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Class IX

Foundation of Information Technology

Time: 3hours
M.M.: 80 SECTION A1

1. Yog yata has made documentation manual for her new 3D game. The content is ready
but she wants to add attractive borders on each page. Name the feature of the Word
Processor, which will help her to achieve the same without devoting much time to
designing
2. Ramanuj Saman is interested in storing data in an organized manner of his monthly
expenditure for a period of one year in his annual budget document. He does not wish to
perform any calculations and analysis. Which feature of a word processor will you
suggest Ramanuj to use for this purpose?
3. Name the type of printer to be used for printing text and graphics together with high
speed but at low cost
4. Name the input device used to sense and read thick and thin black stripes present on
the items usually sold at supermarkets.
5. Ms. Menon has bought a new Inkjet printer. She has connected it to her computer with
the help of a USB cable and has switched the printer on. Now, when she is giving the
Print command, the printer is not printing, what else is Ms. Menon required to do?
6. Phantom is a computer programmer, who is developing small software for a retail chain.
Unfortunately, the shop owner is not able to provide him an internet connection;
Phantom carries different modules of this software, installs in the computers connected
in various shops and carries sample data back with him for testing. Which storage
device will you suggest to him to use for this purpose? This device should have high
storage capacity and should be re-writeable.
7. Taruni Dhar, a chemistry teacher is typing her Chemistry Assingment and she needs to
type in chemical representation of Sulfuric Acid as H2S04. But, when she is typing, it is
appearing as H2S04. Which formatting feature will help her to see 2 and 4 numbers in
the desired format?
8. Kanan Ajawani is a computer professional and has started writing a book on his own
“Experiences on Computer”. He does not have a good command in English Language
and cannot afford to hire an editor for the book, which two features of Word Processor
he should use for basic language corrections.

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9. Raabyaanka has setup a new Desktop Publishing business. She feels that she should
try out a few software and see their strengths and weaknesses before purchasing them.
Which category of software out of proprietary or shareware will serve her purpose for the
trial?
10. Name the toolbar, which has all the options of changing the font properties.
11. Name the tool of a word processor that helps in copying formats and applying it to
selected text.
12. Name a feature of a word processor, to help the Computer Operator to add Graphical
Images in the documents.
13. Compare free open source software and proprietary software with respect to
customization of software and license fee.
14. Navleena is interested in transferring few Songs from her mobile phone to Satyam’s
mobile phone. Suggest two suitable and simplest wireless options she may opt for doing
the same.
15. Jolly Picson is a steno in a company, she wants to create a draft letter with spaced out
lines for her boss, to read and correct the same. Also she wants to use pound sign £ in
the letter. Suggest, which two features of Word Processor, she should use for the
same.Let us assume the Actual Content is follows:Dear Sir,With reference to your letter
KTNR/PQ/2010-11/124 dated 23-June-2010,1 am here to submit the response. Our
gadget RT-2134 is made for electric supply of 110 Volts and will not work at 220 Volts.
Special switch fitted inside the gadget trips when it gets a supply of 220 Volts. Kindly use
appropriate converter to use our gadget. If you need our engineer to come to rectify the
problem, the additional charges will be £4500. We assure you for further assistance if so
required.Thanks for using our gadget.Sincerely
YourRamtan JhangaariIt should appear as this for quick correction by the boss.
Dear Sir,With reference to your letter KTNR/PQ/2010-11/124 dated 23-June-2010,1 am here to
submit the response. Our gadget RT-2134 is made for electric supply of 110 Volts and will not
work at 220 Volts. Special switch fitted inside the gadget trips when it gets a supply of 220 Volts.
Kindly use appropriate converter to use our gadget. If you need our engineer to come to rectify
the problem, the additional charges will be £4500. We assure you for further assistance if so
required.
Thanks for using our gadget.
Sincerely YourRamtan Jhangaari
16. Differentiate between RAM and ROM
17. Differentiate between File and Folder
18. Which of the following is essentially required for recording and playing back audio in a
computer system:

