Computing Skills

2009 School Certificate Test

General Instructions

Total marks 100 This test has FIVE skill areas: Computer Operations Pages 312 Questions 120 20 marks Word Processing Pages 1322 Questions 2140

Working time: 1 hour and 15 minutes Write using black or blue pen Attempt ALL questions

20 marks

Spreadsheets and Databases Pages 2332 Questions 4160 20 marks Graphics and Multimedia Pages 3342 Questions 6180 20 marks Internet and Email Pages 4352 Questions 81100 20 marks

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Use the Answer Sheet for Questions 1100 Instructions for answering multiple-choice questions

Select the alternative A, B, C or D that best answers the question. Fill in the response oval completely. Sample: 2+4= (A) 2 A
(B) 6 B (C) 8 C (D) 9
D

If you think you have made a mistake, put a cross through the incorrect answer and fill in the new answer. A B C D

If you change your mind and have crossed out what you consider to be the correct answer, then indicate the correct answer by writing the word correct and drawing an arrow as follows.

correct
A B C D

Computer Operations
Questions 120 1
You have worked on your document Design_draft. You want to keep the original file and save your changes as a new file with the name Design_final.
Save As: Save in: Technology 1 2

Design_draft.doc

File name:

Design_draft.doc

3 4

Save as type: Word Document (*.doc)

Where do you type in the new name? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

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The screen below shows the details of a folder. The headings are missing from the top of each column.

Holiday.doc How to.txt Fun.jpg Camp.mp3 Report.doc

2 KB 4 KB 6 KB 1 MB 1 KB

Word Document Text Document JPEG Image MP3 File Word Document

31/10/2009 11:20 AM 2/11/2009 4:33 PM 3/11/2009 10:00 PM 5/11/2009 6:13 PM 5/11/2009 8:14 PM

Which of the following shows the correct order of the column headings?
(A) (B) (C) (D) Name, Size, Date Modified, Type Type, Size, Name, Date Modified Date Modified, Size, Name, Type Name, Size, Type, Date Modified

Computer Operations 3
Which option safely shuts down the operating system and then loads it again?
(A) Log Off (B) Sleep (C) Turn Off (D) Restart

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The Edit menu is shown.
Edit View Insert Format X C V

Cut Copy Paste Clear Find Replace Go To

F H G

Clear is followed by an arrow. What does the arrow indicate? (A) (B) (C) (D) You cannot choose the option. The option leads to a sub-menu. The option is associated with a dialogue box. You can use a keyboard short-cut to carry out the option.

Computer Operations 5
The settings shown are used to print a document.
Page range All Current view Current page Pages 16 Subset: Even pages only

Reverse pages

Which pages will be printed and in what order? (A) (B) (C) (D) 2, 4, 6 6, 4, 2 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

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When you were quitting an application, this message appeared.
You placed a picture on the clipboard. Do you want this picture to be available to other applications after you quit this application? Yes No Cancel

What is meant by the term clipboard? (A) (B) (C) (D) A software application for pictures A term used to describe a flash disk Temporary file storage for copied data A storyboard file showing the order of movie clips

Computer Operations 7
Files have been moved to the Trash Bin. The Trash Bin has then been emptied. Which of the following is true of these files? (A) (B) (C) (D) They are no longer accessible. The file names can be selected and changed. The file names are displayed in a light grey font. They can be retrieved, edited and saved in a new location.

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This list of colours has a check box beside each option.
What colour(s) do you like? Red
Orange
Yellow
Blue
Green
What is the reason for using check boxes on this form? (A) (B) (C) (D) To permit the user to edit an option To permit the user to add an option To restrict the user to a single option To allow the user to select multiple options

Computer Operations 9
General E: Removable disk Type: File system: E Drive CDFS

Used space: 90,173,440 bytes Free space: 623,123,528 bytes Capacity: 713,296,968 bytes

Drive E What does this dialogue box show? (A) (B) (C) (D) The progress of a file transfer A pie chart created by a student Properties of a USB memory stick The lack of space on the hard drive

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A word-processed document you created at home is displayed in a different font at school. What is the most likely reason for this? (A) (B) (C) (D) The school monitor has a different resolution. The computers may have different default fonts. The computers may have different page setup defaults. The font you used at home is not loaded on your school computer.

