SERANGOON SECONDARY SCHOOL

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2012

SECONDARY 4 NORMAL (ACADEMIC/TECHNICAL)

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 7016/01

PAPER 1 14 September 2012

Name of Setter: Ms Joelle Koh 1 h 15 min

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRSTWrite your name, class and index number in the spaces at the top of this paper.Write in dark blue or black pen.

Section AAnswer all questions. For each question, choose the correct answer out of the four options A, B, C, and D by ticking in the box with the correct answer.

You are advised to spend no more than 30 minutes on Section A (Questions 1-20).

Section BAnswer all questions. Write your answers on the space provided in the question paper.

The number of marks is given in [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

This question paper consists of 14 printed pages including the cover page

[Turn over

Marks

Section A

Section B

TOTAL

Parent’s Signature

20

30

50

Section A

1. What is the special effect applied on the text “National Institute of Education”?

A blend

B envelope

C fill text to path

D weld

2. Word Processor is an/a

A application software

B hardware

C operating system

D processor

3. Which application package is most suitable for creating a newsletter?

A graphics

B multimedia presentation

C spreadsheet

D word processing

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4. What is the use of Personal Identification Number (PIN) on an ATM card?

A for writing it on the card.

B so that the bank can keep track of the card.

C so that the bank can ensure that there is secured access.

D so that the card will not be stolen.

5. A ___________ is used to help keep a network secure.

Its primary aim is to control the incoming and outgoing network traffic and determine whether it should be allowed through or not.

A anti-virus

B browser

C firewall

D plug-in

6. Alice enjoys buying clothes, doing research, and chatting with friends. Which of the following is she unlikely to use?

A cyber shopping

B searching for information

C social networking

D payment of fines

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7. _______________is a character recognition technology used primarily by the banking industry to facilitate the processing of cheque.

A a bar code reader

B an Optical Mark Reader (OMR)

C a Magnetic Ink Character Reader (MICR)

D an Optical Character Reader (OCR)

8. What happens when a disk is formatted?

A its storage capacity is increased.

B its surface is cleaned.

C the existing information is removed.

D the scratches found on its surface are repaired.

9. Which is an example of electronic funds transfer?

A buying a book from a bookstore using cash

B paying an electricity bill by writing out a cheque

C paying for a pair of sports shoes using a debit card

D withdrawing money from an ATM

10. What could be used to obtain a picture for use in a graphics package?

A printer

B monitor

C plotter

D scanner

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11. Which of the following is TRUE in describing a storyboard?

A A storyboard allows us to insert as many multimedia elements as

possible.

B A storyboard allows us to place pictures just to make the

presentation look nice.

C A storyboard helps us to plan when to insert text and graphics in

our slides.

D A storyboard is only done after we have completed our

presentation.

12. John makes use of multimedia presentation to showcase his interest on photography. What could John do to his slides to allow users to get to back to homepage when users are at other pages?

A insert action button

B insert smart art

C type ‘homepage’ in every slide

D Insert transitions

13. A range of cells in a spreadsheet is given as C3:D6. It means it has

A 2 rows and 4 columns

B 2 rows and 5 columns

C 4 rows and 2 columns

D 5 rows and 2 columns

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14. The drawing below is created using a graphics application.

How will the drawing look like if the rectangle is welded to the four circles?

A

B

C

D

15. An engineer is writing a report. He has typed the word "machine" instead of "engine" throughout. Which word processing feature should he use to correct the mistake?

A cut and paste

B search and replace

C spell check

D thesaurus

16. Which icon will start a slideshow?

A

B

C

D

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17. Below is an expenses spreadsheet. Which of the following is the correct formula to calculate the ‘Amount Spent’ for ‘Item 2’?

