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Tom Mboya University College: Semester Ii JAN-APR 2021

This document provides instructions for a take-home computer assignment on data manipulation and analysis in spreadsheets for Tom Mboya University College. It contains two questions with multiple parts each. Question One has parts on spreadsheet terminology, applications of spreadsheets, and creating a pivot table to analyze speed data from an amusement park ride dataset. Question Two provides an employee data worksheet and tasks involving formatting, calculations, chart creation and customization to analyze the employees' salary details. Students are instructed to name and save their Excel files following specific naming conventions and submit their work within two weeks.

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Tom Mboya University College: Semester Ii JAN-APR 2021

This document provides instructions for a take-home computer assignment on data manipulation and analysis in spreadsheets for Tom Mboya University College. It contains two questions with multiple parts each. Question One has parts on spreadsheet terminology, applications of spreadsheets, and creating a pivot table to analyze speed data from an amusement park ride dataset. Question Two provides an employee data worksheet and tasks involving formatting, calculations, chart creation and customization to analyze the employees' salary details. Students are instructed to name and save their Excel files following specific naming conventions and submit their work within two weeks.

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TOM MBOYA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

SEMESTER II

JAN-APR 2021

UCI 104: DATA MANIPULATION AND ANALYSIS IN SPREADSHEET

TAKE HOME CAT

Date: July 2021 Duration: 2 Weeks


Instructions:
1. Answer all questions.
2. QUESTION ONE ( c) and QUESTION TWO are practical questions.
3. All practical questions to be done and submitted as excel files.
4. The question number should precede the naming convention of excel file followed by
admission number. For example, Q1cRoller_SMA_MC_001_19_20, where
SMA_MC_001_19_20 is the student number

QUESTION ONE
a) Explain the following terms as used in spreadsheets.
a. Workbook.
b. Chart.
c. Database
d. Formula bar
[4 marks]
b) Briefly describe four areas of application of spreadsheet [4 marks]
c) Before you can do this exercise, you'll need to download and unzip this file
i). Open the spreadsheet in the folder [1 mark]
ii). Convert this data into a pivot table and find the overall average speed of all rides that
satisfy the following criteria:
 The Type is Steel
 The Design is Sit Down
 The Amusement Park has the word adventure somewhere in the title
[4 marks]
iii). Save your work as, followed by your reg_no e.g Q1cRoller_RegNo Pivot
[1 mark]
QUESTION TWO
Use the worksheet given below to answer the questions that follow:

Employee
Details

Allowances

Deductions
Gross Pay
Basic Pay
Category
Emp No

Name

Tax
E8 Cornell Assistant 4,600 300

E9 John Assistant 3,500 450


E2 Francis Supervisor 6,508 500

E3 Edwin Management 8,006 1,801

E10 Carl Assistant 4,200 100

E4 Bernard Management 7,917 1,775


E5 George Supervisor 5,500 850

E1 Lewis Management 8,291 2,500

E6 Albert Supervisor 5,700 760


E7 Edward Supervisor 7,151 1,545

Tax Rate

12%

Questions

(i). Make all the column titles bold, and size 12. Center the title , across columns A1:H1 and make it
size 16, and Bold.
(ii). Calculate the gross pay in cell F4.
(iii). Calculate the amount of tax deducted from each employee, given that the tax rate is 12% of the
gross pay. Tax rate is found in cell A16 of the worksheet.
(iv). Format the text orientation in the range A4:G4 to 0 degrees.
(v). Adjust the column width such that all the headings are visible.
(vi). In cell H4, enter the title Net Pay and calculate the Net pay for all employees.
(vii). Format the range G4:H13 to zero (0) decimal places.
(viii). Format the title Net Pay to match the other titles.
(ix). Set the range A1 to H16 as Print Area.
(x). Using the Names in column B, Basic Pay in column D, and Allowances in column E, insert a
Clustered Column Pie Chart on the same sheet to show comparison of the salaries for the
employees. The Chart Title should be Employee Details, the Y-axis should be Employee Names
and the X-axis should be Thousands (Kshs).
(xi). Move the chart so that the top left corner is on cell A18.
(xii). Change the Chart Title to Employees’ Salary Details.
(xiii). Change the Chart Type to Clustered bar with a 3-D visual effect.
(xiv). Increase the Chart Title Font size to 14.
(xv). Change the text direction for the title of the X-axis to 0 degrees, and for the Y-axis to -90 degrees.
(xvi). Resize the chart such that the bottom left corner is on cell A55, while the bottom right corner is on
cell I55 so that all the details are clearly visible.
(xvii). Save the worksheet as Q2_Salary Details

[16 marks]

END

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