Computer Operations 11
A wizard is being used to create a calendar.
Calendar Wizard Start Style Direction & Picture Date Range Finish Do you want to leave room for a picture? Yes No Cancel Back Next Finish In which direction do you want to print your calendar? Portrait Landscape

What happens when the Back button is clicked? (A) (B) (C) (D) You move to the Start step. You move to the Style step. The Yes option is selected. The Portrait option is selected.

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You have made changes to a file and have opened the Save As dialogue box. What will happen when you click the Cancel button? (A) (B) (C) (D) A new blank file will open. A copy of the file will be opened. The changes to the file will be lost. The dialogue box will close without saving.

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Which name suggests an audio file? (A) (B) (C) (D) holiday.mov poem.mp3 tree.jpg trip.ppt

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A folder contains the following items.
New Folder New Folder New Folder Report.doc Report.doc Survey.xls Survey.xls Survey.xls Survey.xls Where would these items most likely be found? (A) (C) Desktop Recycle Bin / Trash (B) (D) Documents USB Drive

Computer Operations 15
The window below shows part of a document containing text and an image. Future 4 In two years from now we will be thinking about what we might do after leaving school. Some of us will go to university while others might take up a trade.

On which part of the screen will a single mouse click make the whole image visible? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

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In the file path shown, how many folders are inside the Mathematics folder? Mathematics/Fractions and Decimals/Repeating decimals.doc (A) (B) (C) (D) 1 2 3 4

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Computer Operations 17
A school has the following rules. Acceptable passwords must: be a mixture of numbers and text have between six and ten characters NOT include a word found in the dictionary. Which of these would be an acceptable password consistent with these rules? (A) (B) (C) (D) a45bn7s terminate gr8ly running2

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You created a document about the effects of disease on the people of Somalia. You do not remember the name of the file.
Search by any or all of the criteria below. All or part of the file name: 1 A word or phrase in the file: 2 Look in: Documents

What search strategy is most likely to locate the file? (A) (B) (C) (D) Enter the word people in the field marked 1. Enter the word effects in the field marked 1. Enter the word Somalia in the field marked 2. Enter the word document in the field marked 2.

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Computer Operations 19
There are several wildcard characters that you can use to find words in a document. Wildcard ? * Any single character Any single character or any group of characters Finds

You open the Find dialogue box and enter the search term as shown.
Find and Replace Find Replace s?t

Find what: Search Search:

Options: Use Wildcards

Current Document All

Match case Find whole words only Use wildcards

Which of these words will be found? (A) sat (B) Sat (C) SAT (D) seat

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A pdf file is being dropped onto a shortcut icon of an application called Reader.

Reader Instructions.pdf What will happen when the mouse is released? (A) (B) (C) (D) A shortcut to the file will be created. The file will open in the Reader program. The Reader icon will be renamed Instructions.pdf. A new file called Reader Instructions will be created.

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Questions 2140 21
Different font styles have been used in each line of this ticket.

1 2 3 4

Year 10 Musical 2009 Anderson Hall 14 November 2009 7 pm Admit One Adult

Which line is formatted only in Italic? (A) (B) (C) (D) 1 2 3 4

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You are using a word processor and have selected Automatic Numbered List. You type the following. (A) (B) Jane Kim|

What will happen when you press Enter/Return? (A) (A) (B) (C) Jane Kim | (B) (A) (B) | Jane Kim

(C)

(A) (B) (C)|

Jane Kim

(D)

(A) (B)

Jane Kim |

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Word Processing 23
The cursor is positioned at X as shown.
X

Muscular and Skeletal System muscle| bone skeleton cartilage tendon ligament

Which key should be pressed to move the cursor to the cell containing the word skeleton?
(A) (B) (C) (D) Enter Control Shift Tab

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The spacing between NSW and Waratah needs to be checked.

Emblems
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State NSW Tasmania

Flower Waratah Bluegum

Which of these options would allow this? (A) (C) Show the Formatting Characters Turn on Track Changes (B) (D) Use the AutoFormat menu Use the Zoom feature

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Word Processing 25
You have created a five-page document. You are asked to insert a footer. Which of the following is one reason for using a footer? (A) (B) (C) (D) To point to a hyperlink To insert page numbers To explain a word on one of the pages To locate a particular word in the document

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An image has been inserted into a document from clip art.
German Shepherd dogs were originally developed for herding sheep. They are often used in police and military roles because of their strength, intelligence and abilities in obedience training. Which text wrapping style has been applied? (A) (C) Tight In Line With Text (B) (D) Square Top and Bottom

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Word Processing 27
This equation uses a superscript character.

