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Exercises

Self Check

Module 1 Self Check 2

Module 2 Self Check 3

Module 3 Self Check 4

Module 4 Self Check 5

Module 5 Self Check 6

Module 6 Self Check 7

Module 7 Self Check 8

Practical Exercises

Module 1 (No exercises)

Module 2 Practical Exercises 9

Module 3 Practical Exercises 10

Module 4 Practical Exercises 12

Module 5 Practical Exercises 13

Module 6 Practical Exercises 14

Module 7 Practical Exercises 15

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Module 1 Self Check Exercises

1 Which of these is not an input device? 8 One of these devices does not normally
Touchscreen affect the performance (speed) of the
computer. Which one?
Scanner
Monitor
Monitor
RAM
Touchpad
Graphics accelerator
2 Tick the terms that could apply to a Hard disk
computer in a network.
9 Tick the peripheral/s or device/s you
Client
would not expect to find on a multimedia
Peer computer.
Server Microphone
Station Loudspeakers
Floppy Disk Drive
3 What is the number system used by
computers? VGA Monitor
Decimal
10 Tick all the storage devices in the list
Binary below.
Natural Floppy Disk
Primary Compact Disk
Data Cartridge
4 Tick the correct statement.
Zip Drive
8 bits make 1 byte.
8 bytes make 1 bit. 11 Which of these terms refer to viruses your
computer may ‘catch’? Tick.
5 Which of these refer to an area for storing A Trojan Horse
data? Tick all correct answers.
A Drop
Data
A Maggot
File
A Worm
Record
Field 12 Tick the terms that refer to equipment.
Hardware
6 In which of the following are the
Shareware
instructions to start up the computer
stored? Tick. Software
RAM Peripheral
ROM 13 Tick the terms you would associate with
Internet connection.
7 Are the terms ‘Application’ and Modem
‘Program’ interchangeable?
Browser
Yes Baud rate
No On-line

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Module 2 Self Check Exercises

1 To shut down your computer, which menu

would you select? 7 Which sign may be used in a wild card
search?
File
+
View
-
Settings
*
Start
/

2 From the list below, select the items that 8 Place the following in order of size,
may be represented by an icon. starting with the smallest.
File Megabyte
Folder Bit
Object Byte
Disk drive Gigabyte
Kilobyte
3 What is another name for a folder?
File 9 Which of these is the usual representation
of the computer’s hard disk?
Directory
A:
Menu
C:
Icon
D:
E:
4 Tick any choice that is not available to
you for arranging icons in a folder?
10 Which of these would you not find on the
Arrange by name desktop?
Arrange by file size An Icon
Arrange by application The Taskbar
Arrange by content The Start Button
The Time
5 In which of these may you store a folder?
Hard disk (C:) 11 What happens when you delete a file from
a floppy disk (A:)?
Folder
It is temporarily deleted.
Floppy Disk (A:)
It is placed in the Recycle Bin.
Sub Folder
It is permanently deleted.
It is placed in My Documents.
6 A file name has two components. The
first is the actual name you give the file. 12 What happens when you format the
What is the second? computer’s hard disk (C:)?
The suffix Files essential to operating the
computer are erased.
The address
Only temporary files are erased
The location
The extension

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Module 3 Self Check Exercises

1 A template is best described as…
A blank page with a predetermined
layout
A blank page without a
predetermined layout
A blank page with headers and
footers
A blank page with a blank table
2 The Standard Toolbar contains…
Menus
Shortcuts to infrequent functions
Shortcuts to frequent functions
Scroll bars
3 To display additional toolbars, where will
you find the Toolbar menu?
In the View menu
In the Format menu
In the Tools menu
In the Edit menu
7 When you open the Toolbar Menu, what
do the ticks indicate?
The option has not been selected.
The option is not available.
The option may be chosen.
The option is already available.
8 To orientate your document, which tab do
you need to select in the Page Setup
window.
Margins
Paper Size
Paper Source
Layout
9 How many ways can you align text margins
using the Formatting Toolbar?
1
2

4 Which of these allows you to name a 3

document before saving it? 4
Save
10 How many of the following describe the
Save in
functioning of the Clipboard?
Save as
A temporary store of information
Save as type
A permanent store of information
5 Tick any of the items below which may A temporary store of graphics
not be a proper indent.
A permanent store of graphics
First-line indent
Left indent A temporary store of text
Right indent A permanent store of text
Hanging indent
11 What function may this key have?
6 Which button on the Standard Toolbar
would you most likely use to undo a
typing error? Enter

It moves text around.

