BUGEMA UNIVERSITY

CIT END OF TERM EXAMS

Instructions
Answer all questions in section A and Two in section
QUESTIONS
1. What are the components of a computer set that a student should know?
2. What is the purpose of a monitor in a computer set?
3. Describe the system unit and its function.
4. What happens when you right-click with a mouse on a document?
5. Explain the purpose of double-clicking and how to perform it.
6. What are CD drives and floppy drives used for?
7. What are the three buttons found in the title bar of a Word document, and what are their
functions?
8. How can you change the font of text in a Word document?
9. How can you make text bold using keyboard shortcuts?
10. Which keyboard shortcut is used to italicize text in Word?
11. What is the keyboard shortcut for underlining text in Word?
12. How can you change the font colour of text in a Word document?
13. What is the purpose of Internet Explorer, and how can it be used?
14. Name some commonly used search engines and describe their purpose.
15. What are the different views available in PowerPoint?
16. How can you open PowerPoint from the Start Menu or Programs?
17. Explain the standard toolbar and its function?
18. Explain the functions of cutting, copying, pasting, and duplicating objects in PowerPoint.
19. How do you resize and align objects in PowerPoint?
20. List four slide show shortcuts in PowerPoint.
21. . Name some commonly used search engines on the internet.
22. How do you open Microsoft Excel from the Start menu?
23. Name three commonly used functions in Excel.
24. Describe the commonly used search engines on the internet.
25. How can you create a new MS Access database?
26. What is a primary key, and why is it important in a database?
27. What are the advantages of using the wizard to create reports?

SECTION B
28. Show how to change the font size of a selected text to 14pt using the formatting bar in
Microsoft Word.
29. Using a browser of your choice, open Google and search for images of flowers. Save one of
the images to your computer and insert it into a new Word document. Design a poster using
the inserted picture.

30. When you open an email in the inbox, what information can you see about the sender
and the subject?
31. Open Microsoft Word and create a rectangle shape. Insert text into the shape and change its
colour.