UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2010/2011
FIRST YEAR EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
COMMERCE
CMS 103: COMPUTER APPLICATION SOFTWARE (DAY)
DATE: APRIL 2011 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer one and any other TWO questions
QUESTION ONE
a) Explain in your own way what is meant by the concept of office automation (6 Marks)
b) Explain why a database approach is considered to be better than a traditional file approach
(8 Marks)
c) In a typical office, you will get computers, facsmachines, scanners and many other devices that
automate office work. Users in these offices mostly work with several application software that
increases their productivity. Describe the features of the following software:
i. Word processors (3 Marks)
ii. Spreadsheets (3 Marks)
iii. Database management systems (3 Marks)
d) Explain any five factors that can be considered in selecting an application software (5 Marks)
e) Define the following terms (2 Marks)
i. Software
ii. Hardware
QUESTION TWO
a) Alignment refers to text distribution in relation to the page’s margins. Explain the following types
of alignment (4 Marks)
i. Left Alignment
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ii. Right Alignment
iii. Center Alignment
iv. Justified Alignment
b) The tabs will align your text in relation to a specific position on the horizontal ruler. Outline the
different types of tabs in word (5 Marks)
c) Give the steps for creating Drop Caps (4 Marks)
d) Outline five uses of a text box (5 Marks)
e) Outlinetwo differences between ms word and ms powerpoint. ( 2 Marks)
QUESTION THREE
a) Describe how you would perform the following tasks in Ms Word: (10 Marks)
(i) Adding a clip art- image to a document
(ii) Checking a spelling grammar
(iii) Draw different geometrical shapes on a document
(iv) Inserting an object not on the keyboard
(v) Inserting headers and footers.
b) Give reasons why organizations prefer to use bespoke software (6 Marks)
c) State four objects that you can create using MS Access (4 Marks)
QUESTION FOUR
a) Differentiate between the following set of terms
i.Header & Footer. (2 Marks)
ii.Cut & copy. (2 Marks
iii.Superscript & Subscript. (2Marks)
iv.Drop cap & Title case. (2Marks)
v.Save & save as. (2Marks)
b) To determine the students who qualify to go for a tour, the school’s management has decided that
any of the following conditions should be met:
Conditions
Mathematics...............................> 85
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Age..........................................>=18
Average ...................................>= 60
If ANY of the conditions is met, it should return the Granted; however, failure on ALL should return
Denied.
(Assuming Mathematics is in Cell C3, Age is in Cell A3 and Average is in Cell G3)
Write a formula or function that will check the above conditions (6 Marks)
=IF(OR(C3>85,A3>=18,G3>=60), “Granted”, “Denied”)
c) Define the term spreadsheet (2 Marks)
d) Describe how to name a cell in ms excel (2 Marks)
QUESTION FIVE
a) Define the following terms as used in spreadsheets (4 Marks)
i. Workbook
ii. Worksheet:
iii. Cell
iv. Range
b) Describe how you would do the following in MS Access
i) Creating a new table (2 Marks)
ii) change the design of an existing table (2 Marks)
iii) To add, delete or change data in an existing table (2 Marks)
iv) To create or edit relationships between tables (2 Marks)
c) Explain how you can use the Simple Query wizard to create a query on the Accounts table showing
just the AccountNumber, AccountType and Balance fields (4 Marks)
d) State the application softwares used in the following environments
i) Web browsing (1 Mark)
ii) Finance modeling (1 Mark)
iii) Publishing (1 Mark)
iv) Engineering designs (1 Mark)
