Performance Test
Part I: Desktop Publishing
Directions: Use your word processing program and the file called WPFILE.
1. Read the scenario.
2. Use the word processing file to respond to the tasks below.
3. When you have finished the tasks below, print your work.
Scenario:
Your assignment is to edit and format a student newsletter for your school.
Following the instructions below, edit and format the word processing file called
WPFILE.
1. Center the newsletter title, The Social Studies TV Project Update, in bold
24-point type.
2. Left-align May 2000 and right-align Volume 4, #3.
3. In the first article, The Big Four Became the Big Three, make the following
edits:
 Center the title in bold 14-point type
 Single space and left-align the text in regular 12-point type
 Indent the paragraph
4. In the second article, TV Study to Be Televised, italicize the title, The
Social Effects of Television in 1958.
5. Use the spell checker to make certain all words are spelled correctly.
6. Below the last article, type in the following article: Paying for Noticeable
Names. Remember to:
 Key as accurately as possible the title and paragraphs in the box
below
 Use correct keyboarding techniques
 Use word wrap and ignore any differences between what you key
and how the paragraphs appear on this page
 Use the spell checker
Paying for Noticeable Names
During the 1968 season, advertisers were careful to get full value for their
investments by putting the names of their companies in the titles of programs such as
Lux Playhouse, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, and Lawrence Welk’s Plymouth Show.
Performance Test
Part II: Spreadsheet Use
Directions: Use your spreadsheet program and the file called HOGFARM.
1. Read the scenario.
2. Use the spreadsheet file to respond to the questions below.
Scenario:
Billy Bob has started a hog farm which produces a variety of products for sale.
Billy Bob also has a gift shop on his hog farm. It is your task to test the
spreadsheet by answering the six questions below. After answering these
questions, you are to add new information to another file, SSFILE, and create a
chart (graph). SSFILE is a spreadsheet created to estimate the number of
viewers in the neighborhood around your school who would have seen
advertisements for nine programs that were popular in 1958.
______________ 1.
If belts cost $1.00 to produce, how many must Billy Bob
sell to make $241.11?
______________ 2.
What must the production cost (PC) be on gloves if Billy
Bob sells 222 and makes $412.92?
______________ 3.
In addition to 30 chitterlings (PC = $.25) and 100
brushes (PC = $.43), 5 of what other item will produce a
total profit of $88.25 (the missing item’s PC is $10.00).
______________ 4.
Chitterlings sell for $.50 and have a PC of .33. Billy Bob
sold 439 chitterlings and 817 socks. If his proft is
$417.77, what must the PC for socks be?
______________ 5.
Which of the following is the most profitable?
A. 100 belts (PC = $.50), 300 earrings (PC = $1.98),
230 purses(PC = $4.00)
B. 247 gloves (PC = $4.75), 151 pants (PC = $10.78),
227 wallets (PC = $2.50)
______________ 6.
Billy Bob made $153.60 total profit selling gloves. The
PC = $3.00. Billy Bob sold 120 gloves. What is the
new selling price of the gloves?
Close the HOGFARM database and retrieve the SSFILE. Make the following changes:
7. To the right of the “Times Ad Viewed” column on the spreadsheet, label a
new column “Network.” In the rows under “Network,” enter the following
networks for program:
 CBS (for Gunsmoke)
 NBC (for Wagon Train)
 CBS (for Have Gun Will Travel)
 CBS (for The Danny Thomas Show)
 ABC (for Maverick)
 NBC (for The Price Is Right)
 NBC (for Wanted: Dead or Alive)
 NBC (for The Perry Como Show)
 ABC (for Sugarfoot)
In the rows under the “Weeks Ad Ran” column, enter 7 for each program.
Save your edits.
8. Using the spreadsheet you have saved, create a chart (graph) containing
the following information:
 Column labels (Program, Weeks Ad Ran, Rating, Weekly Viewers)
 Names of the 9 programs (Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, Have Gun Will
Travel, The Danny Thomas Show, Maverick, The Price Is Right,
Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Perry Como Show, Sugarfoot)
 Data in all columns for the 9 programs
 Do not include the “Times Ad Viewed” column, the “Network” column, or
“TOTAL VIEWERS WATCHING ADS” row
Print your final spreadsheet and chart (graph).
Performance Test
Part III: Database Use
Directions: Use your database program and the file called OLDMILLS.
1. Read the scenario.
2. Use the database file to respond to the questions below.
3. When asked to “describe the steps you took to find your answer,” use
appropriate database terms (for example, “Sorted the WHEEL SIZE field in
ascending order” or “Searched the WHEEL SIZE field for all records greater
than 2.5”)
Scenario:
The NC Historical Society has created a database containing information on mills
across the state called OLDMILLS. It is your task to answer the following questions.
__________________ 1. Which old mill has the largest waterwheel?
__________________ 2. Which region has the most old mills?
__________________ 3. Which old mills in the Coastal region are open to visitors?
__________________ 4. What is the waterwheel size of the mill that began the
earliest?
Explanation: Use database terms to describe the steps you took to find your answer.
______________________________________________________________________
__________________ 5. Of the old mills that are operational, how many are located in
the Piedmont?
Explanation: Use database terms to describe the steps you took to find your answer.
______________________________________________________________________
__________________ 6. How many old mills have at least 2.5 floors?
Explanation: Use database terms to describe the steps you took to find your answer.
______________________________________________________________________
__________________ 7. Which old mill in the Mountain region is the oldest?
Explanation: Use database terms to describe the steps you took to find your answer.
______________________________________________________________________
PROGRAM
Bat Masterson
Ed Sullivan Show
Leave It To Beaver
This Is Music
NETWORK
NBC
CBS
ABC
ABC
GENRE
Western
Variety
Situation Comedy
Music
LEAD
Gene Barry
Ed Sullivan
Barbara Billingsley
Colin Male
9. Close the database file called OLDMILLS and open the database file called
DBSHORT.
Follow the instructions below:

Add a new field named BROADCAST DAY

In the new field BROADCAST DAY, enter the following day for each
program:
 Wednesday (for Bat Masterson)

Sunday (for the Ed Sullivan Show)

Thursday (for Leave It To Beaver)

Monday (for This Is Music)
Print your final DBSHORT file.