Spreadsheet Functions and Data Organization Quiz
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What were Data Tables more commonly known as today?

  • Charts
  • Graphs
  • Spreadsheets (correct)
  • Databases

    • When was the first digital spreadsheet, VisiCalc, released?

  • 1979 (correct)
  • 1985
  • 1990
  • 1965

    • What was the occupation of Merrer, who used papyrus spreadsheets?

  • Scribe
  • Egyptian Old Kingdom official (correct)
  • Architect
  • Priest

    • What did VisiCalc eliminate the need for?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Data Tables help humans to do?

    <p>Sort and label data</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary purpose of inventing Data Tables/spreadsheets?

    <p>To organize arrays of information that are difficult for human memory to recall</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary advantage of VisiCalc, the first digital spreadsheet?

    <p>Eliminated the need to physically write data, calculate values, and store paper spreadsheets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the historical origin of spreadsheet practices like Data Tables?

    <p>Papyrus spreadsheets in the diary of Merrer, an Egyptian Old Kingdom official</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What technological advancement made the use of paper for cataloguing data obsolete?

    <p>Release of VisiCalc, the first digital spreadsheet</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the author imply about the evolution of data management tools like Excel?

    <p>They have significantly reduced manual data processing and storage efforts</p> Signup and view all the answers

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