NATIONAL

SENIOR CERTIFICATE

GRADE 12

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1

NOVEMBER 2021

MARKS: 150

TIME: 3 hours

This question paper consists of 16 pages, an HTML tag sheet,

an input mask character sheet, two pages for planning and
a separate information sheet.

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INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION

1. Owing to the nature of this practical examination, it is important to note that,

even if you complete the examination early, you will NOT be permitted to
leave the examination room until all the administrative tasks associated with
the examination have been finalised. During the examination, the standard
examination rules regarding leaving the examination room apply.

2. If you are working on the network, or the data files have been preloaded on
your system, you must follow the instructions provided by the
invigilator/educator.

3. At the end of the examination, you must make sure that ALL your answer files
are saved on the network/computer as explained to you by the
invigilator/educator.

4. Make absolutely sure that all files can be read. Do NOT save unnecessary
files/folders and do NOT hand in duplicate answer files/folders. Do NOT
delete any original files that you did not work on.

5. The information sheet that has been provided with the question paper MUST
BE COMPLETED AFTER THE THREE-HOUR EXAMINATION SESSION.
Hand it to the invigilator at the end of the examination.

6. A copy of the master files will be available from the invigilator. Should there
be any problems with a file, you may request another copy from the
invigilator.

7. This question paper consists of SEVEN questions. Answer ALL the questions.

8. Read through each question before answering or solving the problem. Do

NOT do more than is required by the question.

9. Ensure that you save each document using the file name given in the
question paper. Save your work regularly as a precaution against possible
power failures.

10. You may NOT use any resource material.

11. Accuracy will be taken into account.

12. Ensure that the regional settings are set to South Africa and date and time
settings, number settings and currency settings are correctly set.

13. In all questions involving word processing, you should set the language to
English (South Africa). The paper size is assumed to be A4 Portrait, unless
instructed otherwise. Use centimetres as the unit of measurement.

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14. Ensure that the Developer tab and Ruler are activated.

15. Ensure that the decimal symbol is set as a full stop ('.') and the list separator
is set as a comma (,).

16. Formulae and/or functions must be used for ALL calculations in questions
involving spreadsheets. Use absolute cell references only where necessary to
ensure that formulae are correct when you copy them to other cells in a
spreadsheet.

NOTE: All formulae and/or functions should be inserted in such a manner

that the correct results will still be obtained even if changes are
made to the existing data.

17. You may NOT use a word processing program such as Word to answer the
HTML question.

18. The examination data folder that you receive with this question paper contains
the files listed below. Ensure that you have all the files before you begin with
this examination.

 1Clean Image
 1Health Word processing file
 2Marine Word processing file
 3Logo Image
 3Projects Spreadsheet
 4Air Spreadsheet
 5Save Database
 6_1Clean HTML file
 6_1Plastic Image
 6_2Pollute HTML file
 7Company Spreadsheet
 7Date Spreadsheet
 7Letter Word processing file
 7Picture Compressed file

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SCENARIO

Pollution is one of the biggest environmental concerns currently. Waste products may
cause land, water and air pollution. A growing awareness of the negative impact of
pollution encourages people to get involved in projects to stop pollution and clean up
the environment.

QUESTION 1: WORD PROCESSING

Open the 1Health word processing document and insert your examination number in
the header or footer.

1.1 Change the page size of the document to A4. (1)

1.2 Change the line spacing of the paragraph starting with 'The following is …' and
ending with ' … by air pollution.' to be the same as the line spacing of the first
paragraph. (1)

1.3 Replace all the occurrences of the exact text 'ozone' to appear in Arial Narrow,
bold and italic. (3)

1.4 Insert a 9 cm high by 8 cm wide text box and move the text that begins with
'Nitrogen dioxide …' and ends with '… from heart disease.' into the text box.

The text box must display as shown below.

The top position of the text box is relative to the word 'air' and the bottom of the
text box is relative to the word 'Ground'.

(4)

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1.5 Find the text that begins with the heading 'DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
WHERE I LIVE?' and ends with '… fuels and vehicles.'.

