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Novan HazardKENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
DLM ASSIGNMENT
Trimester : 1st Trimester 2015
Course code : COMP 100
Course Title : Computer Applications
Date Due : Thursday, March, 5th 2015
Instructor : Winnie Kirimi
Contacts : (0724 660 675, [email protected])
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL questions
2. Your work should be TYPED in New Times Roman-font size 12 and 1.5 spacing page Justified.
UNTYPED WORK WILL NOT BE MARKED
3. Give references of your work; use Harvard Style both in-text and at the end of the document
4. Present Question 1, 3 & 4 in a CD with your name, student registration number, and course code written
on the CD.
5. Question Two should have a Cover Page with information such as name of University; School/Faculty &
Department, your name, student registration number, and course code, title, due date and the name of
the lecturer as indicated on the assignments.
6. Spiral bind your work and put the CD in the booklet
7. Cut and paste/plagiarized work will not be graded
8. LATE Assignment will NOT be ACCEPTED for marking
9. ALL Assignments should go through the ODLM office.
QUESTION 1 (20 Marks)
1. Distinguish between FIVE of the following operating system terms: {6 Marks}
a. Copy and Rename commands.
b. Deletion and Defragmentation.
c. Desktop and Icon.
d. Disc Drive and Disc Partition.
e. File and Folder.
f. Path and Link (Hyperlink). g. Track and Sector.
2. Give Five (5) differences the 5th generation computers have, from other generation
computers? {5 Marks}
3. When you click the Microsoft Office Button and point to Prepare you'll find the
following features. Briefly explain their functions {3 Marks }
a. Inspect Document
b. Encrypt Document
c. Restrict Permission
4. Give 4 internet connection technologies {4 Marks}
5. Differentiate between Operating System and Application Softwares {2 Marks}
QUESTION 2 {25 Marks}
You are supposed to create a word processing file using MS Word 2007, according to the
instructions given below.
1. Open a new MS Word file and type the following text given in the box below
[2 marks]
Academy award
The Academy Awards, informally known as The Oscars®, are a set of awards given annually
for excellence of cinematic achievements. The Oscar statuette is officially named the
Academy Award of Merit and is one of nine types of Academy Awards. The Academy Awards
ceremany is also the oldest award ceremony in the media; its Equivalents, the Grammy
Awards (for music), Emmy Awards (for television), and Tony Awards (for theatre) are
modeled after the Academy.
Current special categories
Academy Honorary Award: since 1929
Academy Scientific and Technical Award: since 1931
Gordon E. Sawyer Award: since 1981
2. Correct any spelling errors displayed in the given text. [01 mark]
3. Save the document as <Your Registration Number> [01 mark]
4. Change the layout of the page as given below. [01 mark]
>Page size: A4 (8.27ʺ x 11.69ʺ) >Page orientation: Landscape
5. Change the page margins as follows: [01 mark]
>Top: 1.25ʺ >Bottom: 1.25ʺ >Right: 1.25ʺ >Left: 1.25ʺ
6. Format the entire document as given below. [01 mark]
>Line spacing: 1.15" >Font: Times New Roman
>Font size: 14 >Align: Justify
7. Select the heading “Academy award” and format it as given below. [01 mark]
>Font color: blue >Style: Bold and underline
>Align: Center >Change all the letters to UPPERCASE
8. Make the first letter of the paragraph larger and fall into three lines (Drop cap).
[01 mark]
9. Format the heading “Current special categories” with Style: Heading 2. [01 mark]
10. Create a bulleted list for the last 3 lines of text given under “Current special categories”
and format it as follows. [01 mark]
Academy Honorary Award: since 1929
Academy Scientific and Technical Award: since 1931
Gordon E. Sawyer Award: since 1981
11. At the end of the bulleted list create the table shown below. [2 marks]
ceremony date best picture winner venue
1st Academy Award 16th May 1929 Wings Hollywood
Roosevelt Hotel
2nd Academy Award 3rd April 1930 The Broadway Ambassador Hotel
Melody
12. Enter “Award Ceremonies” text as the heading of the table and format it using a
Wordart. (Font: Arial Black, Font size: 16, Align: Center)
[01 marks]
13. Insert a new row just below the last row of the table and enter the following information
into the new row: [02 marks]
> Ceremony: 84th Academy Award >date: 24th February 2012
>best picture winner: The Artist >venue: Dolby Theatre
14. Insert another row just above the last row of the table and merge all the cells in that row.
[02 marks]
15. Format the entire table as given below. [02 marks]
> Change the cell size of the table to Auto Fit to Contents. >Align: Center
16. Select the Heading row and format it as given below. [01 mark]
> Convert all text in to capital letters >Style: Bold >Align: Center
17. Change the column style of the paragraph to two columns. [01 mark]
18. Insert footer with the following formatting options. [01 mark]
>Caption: <Your Registration Number> >Font: Times New Roman
>Font size: 12
19. Insert the W01 image below, to the right hand side of the bulleted list of the document.
[02 marks]
File name: W01.jpg
20. Save the document. Make sure you have saved the document as follows: <Your
Registration Number>
Question 3 (30 Marks)
Create a blank workbook in MS Excel 2007 and save it as "<Your Registration no>.
1. Create a table with 7 rows and 9 columns in the cell range A3:I9, as shown in Figure
You have to bold and center the heading of each column. [02 marks]
2. Insert a title "Anne College" and a sub title "Mark sheet for A/L Biology - Class A", by
centering it with the table, making the text bold, and changing the font size 16 for
main title and 14 for subtitle. [02 marks]
3. Enter the data given under the columns, "Index No", "Name", "Physics",
"Chemistry", "Biology", and "English". [2 marks]
4. Use the relevant formula to calculate the total marks of 'Liyanage' (Index No.- 1001)
and copy the formula to the relevant cells. [2 marks]
5. Use the relevant formula to calculate the average marks of 'Liyanage' (Index No.- 1001)
and copy the formula to the relevant cells. [2 marks]
6. Format the "Average" column with two decimal places. [2 marks]
7. Use the relevant formula to find the rank of 'Liyanage' (Index No.- 1001) and copy the
formula to the relevant cells. [2 marks]
8. Use conditional formatting to change the color of the cells of which the average
mark is more than 60, into green. [2 marks]
9. Select the columns, "Index No", "Physics", "Chemistry", "Biology", and "English"
column and draw a column chart as shown below. [2 marks]
10. Insert the title, "Anne College", and the sub title, "Mark sheet for A/L Biology - Class
A" to the top of the chart. [02 marks]
11. Set the X axis labels with the index numbers. [02 marks]
12. Label the X axis title as, "Index No" and Y axis title as, "Marks". [02 marks]
13. Label the legends for 4 subjects, "Physics", "Chemistry", "Biology" and "English".
[02 marks]
14. Insert your index number in the center of the footer. [02 marks]
15. Make sure to get a graph similar to the one given below
