MICROSOFT WORD PRACTICAL QUESTIONS

26/08/2024
QUESTION 1
Part 1

Type the passage below, font size 12 point, exclude the border, & save it as virus [10
marks]

Protect Yourself: Computer Viruses

Viruses, Trojan horses & worms are human-made software programs created specifically to wreak
havoc on personal computers and networks. The chance of contracting one of these computer
viruses over the Internet has increased dramatically. In fact, unless you run anti-virus software,
your computer will almost certainly become infected. Typically, you get a virus by opening
infected e-mail attachments.

Some viruses are relatively harmless to individuals. They just attach themselves to outgoing
messages or e-mail themselves to all the contacts listed in your address book. The sudden flood of
e-mail overwhelms mail servers, causing the system to crash.

Other viruses are more destructive and may lie dormant until a certain date. Then they spring to
life to do their dirty deeds. Sometimes a strange message appears on your screen, or data and
programs may be modified. In the worst case, all the files on your hard drive may be wiped out.
These pernicious programs start on one computer, then replicate quickly, infecting other computers
around the world.

In 1988 a student at Cornell University sent out a virus out by accident, infecting more than 6,000
computers in minutes, nearly bringing the Internet to its knees. More recently, the "I Love You"
virus caused over $1 billion in lost productivity as it crippled e-mail systems worldwide. Last year
alone, 10,000 new viruses, Trojan horses and worms were unleashed.

Part 2
a) Change the font type of the whole document to Courier or Courier new [2 marks].
b) Center the heading, underline it, increase the font size to 20 & change the font type to Tahoma.
[4 marks].
c) Perform a word count and type the number of words at the bottom of the passage. [3 marks].
d) Perform Drop caps on every character that begins a paragraph (drop 2 lines). [4 marks]
e) Double-space the first paragraph. [3 marks].
f) Insert a footer written page 1 of 1, center it & make it bold. [3 marks].
g) Split the passage, excluding the heading, into two columns (with a line between the columns)
[4 marks].
h) Replace every occurrence of the word computer with the word PC & every occurrence of the
word viruses with the word WORMS. [4 marks]
i) Make the 3rd paragraph bold & italic. [2 marks]
j) Save it as virus2 & produce a printout. [1 mark].
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QUESTION 2
Type the passage below as it is. Use font size 12. [8 marks] what is a

Browser?

A browser is a computer program that resides on your computer enabling you to use the computer to view WWW
documents and access the Internet taking advantage of text formatting, hypertext links, images, sounds, motion, blogs,
and other features. Firefox and Internet Explorer are currently the leading "graphical browsers" in the world (meaning
they facilitate the viewing of graphics such as images and video and more). There are other browsers (e.g., Mozilla,
Safari, Opera). Most offer many of the same features and can be successfully used to retrieve documents and activate
many kinds of programs.

Browsers all rely on "plug-ins" to handle the fancier files you find on the Web. Plug-ins are sub-programs stored
within a browser or elsewhere in your computer especially to support special types of files you may click on. If you
click on a link, and your computer does not currently have the plug-in needed for the file you clicked on, you are
usually prompted with an opportunity to get the plug-in. Most plug-ins are free, and easy and safe to install on your
computer; follow the instructions you are given.

The main way in which browsers differ is in the convenience features they offer for navigating and managing the Web
and all the URLs you may want to keep track of. Netscape and Internet Explorer both offer the ability to e-mail
documents, download them to diskette, print them, and keep track of where you've been and sites you want to
"bookmark" or "Add to Favorites" (Microsoft's name bookmarks).

a) Save the document as browser. [2 marks]

b) Change the case of the main heading to Title Case, Font size 16, double underline & center it.
[4 marks]
c) Put a border right round the passage & not the page. [4 marks]
d) Justify all the paragraphs excluding the main heading. [2 marks]
e) Change the font type of paragraph 2 to Bookman Old Style, font size 14. [2 marks]
f) Divide the passage into 2 columns with a line between. [3 marks]
g) Drop cap all the paragraphs in your document excluding the headings. [3 marks]
h) Change the line spacing of the entire document to 1.5 lines. [2 marks]
i) Save the document as browser2.

QUESTION 3

TYPE THE PASSAGE below, font size 14 point, & save it as Internet [5 marks]

What is the Internet?

The Internet is a network of networks, linking computers to computers sharing the TCP/IP protocols. Each
runs software to provide or "serve" information and/or to access and view information.

The Internet is the transport vehicle for the information stored in files or documents on another computer.
It can be compared to an international communications utility servicing computers. It is sometimes
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compared to a giant international plumbing system. The Internet itself does not contain information. It is a
slight misstatement to say a "document was found on the Internet." It would be more correct to say it was
found through or using the Internet. What it was found in (or on) is one of the computers linked to the
Internet.

