Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Maximum Marks: 50
General Instructions
1. Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions based on Employability Skills (1 × 4 = 4)
(i) ______ is essential to complete the cycle of communication.
(a) Encoding
(b) Decoding
(c) Feedback
(d) Sender
Answer:
(c) Feedback
You are advised to attempt this sample paper without referring the answers given here.
However, cross check your answers once you complete the paper.
(i) If you want to locate a range of cells by its name, then you will enter its name in _______
(a) formula bar
(b) name box
(c) cell
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) name box
(iii) _______ command is used to restore database to original since the last COMMIT.
(a) REVIEW
(b) SELECT
(c) ROLLBACK
(d) None of these
Answer:
(c) ROLLBACK
(iv) ______ provides the physical connection between the network and computer
workstation.
(a) LIC
(b) NIC
(c) NC
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) NIC
(v) URL is the ______ for a website or a web page.
(a) web address
(b) website
(c) web page
(d) Both (a) and (c)
Answer:
(a) web address
(iv) _______ is a computer program that provides services to other computer programs.
(a) Server
(b) Client
(c) Network
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) Server
(v) Which of the following is not the main building block of a database?
(a) Lists
(b) Queries
(c) Reports
(d) Forms
Answer:
(a) Lists
(vi) Blog Desk is an offline blog editor which is used for _______ operating system.
(a) Linux
(b) Unix
(c) Windows
(d) None of these
Answer:
(c) Windows
(ii) The ________ alignment makes sure that none of the edges of text appear ragged.
(a) left
(b) right
(c) center
(d) justify
Answer:
(d) justify
(iii) Key field is a unique identifier for each record. It is defined in the form of
(a) rows
(b) columns
(c) tree
(d) query
Answer:
(b) columns
(iv) abc@mnc.co.in represents an ________
(a) MAC address
(b) URL
(c) E-mail address
(d) None of these
Answer:
(c) E-mail address
(v) The bar located at the top of the application window is called ________
(a) title bar
(b) status bar
(c) menu bar
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) title bar
Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions based on Employability Skills. Answer each
question in 20-30 words (2 × 3 = 6)
Question 6.
What are the basic principles of an effective communication?
Answer:
The most basic principle for a communication to be effective is that the intended message
of the sender and the interpreted message of the receiver are one and the same. Although
this should be the goal in any communication, it is not always achieved. Thus, a set of
principles needs to be followed to ensure it. The most popular name of these basic principles
is known as 7C’s of Effective Communication.
Question 7.
How nature walk does help to manage stress?
Answer:
Nature Walks means walking in the local park or similar such activity. These walks may be
done more than once a day for short periods of time during which we indulge in ‘thought-
stopping’, i.e. not to think about our day-to-day activities. Such an activity will help us to
avoid ‘burn out’, promote adequate sleep, ease muscle tension and decrease mental worries.
Question 8.
Write the steps to insert header and footer.
Answer:
To insert a header or footer, follow these steps :
Question 9.
Define the following functions of an entrepreneur:
(i) Establishing relations with Government
(ii) Establishing contacts with Competitors
Answer:
(i) Establishing Relations with Government An entrepreneur must establish good relations
with government and its functionaries. His functions are to obtain licences, payment of
taxes, selling the product to government, provision for export-import etc.
(ii) Establishing Contacts with Competitors An entrepreneur must form contacts with the
competitors to analyse the market. He must be in a position to make opportunities out of the
given situation.
Question 10.
What are the long term solutions for sustainable development?
Answer:
Following are the long term solutions for sustainable development:
Question 11.
How to change the prefilled information?
Answer:
To change the prefilled information, follow the given steps:
Question 12.
What do you mean by chart?
Answer:
A chart is a tool that is used in Excel for representing data graphically. Charts allow anyone
to more easily see the meaning behind the numbers in the spreadsheet and to make showing
comparisons and trends much easier. It is one of the most impressive features of MS-Excel.
Endless variations are available, allowing you to produce a chart, edit and format it, include
titles and many more.
Question 13.
Write the steps to format the font size.
Answer:
Steps to format the font size of text are as follows:
Question 14.
How to change the type of chart?
Answer:
To change the chart type, follow the given steps:
Question 15.
Explain the term modulator/demodulator.
Answer:
Modem is a device that converts digital signal to analog signal (modulator) at the sender’s
site and converts back analog signal to digital signal (demodulator) at the receiver’s end, in
order to make communication possible via telephone lines.
Question 16.
Define the following:
(i) Text data type
(ii) Memo data type
Answer:
(i) Text data type It allows to store text or combination of text and numbers as well as
numbers that don’t require calculations such as phone number. This data type allows maximum
255 characters to store.
e.g. If Employee is a table and Emp_No, Name and Description are fields, then name will be a
Text field. Because, Name is a character entry field.
(ii) Memo data type It allows long blocks of text that uses text formatting, e.g. In the
Employee table, the field Description will be of Memo data type, because the length of
description of employee may be large.
Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions in 50-80 words each (4 × 3 = 12)
Question 17.
How to apply a picture style in a document?
Answer:
Steps to apply a picture style in a document are as follows:
Question 18.
Define the following:
(i) Star topology
(ii) Web browser
Answer:
(i) In star topology, there persists a central node called server or hub, which is connected to
the
nodes directly. If a node has to take information from other node, then the data is taken
from that node through the central node or server.
(ii) Web browser is a software application that is used to locate, retrieve and display some
content on the World Wide Web, including web pages. These are programs used to explore
the Internet. It is an interface that helps a computer user to gain access over all the
content on the Internet. We can install more than one web browsers on a single computer.
The user can navigate files, folders and websites with the help of a browser.
Question 19.
Write the steps to sort more than one columns.
Answer:
To sorting more than one columns, follow the given steps:
Question 20.
What are the disadvantages of DBMS?
Answer:
There are many advantages of database, but database also have some minor disadvantages.
These disadvantages are as follows:
1. Cost of Hardware and Software Through the use of a database system, new costs are
generated due to additional hardware and software requirements.
2. Complexity A database system creates additional complexity and requirements.
3. Database Failures If database is corrupted due to power failure or it is corrupted on
the storage media, then our valuable data may be lost or the system will stop working.
4. Lower Efficiency A database system is a multi-user software, which is less efficient.
Question 21.
(i) Create a table CUSTOMER with following details:
CustNo Varchar(5)
Name Char(20)
Address Char(50)
(ii) Consider the following table SummerCamp and write the queries (a) and (b).
Table: SummerCamp
(ii) (a) INSERT INTO SummerCamp VALUES (105, ‘Shyam’, ‘Sharma’, 07/09/10, ‘M’, ‘1 A’);
(b) SELECT * FROM SummerCamp WHERE DOB BETWEEN 02/02/09 AND 06/03/10;