature that controls the formatting of all slides at once is the

1. A Theme gallery ✓
2. B Slide Master ✓
3. C Handout ✓
4. D Notes page ✓