BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT COMPUTER SCIENCE
CS101: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE

DURATION: 2 HOURS TOTAL MARKS: 100

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Answer all questions.

Section A carries 40 marks, Section B 40 marks and Section C 20 marks

SECTION A [40 marks]

1. ______ and _____ are examples of both an input and output device. [2]

2. In Microsoft Excel, the _______ bar show the used formula of selected active
cell? [1]

3. WWW is an abbreviation of ______. [1]

4. Microsoft Word can do spell and grammar checks. (True/False) [1]

5. Software applications are being developed on a daily basis. State any three
examples. [3]

6. A device that reads black and white lines on a product is called _______ [1]

7. In Microsoft Excel, ________ is the shortcut to highlight the whole column.[1]

8. What is the default PowerPoint standard layout? [1]

9. VDU stands for________________________ [1]

10.Convert 1001000012 to decimal [1]

11._____ and ____ are examples of web browsers. [2]

12.A dark border on a cell in Excel indicates the _____________cell. [1]

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13.If the user press ‘Esc’ key, it will end the presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint
(true/false) [1]

14.List any three Internet Service Providers in Zimbabwe. [3]

15.Which keyboard key delete the character to the left of the insertion point?[1]

16.A device that inputs the sound made by a human voice is called________ [1]

17.State any two examples of devices that serve only as an input device. [2]

18.There are a number of operating systems today in the market for mobile and
personal computers. State any three that you know. [3]

19.“Ctrl + P”, is a shortcut for _____. [1]

20.State any two software’s that are being used in the education sector to
enhance e-learning.
[2]

21. _____is used to input data about products at a Point Of Sale (POS) terminal.
[1]

22. ___is used to input numbers from products at a Point Of Sale (POS) terminal.
[1]

23.When using google services, the process of creating a new account on google
platform is called signup. (true/false) [1]

24.CPU is an abbreviation of _____. [1]

25.Times new Roman, Cambria, Arial are the example of font face or font type.
(True/False) [1]

26.The slide that is used to add notes and content about the topic being presented
is called the____________________. [1]

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 27.A number of a letter that appears little above the normal text is called a
subscript (True/False) [1]

28.The process of removing unwanted part of an image in MS Word is

called__________ [1]

29._________and________ are used for creating ordered/unordered list in a

document. [2]

Section B [40 Marks]

Question 1

a. Define computer Hardware. [2]

b. Outline the differences between General and Specific purpose computers. [6]
c. Gracely Investments a medical drug manufacturing company based in Norway is
facing numerous challenges of reports coming from Zimbabwe in regards to
complains on drugs that are not performing their intended function. Upon
investigating this issue, Gracely Investments realized that their products are
not at fault, but rather, there are people producing counterfeit drugs and
branding them using their name. As a student studying CS101, state a
technology that you would propose to Gracely Investments and outline ways by
which this technology can address their problem.
[12]

Question 2
a. Define internet. [2]
b. The use of software requires us to have ethical values that help promote the
continuous development of software as we support financially those responsible
for the software. Describe software piracy and software counterfeit.

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 [4]
c. State any four symptoms of a computer virus. [4]
d. Differentiate data from information. [4]
e. Evaluate the following
i. 10012 – 1112 [3]
ii. 10112 + 1102 [3]

Section C [20 Marks]

Question 3
a. Use the table in Figure 1 to answer this question.

Figure 1: Table created using Microsoft word

Outline all the steps you should take to come up with the diagram in Figure 1
using Microsoft word. [8]
b. Use diagram in Table 1 to answer this question.

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Table 1: Miss Phiri egg business
i. Write a Microsoft Excel valid formula to calculate the Profits made by
Miss Phiri in cell E3 on Day one. [4]
ii. Write a Microsoft Excel valid formula for cell B9 to calculate the total
crates of eggs sold from day one to day five. [4]
iii. Write a Microsoft Excel valid formula to find the day with the least
profit. (Assuming that Column E is populated with profits obtained from
Day One to Day Five)
[4]

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