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a) Bar Code Reader

b) MICR
c) Microphone
d) Printer
e) Digital Camera
f) Speaker
g) Joystick
h) Light Pen
19. Which device can be used to click and directly save a photo in JPG format? Also
mention which port of the computer system is normally used to connect this device?
20. Differentiate between a text editor and a word processor.
21. Arrange the following memory units in ascending order of their storage capacities. Kilo
Byte, Byte, Tera Byte, Mega Byte
22. From the following list identify the features which are available in a Word Processing
Software: i) Spell Check facility
ii) Auto Correct feature
iii) Adding Voice over and Animation
iv) Adding Watermarks/Backgrounds
v) Macros
vi) Numerical Calculations
23. Identify which of the following can be categorized as Secondary Memory devices:
a) Keyboard
b) Printer
c) Hard Disk
d) CD ROM
e) Mouse
1) Plotter
g) DVD
h) Pen Drive
24. Ms. Meeramani has recently joined a construction company as Marketing Executive.
She wants to create a report on her accomplishments. Using your documentation skills,
suggest the features to accomplish the following:
i) Add the page number at the bottom of each page.
ii) Add the company name as a background on each page.
iii) Mention her achievements as a numbered list
iv) Mention the advantage of her working strategy in comparison to earlier plan in a
grid format
v) Review the document before finally printing it.
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25. Name one specific software/tool for each of the following category:
a) Antivirus software
b) Encryption Tool
c) Operating System
d) Disk Utility Software
e) Browser
26. Identify the correct application software (out of Accounting Management, Reservation
System, HR Management, Attendance System, Payroll System, School Inventory
Control System, Billing System) for performing the following tasks/places:
a) Restaurant food order counter
b) Daily Employee Presence and Absence Record Monitoring
c) Computation of salary of workers
d) Managing records of Purchase and Issue of items in school
e) Budgeting and Maintenance of Financials in an organization
f) Booking for air tickets
27. Following is a text document containing a letter. The line numbers are given on the right
hand side of the lines of the document. Observe the following document and answer the
questions from
(i) to (iii):From:Customer Help Manager,Fountain Spray Corporation New CityDate: 31st
March, 2009ToYanran PhilipR-900, JalyaanVihar King NagarSubject: Reply to
Complaint no. A-349562Dear MadamThis is with reference to your complaint no A-
349562 with regard to our Automatic Spray System Model 978. We would like to inform
you the following: The defect informed by you is not covered in our Warranty Terms. The
defective part is required to be imported from Japan. As a privileged customer of ours,
company will be able to give 50% discount on the part along with free installation at your
premises. Kindly let us know your decision in this regard.
From the above document, identify the lines and write the line numbers for:
a. line(s) that are right aligned.
b. line(s) that are justified.
c. line(s) that are using the Italics feature to format text.
d. line(s) that are using the Bold feature to highlight text.
e. line(s) that are using the Underline feature to highlight text.
f. line(s) that have used the center alignment feature to improve the presentation of
text.
g. line(s) that have used the numbered list feature to improve the presentation of
text.
h. line(s) that contains an e-mail address.

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ii) The manager wants to check the spellings and grammatical errors made by him
before finally sending the letter. Name the feature which will help the manager achieve
the same.iii) Name the feature used to insert the signature of the Customer Help
Manager In line
28. SECTION BA Bank Cheque or Bank Draft generally contains a specially printed number
on it. Which of the following technique is used to read the special characters:
a) MICR
b) OCR
c) OMR
d) Light Pen
You want to apply to an institution for a scholarship and you want to email them your
application along with the copies of your certificates.
Which of the following device you prefer to capture the Digital Copy of your certificates to
be attached with your application:
a) Joystick
b) Scanner
c) Printer
d) Light Pen This is a port generally found at the back side of your CPU.
Identify the device, which we connect at this port:
a. Printer
b. Keyboard
c. Mouse
d. Monitor Out of the following, who do you think is the most probable user of a
Light Pen?
a) Computer Programmer
b) Graphic Designer
c) Artist
d) Computer Operator32. Antivirus Software is an example of:
a) Application Software
b) Office Software
c) Operating System
d) Utility Software
33. Suppose you have bought all hardware components required for assembling a
Computer. After assembling the Computer System, which will be the very first software
to be installed:
a) Hardware Drivers
b) Operating System
c) Anti Virus Software
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d) Word Processing Software

34. Which of the following is not a function of an operating system?
a. File Management
b. Memory Management
c. Resource Management
d. Database Management
35. Which of the following is/are GUI based Operating System:
a. MS DOS
b. UNIX
c. Windows 3.1
d. Windows Vista
36. In a document, in order to type ‘2‘ in the mathematical expression
A.X2+B.X+C=0, which one of the following options you would use?
a) Insert Clipart
b) Subscript
c) Italics Style
d) Superscript
37. In a document, Sachin has to change all occurrences of the word ‘Calcutta’ with
‘Kolkata’. Which one of the following options is most appropriate to do the task:
a) Copy & Paste
b) Find & Replace
c) Cut & paste
d) All of the above
38. Members of ‘Nibbles & Bytes’, the computer club of a school wants to prepare
and print a list of Participating Schools in their annual interschool symposium using a
word processor. Which of the following office techniques is most appropriate to get the
desired results:
a) Copy & Paste
b) Inserting Symbols
c) Bullets & Numbering
d) Cut & Paste
39. Rehman is typing his Science Project on ‘Sustainable Development’ using word
processing software. He wants to add the phrase ‘Sustainable Development’ at the top
of each page. Which option he should use:
a) Footer
b) Header
c) Watermark
d) Bullets
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40. A student wants to create a ‘Digital Story Collection’ on the famous storyline
‘Rabbit & the Tortoise’. He has downloaded some images of Rabbit, Tortoise and forest.
He wants to add Watermarks, stylish text and images but is not interested in any
animation. Which one of the office tool he should use:
a) Word Processing Software
b) Presentation Software
c) Spreadsheet Software
d) Database Management System
41. Which of the following actions can be performed using the Page Setup option of
a Word Processor Tool?
a. Margins
b. Paper Size
c. Page Orientation (Landscape or Portrait)
d. All of the above
42. To store a file having 20 MB size, which of the following devices can’t be used:
a) Floppy Disk
b) CD
c) DVD
d) Pen Drive
43. Sam Niza, who was born in 1995, is thinking of a password for her online bank
account. Which one of the following you would suggest for strengthening the security of
her account:
a) sam95
b) a99p54c66
c) samniza1995
d) sam1995

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