ST.

JAGO HIGH SCHOOL

CXC CSEC INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
(General Proficiency)
2023 - 2025
Paper 03 – School Based Assessment
(SBA)
SECTIONA- SPREADSHEET

The spreadsheet package will be used to create a model that will allow the owner of the business to
manipulate and monitor the monthly salary details of the employees.

Currently, there are 30 employees in the Business. There are FIVE (5) categories of employees and EACH
category attracts a different basic monthly salary. There are SIX (6) supervisors, EIGHTEEN (18) Sales
Staff, TWO (2) Managers, TWO (2) Assistant Managers and TWO (2) Administrative Staff at the
business.
The categories of employment with current rates are given in the table below.

Code Category Basic Monthly Salary

MN Manager $10,000
AM Assistant Manager $8,000
SP Supervisor $6,000
SS Sales Staff $4,000
AD Admin $3,500

There are Allowances and Deductions in the employees’ salaries. The allowances are Daily Allowance, Travel
Allowance and Entertainment Allowance. The deductions are Personal Loan, Health Insurance and
Investment. These are calculated based on their basic salary. The Entertainment Allowance is available
to the Managers ONLY. The rate of payments of these allowances and deductions also need to be kept on
the worksheet with the salary rate.
Cod Allowance Rate
e (%)
DA Daily Allowance 12%
TA Travel Allowance 7%

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 EA Entertainment Allowance 4.5%
Code Deduction Rate
(%)
PL Personal Loan 8%
HL Health Insurance 2%
INV Investment 3%

TASK A
You are required to:
(a) Create a workbook – (spreadsheetSBA -Your name) with multiple worksheets that will
enable the owner of the business to easily analyze, modify and monitor the salary information and
details of the 30 employees for October 2018. Data to be recorded include:
 IDNUM (employee's initials and three (3) digits, e.g. the employee George Brown has the
employee ID: GB102.)
 First Name
 Last Name
 Category Code
(b) Use appropriate functions /formulae to determine:
 Basic Salary
 Allowances
 Deductions
 Total Allowances
 Total Deductions

Save the sheet as Payroll_Task_1

Add extra columns to include the Gross Income and Net Income.
i. Gross Income is calculated by adding the Basic Salary to the Allowances
(Basic Salary + Allowances).
ii. Net Income is calculated by subtracting the Deductions from Gross Income (Gross
Income - Deductions).
d. Include a row to calculate the totals of each of the numeric columns.

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 TASK B
a. Make a copy of Payroll_Task_1. Name this sheet Payroll_Task_2.
b. The third employee on your list got a new job and he/she resigned from the Business.
Remove this employee’s data from your spreadsheet.
c. The management team decided to change the Daily Allowance (DA) rate to 13.5%. Adjust
this allowance in your worksheet.
d. Sort the worksheet of TASK B in ascending order by Category Code, then by Last Name.
e. In an appropriate section of the worksheet, use advanced filter to extract information for all
employees who are in the Sales Staff category.

SUMMARY DATA
TASK C
a. Make a copy of Payroll_Task_2. Name this sheet Payroll_Task_3.
b. Create a PIVOT TABLE to give a summary of the total Net Income and Gross Income for
EACH Category.
c. Create a Column Chart to compare the Net Income and Gross Income for EACH Category. The
chart should be labeled with appropriate title and axis or legend. Save in a separate sheet named
CCIncome.
d. Create a Pie Chart that compares the Allowances paid for the month. The chart should be
labelled with an appropriate title and legend and each slice of the pie should display the
percentage. Save in a separate sheet named PCAllow.

TASK D
a. Make a copy of payroll_Task_3, name the sheet Payroll_Task_4.
b. In an appropriate section of your spread sheet use simple filtering to extract
information for all employees with last name beginning with “B”.

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It is suggested that you use cell references in formulae so that the spreadsheet can be used for future
calculations with minimum modifications. Use suitable functions e.g. “VLOOKUP”, “IF” and
“SUM” to ensure that your spreadsheet is efficient. Use formatting features and labels to allow clarity
of your worksheet (example bold, decimal places, $, etc.

ST. JAGO HIGH SCHOOL

CXC CSEC INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
(General Proficiency)
2023 - 2025
Paper 03 – School Based Assessment
(SBA)

Practical Assignment
Database Management

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SECTION B - DATABASE MANAGEMENT

Introduction
The database management component of the software that your organization purchased will be used to store personal
details of the employees, their payment details (used to determine their promotions, commissions and further
employment) and their basic salary rates.

You are required to:

1. Set up a database with THREE (3) tables:
a. Import a table from the spreadsheet component with employees IDNUM, First name, Last name. Save as
PERSONAL DETAILS Table . Modify the table to include: Title, Gender, Date Joined, Address,

City and Contact Number. Date Joined should be in the format dd-mmm-yy , (07 Mar 19)

b. Import a Table from the spreadsheet component to store Staff Payment Information:

IDNUM, Category Code, Basic Salary, Total Allowances, Total Deductions, Save the table as SALARY

c. The categories of employment with current rates are given in the table below. This data must be stored in a
separate table called SALARY_RATES.

Code Category Basic Monthly Salary

MN Manager $10,000
AM Assistant Manager $8,000
SP Supervisor $6,000
SS Sales Staff $4,000
AD Admin $3,500

2. Modify Tables

NB ( Before modification make a copy of the tables)

a. Delete Basic Monthly Salary from Salary Table as this information is now stored in the
BASIC SALARY RATES TABLE.

