Question 6
A student was asked to record the type of vehicles that entered the school compound through the school’s main gate on a Monday morning. The passage below is an excerpt from the student’s report on the assignment.
“Report on the vehicular traffic at the gate on Monday. 1. Introduction: I was directed by the school principal to sit at the main gate and record the type and number of vehicles that passed through the gate on Monday morning. 2. Observation: I arrived the gate at about 8.00 am and left at 12 noon. During this period, I made the following observations: car, bus, bus, car, car, lorry, motorcycle, bus, bus, car, car, car, lorry, motorcycle, tricycle, motorcycle, car, tricycle, motorcycle, bus, bus” .
- Beginning from the desktop, outline a step by step procedure of how to type the passage in MS Word using A4 paper size and portrait orientation.
- State the procedure for carrying out the following operations in the passage:
- (2i) Begin the second and third sentences in new paragraphs;
- (2ii) Write the first sentence in capital letters, underline it and bold it;
- (2iii) Begin the first letter of a sentence with capital letters;
- (2iv) Represent the student’s observation in a table with three columns under the headings: Serial Number, Type of Vehicle, Number of vehicle.
- (2v) Merge the first two cells of the last row of the table, type “Total” and give the total number of vehicles observed in the column for number of vehicles.
- (2vi) Save the document
- (2vii) Merge the first two cells of the last row of the table, type “Total” and give the total number of vehicles observed in the column for number of vehicles.
- (2viii)Save the document with the name “vehicular traffic”;
- (2ix)Print the document with the name “vehicular traffic”;
- (2x)Print the document.
Observation
The expected answers were:
(a)
Step1 - Click on the start button, “All Programs/Programs.”, Click on Microsoft Word/ Launch Ms Word/ Type WinWord in Run Dialog box on the Start-up Menu and Click on “Blank/New document.
Step 2- On Page Layout, à Orientation à Portrait OR
File, à Page Setup à Margin à Orientation àPortrait
Step 3 - On Page Layout, à Size à A4 OR
File, à Page Setup à Paper à Paper Size àA4
Step 4 - Type the report as provided using the keyboard.
(b)
- Step 1- Place the cursor at the end of the first sentence and press the enter key.
Step 2- Place the cursor at the end of the second sentence and press the enter key
- Step 1- Highlight the first sentence,
Step 2 - On the “Home Tab”, Select UPPER CASE on “change case” icon/Press
Shift+F3 (Twice)
Step 3 - click on “underline” (Ctrl + U),
Step 4 - Click on “bold” (Ctrl + B)
1mark each x 4 = [4marks]
- At the beginning of the sentence, press shift + the first letter
OR
Press “Caps Lock”, type the first letter and press Caps Lock again” and continue typing
OR
Highlight the first letter of the sentence. On the menu bar, select “change case”
OR
The first letter will be changed automatically/by default after pressing the space bar.
OR
Press shift + the letter or press “Caps Lock” + the letter and press Caps Lock again”
Any 1 x 2 marks = [2 marks]
- On the “Insert” Tab, click on “Table” / Insert Table à Specify 3 columns.
In the first row, Type “Serial Number”, “Type of Vehicle” and “Number of Vehicle” accordingly in consecutive cells
OR
On the “Insert” Tab, click on “Table” àDraw Table à Draw table with 3 columns.
In the first row, Type “Serial Number”, “Type of Vehicle” and “Number of Vehicle” accordingly in consecutive cells
OR
Click on the table menu à“Insert” / à Table à Specify 3 columns.
In the first row, Type “Serial Number”, “Type of Vehicle” and “Number of Vehicle” accordingly in consecutive cells
Any correct set x 2 marks = [2 marks]
- Highlight the first two cells of the last rowà Right-click on the highlighted cells àselect “merge cells” from the pop-up menu. Type “Total”.
OR
Highlight the first two cells of the last rowà Click on Table Tools Tab, Layout à select “merge cells” iconà Type “Total”.
Click on table tools à Design Tab à Click on Eraser and erase the horizontal line to merge the cells.
OR
Select Eraser Tool from Tables and Borders bar, and click on the line joining the two cells.
File à “Save As” dialog box à Type the filename “vehicular traffic” and press “Save” or “enter”
OR
Ctrl+ S or F12 à Type the filename “vehicular traffic” and press “Save” or “enter”
- File -- Click on Print/Ctrl+ P -- and select the appropriate printer, then press “enter” or “OK”.
Candidates’ responses showed fair knowledge in Word Processing but there was still lack of practical skills.