Year 9 ICT Specimen Exam Summer 2011

Unit 1-Theory
1-a. Name two organisations which might use a supercomputer. 1. [1]

2. ... [1] 1-b. Describe the type of environment that needs to be set up to ensure that a supercomputer can work properly. [2]
2. Complete the table below by putting a tick mark in the right place: Device Name Scanner Mouse Bar Code Reader Printer Keyboard Hard disk CD Drive Input Device Output Device [7] Storage Device

3. Match the phrases in the first column to the ones in the second column by writing the appropriate letter in the third column. [9] a. RAM b. Contains an embedded computer c. Used to scan bar codes d. A cheap way of doing monthly backups e. Performs arithmetic and logical operations f. Computers commonly used by Insurance companies g. Controls the running and loading of programs h. Is an example of an application software i. The brain of the computer Magnetic Tapes Word processor Mainframes An operating system Temporary memory CPU Bar code reader ALU Washing Machine

Total on this page =20 marks

Year 9 ICT Specimen Exam Summer 2011 Unit 2- Document Production using MS Word. 1. Open the word document iTunes. Set the page orientation to Portrait. 2. Insert the following paragraph after the first paragraph: [2] [5]

According to figures from the Recording Industry Association of America, digital sales accounted for slightly more than 4% of the market during the first half of 2005, up from about 1.5% during the first half of 2004. More than seven out of 10 US digital music sales through PCs are through iTunes, a figure which grows when Apple Mac users are taken into account, according to NPD. 3. Set the top, bottom, left and right margins to 3 centimetres. 4. Centre the title, and change its font to CASTELLAR 36 points. 5. Change the font of the main body text to 12 points Times New Roman. 6. Change the alignment of the first paragraph of the text to be fully justified. 7. Insert the following table after the second paragraph: (Make sure that the table looks exactly like the one in here). Retail Outlet Wal-Mart Best Buy Tower Records 8. Insert the picture called Tunes Crop the image so that only the note on the left hand side will appear. Resize the image to the height of 4 cm and keep the aspect ratios. Flip the image vertically Align it to the right of the first paragraph, under the title. 9. Save the document under the name Music Sales inside the folder Y9 Specimen Exam folder on your desktop. [2] 10. Put your name and group in the header. 11. Insert an auto text of the file name and path in the footer. 12. Save your work again and print a copy. [2] [2] This month 1 2 8 [7] Last month 1 2 [7] [2] [2] [2] [2]

Total marks on this page = 35

Year 9 ICT Specimen Exam Summer 2011

Unit 3 - Creating Spreadsheets using MS Excel

From the folder Y9 Specimen Exam, open the excel file Students and answer all questions below. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Write a formula in cell F2 to find the average for each student. Copy the formula down the column till F20. Format cells F2:F20 to a number with 2 decimal points. more and FAILED if it is not. Copy the formulae down the column till G20. Write a formula in cell B22 to count how many students are there. Write a formula in cell C23 to find the average of the whole class in maths. Write a formula in cell F24 to find out the highest average of Student Average. Write a formula in cell F25 to find out the lowest average of Student Average. Write a formula in cell B26 to count all the students who passed. Write a formula in cell B27 to count all students who failed. Put your name and group in the center of the header and without gridlines. 11. Print another copy showing all the formulas with grid lines, and landscape orientation. Make sure that all formulas and headings are shown in full and that they all fit on one page only. [4] [2] [4] [1] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] Write an IF function in cell G2 that will display the word PASSED if the AVERAGE is 70 or

10. Save your Work, and print a copy showing the values (normal view), in portrait orientation,

Total Marks on this page = 25 Marks

Year 9 ICT Specimen Exam Summer 2011

Unit 4 - Database Manipulation using MS Access

Open the database: Colleges from the folder Y9 Specimen Exam: answer the following questions. 1. Create a query to find out and display all the colleges/Universities of the Type Private and with the Tuition less than 9000. Save the query. Use the above query to create a report, in portrait orientation, showing the following fields: ID, University, City, Type, Enrolment, Tuition, and Board. Give the report the heading Private Colleges. Sort the report in ascending order of Tuition. Put your name in the page footer. Make sure the report is taking one page only. Print the report. [10] 2. Create a query to find out and display all the colleges/Universities that have the word SAN within the name of their City. Save the query. Use the above query to create a report, in landscape orientation, and showing the following fields: University, City, State, Type, Tuition, Enrolment, and Board. Give the report the heading Colleges- SAN. Sort the report in descending order of University Name. Put your name in the page footer. Make sure the report is taking one page only. Print the report. [10]

N.B: If any of the reports is taking more than a single page then print the first page only. Ask your teacher, if you do not know how to do this.

Total Marks on this page = 20 Marks

Total Marks on this Exam = 100 Marks

Good Luck!