It gives an upper character.
It gives the upper case letter.
It enters a blank line.

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Module 4 Self Check Exercises

1 What kind of information is commonly 7 What appears in a selected cell

put into a spreadsheet cell? immediately after clicking the
(Tick all possible answers.) Paste Function button?

Text A formula
Numbers An equal sign
Mathematical Formulae A cell reference
Cell Addresses A range reference

2 How would you identify the active cell on 8 Which of the following would best apply to
your spreadsheet? a cell containing the formula =(A3+1)?
The contents of this cell equals that in
Darkened border
cell A3 plus 1.
Flashing border
The contents of cell A equals 3 plus 1.
The contents of the cell are darkened.
The contents of cell A3 must start with
The contents of the cell flash. +1.
None of the above.
3 Which best describes a range of cells?
9 If, having typed ‘Monday’ in A1, you drag
A single column of cells
the fill handle across to the right, what will
A single row of cells happen?
A rectangular block of cells
Monday will be copied into each of the
4 Which of these represents a correct cell other cells as well.
reference? The other days of the week will appear
in the cells.
A
5 10 What icons from the Standard Toolbar are
B6 not matched to a correct label explaining
their function?
D:7
Perform a percentage
5 Which of these represents a correct range calculation.
reference?
Perform an Ascending
A1 alphabetical sort.
A1:B6 Perform an Addition
6:B operation.
C:7/D:8
11 What is the default number of worksheets in
6 What is a row header? a workbook?

A reference number to the left 256

of the row 3
A reference letter to the left of 40
the row
1

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Module 5 Self Check Exercises

1 Which of these would you click to 8 In any given database, at least one field is
include a field in a query? usually assigned as which of the
following?
Yes
A field name
Include
A wild card
A primary key
>
9 If you can see all the records and fields
2 What is the name of the database on your computer screen, which of these
application you are using for this exercise? are you most likely to be viewing?
The query
Microsoft Access
The form
Microsoft Excel The table
Microsoft PowerPoint
10 Which criteria would you use to search
3 Which of these items do you need to create for dates after 02/02/03?
in your database if you wish to include an >=02/02/03
additional new category of information? >02/02/03
<=02/02/03
A field
<02/02/03
A record
A file 11 Which of these is not appropriately
A folder referred to as a database object?
A table
4 In a database, what is shown in a table? A report
A field
All records in a particular database A query
All fields related to a particular record
12 In a golf club database all the
5 Which of the following does a single form information relating to a single member
in a database display? of a golf club would be referred to as
which of the following? .
Fields from a particular table or query
A file
The records in a database A field
A record
6 Tick the statement(s) that is/are true of A folder
a query?
13 Tick the inaccurate statements.
A query may present a set of complete
records. The form wizard allows you to…
A query may present a set of modified select any number of fields for
records. display.
select all fields for display.
7 Columns in a database table correspond
display not more than a limited
number of fields.
to which of the following?
Fields 14 Which is the correct statement?
Records You may save a query as a filter.
You may save a filter as a query.

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Module 6 Self Check Exercises

1 What is the function of slide transitions? 7 Having inserted a graphic from a Clip Art
collection, is it possible to rotate it within
They enable the slide show to
the application?
progress automatically.
Yes
They facilitate the creation of
animations between slides. No

2 Which of these icons would you select 8 Which statements properly characterise the
to use Word Art? function of a placeholder?

Appears in the same position on all slides

Is found only on a title slide
It cannot be removed from an
individual slide

9 Tick the icons that could be used to add a

3 Which of these would you use to set
co-worker box to an organisation chart.
uniform text formats in a set of slides?
A Text Box
An AutoLayout Area
An AutoShape

4 Which view displays the slide, the

notes and the outline all at once?
Slide View 10 Is it correct to say that in a PowerPoint
Normal View presentation, you may hide slides in a
presentation sequence?
Slide Sorter View
Yes
Outline View
No

5 Which two settings can be specified 11 Tick the items that can be animated.
in the Transitions window?
A slide
Effect
A title
Frequency
Other text
Timing
Size 12 By pressing the keys Ctrl and S during
your work, what function are you
performing?
6 Is it possible to move text from one
slide to another without using the Re-start
normal copy/paste function?
Sort
Yes
Save
No