Velocity (v) after 4 seconds = 4 9.8 m/sec2

In which part of the equation is a superscript character used? (A) (B) (C) (D) (v)

=
m/sec2

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The Word Count dialogue box shows information about a document typed in 12-point font with single line spacing.
Word Count Pages Words Characters (no spaces) Characters (with spaces) Paragraphs Lines Include footnotes and endnotes 51 2,055 9,067 10,851 336 577 OK

The line spacing is changed to double. Which value would change? (A) (C) Pages Characters (with spaces) (B) (D) Words Lines

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Word Processing 29
You are moving through the cells of a table and have the cursor in the last cell.
Charity Red Cross Donation $50|

What will result if you press the Tab key?

(A) Charity Red Cross Donation $50 (B) Charity Red Cross Donation $50

(C)

Charity Red Cross

Donation $50

(D)

Charity Red Cross

Donation

$50

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You want to insert a page break at the point labelled X. You select Insert > Break > Page Break but a new page starts after the last paragraph.
Report
2 6 10 14 18 22

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What could have been the cause of this? (A) (B) (C) (D) The first page was not completely filled. The cursor was not in the correct position. The page setup was in landscape instead of portrait. Page Break is only used when there are more than three pages.

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Word Processing 31
The word wild in Figure 1 has been changed to turbulent in Figure 2 using one of the tools in the program. Figure 1 Figure 2 The sea was wild as the storm lashed the coast. The sea was turbulent as the storm lashed the coast.

Which tool was used? (A) (B) (C) (D) Grammar Language Spelling Thesaurus

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This table was inserted with 3 rows and 3 columns. A change was made to some cells. With the cursor at X, a column was inserted to the right.
Some common insects Beetles Grasshoppers| Ants Flies Wasps Cicadas

X
This was the result. Some common insects Beetles Grasshoppers Ants Flies Wasps Cicadas

Why did this happen? (A) (B) (C) (D) The cells in the top row had been merged. The cursor was in the incorrect cell. The Shift key was held. The Tab key was held.

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Word Processing 33
A student inserted this table into a word-processed document.
Name Arun Kumaran Age 16 Town Dubbo

He selects the table and chooses AutoFit to Contents. What will the table look like? (A) Name Arun Kumaran (B) Age 16 Town Dubbo

Name Arun Kumaran Name Arun Kumaran

Age 16 Age 16

Town Dubbo Town Dubbo

(C)

(D)

Name Arun Kumaran

Age 16

Town Dubbo

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Mail merge allows you to generate the same letter for several people with their personal details included. Which of the following are essential for a mail merge? (A) (B) (C) (D) A label and an envelope An address and a signature A database and a spreadsheet A data source file and a master document

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Word Processing 35
In your text, Riverina is spelt correctly but is picked up in the Spell Checker as an error.

Spelling and Grammar Not in dictionary: The Riverina area of New South Wales is known for fresh fruit production. Ignore Ignore All Add Suggestions: Revering Riverting Reverent Reverend Change Change All AutoCorrect Options Undo Cancel 3 4 2 1

Check grammar

Which option should you select in the Spelling and Grammar dialogue box to stop Riverina showing as an error in the future? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

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The ruler shows an indent marker labelled X.
Prevention
X To protect yourself from skin cancer you should Wear a sunhat Wear protective clothing

How would the text appear if the indent marker labelled X was moved to the right?
(A) To protect yourself from skin cancer you should Wear a sunhat Wear protective clothing (B) To protect yourself from skin cancer you should Wear a sunhat Wear protective clothing To protect yourself from skin cancer you should Wear a sunhat Wear protective clothing

(C)

To protect yourself from skin cancer you should Wear a sunhat Wear protective clothing

(D)

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Word Processing 37
You wanted to type the sentence in Figure 1 but typed it as in Figure 2. Figure 1 I can see some meat on the plate.

Figure 2

I can sea sum meet on the plaet.

Which error will be identified by the spell checker? (A) (B) (C) (D) sea sum meet plaet

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You highlight the middle paragraph (Figure 1). You open the Format Paragraph dialogue box and make changes as shown in the Figure 2 Preview window. 1 Fashion refers to the style prevalent at a given time. In its most common usage, fashion means the appearance of clothing. The term fashionable is used to describe whether something fits in with the current trend. A number of cities are recognised as global fashion centres where designers exhibit their new clothing collections. Figure 1 2 Format Paragraph Spacing Before: Line spacing: Preview
Previous paragraph previous paragraph previous paragraph previous paragraph previous paragraph previous paragraph previous The term fashionable is used to describe whether something fits in with the current trend. Following paragraph following paragraph following paragraph following paragraph following paragraph following paragraph

3 4

After: At:

Figure 2

Which labelled part of the dialogue box did you click to make the changes? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

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Word Processing 39
You are typing a poem and have highlighted an error.

