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CGS 2518 by Jill Weiss Exam 4
CGS 2518 by Jill Weiss Exam 4
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 2
11/03/2011

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Term
The ____ value calculates the future value of a loan or an investment.
Definition
FV
Term
The ____ function calculates the present value of a loan or an investment.
Definition
PV
Term
A ______ _____ ____ is a negative value that represents cash going away from the investor
Definition
negative cash flow
Term
Negative Cash Flow is also known as
Definition
Cash outflow
Term
The ______ function calculates the per period interest rate required to pay off a loan or reach an investment goal
Definition
Rate
Term
A ______ ______ ____ is a positive value that represents money coming to the investor
Definition
positive cash flow
Term
Positive cash flow is also known as
Definition
Cash inflow
Term
The _____ function calculates the payment in each period required to pay off a loan or reach an investment goal.
Definition
PMT
Term
The ______ function calculates the number of payments required to pay off a loan or reach an investment goal
Definition
NPER
Term
An ________ _________ provides the schedule of payments used to pay off a loan
Definition
amortization schedule
Term
The _____ function calculates the amount of a loan payment applied to the principal.
Definition
PPMT
Term
The _____ functions calculates the amount of a loan payment used to pay off the interest
Definition
IPMT
Term
The _____ functions automatically format calculated values as currency
Definition
financial
Term
Negative cash flows appear in a _____ font within parentheses
Definition
red
Term
Cell Style is located in the _____ group of the _____ tab
Definition
styles, home
Term
you can insert the PMT function and view its arguments and meanings with the _______ _______ and Function Arguments dialog boxes by clicking the ________ _________ button on the formula bar
Definition
Insert Function
Term
If the _____ function returns #NUM!,the loan cannot be repaid in any length of time. This occurs when the monthly payments are less than the monthly interest charges, making it impossible to repay the loan.
Definition
NPER
Term
To calculate an annual rate, multiply the value returned by the ____ function by the number of payments per year. For monthly payments, multiply the rate value by 12
Definition
RATE
Term
In an ______ schedule, use absolute reference to refer to the original loan conditions and use relative references to refer to information about specific payment periods.
Definition
amortization
Term
A table of red values enclosed in parentheses can be difficult to read. ______ schedules often format all entries as positive values, and then label the columns to indicate the values represent negative cash flows
Definition
Amortization
Term
A _____ _____ contains only text and numbers without any formulas, graphics, special fonts, or formatted text
Definition
text file
Term
Text files can be stored as _______ _____ in which a special character such as a space, comma, or tab marks the beginning of each column.
Definition
delimited text
Term
A text file can also be stored in a ____-____ ______ where each column starts at the same location in the text file
Definition
fixed-width format
Term
The _____ tab contains commands for retrieving and refreshing data from external sources.
Definition
Data
Term
The _____ _____ dialog box lists all of the connections in the workbook.
Definition
Workbook Connections
Term
A ____ is a defined process for retrieving data from an external file.
Definition
connection
Term
A ____ ___ displays the high, low, and closing value of a stock.
Definition
stock chart
Term
The ____ ____ dialog box defines how and when connections to external data sources are retrieved and updated.
Definition
Connection Properties
Term
In delimited text, a ____ ____ separates one column from another.
Definition
single space
Term
In delimited text, a _____ or ____ separates columns
Definition
comma, tab
Term
In fixed-width text, each column entry begins at the _____ point in the text file.
Definition
same
Term
The From Text button is located in the ____ tab in the Get External _____ group
Definition
Data
Term
(keyboard shortcut)
Select all the cell that is after the active cell
Definition
CTRL + SHIFT + END
Term
To resize a chart, hold ____ while dragging a corner of the chart
Definition
SHIFT
Term
The Chart Title button can be located in the Chart Tools _______ tab, in the ______ group
Definition
layout, labels
Term
To delete a connection to its data source,select the connection in the _____ _____ dialog box, and then click the Remove button
Definition
Workbook Connections
Term
The connections button is located in the _____ tab
Definition
Data
Term
The Properties button for Connections is located in the _____ tab
Definition
Data
Term
Check the _____ external data from worksheet before closing check box to remove the external data when the file is closed, which reduces the file size, and retrieve the data when the file is reopened.
