# Computer Applications Technology Grade 11 P1 2012 QP (Eng) > Grade 11 Computer Applications Technology Paper 1 question paper from the Eastern Cape November 2012 (English), 18 pages. 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Read it free online on the page above; download the PDF from there. ## Document text Text extracted from the PDF. Layout, diagrams and tables may not survive extraction. ### Page 1 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Province of the EASTERN CAPE EDUCATION NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 11 NOVEMBER 2012 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 MARKS: 200 TIME: 3 hours *CATDM1* This question paper consists of 17 pages including an annexure. ### Page 2 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 2 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 (NOVEMBER 2012) INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. Due to the nature of this three hour examination, it is important to note that you will NOT be permitted to leave the examination room before the end of the examination period. 2. Enter your name and surname in the header of every document that you create or save. 3. The invigilator will give you a disk containing ALL the files needed for the examination or you will be told where the files can be found on the network. If a disk has been issued to you, you must write your name and surname on the label. If you work on the network, you must follow the instructions provided by the invigilator. 4. A copy of the master files will be available from the invigilator. Should you accidentally corrupt the files given to you, you may request further copies from the invigilator. 5. Make sure that you save each document using the file names given. Save your work at regular intervals as a precaution against possible power failures. 6. Read through EACH question before answering or solving the problem. Do NOT do more than what is required by the question. 7. At the end of the examination you must hand in the disk given to you by the invigilator with all the answers saved on the disk or make sure that all the files have been saved on the network as explained to you by the invigilator/educator. Ensure that ALL files can be read. 8. Note that NO printing is required. 9. During the examination you may use the help function of the program which you are using. You may NOT use any other resource material. 10. Note that if data is derived from a previous question that you cannot answer, you should still proceed with the questions that follow. 11. Formulas and/or functions must be used for ALL calculations in questions involving spreadsheets, unless otherwise specified. Absolute cell references must only be used where necessary to ensure that formulas are correct when they are copied to other cells in the spreadsheet. 12. In ALL questions involving word processing, the language should be set to English (South Africa) and the paper size is assumed to be A4 Portrait, unless otherwise instructed. 13. All measuring units should be set to centimetres. 14. This question paper consists of seven questions. Answer ALL the questions. ### Page 3 Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2012) COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 3 NOTE: The examination folder/data that you will receive with this question paper contains the folder and the files listed below. Ensure that you have the folder and ALL these files before you begin this examination: A folder called EXAM DATA with files and a subfolder called:  q1DATA Folder  q1AnswerSheet Word processing file  q2CensusAtSchool Word processing file  q3Population Word processing file  q4Favourite Subjects Spreadsheet file  q5Samples Spreadsheet file  q6Learners Database file  q7Form Word processing file  Length Image file  Logo Census@School Image file SCENARIO: A census is a process whereby one acquires data and information about matters such as population, housing etc. The School Management Team wants to involve the learners in a school census. Your Learners’ Council asked you to assist them with the editing of some of the documents that are needed for the census, as you are computer literate. ### Page 4 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 4 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 (NOVEMBER 2012) QUESTION 1 The following folder structure has been created in preparation for the census. Answer the following questions related to the subfolder called q1DATA in your EXAM DATA folder. 