MUA/RASA/EXAM/QP/2020

DIPLOMA UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

DBT 200: ESSENTIALS OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

DATE: 2ND APRIL 2020

DURATION: 2 HOURS

MAXIMUM MARKS: 70

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Write your registration number on the answer booklet.

2. DO NOT write on this question paper.
3. This paper contains SIX (6) questions.
4. Question ONE is compulsory.
5. Answer any other FOUR questions.
6. Question ONE carries 30 MARKS and the rest carry 10 MARKS each.
7. Write all your answers in the Examination answer booklet provided.

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QUESTION ONE

Read the Case Study below carefully and answer the questions that follow:

The media is a very important branch of the state. It is referred to as the fourth estate for
a reason. The broadcasting media provides valuable information, for example speeches,
documentaries, interviews, advertisements, daily news, financial markets and much
more.

In a TV station, there are very many activities happening either simultaneously or

sequentially. It is a multi-departmental setup which requires a streamlined environment
for timely objectives to be made at stated strict deadlines.

Live broadcasting, news writing, video production, text editing, personnel

management, financial management, and many diminutive bustles that add up to
successful broadcasting.

Computers have become an integral part; wholly or partly in the many activities. Such
an environment calls for specialized computer systems and highly cognizant
employees.

The use of computerized systems has meant the dawn of the electronic newsroom, with
news editors checking reporters files on the screen, sending back stories where coverage
is not sufficient or has failed in some way, and routing stories to the copy-taster and the
subeditors as they become ready.

Edits can be made through a mouse click. We use compute for special effects like
Editing, Graphics, Animation and Distribution. Computers make it possible for
reporters to cover stories that were simply impossible to write in simpler times. It
would take several reporters several lifetimes to do the data analysis to done on
computers.

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Required:

a) Discuss FIVE (5) subsystems that make up the computer environment in the media
station [10 MARKS]
b) Examine the THREE (3) categories of computer software that are common in such an
environment [6 MARKS]
c) Evaluate THREE (3) features of MS PowerPoint [6 MARKS]
d) Design FIVE (5) suggestions on how reporters find correct, accurate and relevant
information on the internet [5 MARKS]
e) Evaluate THREE (3) steps to take to speed up a slow performance in a computer in
the graphics department [3 MARKS]

QUESTION TWO

a) The administrator in the academic department in a school intends to determine

whether a student has passed. “FAIL” is written when the mark is 40 or less and
“PASS”. Produce the excel formula to achieve this. [6 MARKS]
b) List FOUR (4) database management application software [4 MARKS]

QUESTION THREE

a) Roy intends to move a document from the desktop to hard disk drive D. Explain to
him the process [6 MARKS]
b) Produce a list of FOUR (4) examples of popular operating systems [4 MARKS]

QUESTION FOUR

a) Discuss any THREE (3) elements of a windows operating system desktop

environment [6 MARKS]
b) Differentiate between “undo” and “redo” features of MS-Word document
[4 MARKS]

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QUESTION FIVE

a) Discuss FOUR (4) ethical issues governing internet use [4 MARKS]

b) Lamech is a sales executive and he has an Excel transaction of the day that lies
between cell D5 and D45. Demonstrate the formula to will achieve the following
values [6 MARKS]
i. Average sales
ii. Total amount sold

QUESTION SIX

a) Contrast between a license and a patent [4 MARKS]

b) Discuss the 10-20-30 rule in presentation [6 MARKS]

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