 Change the layout of the text to appear in two columns.

 Set the width of the first column to 8 cm.
 Set the space between the columns to 1 cm. (3)

1.6 Find the text that begins with the heading 'On the road' and ends with '…
keeping windows closed.'.

Apply multilevel list numbering to the text to display as shown below.

(7)

1.7 Change the UK Health Department source to a website source with the URL
http://www.airquality.co.uk. (2)

1.8 Add an automatic bibliography below the heading 'Bibliography' at the end of
the document. (1)

1.9 Insert the picture 1Clean as a watermark to the document. Scale the watermark
image to 150%. (2)

1.10 Inspect the document for issues and remove all hidden text from the document. (1)

Save and close the 1Health document. [25]

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QUESTION 2: WORD PROCESSING

Open the 2Marine word processing document and insert your examination number in
the header or footer.

2.1 Change the font of the document title 'UNESCO: Marine Pollution' to Small
caps. (1)

2.2 Format the headings of the document so that you can insert a table of contents
below the heading 'TABLE OF CONTENTS' to appear as shown below.

(3)

2.3 Remove the automatic hyphenation from the document. (1)

2.4 Insert a caption to the picture under the heading 'What is polluting our
Oceans?'. The caption text can be found in the picture's alternative text. (2)

2.5 Remove the hyperlink on the picture by Chris Deacutis. (1)

2.6 Restore the picture below the heading 'What can I do?' to its original colour. (1)

2.7 Find the text 'Question 2.6' below the heading 'What is IOC UNESCO doing?'.

Replace the text 'Question 2.6' with a cross-reference to the IOC UNESCO
picture and only display the page number. (2)

2.8 Insert a footnote on the text 'UNEP', found on the last page of the document, as
follows:

 Set the footnote numbering format to A, B, C, …

 Set the footnote numbering to restart on every page.
 Add the footnote text 'Environment Programme'. (4)

2.9 Insert a field below the text 'INSERT HERE' to display the number of words in
the document. (1)

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2.10 Insert automatic page numbering in the footer of the document as follows:

 Use the Tildes format.

 Ensure that numbering does not appear on the cover page and Table of
Contents page.
 Ensure that the number, '~1~,' appears on the page after the Table of
Contents.
 Ensure that the page numbering continues on all the pages that follow. (4)

Save and close the 2Marine document. [20]

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QUESTION 3: SPREADSHEET

NOTE:
 Use formulae and/or functions for ALL calculations in the spreadsheet.
 Use absolute cell references ONLY where necessary to ensure that formulae are
correct when you copy it to other cells in a spreadsheet.
 Insert formulae and/or functions in such a manner that the correct results will still be
obtained even if changes are made to the existing data.
 Should you need to use building blocks, use the space allocated for this in the
spreadsheet data file.

Open the 3Projects spreadsheet which contains details of clean-up missions that
started in 2019, including some projects planned for the future.

Work in the Sheet1 worksheet.

3.1 Insert the 3Logo picture, found in your examination folder, in cell A1 so that it
covers the entire cell. (2)

3.2 Fill cell A3 to appear the same as cell A2. (1)

3.3 Rename the worksheet Sheet1 to Missions. (1)

3.4 Use a COUNTIF function in cell F3 to determine how many projects have a
budget greater than R 55 000.00 (column F). (2)

3.5 The data in column G incorrectly displays values for recycling air pollution.

Apply a spreadsheet feature to column G to fill the cells with a colour of your
choice whenever the targeted pollution (column C) is indicated as air pollution. (5)

3.6 A project is categorised as small, medium or large depending on the number of

participants (column D) involved in the project.

Insert a suitable LOOKUP function in cell J6 to determine the project category

for the first project, based on the number of participants (column D) and the list
in the Categories worksheet. (4)

3.7 The project coordinator will send notifications to prospective participants for
projects that will start within the next 60 days (column E), inclusive of the
current date.