Definition
Remove
Term
The Trust Center can be located in the _____ tab, under _____
Definition
file, options
Term
You start the Microsoft Query Wizard by clicking the _____ ____ ____ button, and then clicking from Microsoft Query.
Definition
From Other Sources
Term
A _____ stores information about a specific characteristic of a person,place or thing.
Definition
field
Term
A _______ displays a collection of characteristics of a particular person, place, or thing.
Definition
record
Term
Different tables are combined using a ____ _____, which is a field that is present in both tables
Definition
common field
Term
A ______ is a collection of data values organized in a way so that they can be easily retrieved and manipulated by the end user.
Definition
database
Term
Databases are stored in _____, a collection of data values arranged in rows or records and columns or fields
Definition
tables
Term
_____ _____ retrieves data from multiple database tables and stores the data values in an Excel workbook. The query is created in the wizard by displaying four dialog boxes in sequence
Definition
Microsoft Query
Term
A _____ is a set of guidelines that specify what values to retrieve from a database and in what order the values should be retrieved.
Definition
query
Term
_____ tables can be inserted directly into PivotCharts and PivotTables
Definition
Database
Term
_____ ______ allows you to retrieve data from multiple tables
Definition
Microsoft Query
Term
To detach an Excel table from its data source, select a cell in the table, click the Table Tools Design tab, and then, in the External Table Data group, click the ______ button
Definition
Unlink
Term
A _____ _____ specifies which data should be retrieved from different sections of a Web page
Definition
Web query
Term
An _____ ____ ____ shows the structure of an XML document in a schematic diagram.
Definition
XML data map
Term
Dragging an element from the data map to a cell ______ that XML value to the cell
Definition
binds
Term
_______ _______ ______ structures data in text files that can be read by a wide variety of programs, including Excel
Definition
Extensible Markup Language
Term
Each piece of data in an XML document is contained within an ______, which includes an opening tag, the element content, and a closing tag.
Definition
element
Term
The _____ _____ marks the end of the data value
Definition
closing tag
Term
The _____ content is the actual data.
Definition
element
Term
The ____ ____ marks the beginning of the data value
Definition
opening tag
Term
To map an XML document directly into an Excel table, click the _____ ____ _____ button in the Get External Data group on the Data tab, and then click from XML Data Import
Definition
From Other Sources
Term
A ______ is usually a space, comma, or tab that separates one column of data from another
Definition
delimiter
Term
The point at which one column ends and another begins is called a _____ _____
Definition
column break
Term
To connect to a text file, use the _____ ______ ______
Definition
Text Import Wizard
Term
In addition to setting the name of an external data range, you can also define how Excel updates, or ______, the data.
Definition
refreshes
Term
To manually refresh a data range: In the ____ group on the ____ tab, click the Refresh All button
Definition
Connections, data
Term
To automatically refreah a data range: Select any cell in the data range, and click the Properties button in the _____ group on the _____ tab
Definition
connections, data
Term
To manually refresh a connection: In the _____ group on the _____ tab, click the Connection button
Definition
Connections, data
Term
To automatically refresh a connection: In the _____ group on the ___ tab, click the Connection button, and then click the Properties button.
Definition
connections, data
Term
A ____ ____ is a data source where Excel will NOT prompt you to confirm that the connection is secure
Definition
trusted source
Term
The _____ is the amount of the loan that is still unpaid.
Definition
principal
Term
The Grand Totals button is in the Layout group of the ____ ___ ____ tab
Definition
PivotTable Tools Options
Term
to load the data map for the Data.xml file. Click the ____ tab on the ribbon and then click the _____ button in the XML group.
Definition
Developer, Source
Term
To map an XML document directly into an Excel table, click in the _____ _____ _____ group on the Data tab, and then click from XML Data Import
Definition
Get External Data
Term
When using PPMT and IPMT, payments must be _____
Definition
consistant
Term
Cumulative payment
Definition
CUMIPMT
Term
Cumulative principal
Definition
CUMIPRINC
Term
Excel can Import data from:
a. databases and files
b. data with Microsoft query
c. data from the World Wide Web
d. All of the above
Definition
d. All of the above
Term
True or False?
With Excel and an Internet connection, you can get current stock quotes provided by MSN Money Central Investor Stock Quotes.
Definition
True
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