1.1 Move the Subjects Code folder so that it becomes a subfolder of the Census 2012 folder. (1) 1.2 Create a subfolder called Students within the folder Purpose. (1) 1.3 Delete all the files that are 7 KB or less in size from Sports folder and its subfolders. (1) 1.4 Compress (Zip) the presentation file called Census Presentation in the q1DATA folder. (1) 1.5 Change the properties of the file Rules in the q1DATA folder so that your name appears as the Author. (1) 1.6 Protect the file Presentation in the q1DATA folder with the Password 22x, so that it cannot be opened without the password. (2) 1.7 Copy the image file, imageCAY in the q1DATA folder, to the Background folder. (1) 1.8 Create a shortcut to the file Access (in the q1DATA folder) and place the shortcut in the Transport folder. (2) 1.9 Create a new Rich Text Format file called School and save it in the q1DATA folder. The file need not contain any data. (2) 1.10 Rename the folder called Transport in the q1DATA folder to Mode of Transport. (1) ### Page 5 Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2012) COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 5 1.11 Answer the following questions in the q1AnswerSheet file in your EXAM DATA folder. 1.11.1 Find out how many words are contained in the file Census Definition.doc. Type the number of words in the space provided in the q1AnswerSheet file for QUESTION 1.11.1. (1) 1.11.2 Sort the files in the q1DATA folder by Name in descending order, with only the Date Modified field and Name field appearing. The Date Modified field must appear before the Name field. Paste a screen shot/dump of the above selection in the space provided in q1AsnswerSheet file for QUESTION 1.11.2. (4) Remember to save and close the q1AnswerSheet file. [18] ### Page 6 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 6 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 (NOVEMBER 2012) QUESTION 2 A document q2CensusAtSchool has been saved in your EXAM DATA folder. The School Management Team requested you to make the following changes: Open the file q2CensusAtSchool. 2.1 Justify the entire document. (1) 2.2 Format the main heading “CensusAtSchool” as follows:  change the font size to 27 pt and  apply an Outline effect to the heading (2) 2.3 Insert the image Logo Census@school (that can be found in your EXAM DATA folder) behind the heading at the top of the first page and change the image to a washout colour. (3) 2.4 Change the left and the right margin to 3 cm and the top and the bottom margin to 2 cm. (2) 2.5 Make sure that the paper size is A4 and the Page Orientation is set to Portrait. (2) 2.6 Resize the picture of a footprint at the end of the document to 60% of its original height and rotate it 90° left. (3) 2.7 Make the following changes to the first paragraph starting with “It should …” and ending with “… these lessons”:  indent the paragraph with 2 cm on the left and right hand side  change the line spacing of the paragraph to exactly 18 pt  add a Drop Cap effect that runs over 4 lines to the first letter of the paragraph (4) 2.8 Set the paragraph spacing for the entire document to 3 pt Before and 12 pt After. (2) 2.9 Change the numbered list under the heading “Method” to red bullets with the following symbol:  (Wingdings 231). (3) 2.10 Insert a page break so that the heading “Interpreting questions” appears at the top of a new page. (1) 2.11 Change the orientation of the second last page to Landscape. (2) Enter your Name and Surname in the header of the document and save and close it. [25] ### Page 7 Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2012) COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 7 QUESTION 3 A document making students aware of the purpose of a census needs to be finalised. Open the file q3Population, and make the following changes: 3.1 Change the language of the entire document to English (South Africa). (1) 3.2 Correct all spelling errors. (2) 3.3 Change the main heading “CENSUS STATS” as follows:  Place a border around the main heading of the document (apply the border to the text and not to the paragraph)  The border must have a shadow  Make the border line 2¼ pt thick  Make use of any dotted border  Give the heading a yellow background shading (5) 3.4 Highlight all the occurrences of the word “HIV” in green, by making use of the find and replace function. (2) 3.5 Format the text under second and third heading so that it appears in two columns with a column line between the columns. Use a word processing function to ensure that the heading of paragraph three appears at the top of the right hand column as the example below. The space between the columns must be 2 cm. (4) ### Page 8 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 8 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 (NOVEMBER 2012) 3.6 Format the Table below the heading “6. Provincial estimates by sex” as follows:  Merge the cells as indicated in the table below.  Centre the content horizontally and vertically in the table.  Delete the two rows at the bottom of the table.  Sort the content of the table by Column 1 in descending order. Exclude the headings and the Total row when sorting the table.  Add the borders as indicated below.  Add shading to the cells as indicated below.  Change the text direction of the top row as indicated below.  Use a function to calculate the total in the bottom row.  