Poem
13

I love a sunburnt country a|a land of sweeping plains

What will the text look like if you press Enter?

(A) I love a sunburnt country a a land of sweeping plains

(B)

I love a sunburnt country aa land of sweeping plains

(C)

I love a sunburnt country a land of sweeping plains

(D)

I love a sunburnt country a land of sweeping plains

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You have created a heading in the first row of a table. Popular spectator sports If you select that row and use Table > Merge Cells, what will be the result? (A) Popular spectator sports (B) Popular spectator sports

(C)

Popular

spectator

sports

(D)

Popular spectator sports

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Spreadsheets and Databases

Questions 4160
41 In Figure 1, the formula in cell B5 for calculating the average score is =AVERAGE(B2:B4).

A 1 2 3 4 5 NAME Sam Jill Ken Average

B TEST 1 49 56 38 47.7 1 2 3 4 5 6

A NAME Sam Jill Ken Average Figure 2

B TEST 1 49 56 38 47.7

Figure 1 A blank row is inserted, as shown in Figure 2. What will be the formula in cell B6? (A) (C) =AVERAGE(B2:B5) =AVERAGE(B4:B5) (B) (D)

=AVERAGE(B2:B4) =AVERAGE(B2:B6)

42 This screen shows part of a spreadsheet.

A 1 2 3 4 Date 11-Nov 12-Nov 13-Nov B Time 5:30 7:15 10:45 C Cost $5.59 $14.20 $4.99

What is the highlighted area called?

(A) (B) (C) (D) Cell A3 Column Range Row

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Spreadsheets and Databases 43

Three components of a database are labelled.
2 3

Shapes
Shape Name Equilateral Triangle Isosceles Triangle Parallelogram Rectangle 1 Rhombus Square In order, what do the labels 1, 2 and 3 identify? (A) (C) Field, Name, Record Field Name, Row, Field (B) (D) Row, Field Name, Field Record, Field Name, Field Number of Sides 3 3 4 4 4 4 Number of Corners Number 3 3 4 4 4 4

44 This screen shows part of a database in form view.

Shape Sides
Record:

Square 4
4 of 7

What will the screen look like when button X is clicked?

(A) Shape Sides
Record:

Pentagon 5
4 of 7

(B)

Shape Sides
Record:

Decagon 10
5 of 7

(C)

Shape Sides
Record:

Hexagon 6
7 of 7

(D)

Shape Sides
Record:

Octagon 8
1 of 7

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45

Olympic Flag bearers

Name James Tomkins Colin Beashel Andrew Gaze Andrew Hoy
Record: 1 of 4

Year 2008 2004 2000 1996

Search

City Beijing Athens Sydney Atlanta

Sport Rowing Sailing Basketball Equestrian

How has this database been sorted?

(A) (B) (C) (D) Name, ascending Name, descending Year, ascending Year, descending

46 This spreadsheet shows average monthly temperatures for some Australian cities.
A1 A 1 2 3 4 5 City Canberra Sydney Melbourne Average monthly temperatures B C D E F G H

Average monthly temperatures Dec Jan Feb Mar April May June 19 21 19 21 23 20 20 23 20 18 21 19 14 19 16 9 15 13 7 13 11

How many cells in row 1 contain data?

(A) (B) (C) (D) 1 2 4 5

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47 This is a view of a database containing information about carbon emissions.
Carbon Emissions From To Type of ticket Type of plane Fuel used CO2 emissions (kg) Record: Sydney London Economy Boeing 747 1174 kg 3650 1 of 14

How many records are in this database? (A) 1 (B) 6 (C) 14 (D) 3650

48 This screen shows a spreadsheet.

A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday C Start 4:30 pm 6:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:30 pm 6:30 pm 7:30 pm D End 6:00 pm 8:00 pm 7:30 pm 7:30 pm 7:30 pm 9:00 pm E Hours 1.5 2 2 1 1 1.5

Which of the following is true? (A) (B) (C) (D) Column B is hidden. Column B is set to a width of one pixel. The information in Column B is white text. Column B has been merged with Column A.

