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SENIOR CERTIFICATE
GRADE 12
SEPTEMBER 2023
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1
MARKING GUIDELINE
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Computer Applications Technology Grade 12 P1 2023 Memo (Eng)
Grade 12 Computer Applications Technology Paper 1 memorandum from the Eastern Cape Mock Exam 2023 (English), 10 pages. Read online or download the free PDF.
Computer Applications Technology · Grade 12 · Eastern Cape Mock Exam · 2023 · English. Memorandum, 10 pages. Read online or download the PDF.
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- Computer Applications Technology
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- Grade 12
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- English
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- Memorandum
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- 2023
- Exam period
- Eastern Cape Mock Exam
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- 1
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- CAPS
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2 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 (EC/SEPTEMBER 2023)
QUESTION 1 File Name: 1_10 biggest dams in South Africa Total Q1: 27
Maximum Candidate
No. Criteria
Mark Mark
1.1.1 Textbox
• Text box inserted. ✓ 1 3
• Filled with gradient fill. ✓ 1
• Linear down fill used. ✓ 1
1.1.2 Textbox/Size
• Height = 3 cm and width = 15 cm ✓ 1
1
1.1.3 Textbox/Border
1
• Textbox border red ✓ 2
1
• and 3pt ✓
1.2 Find and replace
• All occurrences of ‘Mzansi’ replaced by South Africa
1 2
(2 occurrences) ✓
1
• South Africa is in small caps ✓
1.3 Captions
• Caption inserted ✓
1
• New label ‘Picture’ created. ✓
1 4
• Caption displays below the picture. ✓
1
• The other two pictures have captions with label 1
Picture 2 and Picture 3 ✓
1.4 Style 1
• Style modified to be bold ✓ 2
1
• Style modified to font size 19 ✓
1.5 Paragraphs
• Heading, image and paragraph together moved to 1
2
next page. ✓ 1
• Keep with next checked ✓
1.6 Citation 1
• Website source used ✓
1 3
• Name of website added ✓
1
• URL added ✓
1.7 Synonym
• Beach, shore, coastline, seashore or oceanfront 1 1
replaced shoreline ✓
1.8 Watermark
1
• ‘Top dams in SA’ changed to any WordArt ✓
1 3
• Button (Curve) shape used ✓
• Font type changed to Arial Narrow. ✓ 1
1.9 Page numbering `
• Circle page numbering used ✓ 1
• On the footer ✓ 1 4
• Odd pages set on left ✓ 1
• Even pages set on right ✓ 1
Total for QUESTION 1 [27]
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QUESTION 2 File Name: 2_Brochure Total Q2: 13
Maximum Candidate
No. Criteria
Mark Mark
2.1 Page Colour
1
• Brochure filled with any colour ✓ 1 3
• Brochure filled with two colour gradient fill ✓ 1
• Red and Orange are colours used ✓
2.2 Picture
1
• The other picture is deleted/replaced. ✓
1 3
• Picture replaced with ‘2_Logo’ picture. ✓
• The image is stretched to fill the space provided. ✓ 1
2.3 Controls
1
• SA Dams inserted in the company name control ✓ 1
2.4 Date
1
• Date field inserted ✓ 2
1
• Formatted MMMM yyyy ✓
2.5 SmartArt
• SmartArt inserted ✓ 1
• Basic Pie Relationship SmartArt used ✓ 1 3
• The three names of the dams inserted in the 1
