Question No : 10
You work as an Office Assistant for Tech Perfect Inc. You are working in a spreadsheet.
You observe that while trying to look up or match a lookup_value within an array, Excel is
not able to recognize the matching value. Which of the following are the reasons that are
causing the above problem?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
A. The lookup_value or the array you are searching resides in a cell containing unseen
spaces at
the start or end of that cell.
B. The contents of the cells that are being compared may have different data types.
C. Excel is trying to reference an invalid cell.
D. You are inserting a new column, next to a column that is already formatted as text.
Answer: A,B
Explanation:
The Failure to Look Up Values in Excel error occurs when a user gets an unexpected error
while trying to look up or match a lookup_value within an array and Excel is not able to
recognize the matching value. If the lookup_value or the array the user is searching resides
in a cell, the user can have unseen spaces at the start or end of that cell. This will create
the situation where the contents of the two cells that the user is comparing look the same
but extra spaces in one of the cells cause the cells to have slightly different content. The
other reason is that the contents of the cells that are being compared may have different
data types. Answer option C is incorrect. The Lookup Function Won't Copy Down to Other
Rows error occurs when a user uses a function in one cell and it works perfectly but when
he attempts to copy the function down to other rows, he gets the #REF error. The #REF!
error arises when Excel tries to reference an invalid cell. This error occurs if the user has
referenced an entire worksheet by clicking on the grey square at the top left of the
worksheet. For Excel, this reference range is 1 to 1048576. Since the references are
Relative References, Excel automatically increases the row references when this cell is
copied down to other rows in the spreadsheet.
Answer option D is incorrect. The Excel Won't Calculate My Function error occurs when a
user types in a function and presses Enter, the cell shows the function as the user typed it,
instead of returning the function's value. The reason that causes this problem is that the
cells containing the formula are formatted as 'text' instead of the 'General' type. This
happens when the user inserts a new column, next to a column that is already formatted as
text due to which the new column inherits the formatting of the adjacent column.
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