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49 Cell B7 shows the cost of the most expensive item.
A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Shopping List Item Bread Milk Fruit Yoghurt Most expensive Cost $2.65 $2.00 $10.00 $4.00 $10.00 B

What formula was used in cell B7? (A) (B) (C) (D) =MAX(B3:B6) =COST<$10.00 COUNT(B3:B6) HIGH(B3;B4;B5;B6)

50 Which table view shows the correct data type for each field?
Book Title Twilight
(A)

Pages 478

Price $24.95
(B)

Field Name Book Title Pages Price

Data Type Text AutoNumber Number

Field Name Book Title Pages Price

Data Type Text Number Currency

(C)

Field Name Book Title Pages Price

Data Type Multimedia Text Text

(D)

Field Name Book Title Pages Price

Data Type Multimedia Number Text

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51 This spreadsheet contains several worksheets.
Solar Car A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Trip 1 2 3 4 5
Day 1

B Speed 60 58 52 60 49
Day 2

Day 3

What is the name of the selected worksheet?

(A) (B) (C) (D) B Day 3 Speed Solar Car

52 The formula =$B$6*2 was used in a spreadsheet. What does this formula do? (A) (B) (C) (D) Displays the number 12 Multiplies the number in cell B6 by two Adds the numbers in cell B6 and cell B2 Displays the number in cell B6 in currency format

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53 You want to create a query for this database of used cars.

Used Cars Model Make Engine Size Price

Golf Falcon Barina Echo CR-V Beetle

Record:

VW Ford Holden Toyota Honda VW

2.0 5.4 1.4 1.3 2.0 1.6

1

$17,900 $29,990 $11,900 $12,999 $13,999 $18,000

of 6

Which query will find cars where the engine size is at least 1.8 L and the price is less than $18,000? (A) (C) Engine size >= 1.8 AND Price < $18,000 Engine size >= 1.8 OR Price < $18,000 (B) (D) Engine size > 1.8 AND Price <= $18,000 Engine size > 1.8 OR Price < = $18,000

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Australian Artists
Artist Sidney Nolan Tom Roberts Arthur Boyd Russell Drysdale John Olsen
Record: 1 of 5

Famous Work The Trail Shearing the Rams Dreaming Bridegroom Sofala Golden Summer
Search

Year of Birth 1917 1856 1920 1912 1928

How could this database be sorted to have the record for Tom Roberts appear first on the list?
(A) (B) (C) (D) Famous Work, descending Famous Work, ascending Year of Birth, descending Year of Birth, ascending

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55 A formula has been entered into cell A4.
A4 A 1 2 3 4 5 If the value in cell A1 is changed to 5, what will appear in cell A4?
(A) (B) (C) (D) 5 13 #REF =SUM(A1:A4) 2 2 6 10 B =SUM(A1:A3) C D

56 This screen shows part of a database.

Mp3 players
Item Player 01 Player 02 Player 03 Player 04
Record: 1 of 4

Storage Capacity (GB) 4 30 20 16

Search

Warranty (months) 6 12 12 24

Screen Size (in.) 3 1.8 2 2.5

Price $69.95 $194.99 $135.88 $240.00

Which query would find the records for Player 02 and Player 03 only? (A) (B) (C) (D) Storage Capacity (GB) < 10 Warranty (months) <= 12 Screen Size (in.) <= 2 Price > $70

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57 This form has been set up for people to register for a fun run. Your Details First Name: Last Name: Address: State: 1 2 3 4

For which labelled field would a drop-down list be most suitable? (A) (B) (C) (D) 1 2 3 4

58 The formula =COUNT(B2:B7) was entered into cell B8.

B8 A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

=COUNT(B2:B7) B am 7.40 7.43 7.45 7.48 7.50 7.53 6 C am 7.40 7.43 7.45 D am 7.46 7.49 7.53 7.56 7.58 8.01

STATION Central Town Hall Martin Place Kings Cross Edgecliff Bondi Junction

If this formula were copied across, what formula would be in cell D8? (A) (C) =COUNT(D2:D7) =COUNT(B8:D8) (B) (D) =COUNT(B2:B7) =COUNT(B2:C7)

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59 A database was created using automatic numbering. The database was then sorted as shown.

