Summative Assessment- II, 2013

FOUNDATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Class - IX

Time allowed : 3 Hours. Max. Marks : 90

SECTION – A

1. Sanjana has made a presentation for her new ad campaign. The content is ready but she does not have time to
design backgrounds and decide on color schemes for the presentation. Name the feature which will help her to
create a professional presentation without devoting much time.
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2. Girish Ramanuj is interested in storing data of his monthly expenditure for a period of one year and also wants to
perform some calculations and analysis. Which Office application will you suggest Girish should use for this
purpose?
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3. Daanish Jayant is not able to understand the difference between Normal View and Outline View in Presentation
Tool, write one major difference between them.
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4. Slide Transition and Custom animations are two options available in Presentation Tools, which option helps you
to include special effects on various slides at the time of introducing the slides in a slide show?
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5. Give an example of absolute referencing with respect to spreadsheet software.
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6. Out of the following external file(s), which one will help you include sound in your presentation?
JPEG, TIFF, GIF, BMP, MP3
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7 The formula in cell B2 is =C2+D3. On copying this formula to cell D2, what will the formula be?
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8 What will be the cell address of the cell formed by the intersection of the eighteen column and the eighth row?
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9 Differentiate between relative referencing and mixed referencing with respect to a presentation tool.
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10. Name the toolbar of the spreadsheet package which has all the options of changing the font properties.
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11. What extra hardware is required for adding and testing narration in a presentation Tool?
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12. Out of the following list pick out the option(s) that is not a type of Plagiarism:
Photocopy, Adding New Content, Copying from a source without acknowledgment.
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13. Amit has learnt photo editing and now he is planning to get a career in web designing, which of the following
should he essentially learn :
(a) C++
(b) HTML
(c) Spreadsheet Package
(d) Presentation Package
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14. Define the terms Plagiarism and Intellectual Property Rights clearly bringing out the difference between the two.
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15. Name the cells included in the range reference B1:C3
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16. Define spreadsheet software with an example.
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17. Arti is interested in transferring few Songs from her mobile phone to Sanyan's mobile phone. Suggest two
popular suitable options she may opt for doing the same.
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18. Suggest any two ways in which plagiarism can be reduced.
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19. Define the following terms:
i) Firewall
ii) Cyber Crime
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20. From the following list identify the features which are available in both Presentation Tool and
Spreadsheet Software:
i) Spell Check facility
ii) Headers and Footers
iii) Adding Watermarks/Backgrounds
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21. Goel Fancy Inc. is planning to connect all computers in their Office Building spread over 50 Metres of area.
Suggest the most economical cable type having high data transfer speed which can be used to connect these computers.
Which type of Network (out of WAN, LAN and MAN) will be formed by connecting these computers?
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22. Explain the usage of the Rehearse Timing option of presentation software.
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23. From the following techniques which one is suitable for maintaining data integrity and which one is suitable for
ensuring security of information?
a) Data encryption and Password protection
b) Backing up data regularly
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24. Monish has created a bar chart in the spreadsheet tool, now he is making a presentation; he wants the same bar chart
to be included in one of the slide of the presentation. Suggest two ways to him for the same.
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25. Explain in brief the automatic recalculation feature of a Spreadsheet with the help of an example.
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26. Ms. Meeramani has recently joined a construction company as Marketing Executive. She saw a presentation about
the company. She however is not satisfied with it and wants to make some changes in it. Using your presentation
skills, suggest the features to accomplish the following changes:

