HARARE POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE

DIVISION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

NC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (C.C.S)
Practical 1

DUE DATE: 28/ 06/2021

Question 1

A furniture shop sells furniture to customers on credit. The credit terms request the customer to
make a deposit of 25%. The balance after the total deposit is paid in monthly instalments over a 24
months without interest.

The shop customers and furniture credit values are:

Name Furniture Value $ Deposit $ Balance $ Monthly

Instalments $
Chiutsi Mahogany 4 95000000
Homeboy Piece Sofa Set
Tausha Lavender 6 65000000
Owece Piece Sofa Set
Chakanyuka Samsung 85000000
Pythagoras Curve TV set
Jim Silia 4 Plate Gas 75000000
Stove
Gwini Glyn Teak Classic 45000000
Display Unit
Ngoy Anson 4 piece 86000000
Christian Sofa Set
Chipembere 4 Plate 38000000
Vimbai Electric Stove
Frazer Luciel Queen Size 72000000
Bed

a) Design a spread sheet of the above data.[3

b) Make all titles bold and shade the cells of the titles grey[3
c) Format the furniture value to zero decimal points [2
d) Sort the sheet in alphabetical order of surnames [3
e) Use formulae to calculate values for deposit, Balance and Monthly Instalments [12
f) Insert borders on all entries and print [2
g) Create full labelled bar chart using the name and value of furniture columns [6
h) Save as Question 1 and Print

Question 2

(i) Design a business card using a publishing package of your choice. The Business card
should have the following information:
 Company Name
 Company Logo
 Address
 Name of Holder and Qualifications
 The company line of business
 (ii) Save it as Business Card
(iii) Print the business Card

Question 3

Given the following fields on a Student Database:

 First Name
 Surname
 Student ID
 Email
 Age
a. Enter the information of your classmates in your database
b. Produce a print out of the above information.