A =B2*C2

B =B3*C3

C =D1-D4

D =SUM(B3:C3)

18. What technique has been applied to get figure 2 from figure

A combine

B weld

C intersect

D trim

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figure 1 figure 2

19. Which of the following cell entries will be affected if the figure of ‘Meals’ in the month of March is changed?

A B1 and E1

B B5, C5 and D5

C E5, E6 and E10

D D10, E5, E10 and F5

20. Which key combination is a shortcut to “paste”?[

A Ctrl + U

B Ctrl + V

C Alt + Z

D Ctrl + Z

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Section B

21. Circle True if the statement is true and False if the statement is false. [5]

(a) An e-mail service can be accessed using a Web

browser.True / False

(b) Just in Time stock control enables supermarkets to

keep their cost low since it no longer requires a lot of

warehouse space.

True / False

(c) In order to be safe on the internet, we should always

think it is true if it sounds too good to be true. True / False

(d) E-mail scams is a plan that aims to cheat people of

money.True / False

(e) Electronic banking is popular because ATMs record

every transaction, so they are very secure.True / False

22. The slide show below shows a slide taken from a multimedia presentation.

(a) Name two media elements used in the slide.

_________________________ & _____________________________ [2]

(b) Write down three ways to enhance the above slide presentation.

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ [3]

(c) If you want to go to the last slide from the current slide, what do you add to the slide?

___________________________________________________________ [1]

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23. Match the components of the computer system to their uses.

[4]

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Internal component

Use

Memory

To process data

CPU

To store computer data

and programs

permanently

Hard disk

To give your computer

the capability to display

text, images and video.

It contains memory so

that the computer’s

memory is not used for

storing displays.

Video card

To store computer data

and programs that are

currently used

24. The documents below are produced using the word processing software.

[DOP] [5]

Document A Document B

From the documents above, list down any 5 features that formats Document A to

Document B.

a) __________________________

b) __________________________

c) __________________________

d) __________________________

e) __________________________

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Mother

You are more than a mother,You are more than just another,

You are my best friend.From day one,you’ve been by my

side,

And you’ve always told me to never hide.

You said you’d always be there,

and you’d always care.You told me you’d love me forever,

And not a day goes by where I don’t hear those 3 little words,

I Love You.

And I want you to know that this much is true,

Even though I’m not a little kid anymore

I love you.

Mother

You are more than a mother,You are more than just another,

You are my best friend.From day one,you’ve been by my side,

And you’ve always told me to never hide.You said you’d always be there,

and you’d always care.You told me you’d love me forever,

And not a day goes by where I don’t hear those 3 little words,I Love You.

And I want you to know that this much is true,Even though I’m not a little kid anymore

I love you.

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25. The spreadsheet below shows a student’s expenditure for the months July to September.

A B C D E F G H

1Item Three

Monthly

Budget

Jul Aug Sep Amount

Spent

Savings Average

Amount

Spend

2 Food $230 $60 $87 $55

3 Transport $150 $37 $48 $35 $120

4 Miscellaneous $120 $24 $33 $50

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6 Total $500

(a) Give the formula that should be placed in cell G3 to calculate the Savings.

(Savings = Three Monthly Budget – Amount Spent)

__________________________________________________________ [1]

(b) Cell B6 contains the formula =SUM(B2:B4). This formula is copied into cells

C6, D6, E6, F6 and G6. Write down the formula in D6.

__________________________________________________________ [1]

(c) Cell F2 contains the total amount spent on food for the months of July, August

and September.

Write down the formula in cell F2.

__________________________________________________________ [1]

(d) Cell H3 contains the average amount spent on transport for the months of

July, August and September.

Write down the formula in cell H3.

___________________________________________________________ [1]

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26. Drawing B was produced from Drawing A using graphics software.

Give the feature of the graphics software that has been used. [MEL]

Drawing A Drawing B

(a)_____________________________________________________ [1]

Drawing A Drawing B

(b)_______________________________________________________ [1]

Drawing A Drawing B

(c) ______________________________________________________ [1]

(d) State one difference between a bitmap graphic and a vector

graphic.

______________________________________________________ [1]

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27. Computers are used in film and media production.

(a) What can the user do to prevent important data to be lost accidentally?

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________ [1]

(b) What could be done when a computer is running low on memory?

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________ [1]

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