TEST OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION
A student was asked to record the type of vehicle that entered the school compound through the school's main gate on a Monday morning. The passage below is an excerpt from the student's report on the assignment. "Report on the vehicular traffics at the gate on Monday.
1. Introduction; I was directed by the school principal to sit at the main gate and record the type and number of vehicles that passed through the gate on Monday morning.
2. Observation; I arrived at the gate at about 8;00am and left at 12 noon. During this period, I made the following observation; Car, bus, bus, car, lorry, motorcycle, car, tricycle, motorcycle, bus, bus."
(a) Beginning from the desktop, outline a step by step procedure of how to type the passage in MS word, using A4 paper size and portrait orientation.
(b) State the procedure for carrying out the following operations in the passage;
(i) Begin the second and third sentences in new paragraphs; (ii) Write the first sentence in capital letter underline it and bold it. (iii) Begin the first letter of a sentence with capital letters (iv) Represent the student's observation in a table with three columns under the headings; Serial Number, Type of vehicle, Number of vehicle (v) Merge the first two cells of the ast row of the table and type "Total"and give the total number of vehicles observed in the column for number of vehicles (vi) Save the document with the name: "Vehicular traffic"(vii) Print the document.
6(a) Procedure for typing and setting up the document
- Switch on the computer and allow the desktop to load.
- Click Start, select All Programs/Apps, open Microsoft Office, and click Microsoft Word.
- Click Blank Document.
- Click the Layout (or Page Layout) tab.
- Click Size and select A4 (210 mm × 297 mm).
- Click Orientation and select Portrait.
- Click in the document area and type the passage exactly as given.
6(b) Operations on the passage
(i) Starting the second and third sentences in new paragraphs
- Place the insertion point immediately before the second sentence and press Enter.
- Place the insertion point immediately before the third sentence and press Enter.
(ii) Writing the first sentence in capital letters, underlining it and making it bold
- Select the first sentence.
- On the Home tab, click Change Case (Aa) and choose UPPERCASE.
- With the sentence still selected, click Bold (B) and Underline (U) in the Font group. Alternatively, use Ctrl + B and Ctrl + U.
(iii) Beginning a sentence with a capital letter
- Place the cursor before the first letter of the sentence.
- Hold down Shift and press the required letter, or turn on Caps Lock, type the letter, and turn off Caps Lock.
(iv) Tabulating the observation
- Place the cursor below the observation paragraph.
- Click Insert > Table.
- Select a table with 3 columns and 7 rows, comprising one heading row, five vehicle rows and one total row.
- Type the headings and enter the vehicle types and their frequencies as shown below.
| Serial Number | Type of vehicle | Number of vehicle |
|---|
| 1 | Car | 3 |
| 2 | Bus | 4 |
| 3 | Lorry | 1 |
| 4 | Motorcycle | 2 |
| 5 | Tricycle | 1 |
| Total | 11 |
The total is \(3+4+1+2+1=11\) vehicles.
(v) Merging the first two cells of the last row
- Drag across the first and second cells in the last row.
- Click Table Layout > Merge Cells.
- Type Total in the merged cell and type 11 in the last cell.
(vi) Saving the document
- Click File > Save As.
- Select the folder in which to save the work.
- Type Vehicular traffic in the File name box.
- Click Save.
(vii) Printing the document
- Click File > Print.
- Select the required printer and specify the number of copies.
- Click Print.
6(a) Procedure for typing and setting up the document
- Switch on the computer and allow the desktop to load.
- Click Start, select All Programs/Apps, open Microsoft Office, and click Microsoft Word.
- Click Blank Document.
- Click the Layout (or Page Layout) tab.
- Click Size and select A4 (210 mm × 297 mm).
- Click Orientation and select Portrait.
- Click in the document area and type the passage exactly as given.
6(b) Operations on the passage
(i) Starting the second and third sentences in new paragraphs
- Place the insertion point immediately before the second sentence and press Enter.
- Place the insertion point immediately before the third sentence and press Enter.
(ii) Writing the first sentence in capital letters, underlining it and making it bold
- Select the first sentence.
- On the Home tab, click Change Case (Aa) and choose UPPERCASE.
- With the sentence still selected, click Bold (B) and Underline (U) in the Font group. Alternatively, use Ctrl + B and Ctrl + U.
(iii) Beginning a sentence with a capital letter
- Place the cursor before the first letter of the sentence.
- Hold down Shift and press the required letter, or turn on Caps Lock, type the letter, and turn off Caps Lock.
(iv) Tabulating the observation
- Place the cursor below the observation paragraph.
- Click Insert > Table.
- Select a table with 3 columns and 7 rows, comprising one heading row, five vehicle rows and one total row.
- Type the headings and enter the vehicle types and their frequencies as shown below.
| Serial Number | Type of vehicle | Number of vehicle |
|---|
| 1 | Car | 3 |
| 2 | Bus | 4 |
| 3 | Lorry | 1 |
| 4 | Motorcycle | 2 |
| 5 | Tricycle | 1 |
| Total | 11 |
The total is \(3+4+1+2+1=11\) vehicles.
(v) Merging the first two cells of the last row
- Drag across the first and second cells in the last row.
- Click Table Layout > Merge Cells.
- Type Total in the merged cell and type 11 in the last cell.
(vi) Saving the document
- Click File > Save As.
- Select the folder in which to save the work.
- Type Vehicular traffic in the File name box.
- Click Save.
(vii) Printing the document
- Click File > Print.
- Select the required printer and specify the number of copies.
- Click Print.
