RINGWAY ESTATE BASIC SCHOOL

END OF TERM EXAMINATION – APRIL 2025

COMPUTING
Name: ___________________________________________________ BASIC 8
Date: ___ April, 2025 2 Hours (Paper 1 & 2)

PAPER 1 (Objective Test – 40 Minutes - 30 Marks)

1. A student in the computer laboratory wants to change the style, 8. Doris and Emily are watching videos from a pen drive using a
size and colour of a typeface in Microsoft Word application. The computer. The process the computer uses to access the video
appropriate tool to be used is from the pen drive is known as
A. Font A. Burning
B. Styles B. Reading
C. Clipboard C. Caching
D. Paragraph. D. Writing
2. A quiz master asked participants to complete the statement: whiles 9. What does the formula = IF(A1>10,"Pass","Fail") do in a
the Internet Explorer is used to access information from the Spreadsheet application?
internet, Windows File Explorer is used to A. Checks if the value in cell A1 is equal to 10 and returns
A. browse the internet using explorer Fail
B. Manage and organize files and folders B. Checks if the value in cell A1 is less than 10 and returns
C. edit files in the explorer window Pass
D. Manage and organize music and videos
3. The concept of Artificial Intelligence's ability to suggest related C. Checks if the value in cell A1 is greater than 10 and
information to a user who regularly surfs the internet is referred to returns Fail
as
A. deep learning D. Checks if the value in cell A1 is greater than 10 and
B. neural network returns Pass
C. computer vision 10. A teacher tasked students to demonstrate an activity using a
D. Logical reasoning. flowchart diagram. The appropriate symbol to use at the
4. A blog has many sections. The purpose of the comment section is to processing stage of the activity is
A. share personal information with readers A. Oval
B. promote other blogs on the same platform B. Rhombus
C. engage with readers and encourage discussion C. Rectangle
D. sell products and services to readers and friends D. Parallelogram.
5. In a printing industry, the device that uses the mechanism of laying 11. Settings and permissions that are specific to a user and
down a transparent dye and melting dots of wax-based ink to determines the activities the user can perform on windows
produce an output is a environment on the computer is known as
A. wax heater A. Log
B. wax printer B. Account
C. thermal heater C. Customization
D. thermal printer D. configuration
6. Collaborative robot is a category of robots that 12. Good health practice suggests that we take intermittent breaks
A. works alongside humans while working. The importance of taking breaks during prolonged
B. paints pictures for commercial sake makes both fast and computer use is to
slow dances to audience for movements A. increase productivity in users
C. makes both fast and slow movements B. conserve energy in the computer
D. dances to audience for entertainment C. avoid eye strain and muscle fatigue
7. Giftan inserted a picture into a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation D. increase screen time when working
and needed to work on the picture to adjust the brightness and 13. Four students in Form 2 wrote the following function in Microsoft
contrast to make it clearer. The best tool to help Giftan achieve the Excel. Which of the functions written by the students is correct
task is and will show an output?
A. Picture Size A. =SUM(10A:A17)
B. Format Picture B. =SUM(10A:17A)
C. Picture Layout C. =SUM(A10:A17)
D. Picture Effects. D. =SUM(A10:17A)

