What Is The MOS Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 Core Exam?

This exam is designed to test candidates on a series of fundamental tasks within the program, correct application of the program and its various tools and elements, and familiarity with the user environment. Ready for the exam? Then you should be able to demonstrate that you can create, edit, and further enhance a PowerPoint presentation, whether that is a sales presentation, employee training materials, instruction manuals, or general slide shows.

Who Should Take The Exam?

Taking and passing this official Microsoft exam could have a variety of different benefits. You could be a university student who needs to prove their computer skills and prepare for future job seeking, a business owner, teacher or manager needing to make a variety of different presentations, or someone in a sales or marketing role. You should book an exam when you feel ready to be tested on a broad range of PowerPoint tools and functions.

KEY LEARNING POINTS

Exams can feature a broad range of topics relating to MS PowerPoint 2016, but questions may test your knowledge on some of the following topics:

• Creating new presentations – including template based files, and importing outlines from Word documents.
• Inserting and formatting slides – with tasks such as inserting specific layouts, duplicating slides, modifying backgrounds of individual slides, and modifying the handout and notes master.
• Altering slides, handouts and notes – topics could include changing slide master themes and backgrounds, modifying slide master content, altering slide layouts, or working to modify the handout or notes master.
• Ordering and grouping of slides – including creating sections, renaming sections, and modifying the order of slides in a presentation.
• Modifying the size of a slide, presentation views, or setting different file properties.
• Configuring presentation to print – including how to print some or all of a presentation, printing notes pages or handouts, and printing in colour, black and white or greyscale.
• Configuring a slideshow to present – topics that may come up include creating custom slide shows, configuring different slideshow options, rehearsing slide show timing, and the use of presenter view.
• Text formatting – topics such as applying different formatting styles to text, adding WordArt styles, creating bulleted or numbered lists, and inserting hyperlink.
• Inserting and formatting shapes, text boxes and images – this could look at replacing shapes, inserting and resizing images, and applying styles and effects.
• Group and order objects – including aligning objects and displaying alignment tools.
• Work with tables and charts – performing tasks such as creating or importing tables, changing chart types, adding legends to a chart, and altering styles of tables and charts.
• Be tested on SmartArt graphics – including their creation, converting a list to a SmartArt graphic, and changing their colour.
• Manage media – including the insertion of audio and video clips, media playback options, video start and stop times, and timing options.
• Transitions and animations – tasks may include inserting transitions, applying animation tools to objects, animating text, setting timings for transition effects, and various start and finish options.
• Management of multiple presentations – look out for questions on merging content from multiple presentations, comparing two presentations, and how to insert and review comments.
• Finalising a PowerPoint presentation – including inspection, proofing, and exporting to other formats.

ADVANTAGES OF THIS COURSE

• Easily book an exam when you’re ready on the Certiport website.
• Certiport has authorised test centres all over the UK.
• Validate your skills by passing an official Microsoft exam.
• Make use of exam preparation content, including videos on the types of exam questions Microsoft use.
• Refresh and add to your skills, and make use of them in your own business or spare time projects.
• Purchase exams for staff training purposes.
• Prove your computer skills with a great addition to your CV. Benefits for job seekers looking for a better position, or workers looking for career progression.
• Peace of mind that you will be tested on a variety of key skills, to industry recognised standards.