S850/2

SUBSIDIARY ICT
PRACTICAL
Paper 2
2023
2 hours

Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education

SUBSIDIARY ICT
(PRACTICAL)
Paper 2
2 hours

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES:
i. This paper is made up of five equally weighed questions.
ii. Attempt any three questions.
iii. Any additional question (s) answered will not be marked.
iv. Each candidate is provided with support files in the folder
Support files S850_2 on the desktop. Use the support files where applicable
to supplement the questions.
v. Each candidate is provided with a new blank Compact Disc (CD).
vi. Candidates are advised to continuously save their work.
vii. Each candidate must produce a hard copy for each of their work to
accompany the Compact Disc (CD).
1. Word processing
Using a word processor application, load the file liquid.doc in the folder Support files
S850_2 and save it as your name and personal number. 01 mark
(a) Apply a suitable title to the document 01 mark
(b) Draw a 4.5pt line below the title, with any color unlike blue/black 02 marks
(c) Highlight the first paragraph with light color. 01 mark
(d) Change paragraph 2 into a bulleted list 02 marks
(e) Set the margin to top - 0.9”, bottom - 0.7”, left and right - 1.5” 02 marks
(f) Put a boarder of any design on the last paragraph 02 marks
(g) Change the second last paragraph to three columns. 01 mark
(h) Create a footnote on the word “chemical substance” in the 1st paragraph
first line with the statement “A material that can cause reaction” 01 mark
(i) Justify the second last paragraph 01 mark
(j) Put a water mark of the image called bore.jpg 02 marks
(k) Insert a header using your name and personal number 01 mark
(l) Include a page number whose format is alphabetical letters. 02 marks
(m) Print your work 01 mark
 2. Spreadsheet
i Using a spreadsheet application enter the following data as it is, and save it as
your name and personal number in your folder. 03 marks

ii Use any method to apply numbers that automatically add by one in column A
01 mark
iii Given that the students marks are in percentages (%) add two new columns after
each paper, to compute them out of 40 for paper one and out of 60 for paper two
02 marks
iv In the Total column, compute the total marks. 01 mark
v In cells E20, E21, E22 and E23, determine the Average, Maximum and modal mark
respectively. 03 marks
vi Determine the positions of the students basing on their total marks in the exam.
02 marks
vii Apply a light fill color to the titles, and borders all around the work. 02 marks
viii Add a new column after TOTAL. Using any lookup function, assign the following
grades to the final mark. D1 for 80-100, D2 for 70-79, C3 for 65-69, C4 for 60-69,
C5 for 55-59, C6 for 50-54, P7 for 40-49, P8 for 35-39 and F9 for 0-34 02 marks
ix Add a new sheet called chart. Insert a column graph to show the students’ names
with their original marks of both paper one and paper two. 03 marks
x Print out your work. 01 mark
 3. The table below gives information on some staff members of a computer school
called “SSERINYA COMPUTER ACADEMY”
First Surname Sex Title Id. Department Salary Date of
Name No. (Ugx) birth
Akello Jessica F Admin ZL001 Management 730000 18/06/1937
Musoke Julian F Worker ZL002 Kitchen 630000 05/08/1978
Lubega Zak M Worker ZL003 IT 700000 05/06/1972
Katiti Ann F Secretary ZL004 Research 3850000 19/06/1988
Musisi Jonathan M Director ZL005 Management 1200000 18/08/1967
a) You are required to design a suitable database to manage the above information,
name the Database as your name and personal number. 02 marks
b) Design a table from the above data, and name it EMPLOYEE TABLE, with
appropriate data types, and primary key. 04 marks
c) Create a form called Employee entry form and use it to enter the above records. It
should have a title, and a logo. Use lapt.jpg from the support files as the logo
03 marks
d) Create a new field that calculates employees’ age. 02 marks
e) Create a query displaying all the fields in the above table to filter out only
employees from the department of management. Save it as MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT. 02 marks
ii) Create another query displaying all the fields of employees with salary less than
300,000. Name it less than 300000. 02 marks
v) The academy’s retirement age is 55 years. Create a query to filter out the
employees whose ages are above 55 years. Name it “RETIREMENT AGE”.
02 marks
vi) Create a report using the employee table and group the records by department and name
it “Report by Department” 02 marks
vii) Print your work. 01 mark
4. Use any desktop publication software to design a certificate of excellence for Squad
Senior Secondary School Senior six (S.6) candidates who have excelled in the
following application packages: Ms Word, Ms Excel, MsPowerPoint, Ms Access and
Ms Publisher. Save it as your name and personal number. 05 marks
a) Provide space for the signatures of the head of teacher and the head of
department. 02 marks
b) Adjust the paper size to width of 9” and the height of 7.5” 01 mark
c) Insert a photo logo.jpg to represent the school logo/badge, properly placed
02 marks
d) Use your name as the owner of the certificate. 01 mark
e) Use appropriate background colors and relevant designs 02 marks
f) Apply a nice looking border for your certificate 02
marks
g) Ensure all your objects are balancing properly. 02 marks
h) Insert your name and personal number in the footer. Make sure it is not blocked
by the border 02 marks
i) Print your certificate. 01 mark

5. Use a presentation software of your choice to load a file Diet.ppx. and save it as your
name and personal number in your folder on the desktop. 02 marks
a) On the first slide, insert your name at the bottom as the presenter. It should be in font
size 15, style = Tahoma 02 marks
b) Insert a photo saved as ‘diet.jpg, in between the heading and your name. Centre your
picture here. 02 marks
c) Slide two to include the meaning of a balanced diet 02 marks
d) Slide three to have the benefits of having a balanced diet. 02 marks
h) Slide four to have foods that make a balanced diet. 02 marks
i) Slide five to have a concluding message for people to have a balanced diet 02 marks
j) Insert slide numbers on all slides in your presentation with an automated date. 02 marks
k) At the bottom, insert an action button link from page 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, 4 to 5, 5 to
6 and 6 to 1. 01 mark
l) Insert a uniform slide transition in all your work. 01 mark
m) Insert appropriate pictures from the support folder so each slide has atleast one photo.
01 mark
n) Print your work as a handout 01 mark