BUSITEMA UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER STUDIES

END OF SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS 2022/2023

PROGRAMMES: ELS, SCE, DSLT

YEAR OF STUDY: ONE SEMESTER: ONE

COURSE CODE: COS1104 COURSE NAME: COMPUTER SKILLS

Date: Friday 17th, February, 2023 Time Allowed: 2:00PM – 5:00PM

Instructions:
1. Section A consists of 40 marks.

2. Attempt all questions in Section A and two (2) Questions in Section B

3. Do not communicate in any way with any other candidate in the examination
room.

4. Do not open the question paper until told to do so.

5. All answers must be written in the answer book(s) provided.

6. All rough work must be written in the answer book(s) provided.

7. A line should be drawn through any rough work to indicate to the examiner that
it is not part of the work to be marked.
8. At the end of the examination, remain seated until your answer book(s) have
been collected and you have been told you may leave.

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 SECTION A

1. A word processor can be used to

A. write text C. print text
B. edit text D. all of these

2. A detailed written description of the programming cycle and the

program, along with the test results and a printout of the program is
called _____

A. Spreadsheets C. Output

B. Reporting D. Documentation

3. A word processor would be used best to

A. paint a picture C. draw a diagram

B. workout income and D. type a story

expenses

4. In which view Headers and Footers are visible

A. Normal View C. Print Layout View
B. Page Layout View D. Draft View

5. __ are advanced features that can speed up editing or formatting you

may perform often in a word document.

A. Comment C. Ribbon

B. Track changes D. Macros

6. To move data from one part of the document to another, following is

used.

A. Cut and Delete C. Copy and Paste

B. Cut and Paste D. Copy and Undo

7. Go to end of a document, press _____

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 A. Num Lock B. Tab C. End D. Home
8. Which of the following options is used to display information such a
title, page number of the document?

A. Auto Correct C. Thesaurus

B. Header and Footer D. Insert Table

9. is a versatile word processing program that offers flexibility in

correcting and revising your work, as well as a number of stylistic
options to improve your documents.

A. Mozilla Firefox C. FoxPro

B. Tally D. Microsoft word

10. To align right the selected text, the shortcut key is

A. Ctrl + L C. Ctrl + J

B. Ctrl + R D. Ctrl + U

11. To specify margins in word, the user has to select Page Setup option
from which menu?

A. Auto correct C. File

B. Edit D. Table

12. The process of removing unwanted part of an image is called

A. Hiding C. Cropping
B. Bordering D. Cutting

13. ____ appear at the bottom of the Excel window .

A. Title bar C. Work sheet tabs

B. Formula bar D. Name box

14. What are the basic rectangular building blocks of a spreadsheet?

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 A. Cells C. Help button

B. Zoom slider D. All of these

15. Which of the following is not a term pertaining to spreadsheets?

(A) Cell (B) Character (C) Browser (D) Formula

16. Another name for a pre-programmed formula in Excel is

(A) Cell (B) Graph (C) Function (D) Range

17. In which tab wrap text feature is present in MS Excel 2007?

(A) Formulas (B) View (C) Insert (D) Home

18. Which of the following identifies a cell in Excel?

(A) Address (B) Formula (C) Name (D) Label

19. Which term is used to join the selected cells in to one cell?

(A) Filter (B) Wrap (C) Pivot (D) Merge

20. A formula in Excel always begins with a/an ____

(A) Equal sign (B) Colon (C) Comma (D) Space

21. What is the extension of saved file in MS Excel?

(A) .xls (B) .xks (C) .xos (D) .xbs

22. Which command is used to close the window of Excel?

(A) Alt+ F4 (B) Ctrl + W (C) Ctrl +R (D) Ctrl+ C

23._____ is a presentation program.

(A) U-torrent (C) MS PowerPoint

(B) Mozilla Firefox (D) Slide Panel

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24. In PowerPoint, the header and footer button can be found on the insert
tab in what group?

(A) Tables group (C) Object group

(B) Text group (D) Illustrations group

25. Which is not the valid edition of MS PowerPoint?

(A) MS PowerPoint 2003 (C) MS PowerPoint 2010

(B) MS PowerPoint 2007 (D) MS PowerPoint 1920

26. The slide that is used to introduce a topic and set the tone for the
presentation is called the

(A) Title slide (C) Table slide (D) Graph

slide
(B) Bullet slide

27. The PowerPoint view that displays only text (title and bullets) is

(A) Outline view (C) Slide sorter

(B) Notes page view (D) Slide show

28. Times new Roman, Cambria, Arial are the example of _____

(A) Font face (B) Clipart (C) SmartArt (D) Themes

29. To center the selected text, the shortcut key is _____

(A) Ctrl+ C (B) Ctrl+ E (C) Ctrl+ O (D) Ctrl+ U

30. Which type of view is not present in MS PowerPoint?

(A) Extreme animation (C) Slide sorter

(B) Slide show (D) Normal

31. Which feature is not in MS PowerPoint?

(A) Scan a virus (B) Zoom

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 (C) Background color (D) Slide show

32. Which key helps to move to the beginning of a line?

(A) Page Up (B) Page Down (C) Home (D) Insert

33. To make the selected text italic, the shortcut key is

(A) Ctrl + Z (C) Ctrl + K

(B) Ctrl + Alt + I (D) Ctrl + I

34. Which PowerPoint view displays each slide of the presentation as a thumbnail and is
useful for rearranging slides?

(A) Slide Master (B) Slide Show (C) Slide Sorter (D) Notes Page

35. Press _____ to delete one word to the right.

(A) Ctrl + Delete (C) Ctrl + Tab

(B) Ctrl + Enter (D) Ctrl + Backspace

36. The space left between the margin and the start of a paragraph is called
A. Spacing B. Gutter C. Indentation D. Alignment

37. Text-styling feature of MS word is

A. Word Color B. Word Font C. WordArt D. Word Fill

38. What is the default PowerPoint standard layout?

(A) Blank (C) Title only

(B) Title slide (D) Comparison

39. A number of letter that appears little above the normal text is called:
A. Superscript B. Subscript C. Supertext D. Toptext

40. We can insert a page number at

A. Header
B. Footer
C. Both A and B
D. None
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SECTION B

Answer any two question in this section

All questions carry equal marks

41. a) One of the five major computer application packages that are often used in
schools is word processing.

i) Briefly explain how you can startup or create a Ms. Word processing document.
[5 marks]

ii) Outline the steps you can take to save a new document on the
desktop. [5 marks]

iii) State any five uses of word processing application. [10marks]

b) Explain the other five computer application packages that are often used in
school. [10 marks]

42. i) Define the following terms are used in spreadsheet . [10 marks]

a) Row
b) Column
c) Workbook
d) Cell
e) Cell address

ii) Explain the three essential parts of a spreadsheet. [6 marks]

iii) State any five uses of spreadsheets. [5 marks]

iv) Mention any one Example of a spreadsheet software? [4 mark]

v) Elaborate the process of protecting a workbook from un -authorized access

[5 mark]

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42 a) What does the acronym PPT mean? [2marks]

b) Outline the steps to open MS PowerPoint on a personal

computer? [4 marks]

c) State any five features of MS PowerPoint. [10marks]

d) Identify any four areas where MS PowerPoint can be applied. [8marks]

e) What is the fundamental difference between Transition and Animation

[6 marks]