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Module 7 Self Check Exercises

1 In how many of these activities could 6 You would choose Forward on the Toolbar
you engage while using a browser? to perform which of these functions?
View images To send an e-mail in the normal
manner
Listen to music
To send a carbon copy of an e-mail to
Watch a video someone
Use a search engine To send a received e-mail to another
address
2 Which of the following is used To send a copy of an e-mail to a folder
for exchanging information over
the Internet? 7 What is a cookie?
DOS A downloaded picture
C A small identifier programme
HTTP
8 Place in order in a line, left to right, these
Word components of a Web address.
• The category or country to which the
3 Match these abbreviations to their name belongs
functions. • The abbreviation for a Web page
• A company’s or individual’s name
FTP An Internet address.
ISP Used to compose Web pages. 9 Match these icons on the Browser’s
HTML Commercial provider of Standard Toolbar to their functions.
Internet access.
URL Allows file transfer between Allows you to search the
computers. Internet.

4 Place these components of an e-mail Lists the sites you visited over a
address in correct order, in a line, from time.
left to right.
Opens Outlook Express.
• ISP
• Name Brings you to the Browser’s
start page.
• @ symbol
Loads a new copy of the current
• Domain or country of origin
page.
5 What function is performed by the Lists sites whose addresses you
Outbox? have stored.
It is a temporary store for composed
e-mail. Cancels the current search.

It provides a template for composing

e-mail. Returns you sequentially
through the pages you are
It stores a record of sent e-mail. browsing.
It retains a ‘carbon copy’ of the
e-mail that has been sent.

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Module 2 Practical Exercises
Exercise 1
Create a new folder on the desktop and name it
‘Master’.
Exercise 2
Create a file in Word or Notepad by typing
your home and work addresses on a blank
page. Save it with the name ‘Addresses’ in the
Master folder.
Exercise 3
Create a file in Paint by drawing a very simple
house, using colour as appropriate. Save it
with the name ‘My House’ in the Master
folder.
Exercise 4
Create a file in Word by typing a half page of
text from any page of this module (ignore
graphics, tables etc.). Save the file with the
name ‘Information’ in the Master folder.
Exercise 5
Create a file in Word by inserting any piece of
Clip Art (no need to add any text) on a blank
page. Reduce the Clip Art to postage-stamp
size. Save the file with the name ‘Small Clip
Art’ in the Master folder.
Exercise 6
Repeat Exercise 5 but resize the Clip Art to fill
the whole page. Then save it in the Master
folder with the name ‘Big Clip Art’.
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Exercise 7
Create a new folder within the Master folder
and name it ‘Sub’.
Exercise 8
Place all the files that are not Word documents
in the ‘Sub’ folder.
Now answer the following questions.
(You will need to access Properties to find the
answers.)
1. What is the difference in file size between
‘Small Clip Art’ and ‘Big Clip Art’?
2. List the files in order of size.
3. What is the difference in Location between
the files ‘Addresses’ and ‘Information’?
4. Which is the biggest file?
5. What size is it?
6. How many different file types have you
altogether?
Exercise 9
Insert a floppy disk and, using Windows
Explorer…
1. View the contents of the ‘Master’ folder.
2. Copy the ‘Sub’ folder to the floppy disk.
3. Copy the remaining files separately to the
floppy disk.
Now answer the following questions.
4. What is the capacity of the floppy disk?
5. How many folders are there on the floppy?
6. What free space is left for storing further
information on the floppy disk?
Exercise 10
Move the ‘Master’ folder from the desktop to
the Recycle Bin
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Module 3 Practical Exercises

Exercise 1
The office door has been replaced for some
reason. Produce the temporary notice below
for the new door.
Exercise 3
Prepare the page below to demonstrate text
indents to ECDL students.
Indents
To indent means to increase or decrease the
margin for part of the text in a document, as
in the following examples.

A first-line indent gives a wider

James Mac Mahon
Assistant Head of Department
Exercise 2
An ECDL course will be available shortly.
Reproduce the advertisement below which will
be placed on the company notice board.
margin to the first line than to the other
lines in a paragraph.
A paragraph indent means that
the margin for an entire paragraph
is wider than for the rest of the text
in the document.
A hanging indent reduces the margin for
the first line of a paragraph so that it
‘overhangs’ to the left of the rest of the
paragraph.
1 It can be used to draw attention to the
beginning of a paragraph, as in the
paragraph above.
2 It can be used to number a list, as in
these two paragraphs.