i) Add the company's logo (stored as a file on her computer) on the first slide.
ii) Add audio to each slide to explain the content of the slide.
iii) Add an effect while shifting from one slide to another during a slide show.
iv) Connect Slide 4 to Slide 9 directly.
v) Add slide numbers automatically at the bottom of each page.
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27. Give the following answers with respect to spreadsheet:
(i) Cell A1 contains the number 40 and B1 contains 50. What will be the contents of cell C1, if the formula
=A1+B1*2^ 4 is entered in cell C1?
(ii) The contents of Cell A1, B1, C1 and D1 are -10, -20, -30 & -40 respectively. What will be the value displayed
in cell E1 which contains the formula = MAX (A1: D1)
(iii) Cell E3 contains the formula =$B$3+D3 and this formula is copied to cell F3, what will be the copied
formula in cell EF?
(iv) Cell E3 contains the formula =$B3 + D3 and this formula is copied to cell F3, what will be the copied
formula in cell F3?
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28. Tariq Fashions maintain their employee salary details in a spreadsheet as shown below. A sample data of 7 employees is
shown below. Write formulas for the operations (i) to (v) and answer the questions (vi) to (viii) based on the spreadsheet
given below along with the relevant cell address:
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A B C D E F

(i) To calculate the DA as 45 % of BASIC+HRA for each employee and display in column D.
(ii) To calculate the NETSALARY as BASIC+HRA+DA-PF for each employee and display in column F.
(iii) To find the maximum NETSALARY and display in cell F9.
(iv) To count the number of employees and display in cell B10.
(v) The Manager wants to know how many employees from the above data are eligible for bonus. The criteria being
that the employees having a salary greater than 50000 are not eligible for bonus. Write the formula the Manager
should use for achieving the same and display the number of employees in cell F10.
(vi) The manager realizes that he has forgotten to add the S.No. Column in the above spreadsheet. Which feature will
help him automate the typing of sequential numbers?
(vii) The manager wants to graphically represent a comparative analysis of the salaries of employees. Suggest the
most suitable chart type for achieving the same.
(viii) If the Basic salary of an employee changes, will the manager have to redo all the calculations for that particular
employee? Explain.
 29. Neha is creating a presentation about her school work. She is bit confused. Help her out by answering the questions
given below :
i) Neha wants that an image should appear on every slide. What she needs to use?
ii) She wants to see all the slides in the presentation and their order. Which view should she open in the
presentation tool?
iii) She wants to give her audience a paper copy of her presentation. What shoul she create and print?
a) Printout c) Copies
b)Layout d) Handouts
iv) What would be the correct way to show the presentation to others?
v) She wants to add some effect to slides so that when a new slide is shown after a slide some sort of activity
should happen on the screen. What should she add to the slides?

SECTION – B (MCQ)

Choose the correct answer from the options given. (1x26=26)

30. The Principal of Akshar Vidya Primary School has employed Vijay Kumar to enter marks of all the students in each
examination in a result processing software. What is the designation of Vijay Kumar.
a) Data Entry Operator
b) Digital Content Manager
c) Web Designer
d) Programmer

31. Ragini is logging in to her e-mail account and one of her friends is trying to peep in and figure out her password.
Which of the following issues is being infringed?
a. Plagiarism
b. Privacy
c. Intellectual Rights
d. None of the above

32. In a presentation document, in order to type '2' in the mathematical expression A.X2+B.X+C=0,
which one of the following options you would use?
a) Insert Clipart
b) Subscript
c) Italics Style
d) Superscript

33. In a presentation, Rajesh has to change all occurrences of the word 'Bombay' with 'Mumbai'. Which one of the
following options is most appropriate to do the task:
a) Copy & Paste
b) Find & Replace
c) Cut & paste
d) All of the above

34. Members of 'Nibbles & Bytes', the computer club of a school wants to prepare and print Participation Certificate for all
the participants in their annual interschool symposium using a spreadsheet, where the details of the participating
students along with the events and schools are entered. Which of the following office techniques is most appropriate to
get the desired results:
a) Copy & Paste
b) Find & Replace
c) Mail Merge
d) Cut & Paste

35. Prashant is making his Science Project Presentation on 'Sustainable Development' using a presentation software. He
wants to add background to each page. Which option he should use:
a) Footer
b) Header
c) Watermark
d) Bullets