Use a nested IF function/formula in cell K6 to display the following messages:

 'Notify' if a project will start within 60 days from the current date, OR
 '*' if the project starts after 60 days from the current date, OR
 'Complete' if the project has been completed.

Apply the function/formula to the rest of column K. (6)

Save and close the 3Projects spreadsheet. [21]

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QUESTION 4: SPREADSHEET

NOTE:
 Use formulae and/or functions for ALL calculations in the spreadsheet.
 Use absolute cell references ONLY where necessary to ensure that formulae are
correct when you copy it to other cells in a spreadsheet.
 Insert formulae and/or functions in such a manner that the correct results will still be
obtained even if changes are made to the existing data.
 Should you need to use building blocks use, the space allocated for this in the
spreadsheet data file.

The spreadsheet contains information about the air quality index (AQI) measured at
various measuring stations in South Africa, as well as related health incidents from
2012 to 2019.

Open the 4Air spreadsheet and work in the Quality worksheet.

4.1 Insert a function in cell D3 to determine the second smallest air quality index
(AQI) count per year (column E). (3)

4.2 Add the option 'Urban' to the existing data validation rule in cell B7 using the list
in cells J7:J8. (1)

4.3 The measuring station is given a risk rating (column G) depending on the AQI
level in column F, e.g. an AQI level of L1 would display a risk rating of one
exclamation mark (!).

Insert a combination of text functions in cell G7 to display the number of

exclamation marks (!) using the AQI level in column F and the data in cell D4. (4)

4.4 Set the print area to cells A6:H40. (1)

Work in the Graph worksheet.

4.5 Use a SUMIFS function in cell H2 and the data in the Quality worksheet to
determine the total number of health incidents of all the measuring stations in
the Eastern Cape in 2018. (5)

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4.6 Create a graph/chart to appear as follows:

(5)

Save and close the 4Air spreadsheet. [19]

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QUESTION 5: DATABASE

The municipality keeps track of companies contributing to the pollution problem. As part of
the effort, they also investigated residents' recycling habits in terms of solving the pollution
problem.

Open the 5Save database.

5.1 Open the tbl5_1 table in Design View and edit as follows:

5.1.1 Change the field size of the Coverage field to Decimal. (1)

5.1.2 Insert a combo box for the PollutionType field with the values Air, Land
and Water. (2)

5.1.3 Values entered for the Level field must range from 100 to 1 000.

Insert a suitable validation rule to ensure that the data entered is valid. (3)

5.1.4 Insert a field called Evidence with a suitable data type so that
documents/files with proof of actions can be included in this field. (2)

Save and close the tbl5_1 table.

5.2 Modify the form called frm5_2, based on the tblData table, in Design View as
follows:

 Change the heading in the form header to 'Survey'.

 Insert a date control in the form footer, so that only the date displays.
 Apply the Ion theme to the form.
 Change the format of the YearBorn field to Medium Date.

Save and close the frm5_2 form. (5)

5.3 Open the query called qry5_3, based on the tbl_Data table, in Design View.

Display the average number of drop-offs for each type of recycling activity. Ensure
that the average will display an integer value.

Save and close the qry5_3 query. (3)

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5.4 Modify the qry5_4 query, based on the tbl_Data table, in Design View.

 Display only the fields Name, Surname, YearBorn, Knowledge,

RecyclingActivity and DropOff.
 Sort the query alphabetically by Surname.
 Display only the records where residents indicated that they have knowledge
of recycling OR where the RecyclingActivity field has a value of 'Very active'
AND a DropOff number of 15.

Save and close the qry5_4 query. (7)

5.5 Open the qry5_5 query, based on the tbl_Data table, in Design View.

 Display only the records of people born after 1990.

 Insert a calculated field called NewDrop to calculate an increase of 10% in the
number of times recyclables were dropped off (DropOff).

Save and close the qry5_5 query. (5)

5.6 Open the rpt5_6 report, based on the qry5_4 query, in Design View and change it
to display as shown below. Use any background colour for the report header.

(7)
Save and close the rpt5_6 report.