Music
ID 4 1 2 3 5 6 Album Dark Side of the Moon Highway 61 Revisited Live at the Apollo Nevermind Pet Sounds The Joshua Tree Released 1973 1965 1962 1991 1966 1987 Artist Pink Floyd Bob Dylan James Brown Nirvana The Beach Boys U2 Category Group Soloist Soloist Group Group Group

Which field was used as the basis for entering the original information? (A) (C) Album Artist (B) (D) Released Category

60 A formula has been entered into cell C2.

C2 A 1 2 3 4 If you copy the formula in cell C2 and paste it into C3, what will appear in cell C3?
(A) (B) (C) (D) 7 9 18 20 2 16 B 5 4 =2+5 C Sum 7 D

Value 1 Value 2

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Questions 6180
61 Some words in the speech bubble in Figure 1 are partly obscured.
Which of these options was used to make the text visible as shown in Figure 2?
Hello, my name is Polly and I am friendly.

Hello, my name is Polly and I am friendly.

Figure 1 (A) (C) Adjust the internal margins Align text centre (B) (D)

Figure 2 Reduce the font size Edit the sentence

62 You inserted the banner in Figure 1 using drawing tools. You then clicked and dragged a handle to produce Figure 2. 1

2 3 4 Figure 1 Which labelled handle did you click and drag?

(A) (B) (C) (D) 1 2 3 4 Figure 2

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63 A section of the screen from a media player is shown.

Track 1 1:01 2:19

What does this screen show? (A) (B) (C) (D) The clip has been paused. The clip is currently playing. The clip has finished playing. The clip is ready to be played.

64 A student has drawn the following three shapes. He wants to see all of the circle.

How will he do this? (A) (B) (C) (D) Select the circle and choose Bring to Front Select the circle and choose Bring Forward Select the square and choose Send to Back Select the square and choose Send Backward

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65 Image 1 was changed to Image 2 to make it suitable for printing in the school newsletter.

Image 1
What changes were made? (A) (B) (C) (D) 66 The screen below is from a slideshow. Decrease contrast, decrease brightness Increase contrast, decrease brightness Increase contrast, increase brightness Decrease contrast, increase brightness

Image 2

Forests

Rainforest

Eucalypt

Mangrove

What would you expect to see when your mouse moves over Eucalypt during the slideshow? (A) (C) An arrow pointer A hand (B) (D) An hour glass A blinking cursor

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67 The slide sorter view of a presentation is shown.
Design Projects 1 2 3 4

Class 10J Design Projects

David

Sarah

Kerry

00:06

Which slide will automatically advance onto the screen once the slideshow has started? (A) (B) (C) (D) 1 2 3 4

68 The text boxes in Figure 1 have been aligned to make Figure 2.

Figure 1

K K

Figure 2

Which alignment option was used? (A) (B) (C) (D) Align Bottom Align Center Align Middle Align Top

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69 A user has over 500 songs in a digital music collection. Why might this user create a playlist? (A) (B) (C) (D) To list all 500 songs To store recently played songs To purchase music from an online shop To group songs for a particular purpose

70 What does this diagram NOT show?

Screen 2 WHEN Screen 1 CARNIVAL When Where Contacts Screen 4 CONTACTS Phone: Fax: Email: Date: Time: Screen 3 WHERE Address Map Link

(A) (C)

Ph

ot

Links to and from screens Detailed information

(B) (D)

Layout of each screen Placement of navigation buttons

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71 Part of a video-editing program is shown.

Australian Birds

3
Which item indicates a transition? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3

(D)

72 What has been done to Image 1 to create Image 2?

Image 1 (A) (B) (C) (D) Rotate Right 90 Rotate Left 90 Flip Vertical Flip Horizontal

Image 2

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73 The slide sorter view of a presentation is shown.
Forests 1 2 3 4

Forests Eucalypt Rainforest Mangrove

00:05

Eucalypt

Rainforest

Mangrove

Which of the following can be performed in this view? (A) (B) (C) (D) Add text to a slide Create a hyperlink Insert a picture into a slide Change the order of the slides

74 Figure 1 was rotated to form Figure 2.

4 3

Figure 1

Figure 2

Which handle in Figure 1 was used to rotate the image? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

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75 You successfully created a slideshow with sound on your home computer. However, when you run the slideshow at school using the same version of the program, the sound file cannot be found. What is the most likely cause of this problem? (A) (B) (C) (D) The sound file was linked rather than embedded. Speakers have not been connected to the school computer. The sound file is the wrong format for the school computers. The slideshow program needs to be a newer version to play the file.