Answer all questions in this part by shading the correct answer lettered A to D

14. To demonstrate to a class, the steps to be taken to create a 25. Sir Hakeem tasked you to create a date with year, month and day
format. The most appropriate Microsoft Excel function to achieve
 PivotTable from a set of data in Microsoft Excel worksheet, click on the date format is
A. Home Tab, then PivotTable A. DATE()
B. Insert Tab, then PivotTable B. DATEDIF()
C. Data Tab, then PivotTable C. CURDATE()
D. View Tab, then PivotTable D. DATEVALUE()
15. In a computer shop, the attendant advised a customer to buy the 26. cybercriminals can obstruct data in transmission to and from a
fifth generation computer due to its feature that uses device or a network using a data threat attack technique called
A. Transistors A. fabrication
B. vacuum tubes B. interception
C. microprocessors C. interruption
D. artificial intelligence D. modification
16. The social media platform that allows members to post questions,
start a discussion or contribute to various discussions is
A. Forums
B. Messenger
C. Facebook
D. WhatsApp
17. The introduction of Artificial Intelligence as come with its related
ethical concerns such as
A. job creation 27. The peripheral device shown in Figure A above is used to capture
B. bias algorithm A. audio data
C. improved healthcare B. video data
D. increased productivity C. image data
18. A user who selected 4 x 3 in the insert table grid in a Word D. textual data
document will insert 28. The Merge & Centre button in a Spreadsheet application is used
A. 4 tables to
B. 12 tables A. select multiple cells and center the content
C. a table of 4 rows and 3 columns B. combine and center the content of selected cells
D. a table of 4 columns and 3 rows C. create a new worksheet and center the content
19. The Screenshot feature under the Insert Tab of a Microsoft D. combine and center the content of the worksheet
PowerPoint application allows a user to insert a screenshot of 29. Shandorf entered 20 into a computer as quantity of pencils
A. active application bought. How will the figure be represented in the computer for
B. opened applications processing?
C. foreground applications A. 10010
D. downloaded applications B. 10011
20. The examination scores in Computing of a class was entered into a C. 10100
Microsoft Excel worksheet. The appropriate function for finding the D. 11001
largest score in the class is 30. Suadick was trying to access information from the WAEC website
A. AVG but whenever he enters the URL, it takes him to a different
B. MIN website. His friend Alex advised that he must ensure the URL
C. MAX entered is correct because it identifies
D. SUM A. ads in the web resource
21. In pseudocode, the keyword FOR indicates B. the texts of the web
A. variables or constants in the code C. the address of the web
B. input or output structure in the code D. graphics used in the web resource
C. decision control structure in the code
D. Loop with fixed number of iterations in the code
22. The central device that communicates with other network devices
and manages resources is a
A. Hub
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B. Client
C. Server
D. Switch
23. A user is to apply predefined formatting styles to texts in Microsoft
PowerPoint application. The best features to use is
A. WordArt
B. Font Colour
C. Text Effects
D. Quick Styles
24. The robotic club of a school is to construct a robot to be able to
detect objects around it. The most appropriate sensor to be used is
A. light sensor
B. tactile sensor
C. torque sensor
D. Proximity sensor

PAPER 2 (Essay)
 (70 Marks - 1 Hour, 15 Minutes)

Answer all Questions in the spaces provided in this question paper. You are to submit the entire question paper to the invigilator.

1. The head teacher of Pentecost School Kasoa bought the following items for school. 10 footballs for GH₵ 2,000.00, 20 notebooks for
GH₵400.00, 50 pens for GH₵ 250.00, 8 registers for GH₵ 240.00 and 2 laptop computers for GH₵ 7,000.00.
a. How many columns and rows are needed to create a table for the head teacher’s items bought including Pentecost School Kasoa as
heading for the table without the serial numbers of the items?
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b. Outline the steps to be followed to create the table mentioned in 1 (a) using Microsoft Word.
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c. Study the diagram in figure 1 below carefully and answer the questions that follow.

i. Identify the name of the application window shown above in figure 1

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ii. Identify the parts labelled A to K

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2. a) State the use of Powerpoint Presentation software.

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b) Identify any four (4) features of Microsoft Powerpoint presentation window and state their function.
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c) State the function of the Insert Tab in MS Powerpoint.
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d) Explain the term Multimedia as used in MS Powerpoint.
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e) How would you insert a picture in a Powerpoint presentation document? Show by steps.
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3. a) Explain the term Publishing.
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b) What is Desktop Publishing?
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c) Identify the two main types of Desktop Publishing software.
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d) List any five types of publications you know.
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e) Give two (2) examples of desktop publishers.
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f) State the difference between a Desktop Publisher and a Word Processor.
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4. a) By showing steps, how would you save a document for the first time to the Desktop location of a computer?
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b) List any Five (5) commands in the Home Ribbon/Tab.
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c) List any Five (5) commands in the Insert Ribbon/Tab.
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d) Define the following terms as used in a spreadsheet application;
i. Formula:
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iii. Active Cell:
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iv. Range:
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v. Workbook:
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e) List the seven (7) layers of the OSI model
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5. a) What is the Internet?
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b) What is a Web Browser?

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c) Give two (2) examples of a Web Browser.
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d) What is Network Topology?
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e) Identify any two (2) types of Network Topology

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