Level 2 exam — Microsoft Visio

Exam — fresh questions

14 new questions to validate common diagrams: organization charts, Excel data, flowcharts, organization and layers.
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2.1 · Discrimination

1. How to generate a large organizational chart quickly?

With the Organization Chart Wizard (generation from Excel data) Draw it box by box By photographing it Impossible

Clever shapes are enough for little ones.

2.1 · Application

2. What does one post shape slide OVER another?

Nothing Creates the hierarchical relationship and positions the box (smart shapes) Delete the shape Change the color

Visio manages the tree layout.

2.2 · Discrimination

3. What is the decisive advantage of an Excel-linked flowchart?

It is more colorful It prints better Easy UPDATE: modify Excel + regenerate = synchronized He is smaller

More speed, reliability, reuse of data.

2.2 · Application

4. Which Excel column describes the hierarchy?

Color The telephone The address The reporting column (“Responsible” / “Reports to”)

Each “Manager” must match the “Name” of another line.

2.3 · Discrimination

5. What does the diamond represent in a flowchart?

A decision/question (branches labeled Yes/No) One action step The beginning A piece of data

Rectangle = action, oval = start/end.

2.3 · Application

6. What should we do with the branches of a decision?

Nothing Label them (Yes/No) otherwise we don't know which path to follow Color them Delete them

Frequent and serious error if not labeled.

2.3 · Exclusion

7. Why respect standardized symbols?

To decorate To slow down They make the flowchart universally understandable (common language) No reason

Random symbols = confusing flowchart.

2.4 · Discrimination

8. How to place several shapes precisely without adjusting them by hand?

One by one Random By deleting them Select them and use ALIGN + DISTRIBUTE (with one click)

Visio does the precise placement.

2.4 · Application

9. What is a container used for?

To group and delimit a logical whole (frame + title, moves with its content) To color To delete shapes To print

It clarifies the structure.

2.5 · Discrimination

10. When do layers become useful?

On a small organizational chart On complex/technical diagrams (several types of information superimposed) Never To color

Plans, network, engineering: show/hide by category.

2.5 · Application

11. What does masking a layer do?

Delete shapes Change font Focus on one category (e.g. electricity without furniture) Print faster

An overloaded diagram becomes manageable.

2.5 · Exclusion

12. Are layers useful on a simple diagram?

Yes, always They are obligatory They color No: superfluous (nothing to separate/hide)

Complexity management tool.

2.4 · Application

13. What is the advantage of a container?

It groups and delimits a set of shapes It automatically colors shapes It removes connections It replaces the model

A container visually groups related shapes and delimits a whole: it helps to structure a complex diagram.

2.1 · Recall

14. When to use the Organization Chart wizard?

For a three-box diagram For a large flowchart or existing data For a floor plan For an electrical diagram

The wizard generates the flowchart from data or for large flowcharts; manual drawing is enough for little ones.

What's next?

Reread the Level 2 sections to consolidate missed points.
Take the exam again without looking at the explanations, then check each answer.
Level up to level 3 to expand your practice.