76 You want to remove four seconds from the middle of the Desert Ride clip.
0:00:00 0:00:16:00 0:00:32:00 0:00:48:00 0:01:04:00

Desert Ride

Rock Climb

How should you do this? (A) (B) (C) (D) Use a fade out and then fade in effect. Click to select the clip and press Delete. Split the clip and delete the chosen section. Add a chapter marker to skip the unwanted section.

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77 When viewing a video file, which button takes you to the final frame?
Kangaroo.m4v

00:00:54

1 (A) 78 1

3 (B) 2

4 (C) 3 (D) 4

The circle and the triangle are grouped.

If you select and drag handle X diagonally upwards to the right, how will the grouped figures now appear? (A) (B) (C) (D)

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79 You used a Paint program to draw the figure shown. You wanted to colour the left half of the circle. When you clicked in that half, the complete circle coloured.

What is the most likely cause?

(A) (B) (C) (D) The layer is protected. Both halves of the circle are white. Each half of the circle is not fully enclosed. The fill tool is for 3-dimensional images only.

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MY MUM

MY MUM

Image 1

Image 2

How was the text box in Image 1 reformatted to create Image 2? (A) (B) (C) (D) Format - no line, Format - no fill Format - no fill, Line colour = white Format - no line, Format - fill = grey Format - fill = white, Line colour = white

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Questions 81100
81 This screen shows an email message from Oliver.
Message From: oliver@star.com.au To: tom@luna.org Cc: andy@star.com.au, zoe@luna.org, dan@star.com.au Bcc: Subject: Diagram Hi Tom Can you please send me the diagram that we did for our assignment? Thanks Oliver

How many people should receive this email message? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

82 What should be written in the subject line of an email?

(A) (B) (C) (D) The name of the person sending the email The name of the person receiving the email A brief description of what the email is about A brief description of the program used to create the email

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83 You use an internet map site to find how to get to the Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo.

N Map Photo

w Ne

w ll H

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9)

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Western Plains Zoo

Rd

700 M

Which labelled part of the map should you click on to get a wider view of the surrounding area? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

84 You have viewed a number of web pages. You want to go back to the page that was displayed when the browser opened. What should you do? (A) (B) (C) (D) Click the Home button. Click the Reload button. Select New from the File menu. Select Open Location from the File menu.

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85 On your class blog, someone has repeatedly left hurtful comments about another student. Why should this be stopped? (A) (B) (C) (D) It is illegal. It is plagiarism. It is cyber-bullying. It is against copyright.

86 You have opened your contacts list and have selected two recipients for an email.

Select Names: Contacts Name Fred Smith John Tomkins Nina Friend Kerry Hill Barry Long Kim Tallywood To -> Cc -> Bcc ->
OK Cancel

24 E-mail Address fredsmith@gma JohnT@mymail NinaFriend@my kerry.hill@yahoo Barry007@mail KimTallywood@

Nina Friend John Tomkins

What is the purpose of adding John Tomkins name to the Cc field? (A) (B) (C) (D) To send a copy of the email to John To make sure that Nina will receive the email To prevent other recipients from receiving the email To allow everyone shown in the contact list to receive the email

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87 The results of a web search are shown below.

The wind across Australia Global | Australia | NSW | Vic. | Qld | WA | SA | Tas. | ACT | NT | Ant. | Weather & Warnings | Wind Maps for Australia. The following maps present wind roses from selected sites around www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/wind/wrselect.shtml The wind across Australia Global | Australia | NSW | Vic. | Qld | WA | SA | Tas. | ACT | NT | The Wind Across Australia Wind is one of the most . ranges of factors, from large scale pressure patterns www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/wind/DCJCM0021_wind_roses.shtml Blayney Wind Farm, near Bathurst NSW Blayney Wind Farm, near Bathurst, Central Tablelands NSW Australia Computer modelling of this wind patterns were taken to place the turbines www.bathurst-nsw.com/BlayWindFm.html

Which search phrase was used to obtain these results? (A) (C) NSW wind systems Winds across Australia (B) (D) Wind patterns in NSW Australian wind systems

88 Your class agreed to share email addresses while doing a research assignment. You use these email addresses to send advertising material to promote your dog-walking business. How could this action be described? (A) (B) (C) (D) Not ethical, because you are infringing privacy Ethical, because many businesses advertise this way Ethical, because the recipients are all in the same class Not ethical, because you are using excessive bandwidth

