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Preparation for Final Examination ICT Vocational
Specialism
CHECKLIST OF WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR THE EXAM
THIS HANDOUT CONTAINS A LIST OF WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR EACH SECTION
IN THE EXAM, YOU CAN ADD TO THIS LIST IF YOU WISH. IT IS A BASIC GUIDE TO
PREPARE YOU BEFORE YOUR EXAM TO ENSURE YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
THE RED TEXT WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR EACH PART.
THE BLUE TEXT WILL TELL YOU WHAT MARKS ARE GIVEN FOR EACH SECTION AND
MODULE.
APART FROM SECTION ONE, ALL SECTIONS CONTAIN A THEORY AND PRACTICAL
PART. SO IT IS BROKEN DOWN INTO THEORY AND PRACTICAL. THE THEORY IS WHAT
YOU WILL WRITE IN EACH SECTION OF THE PAPER. THE PRACTICAL IS WHAT YOU
WILL BE DOING ON THE COMPUTER IN THE EXAM.
You must do SECTION 1, 2 AND 3 ON THE PAPER. SECTION 3 HAS OPTIONS, EG THERE
ARE 5 DIFFERENT MODULES IN SECTION 3 AND YOU CAN PICK ANY 3 OF THESE.
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FOR SECTION I – THEORY
Revise
Learn the THEORY NOTES given out.
Go over All past papers with Theory Q’s.
No of Questions
10 questions /8 m per q
FOR SECTION II – WORD PROCESSING
Module I – Word Processing
No of Questions
Marks
10 m Theory
70 m Practical
THEORY: (10m): Revise the Following
Ask yourself What do each of the following mean and would I know how to do each of these?
1. Font Type, Font Size (Point/Pt),Font Colour, Italics, Bold, Underline
2. Justify, Centre, Left and Right Align
3. Header and Footer
4. Numbering, Bullet Points, Customising Numbers or Bullets, and why use them
5. The difference between ‘Save’ and ‘Save As’
6. What do you use the print preview for, Zoom, Columns?
7. ‘Undo/Redo’ Button
8. Where would you go to change the ‘Page Orientation/Layout’?
9. Where would you go to change the ‘Page Margins’?
10. What do we use ‘Find’ and ‘Replace’ for?
11. What is a ‘Text box’?
12. Why would you use ‘Clip Art’ or ‘Word Art’?
13. How do you create ‘Double Line Spacing’, a ‘Hanging Indent’ , ‘First Line Indent’?
14. When using ‘borders and shading’, how do you fill a border with a colour, why use them?
15. How do you use ‘spelling and grammar’?
16. The ‘shift key’, the ‘tab key’, the ‘control key’, ‘space bar’, ‘Enter/Return key’
17. What is a ‘table’ and why would you use one?
18. What is the difference between ‘cut and paste’ and ‘copy and paste’?
19. Name 2 ‘types of text’ you might use when typing a notice.
20. What do we mean by ‘disk formatting’, why would you do it?
21. How would you get rid of ‘overtype’ or ‘overwriting of text’?
22. ‘Change Case’, ‘Word Count’, ‘Page Break’
23. Change the ‘View’ or ‘Page Layout’
24. Difference between ‘Cut’, ‘Copy’ and ‘Paste’
25. Proofreading
Marks
80marks
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NOTE: Most of the Theory Questions that come up in this Word Processing Section are very straight
forward and you will know how to perform most items on the list as you perform these functions
everyday in class. However in all theory parts you are not actually carrying out the task of E.G. Changing
the page Layout from Portrait to Landscape, you are actually ‘explaining in writing’ on paper to the
examiner how you ‘would’ do it. Remember you can quickly check on your computer in front of you in
the Exam, where the button is to help you explain it. But, as the exam is long and you want to save as
much time as possible, it’s a good idea to go through this list and practise in your head, or on paper,
how you would explain it. Go through the ‘Drop down Menus’ to check what they are.
PRACTICAL: 70M: Revise the following:
IN SUM: You will get a document and you will have to Change it by using the symbols drawn on the
document. You will have to insert text also.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Revise the ‘Symbols’ Sheet Handout Given.
Know what the following Symbols mean :
Insert text, also insert date and page number
Transpose, delete, insert, new paragraph, upper case, lower case, underline, full stop, capitals,
justify, change the size, Point, hash key, run on, etc….
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FOR SECTION III –OPTIONAL MODULES
THERE ARE 5 OPTIONS AND YOU ONLY PICK 3 OF THESE.
MODULE 2= EXCEL (80M)
MODULE 3= DATABASE (80M)
MODULE 4 = DESK TOP PUBLISHING (80M)
MODULE 5= INTERNET (80M)
MODULE 6 = TEXT ENTRY (80M)
YOU ARE FREE TO PICK ANY OPTIONS YOU WANT. IF YOU FEEL MORE CONFIDENT WITH 3 MODULES
IN PARTICULAR, THEN PREPARE THEM WELL. YOU MAY WANT TO DO E.G. MODULE 2,5, AND 6.
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Module 2 = Spreadsheets
No of Questions
Marks
10 m Theory
70 m Practical
THEORY: 10M: Revise the Following:
Revise the ‘Excel Notes’ handout given.