Exercise 4
You are in charge of staff morale. Reproduce
ECDL Course the page below.
European Computer Driving
Licence

In-house computer
training for staff

Date Event Eligible Staff

20 places available 21st Sept. Tennis Tournament Non-smokers
16th Oct. Halloween Party Non-drinkers
Sept. 1st to Nov. 11th
23rd Dec. Christmas Party All welcome
31st Dec. New Year Party Available
Applications to the
3rd Jan. Keep Fit Classes Volunteer
In-career
Development Unit

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Exercise 5 Exercise 7
Reproduce the sign below. Reproduce the first two items below as separate
Note: Use AutoShapes for the graphics. documents, then merge them into one document
and format it as shown in the lower box.

Data Protection
Directions It is essential that any data relating to individuals,
to which you have access or which you store on a
◊ Reception computer, be adequately protected. Note the
following: Under the Data Protection Act there
are certain legal obligations. Guidelines for Data
◊ Sales Controllers have been issued by the Data
Protection Commissioner.

◊ Services Protecting Data: ‘Appropriate security measures

shall be taken against unauthorised access to, or
◊ Accounts alteration, disclosure or destruction of, the data
and against their accidental loss or destruction…’
(Household)
Data Protection Act
‘Access to your computer should be restricted to
◊ Accounts authorised staff. Systems should be password
(Company) protected; information on your screen should be
hidden from callers to your office; access to
information should be restricted on a ‘need-to-
◊ New Accounts know’ basis in accordance with a defined policy;
all waste paper, printouts etc., should be carefully
disposed of.’ Guidlines to Data Controllers
◊ Publications
Data Protection
Exercise 6 It is essential that any data relating to individuals,
This sign warns visitors to keep out of a certain to which you have access or which you store on a
computer, be adequately protected. Note the
area. Reproduce it using Word.
following:

Under the Data Protection Act there are

certain legal obligations.

Guidelines for Data Controllers have been

issued by the Data Protection Commissioner.

Protecting Data: ‘Appropriate security measures

shall be taken against unauthorised access to,
or alteration, disclosure or destruction of, the
data and against their accidental loss or
destruction…’
Data Protection Act
DANGER ‘Access to your computer should be restricted to
authorised staff. Systems should be password
protected; information on your screen should
be hidden from callers to your office; access
to information should be restricted on a
‘need-to-know’ basis in accordance with a
defined policy; all waste paper, printouts etc.,
HIGH VOLTAGE should be carefully disposed of.’
Guidelines to Data Controllers
DO NOT ENTER
Note: This exercise is not intended to represent a true or
accurate wording of any Act in any situation.

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Module 4 Practical Exercises

Exercise 1
You are required to make a report on the unit
sales of electronic office equipment you have
distributed to the company’s Munster regional
retail centre. The results for the first quarter
are available. Reproduce the first quarter’s
spreadsheet below.
N.B. It is important that you reproduce the
spreadsheet exactly. Make sure your columns
and rows match the chart below.
Exercise 7
How would you quickly check that the
results are correct?
Exercise 8
Explain why you should not choose the
percentage option when formatting the
percentage numbers to reduce them to two
decimal places.
Exercise 9
Using formulae, calculate the following in the
indicated cells:
The total number of units sold (in cell G18)
The total number of target units (in cell G19)
The percentage of the target total represented
by the sold unit total (in cell G20)

Exercise 10
Make the chart below.

Exercise 2
In the next column, include the unit monthly
average achieved for each piece of equipment.

Exercise 3
In the next two columns, show the
figures for the following:
• The total unit sales for each item.
• The unit target sales you had set.

Exercise 4
If you have not already tidied up Exercise 11
your numbers, return to each column Make the following chart representing the total
and format the numbers to two unit sales per month.
decimal places.

Exercise 5
Insert another column showing the sales
achieved for each unit as a percentage of
the target sales for the unit.

Exercise 6
Add one more column to show what per-
centage of the total sales is represented by
each piece of equipment

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Your company has assigned personnel to various If you had to present a seniority list of the Find the personnel who
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locations in Europe. Create a database table with female employees, how would you sort the 1. came to the firm in 1978.
the information above and save it under table? 2. are assigned in France.