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89 You use a picture from the internet as part of your art class project, and want to properly reference the
material. The reference should include the author, year, web page title, web address and access date.
What is missing from this reference?
Smith, J. (2009) http://www.pictures.com/art.jpg - accessed 25/10/2009
(A) (B) (C) (D) Author Web page title Web address Access date

90 To research the native mouse, you type mouse into your search engine. However, most of the results are about the piece of computer hardware.

mouse

Search

To minimise irrelevant results, what should you add to mouse? (A) (B) (C) (D) not and computer delete computer minus computer computer

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91 The screen shows a list of emails received.
From Mark Glen Allie Carlo Erica Glen Subject Re: Yr 10 Request for news Copies FW: Video viewing Geography preparation Re: Request for news Received Mon 4/11/2009 12:25 PM Mon 4/11/2009 2:27 PM Mon 4/11/2009 11:53 PM Mon 4/11/2009 1:19 PM Mon 4/11/2009 12:38 PM Mon 4/11/2009 11:54 PM Size 8 KB 7 KB 5 KB 5 KB 5 KB 3 KB

Which feature has been used to sort the list? (A) (C) From Received (B) (D) Subject Size

92 Some social networking sites encourage members to post a public profile. What is the main concern with this practice? (A) (B) (C) (D) You have to pay high fees to join the site. You increase the possibility of identity theft. You must have several friends already on the site. You may be in breach of intellectual property rights.

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93 Most modern web browsers use tabs similar to the ones shown.

ABC Online RTA HOME - Board of

What is the function of these tabs?

(A) (B) (C) (D) To allow more than one user to use the browser at the same time To act as shortcuts for buttons that appear as links on a web page To allow the user to switch between web pages in the same window To act as submit buttons for forms that the user has been requested to fill in

94 What would be displayed as a result of this search?

copyright AND web Fastfind Search Search: the world Australia only

Advanced Search

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Any website that has the word copyright somewhere in its address Any website located in Australia that contains both the words copyright and web Any website that has either the word copyright or the word web in its address Any international website that has the words copyright and web located on a page

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95 You have conducted an internet search and obtained the following results.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority :: Coastal Development Effective planning and management of coastal zone development is required. www.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp_site/key_issues/water_quality/coastal_development - 22k Marine and Coastal Community Network | Coastal Development How is coastal development affecting your region, your state and the nation? www.mccn.org.au/?q=marine_coastal_issues/Coastal%20Development/ National/10/11 - 109k Coastal Development - Birds Australia Birds Australia / RAOU : Conservation through knowledge. www.birdsaustralia.com.au/about-birds/coastal-development.html - 40k Coastal Development - ruling overturned - National News - National A controversial proposal to build about 200 houses on a headland at Sandon Point. www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/general/coastal-development -ruling-overturned/1282108.aspx - 37k

Which search result shows a government website? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

96 Some web pages use specialised plug-ins to show movies. You open a web page requiring a plug-in that you do not have on your computer. What will the web browser do? (A) (B) (C) (D) It will prevent the page from loading. It will play the movie using another plug-in. It will show a warning about inappropriate content on the web page. It will show an empty space on the web page where the movie is meant to be.

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97 A wiki is a web tool to aid group editing of content. Which of these activities would be best suited to the use of a wiki? (A) (B) (C) (D) Publishing your homework Putting your travel diary online Working on an assignment with several friends Recording a regular audio opinion on your schoolwork

98 The screen shows your email inbox.

From Glen Carlo Erica Mark Glen Allie Subject Request FW: Video viewing Geography preparation Re: Yr 10 Re: Request for news Copies Received Mon 4/11/2009 2:27 PM Mon 4/11/2009 1:19 PM Mon 4/11/2009 12:38 PM Mon 4/11/2009 12:25 PM Mon 4/11/2009 11:54 PM Mon 4/11/2009 11:53 PM Size 7 KB 5 KB 5 KB 8 KB 3 KB 5 KB

How many of these emails were sent by someone answering an email from you, without changing the subject of the email? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6

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99 What is the purpose of providing a Drafts folder in an email system? (A) (B) (C) (D) To store spam emails To save unsent emails To store deleted emails To save a copy of sent emails

100 An online encyclopedia, constructed using wiki technology, is one source of research material. What should be considered when accessing information from a wiki? (A) (B) (C) (D) A virus or trojan horse may be present. Misinformation and vandalism may occur to the pages. The browser may not cope with the content on the pages. The information is never accurate and should not be relied upon.

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