451/2 Instr. Sc.
COMPUTER STUDIES
Paper 2
(PRACTICAL)
Oct./Nov. 2024
THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
COMPUTER STUDIES
Paper 2
(PRACTICAL)
Instructions to Schools
The information contained in this document is to enable the Principal of the school and the Teacher
in charge of Computer Studies (451) to make adequate preparation for this year’s Computer Studies
practical examination, paper 2 (451/2).
These instructions consist of 3 printed pages.
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(1) Each school offering Computer Studies (451) should ensure that:
(a) There is one computer connected to the Internet and that it shall be available for
uploading the candidates’ work at the end of the examination. This computer should not
be located in the examination room.
(b) Each candidate is provided with a desktop computer with the following application
software installed:
(i) Desktop Publisher e.g., Microsoft Publisher.
(ii) A Word Processor e.g., Microsoft Word.
(iii) A Spreadsheet e.g., Microsoft Excel.
(iv) A Relational Database e.g., Microsoft Access.
(c) The standards, formats and language in the candidates’ computers are set to United
Kingdom and English (UK) and that the system date and time is set to the current date
and time.
(d) There are enough virus-free computers and fast printers to enable all the candidates to
take the examination in not more than two sessions.
(e) Any form of computer network (physical or wireless) in the computer examination
room/laboratory is disabled.
(f) All data files in the computers to be used by the candidates are deleted before
commencement of the examination.
(g) All files related to the examination, including those in the recycle bin, are deleted from
the computers before the start of each examination session.
(h) The school has at least one standard quality and reliable USB 3.0 flash disk (examples of
reliable brands are Kingston, SanDisk, Samsung etc.) with a minimum of 16 GB storage
space.
(i) The school provides an unmarked envelope for packing the flash disk at the end of the
examination.
(2) Printing the candidates’ work.
(a) Each candidate shall ensure that their work is saved in a folder named with the
candidate’s 11-digit random number.
(b) The supervisor shall create a folder on the flash disk provided and name the folder with
the school’s 8-digit random number.
(c) The supervisor shall transfer each candidate’s folder onto the school’s folder created on
the flash disk.
(d) Each candidate’s work shall be printed from their folder as saved on the flash disk.
(e) Candidates shall present their printed work, and the work saved on the flash disk.
(3) Uploading the candidates’ work.
(a) After all the candidates have printed their work, the supervisor shall compress/zip the
school folder containing all the candidates’ work.
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(b) The Centre Manager shall provide the computer with Internet connectivity and login to
the KNEC marks upload portal, i.e. www.knec-portal.ac.ke/project using the school’s
credentials.
(c) The supervisor shall insert the USB flash disk into one of the USB ports on the computer
and click the Upload 451/2 button.
(d) The supervisor shall locate the zipped folder on the flash disk and when the folder is
successfully identified the supervisor shall click Ok to upload and wait for the system
confirmation message File uploaded successfully.
(4) Packing of the printed work and the flash disk.
(a) The flash shall be placed in the unmarked envelope and packed together with the
candidates’ printed work in the return envelope.
(5) Assistance from Computer Studies teachers and/or laboratory technicians.
(a) Computer Studies teachers and/or computer laboratory technicians may provide
supervised assistance in the event of technical difficulties with the examination
computers, printers, and/or other devices.
(b) Such assistance shall be recorded by the supervisor in their report on the conduct and
administration of the examination.
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