1. What does a ‘Pie Chart’ look like, why use one?
2. What does a ‘Bar Chart’ look like?
3. What is a ‘Cell’, ‘Row’, ‘Column’?
4. What does text that’s ‘right aligned’, ‘centred’ or ‘left aligned’ look like in a ‘cell’ look like?
5. How would you get the date/ the currency or a % in a Cell?
6. Name 2 types of charts you can draw using a spreadsheet package?
7. What do these symbols mean = / * X + - ?
8. What do we mean when you have to get the sum, and the average?
PRACTICAL: 70 M: Revise the Following
In SUM: You will have to create and change a spreadsheet using formulas and functions, also you may
be asked to create a chart.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
How you Add, Multiply, Divide, Get the Average, Get the Percentage, The Sum, Round Off
Calculate VAT, discount, wages, profit and loss, commission
Putting Labels on Columns or Charts.
Know how to Copy a Formula Down
Know how to change decimal places, change to a different currency, to change to left or right align,
Create a Chart, e.g. Bar Chart.
When Printing, Know how to Print with ‘Gridlines’, practise using ‘page breaks’ and ‘fit to one page’
options for charts and Information.
8. Practise All Past Questions to get used to how they ask a Question so you know what they are
looking for.
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Module 3- DATABASE
No of Questions
Marks
10 m Theory
70 m Practical
THEORY: (10m): Revise the following:
Refer to the Database Theory Notes Given
PRACTICAL: (70m) : Revise the following:
IN SUM: you will be asked to Create, Edit and Change data in a Database
1. Open a database, edit or modify it
2. Add records, delete records
3. Add a Query on the Database
4. Sort the Database in ascending or descending order
5. Exit the data base using the proper procedure.
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Module 4 – Desk Top Publishing
No of Questions
Marks
10 m Theory
70 m Practical
THEORY: (10m): Revise the following:
1. Name two ‘input devices’ that you could use to put a photo on a document?
2. What is ‘text orientation’?
3. What is a ‘text frame’ or a ‘text box’?
4. Name two ways that a ‘text frame’ can be ‘enhanced/changed’?
5. Why would you use a ‘border’?
6. What do we mean by a ‘fill colour’?
7. How would you go about ‘formatting a picture’ and then resizing a picture, making it easy to use?
8. How would you take a piece of ‘clip art’ from a file and ‘attach’ it to your document?
9. Where would you go to get an ‘object’ e.g. a circle or arrows (what toolbar)?
10. Where do you go to choose a ‘new toolbar’ that does not appear on your screen?
11. How would you create a ‘column’?
NOTE: AGAIN, LIKE ALL THEORY SECTIONS, YOU MAY KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION MEANS AND YOU
MAY KNOW HOW TO GET CLIP ART, BUT YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO EXPLAIN IN WRITING HOW
WOULD YOU GET THE WORD ART, OR CHANGE A PICTURE SIZE,SO YOU NEED TO PRACTISE HOW
YOU WOULD EXPLAIN IT. YOU CAN CHECK HOW TO DO IT BY USING THE DROP DOWN MENUS IN THE
EXAM. BUT PRACTISE BEFORE HAND WILL HELP YOU TO WRITE IT FASTER AND MORE
CONFIDENTLY.
PRACTICAL: (70m) : Revise the following:
IN SUM: You will have to access Publisher and create a Publication. You will be asked to move text to
columns, or reshape it, insert text or graphics.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Borders and shading
Inserting and resizing Objects
Create Text Frames and Link them
Alter Text orientation
Creating and Resizing Text and a Heading/Banner
Creating columns, leaving the heading out
Placing text boxes on the document, inserting text and resizing them
Insert a picture, or Word Art and formatting it
Using the Space Bar, Tab, Backspace and Enter/Return Key to Move and Manipulate text.
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Module 5 : The Internet
No of Questions
Marks
10 m Theory
70 m Practical
THEORY: 10M: Revise the following:
Revise the ‘Internet Notes’ Handout given.
1. Know what the Capital letters/Abbreviations stand for e.g., HTTP,WWW, URL, LAN, WAN,ISP
2. Be aware of Web dangers
3. Copyright
4. What is a ‘hyperlink’?
5. What is a ‘virus’?
6. Name three items or devices you need in order to ‘connect to the internet’?
7. What is a ‘bookmark’?
8. Why would you use the ‘favourites’ option?
9. What is ‘Uploading’ and ‘Downloading’?
PRACTICAL: 70M: Revise the following:
IN SUM: You will be asked to use the World Wide Web to search for and download pages, and use Email
to send an email.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Know how to use a search engine e.g. Yahoo, Google
Find Information on a Web Page, save and print it.
Know how to use the URL i.e. the address bar at the top
Know how to use a hyperlink
Know how to download information e.g. in print out form or to save on disk
Ensure that your email account is in working order before the exam and be able to open a new
message, type in who you want to send the email to, use a cc or carbon copy, type the message
and send.
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Module 6 : Text Entry
No of Questions
Marks
10 m Theory
70 m Practical
THEORY: 10M: Revise the following:
1. Just ensure that you have a pencil, because you have to mark the paragraph with at least 10 errors.
There will probably be more than 10 errors, so try and get 12 or 13 and they will mark you for the
most correct 10 errors.
PRACTICAL: 70M: Revision the following
IN SUM: You will have to Proof read a document and pencil in 10 errors. You will have to produce a
document in Menu, Agenda or Notice style, maybe adding in a Picture or Border.
1. Know how to do‘double line spacing’ or ‘single line’ spacing.
2. Know how to do little symbols such as a €,½,²,° etc..
3. Know how to enhance/change text e.g. font, size, word art, clip art, insert clip art, centre, overall
presentation is important here. etc…
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IN SUMMARY
1. Go through the list of what you need to know for each section. Practise writing or
doing each task on the computer.
2. Revise all the notes for each section.
3. Practise all your exam papers to date e.g. 2009,2008,2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003,
2002,2001
4. Get familiar with the Layout of the Paper and what you have to do in each section.