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 b. Modify the Copy of SALARY table to include a field for Total_Sales

 Create a Main form for Personal Table with a sub form for Salary Information Table. Show all
fields in both tables. Ensure a relationship is created among the tables
 Using the form populate the Total_Sales Field Column of the Copy of Salary Table. Only
SALES STAFF should have values for total sales, these values range between $500.00
& $20,000.

3. Perform the following queries using your database:

a) List ID, First name, Last name, Gender. Address, City, Contact number and Date joined of all staff
who joined the business after December 31, 2014. The list should be sorted by last name.
Save the query as QryEmp_start_date
b) List IDNUM , Firstname, Lastname ,Category Code ,Basic Monthly Salary ,Total Allowances, Total Deductions
of all female non -sales staff . Save the query as QryNon_Sales
c) The business has decided to give a commission to all sales staff whose total sales was $10,000 or
more at a rate of 3% of their total sales. Create a field called Commission to calculate the commission
amount. The list should include ID, first name, last name, Total Sales and Commission. Save the query
as QryCommission.

4. Prepare a Report showing Total Basic Salary for employees .The information should be grouped by category
and sorted by last name in ascending order. The report should show the Total basic Salary for each category
of employees as well as the overall total basic salary. The fields to be displayed are IDNUM, Title First name,
Last name, Date Joined, Full name of category and Basic Salary.. The first line of the report title should read
COMPANY NAME PAYMENT RECORD. The second line of the report should be Salaries Information
for October 2018. Save the report as RptEmployees_Sal.

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 ST. JAGO HIGH SCHOOL
CXC CSEC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(General Proficiency)
2023 - 2025
Paper 03 – School Based Assessment (SBA)
SECTIONC-WORDPROCESSING
SECTIOND-WEBPAGEDESIGN
Packaging
 Brochure
 Letter1
 Letter2
 Data Source (Personal Details Table)
 Letter with merge fields
 Merged Letter (First, Third and last letters)

Introduction

Your Company plans to create a brochure to notify the customers about the products that are sold at the business and also
about the upcoming Sale. The Manager would also like to send a letter to employees whose total sales exceeded
$10,000 for the month of December 2018 inviting them to an awards ceremony.

TASK A
1. You are required to: prepare a formal letter inviting employees who earned a commission to the awards function.
Commend them for their hard work and dedication and motivate staff to improve their performance and grow the
business. The awards ceremony will be held on May 10, 2019 at 5:00 pm in the Ball room at the Grande Resort in
St. Ann. Save the letter as Letter1.

2. Modify the letter to include the query from the database, showing commission earned. Save as Letter2 (Main
document).

3. Using mail merge features of a word processor, personalize the letters to be sent to the awardees.
Save this document as Merge_awardees

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TASK B

Create a brochure on letter size paper to inform the public about the variety of products available at the business
and the upcoming Sale.
1. The brochure should include the use of columns and appropriate graphics. Text in the brochure should
be appropriately sized and spaced. Also use appropriate margins, justification and layout so that
folding of the brochure can be easily done. Include a logo for the business.

2. Use the MS.Word Developer feature to create a fillable form (Customer Membership Form)
in your brochure. The form must consist of at least three of the following:
Option box, check box, text box, date picker, drop-down lists and command buttons

Note – Be creative in the design of your brochure to obtain maximum marks by using suitable
features of a word processing application (columns, tables, bullets and numbering, colour, etc.).
Save as Brochure.

WEBPAGE DESIGN- Wix is the online application that should be used.

(This task should be limited to one web page)

You wish to design a web page to provide the public with general information about your business and some
of the products and services offered. The web page should include the following:
 Display information about the business (e.g. Mission statement, history, services and products
offered, events held).
 Link to the business's social media page.

 Link to a location within the web page which displays information about annual events
held (e.g. Upcoming Sale, Employees awards ceremony) and/or any awards won.

 Use the last page in your word-processed document to paste the link to the online web page or
include the link in your brochure.

Note – Be creative in the design of your web page to obtain maximum marks by using
appropriate graphics and text, present consistent information with requirements, Layout must be
suitable for intended audience and include hyperlinks.

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 ST. JAGO HIGH SCHOOL
CXC CSEC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(General Proficiency)
2023 - 2025
Paper 03 – School Based Assessment (SBA)

PRACTICAL ASSIGNMENTS

PROBLEM-SOLVING AND PROGRAM DESIGN

&
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

SECTION D - PROBLEM SOLVING AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

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TASK 1 - Problem Solving

You are required to:

1. Develop an Algorithm (pseudocode or flowchart) that will accept the names of all sales staff members and
their total sales for the month. The algorithm should calculate the commission at 3% of their total sales
amount of all employees who meet the commission criteria. Commission is given to all sales staff whose total
sales was $10,000 or more. It should display the names, the total sales and commissions of all the Sales Staff.
The algorithm should also display the highest commission value and the number of persons with and without
a commission.

2. Design and execute a trace table to test the logics of the algorithm above. The algorithm should also display
the highest commission and the number of persons with and without commission. You are expected to
come up with the appropriate columns for your trace table.

TASK 2 - Program Implementation

You are required to:

1. Write a Pascal program to implement the algorithm created in TASK 1 of the Problem Solving
Section.

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