MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

FEIRA SECONDARY SCHOOL

GRADE 9 COMPUTER STUDIES
END OF TERM 1 TEST
NAME: …………………………................CLASS…………DURATION: 1HR: 30 MINUTES
SECTION A: [10]
1. Which one of the following is NOT an example of a peripheral device
A. Mouse B. keyboard C. speakers D. USB port
2. Which one of the following is an example of a storage device?
A. USB B. Bluetooth C. Flash disk Primary STORAGE
3. One of the following is an example of an anti- virus software
A. Trojan B. Kaspersky C. worm D. Anti-virus
4. A copyright software that is offered at no cost by the owners to the users is called
A. Shareware B Payware C Freeware D. open source
5. The word non-volatile means……
A. Permanent B. hardware C. Replaceable D. not permanent.
6. The part of the CPU which controls all the activities of the operations in the computer is
called………..A. ALU B. Memeory chip C. Control unit D. Registers
7. The intersection of the row and the colunm in a spreadsheet is known as
A. Cell address B. Active cell C. Header D. Cell
8. The formula =Product(B1:C1)enter is used to calculate A. Sum of numbers . B. Multiply
values C. find the avarage D. Maximum value
9. The maximum formula of values is used to calculate A. The highest value B. the least
value C. The average value D. the divident value.
10. A group of selcted values in the spraedsheet is called… A. Cell range B. cell Value C.
active cell D. cell address
SECTION B [20 MARKS]
11. …………………Is an externally connected device to the CPU [2]
12. The specific location of a value on a spreadsheet is called…………………… .[2]
13. Main memeory is made up of the ………………..and ………………………… [2]
14. …………………and…………….are examples of anti-virus software………… [2]
15. The CPU is made up of (1) ……………….. (2)……………….. and registers…. [2]
16. The other name for the spreadsheet is the ................or …………………………... [2]
17. The productivity tool that you can use to edit text and type documenets is called……[2]
18. …………….booting is when you switch on the computer from start while
…………………..booting is restaring a computer that was already on………………[2]

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19. The operator is used for ……………………in microsoft excel………………….[2]
20. The error #value in a spreadsheet indicate that………………………………………….[2]
 SECTION C[10 marks]
21. Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow

A B C D
1 ITEM QUANTITY COST TOTAL CODE
COST
2 SUAGR 20 45 900 B23C
3 RICE 12 120 B89D
4 SALT 05 15 00DS
5 COOOKING 10 230 KK09
OIL
6 BREAD 15 20 09BJ
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(a) What name is given to the program shown above? ……………………………….[1]

(b) Give one use of this program at school…………………………………………….[1]
(c) Write the cell address for salt. …………………………………………………….[2]
(d) Write the formula that was used to find the total cost of 900 in cell C2…………..[2]
(e) Write the formula that will be used to find the highest cost in cell C7…………….[2]
(f) What type of data type is found in cell:
(i) A6………………………………………………………………………….[1]
(ii) D2………………………………………………………………………….[1]