Gozo College

Boys Secondary
Victoria - Gozo, Malta

Half Yearly Examination 2010 2011

Form 1 Sec.Track 2

ICT

Name: _____________________

Time: 1 Hours

Class: _______

Answer ALL questions.

1a) Name the following computer devices from the words provided.
printer
webcam

pen drive
monitor

system unit
scanner

mouse
keyboard

speakers

system unit

b) Which of the above should you use to do the following:

Type information on Microsoft Word

_______________

Copy a picture into the computer

_______________

Listen to music

_______________

Take a video clip of yourself

Insert a CD

_______________
system unit
_______________

View pages from the internet

_______________

Drag and drop icons

_______________

Take a backup of your files

_______________

Print your document

_______________
(16 marks)
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2 The following steps should be followed when switching off the computer.
Put them in the right order.
Select shutdown
From the start menu click on shut down
Click on the Start button on the taskbar

Turn off the monitor

Click on the OK button
(4 marks)

3 Select the correct answer for each of the following:

Which of the following shows the name of the program in use?
a) taskbar
b) menu bar
c) title bar
Where is the start button found?
a) taskbar
b) menu bar

c) title bar

Which is the standard colour for a folder?

a) blue
b) yellow

c) red

Where does a deleted file go first?

a) recycle bin
b) folder

c) floppy disk

What is the first screen which comes up on the computer called?

a) Microsoft Word
b) WordPad
c) desktop
(5 marks)

4 Name the following icons. (Choose the correct answer from the given
words)
restore
my documents
floppy disk
minimise
close
folder
my computer
hard disk
maximise
recycle bin

(10 marks)
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5. Write down what the following icons stand for. Use words provided. The
first one has been done for you:
open

print

paste

center

print preview

copy

copy

(5 marks)

6 Jason is preparing a word document on sports cars. Look at the picture

below and answer the questions on the following page:

a) What program is Jason using?

_____________________

b) What is the name of Jasons file?

_____________________

c) How many open windows are there?

_____________________

d) Copy the highlighted (selected) text

_____________________

e) Which font and font size were used to format the highlighted text?
_____________________

_____________________

f) Jason used a special feature to create the title 2005 Porsche Boxster.
What is this feature called?

_____________________

Which button would you click on to insert this feature?

g) Tick the alignment that Jason used to format the first paragraph:
right alignment

justified

centred

Which button would you click on to use this type of alignment?

h) Tick the alignment that Jason used to format the second paragraph:
right alignment

justified

centred

Which button would you click on to use this type of alignment?

i) Which button would you click on in each of the following cases?
To change the font colour
To save a file
To increase the zoom
To format text in bold
To format text in italics
To underline text
To undo an action
j) Is the highlighted text in bold?

yes

no
(25 marks)

7 Fill in the blanks with the words provided:

shift
backspace

caps lock
Microsoft Word

save
spacebar

file
enter

delete
undo

Martin wants to type a letter. He opens __________________ and starts

a new __________________. To type a single capital letter he uses the
__________________ key but if he wants to type a whole sentence in
capital letters he uses the __________________ key. To start a new line
he presses the __________________ key and between words he uses the
__________________. To erase text to the right of the cursor he uses the
__________________ key but if he wants to erase text to the left of the
cursor he would use the __________________ key. When he makes a
mistake he can press __________________. Before closing the window
he needs to __________________his file.

(10 marks)

8. State whether each of the following statements is True (T) or False(F):

T

a. A printer is used for printing a document

c. A pen drive is normally named C:
d. The Recycle Bin is a temporary storage place for deleted files
f. Times New Roman and Arial are examples of fonts
g. A computer system without software is practically useless
e. The Copy button will delete the highlighted text
b. The Taskbar shows the programs in use at the moment
h. A document can only be saved on the hard disk
i. The Numeric Key pad is used for typing many letters
j. To select a word, double click on the word
(10 marks)
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9. Simon is typing the following document in Microsoft Word. He made 3

mistakes which are labelled from 1 to 3

3
Look at the following keys and answer the questions.

Up
Arrow

a. Which key did Simon use to type the word DINOSAUR? ___________
b. Which key would he use to start a new line?

___________

c. To correct mistake 1 the words Theword should read

The word, what key should Simon use to correct this? ___________
d. In mistake 2 the word dinosaur should start with a
capital letter. What key should Simon use to
correct this?

___________

e. In mistake 3 the word noo should read no. If the

cursor is between noo and fur, what key should be
used to correct this?

___________

f. What key should he use to move the cursor to the

first line?

___________

g. How should Simon know that he made these 3 mistakes?

____________________________________________________
(8 marks)

10. The following is the print dialog box. Answer the questions:

a) What is the name of the printer?

______________________

b) How many copies will be printed?

______________________

c) Which pages will be printed?

______________________

d) On the picture tick () where you would click to print the current page.
e) Put a circle around the button that you should click on to start printing.
f) Mark with X the buttons you can click on to close the dialog box
without printing.
(7 marks)