THIRD TERM EXAMINATION

DATA PROCESSING
YEAR 10
Name :

Teacher :

Class :

Date :

Read the following instructions carefully: DURATION: 1hr

 Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so.
 Attempt all questions.
 This test consists of a 100% of the total marks.
 Please, write your answers in the space provided.
 You may use a blue or black pen.

3. ____________ is a set of moral

1. Which of the following is not a principles that regulate the use of
computer management ethic? computers.
A.Maintaining dust free environment A. Computer ethics
B.Using liquid to clean the monitor B. Safety measures
C.Avoid trailing wires in the lab C. Constitution
D.Ensuring proper ventilation D. Rules and Regulation

2. All the following are issues related 4. Which of the following is not a
to computer ethics except laboratory rule and regulation?
__________ A.do not move an equipment from
A.privacy concerns its original position
B.malicious software B.turn off computer after use
C.browsing C.internet facility can be used for all
D.intellectual property purposes
 D.do not change the setting on the
computer 9. Microsoft office suite consists of the
following applications except
5. The following are ways of misusing ___________
computers except __________ A.MS Office Outlook
A.attempt to repair any lab B.MS Office Access
equipment B.do not scan disk C.MS Office Paint
before use D.MS Office Powerpoint

10. An example of a word processor is

C. do not switch off power supply ____________
before leaving the lab A. typewriter
B. notepad
D. The lab should be kept clean and C. ms Excel
tidy D. wordpad

6. All the following are safety 11. All the following are features of
measures for the computer user word processors except
except ________ ___________
A. Performing repetitive task without A. page size and margins
frequent breaks B. formula bar
B. Use of Ergonomic keyboard C. word wrap
C. Adjusting chair settings to adapt with D. search and Replace
your body posture
D.Shake hands periodically when typing 12. Which of the following is not a
feature of MS Word environment?
7. Which of the following is not a A. Address bar
safety rule in the computer lab? B. Menu bar
A. use of Static mat C. Status bar
B. avoid students entering personal D. Title bar
information
C. use of Surge Protector 13. Which of the following alignment
D. change the setting on the computer styles can be achieved when the
command Ctrl + J is executed in MS
8. A software program used in Word?
creating, storing and printing A.
documents is called ____________

A.database
B.word processor B.
C.spreadsheet
D.presentation
 18. Which of the following is not a font
face in MS word?
A.Tahoma
C. B.Arial
C.Leo
D.Calibri

19. The following document

D. formatting features except
___________ A.font style

B.font size
14. ___________ displays the name of C.font effects
document you are working on. D.paragraphing
A.Menu bar
B.Text area 20. The following are effects of font
C.Title bar style on text except __________
D.Task bar A. Line spacing
B. Underline
15. ___________ contains information C. Italic
about a document. D. Bold
A.Standard toolbar
B.Menu bar 21. In Word processing applications,
C.Scroll bar the symbols B, I and U are
D.Status bar commonly used buttons found on
the
16. The blinking cursor in the text area A. standard toolbar
of MS word is called ___________ B. Menu bar
A. pointer C. Formatting toolbar
B.insertion point D. Drawing toolbar
C.arrow
D.marker The figure below shows a dialog box
17. A feature in MS Word which allows from Microsoft Word application. Use it
you find synonym of words is called to answer question 22
___________
A.find and replace
B.go to
C.thesaurus
D.word wrap
 26. The automatic movement of the
cursor to the next line while typing
without pressing the enter key is
called ________
A.formatting
B.word wrap
C.thesaurus
D.duplicating

27. All the following are preset font

sizes in MS Word except ________

22. Which of the following command

A.14
shortcuts can be used to display
B.11
the dialog box in the figure above
C.15
when the application is running?
D.12
A. Ctrl + O
B. Ctrl + S
28. _________ is used to create and
C. Ctrl + Y
preview documents.
D. Ctrl + Z
A.Text area
23. In Microsoft Word, the keyboard
B.Status bar
command for paste is
C.Menu bar
A. ctrl + C
D.Standard toolbar
B.ctrl + K
C.ctrl + V
29. All the following are examples of
D.ctrl + X
spreadsheet except _________
A.Lotus 1-2-3
24. The process of copying a
B. Quattro pro
document from its original location
C. MS Excel
to another location is called
D.MS Access
_________
A.duplicating
30. All the following are uses of
B.printing
spreadsheet except _________
C.photocopying
A.creating documents
D.pasting
B. manipulating data
C.storing data
25. UPS means ____________
D.organizing data
A.Uniform Power Supply
B.Universal Power Source
31. The extension filename for saving
C.Unknown Power Supply
MS excel document is _________
D.Uninterruptible Power Supply
A. .eml
 B. .mdb 36. Which of the following formulas
C. .xls would be used to obtain the value
D. .doc in cell E2?
A. =B2+C2-D2
32. A unique address for each cell in a B. =B2+C2+D2
worksheet is called ________
A.active cell C. =(B2+C2+D2)/3
B. cell reference D. =C2-D2
C. cell address
D. formula 37. Which of the following is not a
feature of MS Excel?
33. The intersection of a row and A. WordArt
column in a worksheet is called B. Charts and Graphs
________ C.Formula
A.field D.Formatting
B.cell
C.insertion point 38. ____________ is a program that
D.record allows you to create, edit and
maintain data in a worksheet.
34. The excel worksheet below shows
the salary distribution for four staff A.Database
of company. The net salary is paid B.Spreadsheet
after deductions have been made. C.Workbook
Use it to questions 35 and 36 D. MS Access

