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 Pay ware 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. PERIPHERAL DEVICE Is an externally connected device to the CPU
[2]
12. The specific location of a value on a spreadsheet is called CELL ADDRESS .[2]
13. Main memeory is made up of the RAM and ROM [2]
14. NORTON,BITDEFEBDER,KASPERKY.are examples of anti-virus software…………
15. The CPU is made up of (1) ALU(2)CONTRO UNIT and registers…. [2]
16. The other name for the spreadsheet is the WORKBOOK,EXCEL
SHEET,WORKSHEET
17. The productivity tool that you can use to edit text and type documenets is called……
MICROSOFT WORD[2]
18. WARM booting is when you switch on the computer from start while COLD booting is
restaring a computer that was already on………………[2]
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19. The operator is used for MULTIPLICATION in microsoft excel….[2]
20. The error #value in a spreadsheet indicate that…WRONG VALUE OR DATA TYPE

SECTION C[10 marks]

21. Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow

A B C D E
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? SPRAEDSHEET.[1]

(b) Give one use of this program at school EXAM/ TEST ANALYSIS.[1]
(c) Write the cell address for salt. A4.[2]
(d) Write the formula that was used to find the total cost of 900 in cell D2 =PRODUCT(.
[2]
(e) Write the formula that will be used to find the highest cost in cell C7=MAX(C2:C6)
…………….[2]
(f) What type of data type is found in cell:
(i) A6 ALPHABETIC……….[1]
(ii) D2 ALPHANUMERIC……………….[1]