36. A student wants to create a 'Digital Story Teller' on the famous storyline 'Rabbit & the Tortoise'. He has downloaded
some images of Rabbit, Tortoise and forest. He wants to add background music, voice over and animation. Which one of
the office tool he should use:
a) Word Processing Software
b) Presentation Software
c) Spreadsheet Software
d) Database Management System
37. Which of the following actions can be performed in Slide Sorter View of a Presentation Tool?
a. Rearranging Slides
b. Deleting Slides
c. Make global changes to several slides at one time
d. All of the above

38. In Presentation Tool, special effects on various text boxes and images in a Slide/slides in a slide Show is called:
a) Animation
b) Slide Transition
c) Custom Animation
d) Rehearse Timing

39. Puja has made a presentation on 'Global Warming'. She wants to progress her slide show automatically while she
speaks on the topic in the class:
a) Custom Animation
b) Rehearse Timing
c) Slide Transition
d) Either (a) or (b)

40. Computer Teacher of ' Vidya Bharati School' wants to graphically analyze the performance of her students over the
last three Computer Tests. Which one of the following office tools she should use to get graphical report in most
effective manner with minimum effort:
a) Word Processing Software
b) Presentation Software
c) Spreadsheet Software
d) Database Management System

41. Marks scored by students in a class are entered in a spreadsheet along with their names as follows:

If we want to have a Merit List of these students [i.e. student's marks appearing in descending order with corresponding
names], which one of the following options will accomplish this task in one go:
a) Copy & Paste
b) Reverse
c) Search
d) Sort

42. In a Spreadsheet, the following reference changes rows and columns automatically when it is copied to a new cell:
a) Relative Reference
b) Absolute Reference
c) Mixed Reference
d) All of the above

43. The Autofill feature in a spreadsheet:

a) Extends a sequential series of data
b) Automatically adds a range of cell values
c) Applies a border around the selected cells
d) Fills the selected cells with a background color

44. It is an offence as per Cyber Laws to use a software without paying the License Fee to the Copyright Owner Company if
that software belongs to the class of:
a) Shareware
b) Freeware
c) Open Source
d) Proprietary Software

45. Dhiraj Bhatia, who was born in 2005, is thinking of a password for her online bank account. Which one of the following
you would suggest for strengthening the security of her account:
a) dhiraj05
b) d2b0t05
c) dhirajbhatia2005
d) bhatia2005
46. A new slide can be inserted in a presentation by
a) Using slide command on Insert menu
b) Using Slide button of Presentation toolbar.
c) a) and b)
d) None of these

47. Which menu provides a command to change the layout of a slide?

a) View menu
b) Format menu
c) Slide show menu
d) Edit menu

48. Professional looking visual aids are prepared with the help of a software called
a) DBMS
b) Multi Media software
c) Graphics software
d) Presentation Graphics software

49. On which menu the command slide Animation/Slide Transition is present?

a) Edit
b) Format
c) Tools
d) Slide Show

50. In a presentation software, a set of pre-designed formats of text or colour scheme is called
a) Slide
b) Presentation Scheme
c) Template
d) Schema

51. After coding a document into a digital signal, it can be sent by telephone, telex or satellite to the receiver where the
signal is decoded and exact copy of the original document is made. What it is called?
a) Telex
b) Facsimile
c) Electronic mail
d) Word processor

52. Cell A1 contains 80. then the function, = IF(A1> 60; “Good” ;”Bad”) will return
a) Bad c) Good
b) Both a) and b) d) True

53. The function = SUM(3;4; True) returns

a) 7 c) 3
b) 4 d) 8

54. Interactive combination of text, graphics, images, audio, video etc. is known as
a) Data c) Information
b) Multimedia d) Internet

55. Commonly used unit for measuring the speed of modem is

a) Bytes per second c) Baud
b) Bits per second d) None of these

S. Binodkumar Singh
Faculty(IT), Kaziranga English Academy, Guwahati-35
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