SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE

Examination Number

COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES

PAPER: CIT 100 - COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

DATE: SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2022 DURATION: 3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. This paper consists of FIVE questions in FOUR printed pages.
Answer ALL questions.
2. Write your examination number in the space provided on the top
left corner of the examination paper.
3. All answers must be written in the answer booklet provided.
4. Do not leave with this question paper.
5. Observe all University Examination Regulations.

QUESTION ONE
Read the following questions, and Fill in the blanks with the
appropriate answer: [01 marks each]
(a) A(n) _______ is a string of characters that precisely identifies an
Internet resource's type and location.
(b) The ___________ is a portion of the Internet that contains billions
of documents.
(c) __________ is the Internet standard that supports the exchange
of information on the Web.
(d) ___________ is unsolicited and unwanted e-mail.
(e) ___________ are companies that sell Internet accounts, which
usually include a user name and a password.

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 (f) If you can’t find what you are looking for using a Web subject
guide, you can try a(n) _________, database that indexes many
Web pages.
(g) A browser's _________ records the Web pages that you've
accessed.
(h) A ________ uses keywords such as AND, OR, and NOT.
(i) ________ is a free and powerful operating system that brings all
the maturity and sophistication of UNIX to the PC.
(j) ___________ software protects a computer from viruses.
(k) ___________ is a type of memory on which instructions have been
prerecorded.
(l) The ______ executes and stores data during the processing
cycle.
(m) The ________ enables a computer to perform mathematical
operations more quickly.
(n) _______ is the measurement that describes the storage of
approximately 1 billion bytes.
(o) The hardware components that enable you to get data and
instructions into the computer's memory are called _______.

QUESTION TWO
Sakina needs to prepare a word document for a weekly work report.
(a) Every Monday she is has to share the report with all mem-
bers of the office. Name the feature in word processing software
that can be used.
[02 marks]
(b) Some of the selected words in the document are to be
linked with other information from other sources. Which default
keyboard shortcut keys can she use for Hyperlink?
[02 marks]
(c) She saved her document in a word 97-2003 document compati-
bility mode. Name its file extension. [01 mark]
(d) In the process of cross-checking the text document, she
discovered that the Speller checker could not check the
Spelling. What would be the reason?
[02 marks]

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 (e) Under what two circumstances would she press the Enter
key when using a word processor? [03
marks]
(f) What are the possible three (3) advantages of using word pro-
cessor software over a typewriter when she needs to create a
document? [06
marks]
(g) She heard that, there are four (4) methods which can be
used to select the text in the document. Name them.
[04 marks]

QUESTION THREE (20 marks)

[15 marks]

QUESTION FOUR
(a)What is the advantage of using cell reference rather than actual
numbers? [02
marks]
(b)With examples, explain 3 types of cell references. [4.5
marks]
(c) Consider the following part of a worksheet, then answer ques-
tions that follows:

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 (i) Which feature of can be used to auto-generate the list in cell
range A3 to A7? [01 mark]
(ii) Provide general formula to calculate the Average Sales (in cell
F3) and Maximum Sales (in cell G3). [03
marks]
(iii) Propose formulas to find the Total Sales for each month.
[02
marks]
(iv) Calculate the Profit for January, where profit = Total Sales –
Cost [1.5
marks]
(v) Write a formula to calculate bonus (in cell C11), where bonus is
10% of the Profit. [02
marks]
(vi) Provide a formula to find the Total Sales for January; only for
sales greater than 30,000. [02
marks]
(vii) Suggest a formula to determine the Number of Sales for
February; only for sales greater than 30,000. [02
marks]

QUESTION FIVE
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(a)Mr Mauya works as a computer networking engineers at Mzuzu
University. He is responsible for implementing, maintaining, sup-
porting, developing and designing communication networks. The
goal is to ensure the integrity of high availability network infra-
structure to provide maximum performance for the university’s
users. The organization needs to install the network at some Of-
fices, Large Campuses and Distant Network which will cover al-
most the whole world. Suggest the type of computer network to
be installed to the following areas and give the reason in brief that
why you suggest it.
[03 marks each]

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 (i) At staff’s home (ii) Office
(iii) Two large campuses within the same region.
(iv) Two large campuses in different regions.
(b) Why internet sometimes is known as the network of net-
works?
[03 marks]
(c) Kamamaa always uses the internet for uploading into and
downloading many programs from bulletin boards;
(i) Explain two (2) possible types of infection can she get
from using internet services. [02
marks]
(ii) What possible symptoms can she find in her computer if
the computer is affected? Explain three (3). [06
marks]
(iii) What are two measures you can suggest that she take so
that she can prevent her resources from such infection?
[02
marks]
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