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Decision-Making Functions in Excel (Course Id 354)

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Author:

Patricia McCarthy, MBA

Course Length:

Pages: 34 ||| Word Count: 7661 ||| Review Questions: 9 ||| Final Exam Questions: 15

CPE Credits:

3.0

IRS Credits:

0

Price:

$26.95

Passing Score:

70%

Course Type:

Text
Decision-Making Functions in Excel - CPE course for CPAs

Technical Designation:

NonTechnical

Field Of Study:

Computer Software & Applications

Approved Audience:

NASBA QAS - NASBA Registry

Key Takeaways:

This eBook course overviews Excel logical and decision making functions useful in budgeting and analysis work.

  • Overviews logical functions such as IF, IFS, AND, and OR.
  • Covers decision making functions such as AVERAGEIF, SUMIF, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, and MAXIFS.
  • Addresses IFERROR and IFNA and includes exercise files for practice.
  • Worth 3.0 CPE credits in Computer Software and Applications as a self study eBook course on decision making functions in Excel, requiring a 15 question final exam preceded by 9 review questions and a 70% passing score.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Decision Making Functions in Excel overviews Excel logic functions such as IF IFS AND and OR.

This course covers conditional functions such as AVERAGEIF SUMIF SUMIFS COUNTIFS and MAXIFS useful in budgeting and analysis work.

Decision Making Functions in Excel covers IFERROR and IFNA alongside nested and embedded IF functions.

This course is a NonTechnical self study text course worth 3.0 CPE credits across 34 pages, including exercise files. The course includes a 15 question final exam preceded by 9 review questions (optional), requiring a 70% passing score. CPEthink is approved by NASBA as a CPE sponsor and lists this course on the NASBA site as a courtesy for CPAs to search https://nasba.org.

Description:

This course overviews several Excel Logical functions, such as IF, IFS, AND, OR and then covers other decision-making functions such as AVERAGEIF, SUMIF, SUMIFs, COUNTIFs and MAXIFS. IFERROR and IFNA are also covered.  You will find these functions useful in your budgeting and analysis work. This eBook includes exercise files. 

Usage Rank:

17500

Release:

2011

Version:

1.0

Prerequisites:

This course is considered a basic to intermediate level course.
This EBook is designed for professionals using Microsoft 365. If you have an earlier Excel version, you should have no difficulty however you may not have access to all of the functions covered here.

Experience Level:

Overview

Additional Contents:

Complete, no additional material needed.

Additional Links:

Advance Preparation:

None.

Delivery Method:

QAS Self Study

Intended Participants:

Anyone needing Continuing Professional Education (CPE).

Revision Date:

21-Nov-2025

NASBA Course Declaration:

Participants must complete the final examination within one year of purchase and with a minimum passing grade of 70% or better to receive CPE credit unless otherwise noted on the Course History page (i.e. California Ethics must score 90% or better). After logging in click on the Course History links on your My Courses page for the Begin date and Expire date for the Final Exam.

Keywords:

Decision-Making Functions in Excel - CPE course for CPAs

Learning Objectives:

Course Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
    1. Identify different decision-making functions and their purpose so the correct one can be selected.
    2. Recognize the components of the Logic Functions.
    3. Recognize and apply the syntax of different decision-making functions.
    4. Be able to differentiate and use nested and embedded IF functions.

Course Contents:

Chapter 1 - Decision-Making Functions in Excel

OVERVIEW

IF STATEMENTS

Review Exercise

NESTED IF

IFs FUNCTION

REVIEW EXERCISE

EMBEDDED IFS

Review Exercise

 

IFERROR and IFNA

AND, OR and NOT

Review exercise

Review questions

SUMIF

Review Exercise

AVERAGEIF

COUNTIF

THE PLURALS

Review Exercise

SWITCH

 

Review Questions

 

Links for Spreadsheets

 

Glossary

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