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‘Personnel Assigned’. Exercise 6 3. are based in Ireland.
Exercise 2 In an effort to monitor gender issues, what Save each answer under a suitable name.
Create a simple form showing all the data using would you do to isolate only the essential Exercise 9
the international background supplied. information which would show the Construct a form that presents only the
male/female personnel distribution in following information:
Exercise 3 seniority? Surname
Present a table view of the data in ascending First name
Exercise 7
alphabetical order. Print out the table. Registration Number
On the same theme, how would you present Location
Exercise 4 all the information and show the Home District
distribution of M/F personnel on
You will notice that the first four digits of the Exercise 10
assignment in Ireland?
personnel registration number show the year each Find all the female personnel who
person started to work for the company. Using the were assigned in Ireland.
fact that years of service determine seniority, sort
the personnel according to seniority and print out
the table.

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Exercise 5
Exercise 1
Format all three slides as follows:
Use the New Slide window to make the slide
shown here. • Centre align all the titles.
• Left align the text in slides one and two.
• Bullet the text in slide three.
Exercise 6
Create a Summary Slide as shown below.
The word IMAGE should appear five seconds
after the slide has been first displayed.

Exercise 2
Enhance the background as below, selecting
the High Voltage design from the appropriate
window.

Exercise 7
Create a new slide titled, Make it good.
Insert a graph titled, Why the Buyer Buys and
enter your own % numbers for each of the
categories in the Be good slide.
Also, rearrange the slides so that the summary
Exercise 3 slide comes last.
Enhance the slide by inserting your company
logo and animating the text as follows.
Place your company logo on the slide.
Look good appears on the slide first.
Looking good is… appears second.

Exercise 8
Add two different animations to your first
slide.
Exercise 4
Create two more similar slides. Use the Locate the
following text and insert the slide number in animation
a footer. button

Sound good.
Tell them what they want to hear.

Be good
V.F.M.
Quality
Backup
Reliability

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Module 7 Practical Exercises

These exercises assume you have access to the Internet and that you have an e-mail address.
For the e-mail exercises, you will also need the co-operation of two other people with e-mail
addresses to practise with.
Exercise 1 Exercise 6
• Create a folder on the desktop and name it Open Outlook Express and send an e-mail with
Internet Samples. the subject My Conquest of the WWW to
• Open the site www.blackrock-edu.ie. friend1@isp.ie
• Open a document in Word and save it in
myname@isp.ie You must
your folder as Internet Exercises. Then
substitute
answer these questions: real e-mail
1 What kind of establishment have you addresses
contacted? for these
2 What is its purpose? friend1@isp.ie sample ones.

Exercise 2
Using the same site as in Exercise 1…
• Save the Home Page in your folder.
• Look through the site for a picture of
the courtyard and save it also.
Exercise 3
Still using the same site, find details of other
similar organisations throughout the country
and save a copy of any accompanying graphics
in your folder.
Exercise 4
Use the search engine, www.yahoo.com,
and…
• Look for a site that gives you access to the
newspapers of the world.
• Find the link to the Top 250 Newspaper
Sites.
• Add its address to your Favourites.
• Answer these questions:
• What is the first paper listed for
Scotland?
• In England, which paper is listed third?
• How many Irish newspapers are listed?
friend2@isp.ie
Exercise 7
Send another e-mail to friend2@isp.ie but this
time, while using the same subject, copy and
paste the message from your first letter to your
second.
A little off-line work may be needed to
encourage replies before the next exercise.
Exercise 8
Add addresses to your Outlook Express
Address Book as follows:
• Enter the address you used in Exercise 1.
• Enter the address from the e-mail you
received in Exercise 2.
Exercise 9
Reply to the sender of one of your received
e-mails without actually having to manually
type the sender’s address into the To box.
Exercise 10
Using your address book, send the same letter
to friends 1 and 2 thanking them for their co-
operation.

Exercise 5
Use any search engine and find the following:
1 The address of the Los Angeles Times and
the number of editions it has.
2 The address of the Irish Government’s Web
site.
3 A reasonably priced hotel in Paris for a
weekend trip.
Exercise 11
Organise your Messages as follows:
• Create a new folder in Outlook Express,
name it Experiments and do the
following:
1 Copy all the messages you received into
the Experiments folder.
2 Delete all the messages in your Inbox.

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