20201024. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS I (THEORY) Paper i November 2021 Time: 2 hours THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL, DIPLOMA IN INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY MODULEI COMPUTER APPLICATIONS I (THEORY) Paper L net LS oS 2 Sue SS >} INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES SC This paper consists of SIX questions, Answer any FOUR of the SIX questians in the answer booklet provided. Candidates should answer the questions in English This paper consists of 4 printed pages. ‘Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing. C2021 The Kenpo Nationa! Examinations Councit. Turn over_fueeies * ' bee - Ste) ty ante t te a pomtett Pee cee 1, (0) Outline three features of a amaphical Tser intétfice in operating systems. (3 marks) & (6) Describe each of the following types of operating system: (@ distributed operating. system: (ii) multiprocessing operating system. (4 marks) (c) Alice invends to create a document using a word processing program. Quiline four ‘ppes of compu krybonsd keye pts Ha es eens . ga (d) Joab created slides using a presen oh Outline fur sways he-ould xjely the slides. oe i apa ae e Fimarks) Tipe te Asate fa) State six fet atresia sysjemgofhyere in 2 commu gysiem:__..,C marks) cE kina t ee | a re (b) Explain the fimnétion af eich of the following data types as Used in a database table: 4) OLE object; (i) Hyportink, (4 marks) (e) Distinguish between chara source and main document as used in word processing programs. (4 marks) (d) Susan used moster stides in a presentation she created. Outline four kinds of master slide sho-coukd have used {8 snatks) 3. (a) _—_Karaha Ltd intends to connect its computets'o the Intemet, Outline three types of Internct gervices they would get Tom conncctivit 3 (3 marks) (b) Distinguish between a macro and mode as used in databases. (4 marks) (©) Figure | shows the errors ea when a vwrong formula is entered in cell C1 anid cell C2in a worksheet, Figure [ Write the formula thet may have been entered in the cells to generate the errors in cell Cl and C2. (4:marks) (@) Marion has been tasked to design wedding catds for her friend using a desktop publication application, Outline four types of layout guides thet she could use while designing the cards. . afte - sett" Meg - (4 marks) si ted 4 @)_ With the aid of two examples, eipldin the term fransition as used in presentation programs. (GQ marks) (6) Solis intends to add a table in a database she created, Outline four ways she could achieve this. lige sayigaref tok 9 (4 marks) — oe te ible, chee Gately Lae fe Aacle Create belle - J 0 t 1 2920/1024 2 November 2025(s) @ 2920/1024, November 2021 Figure 2 is a spreadsheet extract, Use it 1 answer the questions that follow. 3 a function and cell address only, write 9 formula that may have been used to compute cach of the following: ~ cafe () Weighted core in eel D3; =D Cart ot _ rpatei/s) . () Average weighted score in cell BS, = DG [:d2-+ D3) 12, rials) An organization has noted that the security of their data in the database is compromised, Explain Qe, types of threats that the database could have beea exposed to, (4 marks) pale tol State six effets that could be applied to the shapes created ina slide af a presentenion program, ~Shage 4,{\. (G snark) Distinguish between tracking and leatlingay used in desktop publishing applications. a 44 marks) ‘2 Joan entered the number 13006 eel Al of a worksheet in.a spreadsheet. Write a formuta thar would be used to the number: (@) tothe nearest integety” i} as amnutipleof s. (4 marks) Ruth inserted a picture labelled S in a publication she designed as shown in Figure 3, She applied differem transformations to achieve the results labelled W, X,Y and Z. s Ww x ¥ Zz Figure 3 State the type of transformations she applied in each ease. (4 marks) 3 ‘Turn overaver pan fh =e alt : 6 {8} Qutline three ways that could be used to align'iext in & paragraph while designing a brochure in a desktop publishing application (G marks) (>) Explain the circumstance that would necessitate the use of each of the following operators when querying a database. (AND, —Habpliskin Addeban Gi) OR, ade Angh tanh (4 marks) (} Sam intends to view a report created using a database program before printing. Explain two ways he could use to achieve this. (4 marks) (@) Peter intends to print slides created using a presentation program. Outline four options ecould use to print the slides. pe deul (4 marks) “Bird oe mailer of Ise pre poge Se ga dides ‘THES IS THE LAST. ED PAGE. ty £ & x © @ 2920/1024. 4 Nowember 2027