Part 2
a) Change the font type of the passage to Comic Sans MS [2 marks].
b) Center the heading, underline it, increase the font size to 20 & change the font type to Algerian. [4
marks].
c) Move paragraph 1 below paragraph 2, such that paragraph 2 becomes paragraph 1 & paragraph 1
becomes paragraph 2. [2 marks]
d) Perform a word count on the passage and type the number of words at the bottom of the passage. [3
marks].
e) Perform Drop caps on every character that begins a paragraph (drop 3 lines). [4 marks]
f) Double-space the first paragraph. [3 marks].
g) Insert a footer written Internet, center it & italicize it. [3 marks]
h) Put a border right round the passage & not the page. [2 marks]
i) Replace every occurrence of the word Internet with the word INTERNET. [4 marks]
j) Make the 1st paragraph bold & italic. [2 marks]
k) Save it as Internet2 & produce a printout. [1 mark].

QUESTION 4

PART 1

Type the passage below, font size 10 point, & save it WWW [10 marks]

What is the World Wide Web and what makes it work?

The WWW incorporates all of the Internet services above and much more. You can retrieve documents, view images,
animation, and video, listen to sound files, speak and hear voice, and view programs that run on practically any
software in the world, providing your computer has the hardware and software to do these things.

When you log onto the Internet using a web browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Fire fox, Mozilla, Netscape,
Opera, Safari), you are viewing documents on the World Wide Web. The basic foundation on which the WWW
function is the programming language called HTML. It is HTML and other programming imbedded within HTML
that make possible hypertext. Hypertext is the ability to have web pages containing links, which are areas in a page or
buttons or graphics on which you can click your mouse button to retrieve another document into your computer. This
"click ability" using Hypertext links is the feature, which is unique and revolutionary about the Web.

How do hypertext links work?

Every document or file or site or movie or sound file or anything you find on the Web has a unique URL (uniform
resource locator) that identifies what computer the thing is on, where it is within that computer, and its specific file
name. (More explanation on the structure of URLs.) Every Hypertext link on every web page in the world contains
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one of the URLs. When you click on a link of any kind on a Web page, you send a request to retrieve the unique
document on some computer in the world that is uniquely identified by that URL. URLs are like addresses of web
pages. A whole cluster of internationally accepted standards (such as TCP/IP and HTML) make possible this global
information retrieval phenomenon that transcends all political and language boundaries.

Part 2
a) Change the font type of the whole passage to Arial [2 marks].
b) Center the two headings, underline, set the font size to 12 & change the font type to Arial Black. [4
marks].
c) Perform a word count and type the number of words at the bottom of the passage. [3 marks].
d) Perform Drop caps (on the first 2 paragraphs) on every character that begins a paragraph (drop 2 lines). [2 marks]
e) Justify the 3rd paragraph excluding the heading. [2 marks]
f) Make the line spacing of the second paragraph 1.5 lines. [3 marks].
g) Insert a Header written, World Wide Web, align it to the right. [3 marks].
h) Split the passage, excluding the heading, into two columns (with a line between the columns) [4 marks].
i) Insert footer with your name, subject & course. [1 mark]
j) Insert a page number at the top left of the page [1 mark]
k) Engrave the last 5 lines of the last paragraph (paragraph3). [5 marks]
l) Save your document as www2 & produce a print out.

QUESTION 5

PART 1

Type the passage below, font size 12 point, & save it as Cards [10 marks]
COMPUTER CARDS
Cards are components added to computers to increase their capability. When adding a peripheral device
makes sure that your computer has a slot of the type needed by the device.
Sound cards
Allow computers to produce sound like music and voice. The older sound cards were 8 bit then 16 bit then
32 bit. Though human ear can't distinguish the fine difference between sounds produced by the more
powerful sound card they allow for more complex music and music production.
Colour cards
Allow computers to produce colour (with a colour monitor of course). The first colour cards were 2 bits,
which produced 4 colours [CGA]. It was amazing what could be done with those 4 colours. Next came 4
bit allowing for 16 [EGA and VGA] colours Then came 16 bit allowing for 1064 colours and then 24 bit
which allows for almost 17 million colours and now 32 bit is standard allowing monitors to display almost
a billion separate colours.
Video cards
Allow computers to display video and animation. Some video cards allow computers to display television
as well as capture frames from video. A video card with a digital video camera allows computers users to
produce live video. A high speed or network connection is needed for effective video transmission.
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Network cards
Allow computers to connect together to communicate with each other. Network cards have
connections for cable, thin wire or wireless networks.
Part 2

a) Change the font type of the whole document to Bookman Old Style [2 marks].
b) Center the heading & subheadings, underline, and change font size to 18 & font type to Rockwell. [4
marks].
c) Perform a word count and type the number of words at the bottom of the passage. [1 mark].
d) Perform OR put BULLETS on every paragraph (exclude the sub-heading). [2 marks]
e) Double-space & justify the 3rd paragraph. [2 marks].
f) Emboss paragraph 4 including its subheading. [3 marks]
g) Insert a footer written computer cards. [1 mark]
h) Justify & put a background color of light grey on paragraph 2 including its heading. [4 marks]
i) Split the passage, into two columns (with a line between the columns). [4 marks]
j) Replace every occurrence of the word colours with the word COLORS. [4 marks]
k) Toggle case the last paragraph & its subheading. [2 marks]
l) Save it as cards2 & produce a printout. [1 mark].

QUESTION 6
Display the following chart attractively using any word-processing program. Make sure the top margin is
equal to the bottom margin.