SmartArt ✓
2.6 Font
• Font of ‘3 Sterkfontein Dam’ paragraph is changed 1 1
to be like the first two paragraphs ✓
Total for QUESTION 2 [13]
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4 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 (EC/SEPTEMBER 2023)
QUESTION 3 File Name: 3_Dams Total Q3: 44
Maximum Candidate
No. Criteria
Mark Mark
3 _Dams Worksheet
3.1 Cells A1:N2 1
• Cell A1 to N2 merged and ✓ 2
1
• data centred vertically ✓
3.2 Cell A3
1 1
• =Now() ✓
3.3 Cell A5:
=CONCATENATE(D5;LEFT(B5;3);RANDBETWEEN 1
(100;999))
• Concatenate function ✓ 1
5
• D5 ✓ 1
• Left(B5;3) ✓
• Randbetween function ✓ 1
• (100;999) ✓ 1
3.4 Cell C56
=SMALL(C5:C54;1) 1 3
• Correct function used. Small ✓ 1
• Correct range used – C5:54 ✓ ;2 ✓ 1
3.5 Cell F58:
=COUNTIF(F5:F54; "Eastern Cape") 1 3
• Correct function used ‘Countif’ ✓
1
• Correct range (F5:F54) ✓
1
• Correct criteria ‘Eastern Cape’ ✓
3.6 Cell H6 Countifs
1
=COUNTIFS(F5:F54;"Free State";H5:H54;">500")
1
• Function: Countifs ✓
• Criteria range 1 : F5:F54 ✓ 1 5
• Criteria 1 : “Free State” ✓ 1
• Criteria range 1 : H5: H54 ✓
• Criteria 2 : ‘>500” ✓ 1
3.7 Cell J62 Sumif
=SUMIF(F5:F54;"Eastern Cape";J5:J54)
1
• Sumif function used ✓ 4
1
• Criteria range : F5 : F54 ✓
• Criteria : “Eastern Cape” ✓ 1
• Sum range : J5:J54 ✓ 1
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3.8 Cell J64 Nestedif statement
1
=IF(J5>4000000;"BIG DAM";IF(J5<1000000;"SMALL
DAM";"NORMAL DAM")) 1
• Nested if function used ✓ 1 5
• Criteria 1: J5>4000000 ✓
• Criteria 2: J5<1000000 ✓
1
• Correct output: for both criteria ✓
• Criteria output if false ✓ 1
3.9 Conditional formatting
5
• Conditional formatting feature use ✓ 1
1
• Correct formatting style: Icon Sets ✓
1
• Correct Icon style: 3 Symbol uncircled indicator ✓
1
• Icon if value greater than 80 ✓ 1
• Icon if value less than 40 ✓
3.10 Subtotal
• Applied to “Province” ✓ 1
3
1
• Function: Average ✓
1
• Add subtotal to Capacity field ✓
3.11 Graph
• Correct data used ✓ 1
• 3D Column Clustered graph used ✓ 1
• Column Shape cone used ✓ 1
• Axis title named correctly ✓ 1 8
• Chart title named correctly ✓ 1
• Chart area fill done ✓ 1
• Correct picture (3_Map of SA Dams) used to fill 1
chart area ✓ 1
• Moved to new sheet called My Graph ✓
Total for QUESTION 3 [44]
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6 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 (EC/SEPTEMBER 2023)
QUESTION 4 File Name: 4_SA Top 50 Dams Total Q4: 31
Maximum Candidate
No. Criteria
Mark Mark
Table: Magazine Compilers
4.1.1 • Field size for Surname field set to 50 ✓ 1 1
4.1.2 • Vertical gridlines are visible. ✓ 1 1
4.1.3 • IDNO field set to required Yes ✓ 1 1
4.1.4 • E-mail field set to < in format field ✓ 1 1
4.1.5 Input mask on the Password field:
LL-009-"WORD"
• LL ✓ 1
• -✓ 1
• 00 ✓ 1 6
1
• 9✓
1
• -✓
1
• “WORD” ✓
4.2.1 • Conditional formatting ✓ 1
• Applied to the Capacity field ✓ 1 3
• All values less than 3 Million display in a red font ✓ 1
4.2.2 • Function inserted in the form footer ✓ 1
2
• Displays the current date =date() ✓ 1
4.3 Qry4_3
• Date field inserted ✓ 1 4
• Date field does not show ✓ 1
• Criteria for Date field – “<1970” ✓ 1
• Criteria Eastern Cape in Province field ✓ 1
Expected answer: 3 records
4.4 Qry4_4
1