39. The currently selected cell in a

worksheet is called _________
A. range
B. cell reference
C. active cell
D. insert function

40. Spreadsheets are made up of

35. Which of the following cells
________ and __________
contain numeric data?
A.functions and formula
A. A1
B. A2
B. tables and addresses
C. C3
C. rows and columns
D. E1
D. cell and cell Address

41. All the following can be found in

the Quick Access toolbar of MS
 Excel except __________ C.Database
D.Presentation
A. undo
B. redo 47. The basic element of data that can
C. paste be observed and manipulates is
D. font called ___________
A.character
42. Formulas are entered into B.record
________ bar in MS Excel. C.field
A. formula bar D.database
B. search bar
C. insert function 48. A set of programs that enable you
D. cell to store, modify and extract
information from a database is
43. _____________ takes you to a called ________
specific cell either by cell reference A. MS Access
or cell name. B. Spreadsheet
A. go to C. DBMS
B. find and replace D. Files
C. undo
D. copy and paste 49. A group of related fields is called
________
44. Formulas in MS Excel begin with A.character
________ B.database
A. * C.field
B. > D.record
C. +
D. = 50. Which of the following is not an
45. Spreadsheets can be used to example of a DBMS?
prepare all the following except A. MS Excel
_________ B. Oracle
A. letters C. MS Access
B. invoices D. MYSQL
C. annual reports
D. budgets

46. ___________ is a collection of

information that is organized to
enable easy access, retrieval and
update of data.
A.Spreadsheet
B.Word processor
 THEORY

INSTRUCTION: Answer question one and any other two

1a. Classify computers based on size, type and purpose

SIZE TYPE PURPOSE

[5marks]
1b.State the four procedures for information processing
I._________________________________________________________________
ii.__________________________________________________________________
Iii._________________________________________________________________
Iv._________________________________________________________________[5marks]
1c. List three ancient and three modern methods of information transmission
ANCIENT
I.____________________________
II.___________________________
III.___________________________
MODERN
I._______________________________
II._______________________________
III.________________________________ [5marks]

1d. Briefly explain the following:

I. Single user operating system
 ____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________ [5marks]
II. Batch processing operating system
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________[5marks]

A
2a.
student was asked to record the type of vehicles that entered the school compound
through the school's main gate on a Monday morning. The passage below is an excerpt
from the student's report on the assignment. "Report on the vehicular traffics at the
gate on Monday.

1. Introduction; I was directed by the school principal to sit at the main gate and record the
type and number of vehicles that passed through the gate on Monday morning.

2. Observation; I arrived at the gate at about 8;00am and left at 12 noon. During this period, I
made the following observation; Car, bus, bus, car, lorry, motorcycle, car, tricycle, motorcycle,
bus, bus."

(a) Beginning from the desktop, outline a step by step procedure of how to type the passage in
MS word, using A4 paper size and portrait orientation. [5marks]

(b) State the procedure for carrying out the following operations in the passage;

(i) Begin the second and third sentences in new paragraphs; (ii) Apply the formatting feature on
the first character of the passage (iii) Create a link on the text "Report on the vehicular traffics
at the gate”(iv) Represent the student's observation in a table with three columns under the
headings; Serial Number, Type of vehicle, Number of vehicle (v) Merge the first two cells of the
last row of the table and type "Total"and give the total number of vehicles observed in the
column for number of vehicles [5marks]

2b. What is Computer Ethics?

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________[2 marks]

2c.State three computer room management ethics

I.__________________________________________________________________________
ii._________________________________________________________________________
iii.____________________________________________________________[3marks]

3a. Use the information in the spreadsheet below to answer the questions(I-iii)below

(i) Write the formula to calculate the total score in Mathematics?

(ii) Write the formula to calculate Paul’s average score in the four subjects?
(iii) What spreadsheet function can be used to determine highest score in English?
[9marks]

3b. Mention four safety measures to be taken when working in the computer room
I. __________________________________________________________________
______
II. __________________________________________________________________
______
III. __________________________________________________________________
______
IV. _________________________________________________________________[
3marks]
3c. Identify the names of these safety devices in the computer room.
I. _____________________ ii. ______________________ iii.______________
 [3marks]

4a.

4a. What is the name of the application in the diagram above? [2½marks]
4b. State one use of the application above? [2½marks]
4c. Outline the procedure to launch the application from its shortcut on the desktop?

[2½marks]
4d.List five laboratory rules and regulations
I._______________________________________________________________________
II._______________________________________________________________________
III._______________________________________________________________________
IV._______________________________________________________________________
V._____________________________________________________________________
[5marks]
4e. Mention three health hazards that can occur as a result of using computers
I. _____________________________________________
II. _____________________________________________
[2½marks]