INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COLLEGE – LINGUA

Towards Educational Excellence

NCHE Reg. No: R0014
NQA Accreditation No: 000095

COMPUTER STUDIES LEVEL 3

ASSIGNEMENT 1

Lecturer: MR SIBADILE Due Date: 27 MARCH 2020

QUALIFICATION : CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTER STUDIES

YEAR 1 :LEVEL 3

MODULE : COMPUTER STUDIES ( NQF LEVEL 3)

ASSIGNMENT : 1
TOTAL MARKS : 40 Marks

ASSIGNMENT 1

INSTRUCTIONS:

 Your assignment must have a cover page with your name, student number, course
name and lecturer name
 Marks awarded will be indicated both as actual and percentage.
 The assignment must be the work of the student and not shared or completed by any
other student and must be typed.
 Students will be penalised for plagiarising or simply copying passages from the study
notes or web sites, other texts and from another student’s assignment/project/rough
work, etc., without any referencing attached thereto.
 Students may work together but must not submit similar or identical assignments. You
must be able to show that you worked independently.
 Retain a copy of each assignment before submitting it, in case the original does not
reach the lecturer.
 Students who are mailing their assignments must ensure that the assignment
reaches the lecturer before or on the due date.
 Assignments may NOT be submitted via fax
 Your assignment MUST have references (APA method) written in alphabetical order.
 Consult the lecturer if you do not understand assignment questions by calling 081-
6855896

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  Answer all the questions
Please use:-
 1.5 Line spacing
 Font type Times New Roman/ Arial
 Font size 12

QUESTION 1

What is Information Technology? How does Information Technology affect our everyday
life? [20]

MICROSOFT WORD

QUESTION 2

1.1 Load MS Word document and type the paragraph below and save the your document as
Assignment1 MS Word

Type in the following document as it is: Use font size 12 and Times New Roman

Unidentified Flying Objects

Mr. Rattan is a trainee editor working with MS Publishers. He is currently working on a book
related to Computer Hardware. Read the following paragraph carefully and help Mr. Rattan in his
job by formatting the paragraph that follows:

Computer Components

The term computer refers to the physical components of a computer, namely Keyboard,
Monitor, Mouse, and Printer, including the digital circuitry. Computer how is an integral part
embedded in all modern day automobiles, microwave ovens, electrocardiograph machines,
compact disc players, and other devices. The how of a computer is not changed frequently, in
contrast with software and data?

The present computers are much advanced in terms of processing speed and have an efficient
memory structure. The present lesson aims at providing an insight into the various how concepts
of a computer System.

1. Insert page border line of your choice in the whole document [2marks]
2. Apply Arial font face and font size 12pt to the paragraph you typed [2marks]
3. Insert the following information in your Footer:
a. Right Align: Insert a page number [2marks]
b. Left Align: Insert the today’s examination date [2mark]

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4. Select the heading Computer components and do the following formatting:
a. Font: Arial [2mark]
b. Font Size: 14pts [2mark]
c. Font Color: Dark Red [2mark]

5. Select the paragraph starting with “ The present computers are much advanced in terms
of...” and do the following formatting:
a. Border line setting of 3-D [2mark]
b. Border style width : 3pts [2mark]
c. Border Shading Colour : Blue [2mark]