• Add a totals function ✓
1 3
• Group by Dam field ✓
1
• Sum by Capacity field ✓
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4.5 Report 1
• Report created called rpt4_5 ✓ 1
• Dam, Province, River and Capacity fields ✓ 1
• Grouped according to the Province field ✓
1
• Sort according to River field ✓
1 9
• Calculation in the Province footer ✓
• =sum ([Capacity_10³ m³]) ✓ 1
• In report footer ✓ 1
• =count(*) ✓ 1
• Labels removed ✓ 1
Total for QUESTION 4 [31]
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8 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 (EC/SEPTEMBER 2023)
QUESTION 5 File Name: 5_Dams Total Q5: 21
Maximum Candidate
No. Criteria
Mark Mark
5.1 <title> Big dams in South Africa </title>
1 1
• Title tag inserted ✓
5.2 <center><h1>The Big Dams</h1></center>
• Heading 1 applied to the text ✓ 1
2
1
• Text centred ✓
5.3 Background colour
<body bgcolor = “pink”> 1 1
• Entire web page background is pink ✓
5.4 <hr color = "green"/>
• hr/ tag used ✓ 1 2
• Colour of the line set to green ✓ 1
5.5 <img src = "5_Dam Picture.jpg" height = "200" width =
"200" align = "right">
• Correct picture used ✓ 3
1
• Both height and width set at 200 ✓ 1
• Picture aligned to the right ✓ 1
5.6 List
• Change the unordered list tag (ul) to ordered list 1 1
tag (ol) ✓
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5.7 Table
<table bgcolor = yellow width = "100%" border = "3">
<tr bgcolor = "green">
<th>1 No</th>
<th>Name of Dam </th>
<th> Town </th>
<th>Capacity 10³ m³ </th> </tr>
<tr> <td>1</td>
<td>Free State dam</td>
<td>Norvals Point</td>
<td>5342932 </td> </tr>
<tr > <td> 5</td>
<td>Pongolapoort</td> 6
<td>Pongola</td>
<td>2267068</td> </tr>
</table>
• Table border = 3 ✓ 1
• Table width set at 100% ✓ 1
1
• Cellspacing = 5 ✓ 1
1
• Free state dam replaced with Gariep ✓
1
• Header row filled with green and ✓
• rest of table filled with yellow ✓
5.8 Links
<a href = "5_Dam Picture.jpg"> About the picture </a>
• Hyperlink inserted ✓
1
4
• Hyperlink tag used – a href ✓ 1
1
• To correct text – About the picture ✓
1
• Links to the correct picture 5_Dam Picture.jpg ✓
Closing tag(s) and nesting correctly used ✓
1 1
Total for QUESTION 5 [21]
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10 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY P1 (EC/SEPTEMBER 2023)
QUESTION 6 File Name: 6_Certificate of Achievement Merge’ document
‘6_Merge Spreadsheet Total Q6: 14
Maximum Candidate
No. Criteria
Mark Mark
6.1.1 Shapes
• Wave shape replaced ✓ 1
1
• Replaced by basic sun shape ✓ 1 4
• Alt text of picture is Shape ✓ 1
• Alt description is Basic Sun Shape ✓
6.1.2 Tabs stops
• First tab stop
o Position at 4 cm and alignment right ✓
• Second tab stop
1 5
o Position at 19 cm and alignment left ✓ 1
• Third tab stop 1
1
o Position at 24 cm and no alignment right ✓ 1
• Leader for first ✓ and second stops : Solid line ✓
6.1.3 Merge letters
• Mail Merge feature used ✓
• Surname and name fields replaced ✓ 1
1
• Only learners who were regulars in attending 1
meetings received letters. ✓ 5
1
• Correct data source used – ‘6_Merge Spreadsheet’ ✓ 1
• Merged letters saved as 6_Merged ✓
(8 certificates)
Total for QUESTION 6 [14]
TOTAL: 150
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