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QUESTION 6: WEB DESIGN (HTML)

NOTE:
 You may NOT use a word processing program such as Word to answer the
HTML questions.
 An HTML tag sheet has been attached for reference.
 All files needed to complete this question can be found in the examination folder.

A website was created to give more information about a possible future without pollution.

6.1 Open the incomplete 6_1Clean file in a web browser and also in a text/HTML
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NOTE:
 Use the example on the previous page as a guide when answering this
question.
 Question numbers appear as comments in the coding to indicate where you
should insert the answer(s). DO NOT delete these comments.

6.1.1 Insert your examination number so that it displays in the tab of the
browser. (2)

6.1.2 Change the font colour of the heading 'The Global Crisis of Plastic
Pollution' to red. (1)

6.1.3 Modify the code so that the image displays. (2)

6.1.4 Modify the table so that it displays as shown in the image of the web
page on the previous page. (3)

Save and close the 6_1Clean file.

6.2 Open the incomplete 6_2Pollute web file in a web browser and also in a
text/HTML editor.

Complete the web page to look exactly like the example below.

Save and close the 6_2Pollute file. (6)

ONE mark will be allocated for correctly closing tags and correctly nesting in both the
files. (1)
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QUESTION 7: GENERAL

Pollution is a concern for many companies and the responsibility to control it rests with
the management of the companies.

7.1 After monitoring the pollution in a specific area, a letter must be prepared for the
companies with a concerning pollution history.

Open the 7Letter document to be used for a mail merge.

7.1.1 Change the form controls in the letter as follows:

 Change the form field control below the text 'Date:' to display the
current date.
 Add the option '14' in the drop-down form field control next to the
text 'Reply required within:'.

Save the 7Letter document, but do NOT close it. (2)

7.1.2 Prepare the mail merge as follows:

 Link the 7Letter document with the data source, the 7Company
spreadsheet.
 Select only the companies that have a 'high' and 'very high' level.
 Replace the text '<Company>' and '<Level>' to display the
'company' and 'level' from the 7Company spreadsheet.

Save the 7Letter document, but do NOT close it.

Complete the mail merge and save the merged document as 7Merge. (6)

Close the 7Letter document.

The Pollution Control Board will give certificates to companies with a consistently low
level of pollution. The certificates will be presented in the month corresponding with the
monitor date.

Open the 7Date spreadsheet.

Work in the Monthly worksheet.

7.2 Complete the function/formula in cell D3 to display the name of the companies
that have a low level (column B) of pollution and where the monitor date
(column C) was in November. (3)

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Work in the 7.3 worksheet.

7.3 Display an alphabetical list of names of all the companies with a 'Very high' level
of pollution and where the monitor date was in 2021. (3)

Save and close the 7Date spreadsheet.

7.4 Extract the image file from the password-protected folder called 7Picture using
the password 'November'. (1)
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HTML TAG SHEET

