MUTUNGONI ACADEMY

COMPUTER STUDIES 451/1

(THEORY)

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)

COMPUTER STUDIES PAPER 1

OPENING EXAM JANUARY 2024

NAME……………………………………………………ADM NO……………………………

SIGN: ………………………. DATE:…………………………..

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES
 Write your Name and Index number in spaces provided above.
 This paper consists TWO sections.
 Answer ALL questions in section A
 Answer QUESTION 16 and any other three in section B
 All answers MUST be written in the spaces provided on this question paper.

SECTION QUSTIONS CANDIDATE’S SCORE

B 16

17
18
19
20
TOTAL SCORE

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 SECTION A (40MARKS)
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTION IN THIS SECTION
1. State three differences between impact printers and non-Impact printer(3marks)

2. Peter used a compact disk recordable to save his work. ½ of the disk was used to store video files while
¼ of the remainder was to save audio file. Note that CD-recordable is 700MB. Calculate the remaining
space in bytes (3marks)

3. Describe fourways in which ICT can be used to improve health care provision (4Marks)

4. Mention three factors to consider when choosing an ISP for internet connectivity (3marks)

5. Describe the term portability as used in the following context.

(ii) Software(1mark)

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 6. John is a first-year student at JKUAT. He is expected to login his student portal to access online
assignments. Mention three ways in which he would prevent virus from infecting his computer
(3marks)

7. Using relevant examples distinguish between a formula and function (3marks)

8. Musato high school wanted to setup a network connectivity to be used in school. Mention three internet
connectivity requirement that the school must have in order to get the connection (3marks)

9. What is a master page in Desktop publishing (2marks)?

10. State the function of the following keys.

(ii) Delete(1mark)

11. Describe the following features of Database management software.

(ii) Table (1mark)

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 12. State three factors to consider when choosing a monitor (3marks)

13. Milenga Special Schoolreceived grants from the National government to purchase computers to be used
in the departments and the Headteachers’ office, as a computer student the headteacher approached you
to guide him on the hardware and software considerations to execute the project. Mention fourhardware
related factors that you need to consider for the project to be implemented successful (4marks)

14. Describe three functions of an operating system(3marks)

15. Describe the effects of the following actions in a computer lab.

(b) Smoking in the computer laboratory (1mark)

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 SECTION B (60 MARKS)
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTION I THIS SECTION
16. (i)Describe three components of a spreadsheet (3marks)

(ii)Describe three components of a function (3marks)

(ii) A School keeps a spreadsheet of examination results in four subjects. Part of the spreadsheet is shown below.
A B C D E F G H I
1 Name Class Math Science IT English Average Position Remark
2 Peruza 11C 87 72 64 61 71 1
3 Kegg 11A 82 69 57 52 65 2
4 Kolacz 11A 73 51 73 51 62 3
5 Khan 11C 44 21 50 85 50 4
6 Dyos 11B 41 54 70 31 49 5
7 Lenski 11B 17 41 40 34 33 6
8 Allen 11A 33 24 19 44 30 7
9 Mean - 53.86 47.43 53.29 51.14 51.43
score
10 Highest 87 Lowes 17 ######
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Table 1
(a) What formula has been used to:
(i) Calculate the mean score for Math (1mark)

(ii) Assign Lenski position 6 out of 7(1mark)

(iii) Get student with the highest marks in Math and Science(1mark)

(b) Show how cell G10 can be represented in R1C1 style (1mark)

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 (c) Write a function that will display Excellent, Good, Average and Fail in the remark column based on
the average score (3marks)
Average Remark
66 -100 Excellent
46-65 Good
36-45 Average
0-35 Fail
Table 2

(d) State the validation check that should be carried out on data entered in cell C2 to F8 to ensure values
over 100 are not input (2marks)

17.
(a) List two items found in Ms-word formatting toolbar (2marks)

(b) With an aid of a diagram explain the difference between merging cells and splitting cells (3marks)

(c) Mark Jacob typed Kanga High School in a Ms-Word workspace. State how the line of text will
appear if he applies the following change case option.
(i) Toggle case(1mark)

(ii) Sentence case(1mark)

(iii) Upper case (1mark)

(d) James was preparing a document which contains lines of text and graphic. When he typed the last
sentence, the whole sentence was pushed to the next page making the document to have two pages.
Mention fours ways that can be applied to this document to make it fits with a page(3marks)

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 (e) Describe four proofreading tools supported by Ms-words(4marks)

18.
(a) State the difference between Fill and stroke as applied in DTP (2marks)

(b) Give three purposes of desktop publishing software(3marks)

(c) Describe two types of desktop publishing software(2marks)

(d) Describe the following terms as used in DTP.

(ii) Printable area(1mark)

(iii) Ruler(1mark)

(e) Describe the following features with respect to DTP.

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 (ii) Drop cap(1mark)

(f) State the function of the following toolbox items as used in Adobe Page Maker
(i) Text tool(1mark)

(ii) Cropping tool(1mark)

(iii) Zoom tool(1mark)

19.
(i) Describe the following database models.
(a) Relational l Model(1mark)

(b) Networked model(1mark)

(c) Object oriented (1mark)

(ii) A database was set up to record the test results for a class of students. Part of the database is as shown
below.
Name ID Math English Science History Geography
Paul Smith 0017 70 55 65 62 59
Ravi Gupta 0009 29 34 38 41 44
Chin Hwee 0010 43 47 50 45 52
John Jones 0013 37 67 21 28 35
Diana Abur 0001 88 92 95 89 78
Rose 0016 21 13 11 27 15
Achieng
(a) Give the number of fields that are in the table above (2marks)

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 (b) How many records are in the above table (2marks)?

(c) Choose the most appropriate key field for the table and give a reason for your choice (2marks)

(d) Choose the data type for Name, ID, and Math(3marks)

(e) Suggest how the marks columns should be validated (1mark)

(f) Write an expression that can be used to calculate the total at the query grid (2marks)

20.
(a) Describe two functions of a file extension (2marks)

(b) Explain the following terms as used in computing.

(ii) Virus (1mark)

(iii) Troubleshooting(1mark)

(c) Identify four resources that are under operating system control (4marks)

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 (d) Why must operating system be installed in the computer before installing any other software
(2marks)

(e) Give four reasons that may cause computer malfunction (4marks)

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