Change the width of the first column to exactly 3 cm. (9) 3.7 Insert the date at the end of the document where indicated, in the format YYYY-MM-DD. The date must update automatically. (3) 3.8 Insert the word Census as a watermark to the background of the document. The watermark must appear in the font type Arial and the font size must be 38 pt. (3) 3.9 Convert the text (that is shaded in blue) at the end of the document to a table, so that it appears as the example below: (2) Enter your name and surname in the header of the document. Save the document and close it. [31] ### Page 9 Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2012) COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 9 QUESTION 4 The following spreadsheet shows the results of a Grade 8 to 12 survey, where students chose their favourite subjects. Help the Learners’ Council to complete the spreadsheet. Open the file called q4Favourite Subjects. Work in the Sheet 1 worksheet. 4.1 Merge Cells A1:G1 and centre the text vertically and horizontally across the new merged cell. (2) 4.2 Change the font size of the heading in Row 1 to 14 pt and add a green border above and below the merged cell. (3) 4.3 Wrap the text in Row 3 and change the text alignment to 45°. (2) 4.4 Add cell borders to the headings in Row 3 so that they appear as follow: (1) 4.5 Ensure that ALL the data on the worksheet is clearly visible. (1) 4.6 Use a function to display todays date in Cell A2. (1) 4.7 Delete the worksheet called Sheet 2. (1) 4.8 Rename Sheet 1 to “Subjects” and change the tab colour to blue. (2) 4.9 Change the Page Orientation of the Subjects worksheet to Landscape. (1) 4.10 Add a formula in Cell F4 to calculate the total number of males and females for Languages and drag the formula down for all the remaining subjects. (3) 4.11 Add Conditional Formatting to Column F so that cells with a value of more than 150 will have a Red Fill colour, and cells with a value of less than 100 a Green Fill colour. (4) 4.12 Determine the percentage of learners who favour the various subjects. Use the number in Column F and the total number of learners in Cell I3 to determine the percentage in Column G. Format the cells so that the results appear with a % sign. (4) ### Page 10 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 10 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 (NOVEMBER 2012) 4.13 Insert a blank row above Row 22. (1) 4.14 Copy the Subject Names in Column A and the corresponding Totals for Males and Females in Column F and paste them transposed on Sheet 3. Paste only the values of the copied cells. The data should be similar to the example below. (3) 4.15 Use functions for the following calculations on the Subjects worksheet: 4.15.1 Calculate the average number for the males who took part in the survey, in Cell B15. Use a function to round your answer off to the nearest whole number. (4) 4.15.2 Calculate the highest number for female votes in Cell B16. (2) 4.15.3 Determine the 2nd highest number of male and female votes in Cell B18. (3) Remember to save and close the q4Favourite Subjects file. [38] ### Page 11 Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2012) COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 11 QUESTION 5 The Learners’ Council used a spreadsheet to save statistics about subject choices. They requested that you design a graph that will make it easier for them to interpret the data. Open the spreadsheet file called q5Samples. Enter your Name and Surname in the header of the document. Work in the Schools worksheet. 5.1 Edit the first row of the worksheet as follows: 5.1.1 Change the Row Height of Row 1 to 40. (1) 5.1.2 Add a heading “Census At Schools” to the left hand side of the top row. Make use of any WordArt with the font type Arial Narrow and the font size 16 pt. (3) 5.2 Shade the merged Cell A4 any blue colour. (1) 5.3 Move the picture, which can be found in the worksheet called Logo to Cell A3. Resize the picture so that it is the exact size of the cell. (2) 5.4 The Learners’ Council wants to grade provinces depending on the total number of schools in the province, as indicated in their spreadsheet. Provinces with less than 250 schools in Column F are labelled “Small” and those with 250 or more in Column F are labelled “Large”. Use the If function in Column G to determine whether the province is “Small” or “Large”. Remember to drag the formula down for all the provinces. (3) 5.5 Insert a function in Cell B17 to count the number of provinces in the Range A7:A15. (2) 5.6 Use a function in Cell B18 to count the number of empty cells in the Range B7:E15. (2) 5.7 Use a function in Cell B19 to determine the total number of times the word “Small” appears in the Range G7:G15. The Range G7:G15 must appear in your function. (3) ### Page 12 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 12 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 (NOVEMBER 2012) 5.8 Sort the Provinces and their matching data in descending order according to the Total in Column F. Do not include the headings in the sorting. (2) 5.9 Create a Column Chart using the Provinces and the Total columns. Make the changes as instructed so that the chart looks similar to the example below. (2) 5.9.1 Add a Chart Title above the chart, reading: “Distribution Of Schools”. (1) 5.9.2 The Axis Title for the (Y-axis) Vertical axis should be Numbers and the Axis Title for the (X-axis) Horizontal axis should be Provinces. (2) 5.9.3 Remove the legend. (1) 5.9.4 Rotate the text on the Horizontal axis with 90°. (1) 5.9.5 Add Data Labels to the Data Series. The Data Labels must appear in the centre of the column and the font colour must be changed to white. (3) 5.9.6 Format the Data Series by filling the series with a Pre-set gradient colour, namely “Late Sunset”. (2) 5.10 Move this chart to a new worksheet. (1) Save and close the document. [32] ### Page 13 Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2012) COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 13 QUESTION 6 The School Management Team will be using the data collected during the census to keep track of subject allocations. Help the Learners’ Council to edit the database for the School Management Team. Open the database q6Learners and work in the Subjects table. The following questions refer to the table: 6.1 Make sure the Data Type as well as the Field Properties of the following fields are the same as indicated in the table below. (2) 6.2 Delete the record of Peter Marhala in 10E. (1) 6.3 Add the following field to the table and place it directly below the Surname field.  Field Name: Age  Data Type: Date/Time  Format: Long Date (4) 6.4 Add the following record to the Subjects table. (2) 6.5 Sort the table in descending order according to Surname. (2) 6.6 Show only vertical gridlines of the table. (1) Save and close the table. ### Page 14 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 14 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 (NOVEMBER 2012) Queries: 6.7 Create a query based on the Subjects table to find all learners who are taking CAT as a subject, in the Subject 6 field. Save the query as CAT Learners. Show only the following fields in the query:  ID, Firstname, Surname, Class (3) 6.8 Open the query Maths and edit it so that it only shows the grade 12 E learners who take Mathematics as a subject in the Subject 2 field. Sort the query according to Surname. (3) Save and close all your queries. Forms: 6.9 Create a form called Subjects by using all the fields from the Subjects table and edit it as follows:  Use the Justified layout for the form.  Insert the date in the Form Footer as a function. (4) Save and close your form. Reports: 6.10 Open the 2012Subjects report and make the following changes to it: 6.10.1 Add your name to the Report Footer. (1) 6.10.2 Edit the heading in the Report Header so that it reads: “2012 Census”. Change the font colour of the heading to blue and centre the heading in the Header of the report. (3) 6.10.3 Group the report by the Class field. (1) 6.10.4 Add a function to the Class Footer that will count the number of students in the class. The label for the function should read: “Number of students”. (4) Remember to save and close all your documents. [31] ### Page 15 Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2012) COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 15 QUESTION 7 You have been asked to modify the Census form so that it is more user friendly. Open the document q7Form and make the necessary changes. Use Annexure-A as a guideline. 7.1 Remove all the Section Breaks from the form so that it eventually fits on to one A4 page. (1) 7.2 Convert the heading “Census Form 2012” to WordArt style 1 and make the following changes to it:  Add a picture fill to the WordArt heading. Use the image named Length that is saved in your EXAM DATA folder.  Centre the WordArt at the top of the page.  Change the Text Wrapping of the WordArt to In Front of Text and change the size of the WordArt to exactly 2 cm high by 13 cm wide.  Add a Striped Right Arrow shape from the Block Arrows group and place it behind the WordArt heading.  Group the Arrow shape and the WordArt. (6) 7.3 Add the following tab stops to the top row of the form, as indicated in the example below:  Centre Tab – 7 cm  Right Tab – 14,5 cm (2) 7.4 Insert a Horizontal Border Line across the page below the Learner name. (1) 7.5 Insert the symbol (Wingdings 168)  next to the words Boy? and Girl? as indicated in Annexure-A. Change the symbol font size to 20 pt. (3) 7.6 Remove the border around the heading Section B. (1) 7.7 Move the Where were you born? and the How do you travel? sections to the empty table at the bottom of the form as indicated in Annexure-A. (2) 7.8 The Page Colour must be changed to any light grey colour. (1) ### Page 16 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 16 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 (NOVEMBER 2012) 7.9 Add the following table next to the text: What is your date of birth? Resize the table so that the columns are set to AutoFit to content. (4) 7.10 Insert the image (that can be located on the Sheet3 worksheet of the q5Samples spreadsheet) on the right hand side of Section B as indicated in Annexure-A. Resize the image so that is appears similar to the example in Annexure-A. (2) 7.11 Make use of leader tabs to edit the table at the bottom as the form so that it appears similar to the table in Annexure-A. 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