Exam 77-729: Microsoft PowerPoint (Office 2016) Practice Test
Exam 77-729 practice covers working with PowerPoint 2016 presentations, from editing slide content to preparing a deck for delivery. The practice bank includes tasks involving slide layouts, text and picture formatting, themes, presentation views, file compatibility, and removal of hidden personal information. These skills support creating clear, consistent slides and handling presentation files appropriately.
Exam overview
About the Exam 77-729: Microsoft PowerPoint (Office 2016) Exam
PowerPoint work requires choosing the right tools for both slide design and presentation management. You may need to duplicate a slide without changing its content, format text inside shapes, or fit a photograph to a shape while retaining it as an editable picture. Other tasks involve applying coordinated themes, shaping text with WordArt effects, and previewing an individual slide in a full-screen view. Presentation delivery also calls for understanding Presenter View, saving to the PowerPoint 97–2003 format when older software must open the file, and checking compatibility before sharing. For sensitive decks, the Document Inspector can help identify hidden metadata and personal information that should be removed. Together, these decisions connect editing details with reliable file exchange and audience-facing presentation.
Sample Practice Questions
Review a selection from this exam's published US Practice Tests practice bank.
While presenting, you want to see your notes on your monitor while the audience sees only the slides. Which feature should you use?
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Correct answer: APresenter View can show the current slide, upcoming slide, and speaker notes to the presenter while the audience sees the slide show on the presentation display.
You need the text on a slide to follow a curved path. Which option should you use?
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Correct answer: AText Effects > Transform applies effects such as curved or circular paths to selected text. Text Outline changes the text’s border, while the other options do not reshape its path.
You need to review how a slide show will look on a full screen without starting the presentation from its first slide. Which command is appropriate when editing that slide?
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Correct answer: BFrom Current Slide starts the slide show at the slide currently selected in Normal view. From Beginning starts at the first slide, while recording and setup commands serve different purposes.
You want to make a copy of one slide within the same presentation while preserving its layout and content. Which command should you use?
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Correct answer: ADuplicate Slide creates a copy of the selected slide in the presentation. Reuse Slides imports slides from another presentation, Reset Slide reapplies the current layout’s formatting, and Hide Slide excludes a slide from the slide show.
You need to save a presentation so it can be opened and edited in older versions of PowerPoint that use the 97–2003 file format. Which format should you choose?
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Correct answer: BThe .ppt extension is the PowerPoint 97–2003 presentation format. The .pptx format is the newer presentation format, .ppsx is a slide-show format, and .potx is a template format.
You want a photograph to appear inside a circular shape. Which action achieves this while keeping the image editable as a picture?
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Correct answer: ACrop to Shape masks the picture to the selected shape while retaining it as a picture object that can be adjusted or replaced.
A presentation contains several slides with confidential details. You want to remove hidden personal information and metadata before sharing it. Which tool should you use?
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Correct answer: ADocument Inspector can check a presentation for hidden properties and personal information, among other content that may be appropriate to remove before sharing. Format Painter and Animation Painter copy formatting or effects.
How to use this practice test
The free practice session draws up to 20 random questions from the 77-729 question bank. Answer the questions to check your understanding of PowerPoint 2016 editing, formatting, viewing, and file-handling tasks; results appear after the session so you can identify areas to revisit.
Preparation tips
- Practice launching a slide show from the selected slide, and distinguish that command from starting the show at slide one.
- Compare Presenter View with the audience display so you can identify where speaker notes appear during delivery.
- Try cropping a picture to a shape and applying curved text effects, noting which commands preserve editable objects.
- Review when to save as PowerPoint 97–2003 format and how to run Compatibility Checker before sharing.
- Use Document Inspector on a sample deck and examine the types of hidden metadata or personal information it can detect.