Basic Tags Formatting Tags continued

Tag Description Tag Description
Defines the body of the web Inserted before each list item,
<body></body>
page and adds a number or symbol
<li></li>
<body Sets the background colour of depending on the type of list
bgcolor="pink"> the web page selected
<body text="black"> Sets the colour of the body text <img src="name"> Adds an image
Contains information about the <img src="name" Aligns an image: can be "right",
<head></head>
web page align="left"> "bottom", "top"
Creates an HTML document – <p align="center"><img Aligns an image in the "center",
<html></html>
starts and ends a web page src="name"></p> can also be "middle"
<img src="name" Sets the size of the border
<title></title> Defines a title for the web page
border="1"> around an image
<br/> Inserts a line break <img src="name"
Sets the height and width of an
width="200" height
<!-- --> Comment image
="200">
Text Tags Displays alternative text when
Tag Description <img src="name" the mouse hovers over the
alt="alternative text"> image or when the image is not
<hl></hl> Creates the largest heading found
<h6></h6> Creates the smallest heading <hr/> Inserts a horizontal line
<b></b> Creates bold text <hr size="3"/> Sets size (height) of a line
<i></i> Creates italic text
Sets the width of a line, in
<u></u> Creates underlined text <hr width=”80%”/>
percentage or absolute value
<font size="3"></font> Sets size of font, from "1" to "7"
<font color= "green">
Sets font colour <hr color= "ff0000"/> Sets the colour of the line
</font>
<font face="Times New Table Tags
Sets font type
Roman"></font> Tag Description
Links Tags <table></table> Creates a table
Tag Description <tr></tr> Creates a row in a table
<a href="URL"></a> Creates a hyperlink <td></td> Creates a cell in a table
<a href="URL"><img
Creates an image link
src="name"></a> Creates a table header (a cell
<th></th>
Creates a target location in the with bold, centred text)
<a name="NAME"></a>
document
Links to a target location
<a href="#NAME"></a> created somewhere else in the <table width="50"> Sets the width of the table
document
<a href= Sets the width of the border
Links to an e-mail address <table border="1">
"mailto:#NAME"></a> around the table cells
Sets the space between the
Formatting Tags <table cellspacing="1">
table cells
Sets the space between a cell
Tag Description <table cellpadding="1">
border and its contents
<p></p> Creates a new paragraph Sets the alignment for cell(s)
Aligns a paragraph to the "left" <tr align="left"> ("left", can also be "center" or
<p align="left"> (default), can also be "right" or "right")
"center"
Sets the vertical alignment for
<ol></ol> Creates a numbered list <tr valign="top"> cell(s) ("top", can also be
<ol type="A","a", Defines the type of numbering "middle" or "bottom")
"I","i","1"></ol> used
Sets the number of columns a
<ul></ul> Creates a bulleted list <td colspan="2">
cell should span
<ul type="disc", Sets the number of rows a cell
Defines the type of bullets used <td rowspan="4">
"square","circle"> </ul> should span

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INPUT MASK CHARACTER SHEET

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

0 Digit (0 to 9, entry required, plus [+] and minus [–] signs not allowed)
Digit or space (entry not required, plus [+] and minus [–] signs not
9
allowed)
Digit or space (entry not required; spaces are displayed as blanks while
# in Edit mode, but blanks are removed when data is saved; plus [+] and
minus [–] signs allowed)
L Letter (A to Z, entry required)
? Letter (A to Z, entry optional)
A Letter or digit (entry required)
a Letter or digit (entry optional)
& Any character or a space (entry required)
C Any character or a space (entry optional)
Decimal placeholder and thousand, date and time separators (The actual
.,:;-/ character used depends on the settings in the Regional Settings
Properties dialog box in the Windows Control Panel.)
< Causes all characters to be converted to lower case
> Causes all characters to be converted to upper case
Causes the input mask to display from right to left, rather than from left to
! right. Characters typed into the mask always fill it from left to right. You
can include the exclamation mark anywhere in the input mask.
Causes the character that follows to be displayed as the literal character
\
(e.g. \A is displayed as just A)

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Examination sticker
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COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 – NOVEMBER 2021
INFORMATION SHEET (to be completed by the candidate AFTER the 3-hour session)
CENTRE NUMBER ____________________________________________________________
EXAMINATION NUMBER _______________________________________________________
WORK STATION NUMBER _____________________________________________________

SUITE USED
Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft
(Mark appropriate Office 365
Office 2013 Office 2016 Office 2019
box with a cross (X))
WEB BROWSER USED Other
Mozilla Google Internet Microsoft (Specify)
(Mark appropriate
Firefox Chrome Explorer Edge
box with a cross (X))

FOLDER NAME ______________________________________________________________

Candidate must enter the file name(s) for each answer. Tick if saved and/or attempted.

Question Saved Attempted Maximum Mark Marker Initial/

File name
Number () () Mark Achieved Code

1 1Health 25

2 2Marine 20

3 3Projects 21

4 4Air 19

5 5Save 35

6_1Clean
6 15
6_2Pollute

7Letter

7Merge
7 15
7Date

7Picture

TOTAL 150

Comment (For office/marker use only)

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