CSEC IT Sample Paper

031 – School-Based Assessment

Description of the Project
Mr. Green owns a small landscaping, lawn care and tree trimming business with six employees.
He owns the lawn mowers, rakes, and weed-whackers and asks you to help him to track customer
service dates, payments and lawn care revenue. He uses a book to hold details of his customers
and payments, and the prices of the various services and he wants to move to an electronic
system. He is considering using a loan to purchase some more equipment. To help Mr. Green you
need to work with different application software including word-processing, web page design,
spreadsheet, database management and a suitable programming language.
Database Management
To replace Mr. Green’s book you will create a database containing information on customers,
payment, services and prices. You will populate the database with sample data of your own
choosing.
Design and create a database with following tables and fields. Determine the most appropriate
data type for each field and select suitable primary keys.

Table name Customer Payment Price Job

Description of Customer’s name, and Captures the date Various Day of service
table other information of payments by descriptions (Mon to Sat)
customers and fees for the and the type of
services service required
Field#1 CUSTID PayID ServID CUSTID
Field#2 CustFName CUSTID ServiceType ServID
Field#3 CustLName Amount Paid Cost ServiceDay
Field#4 Payment Date
Field#5 Comments
1. Add an additional suitable field to the Customer table.
2. Ensure that you have a MINIMUM of:
a Four types of service: three services must be landscaping, lawn care and tree trimming
b Ten customers
c Twenty-five payments. Note that you can add more than one payment for a customer, but
all 10 customers must have used Mr. Green’s services.
3. Join pairs of tables to link the data.
Queries
4. Create the following queries to answer Mr. Green’s questions:
a List the customers who have requested one type of service (for example, lawn care), along
with their service day. Include customers’ first and last names. Sort the list by last name.
Name this query Q1Service.
b List the customers who have requested lawn care on Friday. Name this query Q2LawnFri.

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c Create a new field called Increase which shows the updated cost when 10% is added to
the original cost. Include the Cost field. Format the new field for currency. Name this query
Q3 Increase.
Forms
5. Create a form to enter customer payments. Use the CUSTID, CustFName and CustLName fields
for the main form, and the Amount Paid, Payment Date and Comment fields for the sub-form.
Save the title of the main form as PAYMENTS FORM.
Report
6. Create a report containing the customers’ first and last names, service day and service type.
Group the report by the ServiceDay field and sort the customers’ last name in ascending order.
Give the report the title Customers by Service Day.
7. Finally, you need to export data from the database to a spreadsheet. To do this, create a query
with the following field headings and data from the tables: CUSTID, CustFName, CustLName,
PayID, Amount Paid, Payment Date, Comments, ServID, ServiceType, Cost, ServiceDay. Name
this query EXPORT. Copy this data and paste it into the spreadsheet.
Spreadsheet
Create a new spreadsheet using the data exported from your database with the EXPORT query.
Name this sheet Data. Mr. Green wants to be able to use the data in the spreadsheet to calculate
the total amount paid for his services and their cost. He would then like to be able to work out if
he can afford a loan to buy new equipment.
You are required to:
Task 1
1. Format the data in the sheet as follows:
a Increase the font size of all headings to 14 point
b Use the wrap text feature for the Amount Paid and Payment Date headings
c Sort the data by the ServiceType field in ascending order.
2. In row 1 of the next blank column, type the heading Discount. In this column use functions
and/or formulas to deduct 10% on every job carried out on Monday, otherwise leave the
cell blank. Place the 10% value in a new sheet, renamed as EXTRA. Format the column for
currency with no decimal places.
Task 2
You will now use suitable areas of the spreadsheet to apply the following calculations in answer to
Mr. Green’s queries.
3. Use the following layout to compare the total amount paid by customers and the total cost of
the jobs. Be sure to deduct the discounts applied.
Total Paid by customers
Total Cost of services
Overall

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4. Select the range of text and data in the above layout and name it as Summary.
5. Supplies for the landscaping machines are estimated at 8% of the total amount paid by
customers. Calculate the amount paid in supplies. Place the 8% in the EXTRA sheet.
6. Use the advanced filter feature to extract data for customers who paid on a specific date of
your choice.
Charting and Summary Operations
7. Use the pivot table feature to determine how much money Mr. Green should be earning from
each type of service. Rename this sheet as Service.
8. Create only one of the following charts:
EITHER compare the total money paid by customers with total cost of services
OR create a chart from the data in the Service sheet.
Problem-Solving
Mr. Green is thinking of purchasing some new equipment. He is thinking of investing twice the
amount of money that he made for the year or $12,000, whichever is greater. He has checked
with three banks and their interest rates and repayment periods in years are: Bank A: 7.25% over
3 years; Bank B: 6.75% over 4 years and Bank C: 6.45% over 5 years. You need to help Mr. Green to
determine what his monthly payments will be for each of these options, including his total loan
repayment amount and recommend which option he should choose.
1. Create an algorithm to input the loan amount, interest rate and number of years to repay and
then output the monthly payment amount, total interest paid at the end of the loan, and total
repayment amount.
2. Create a trace table with five samples of test data to test your algorithm from question 1.
Program Implementation
1. Create a program in your chosen programming language to input the loan amount, interest
rate and number of years to repay. Then display the monthly payment amount, total interest
paid at the end of the loan, and total repayment amount.
Word-processing
Three options are provided, however candidates only do one.
Option 1
1. You should prepare a word-processed report that could be presented to Mr. Green. Save the
report as SBA-REPORT. It must include:
a A cover page
b A table of contents
c A section discussing the results of the following requirements. Paste a copy of the results.
This means you should write a sentence or two based on the results as they relate to the
business. (Database Management and/or Spreadsheet)
i Results on the sheet Service (Spreadsheet)

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ii Results of the query Q1Service (Database Management)
iii Include any charts in the report (Spreadsheet)
iv Discuss your recommendations on which loan Mr. Green should take to expand the
business in the best way. Include a copy of the spreadsheet information. (Spreadsheet)
Ensure that all pages but the first page are numbered. Include a header containing your candidate
number.
Remember, this is a report that that you ‘should’ be submitting to Mr. Green. Be professional in
your reporting and presentation.
Option 2
2. Create a flyer, brochure or letter that informs Mr. Green’s customers of upcoming specials
for his business. Be sure to include a graphic that depicts his business. Provide a merged
document for any one of his services.
Option 3
3. Create a fillable form for new customers. Be sure to include all relevant fields. Give the form the
heading ‘Form for New Customers’.
Web Page Design
Mr. Green is interested in having a web page. Since you are the expert you are asked to create
this website that would be used to keep his current and potential customers informed about any
specials and updated landscaping services.
To create this web page:
a Use a free web application such as www.webnode.com, or www.wix.com
b Determine the scope and content of the website once it meets the needs of Mr. Green’s
business.
c Include your centre number and candidate number on the website for moderating purposes.
d Ensure that the website contains:
• Branding (logo, name or other signage of the business)
• Navigational links to specials and new services
• Suitable graphics
• A ‘contact us’ form.
e Follow the SBA guidelines for placing the link to the web page and screenshots at the end of
the word-processing document.

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