KASU JOINT EXAMINATION

451/2 - COMPUTER STUDIES – Paper 2

(PRACTICAL)
JANUARY 2021
TIME: 2½ HRS

JANUARY EXAMINATION
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
(K.C.S.E)

Name……………………………………………………………...………Adm.No……………..…….

Index No. ……………………………..………………Class………………Signature …………..…..

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. Type your name and admission number at the top right hand corner of each printout
2. Sign and write the date of the examination below the name and index number on each
printout
3. Write your name and index number on the compact disks
4. Write the name and version of the software used for each question attempted in the answer
sheet
5. Passwords should not be used while saving in the compact disks
6. Answer all the questions
7. All questions carry equal marks
8. All answers must be saved in your compact disks
9. Make a printout of the answers on the answer sheets provided
10. Hand in all the printouts and the compact disks.

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1. The table below shows records kept by Agriculture teacher in Makonge Secondary School on issuing of
farm tools to young farmers club members.
(a) Open a database program and create a database named Y-Farmers. (1 mark)
(b) (i) Create three tables named Class, Students and Items in the database file created in (a)
using the following details. (13 marks)
Field name Data types and properties

Student_Id Text (Size = 4, Required = Yes )

Student Names Text (Size = 25)
Gender Text (size = 2)
Class Text (size = 2)

Table 1: Students_Table

Field name Data types and properties

Tool_Id Text (Size = 4, Required = Yes )

Tool Name Text (Size = 15)
Number issued Number
Table 2: Tools_Table

Field name Data types and properties

Issuing_Id AutoNumber (Size = 2, Required = Yes )

Student_Id Text (Size = 4)
Tool_Id Text (Size = 4)
Date issued Date and time (Format medium date)
Returned (Boolean Yes/No)
Table 3: Issuing_Table

(c) Create the relationship between the three tables. (2 marks)

(d)Enforce referential integrity between the tables. (1 mark)

(e)Create data entry form for each table. Save the forms as StudentsForm, ToolsForm and IssuingForm.
(3 marks)

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(f)Enter the following data into the database using the respective forms. (12 marks)

Student_Id Student Names Gender Class

900 Silah Rokito F 4W

230 Sarah Martin M 4R

450 Tedd Mwilu F 2S

600 Brian Kibet M 3N

Table 1: Students_Table

Tool_Id Tool Name Number issued

320 Jembe 22

321 Panga 15

322 Slasher 12

323 Rake 8

Table 2: Tools_Table

Issuing_Id Student_Id Tool_Id Date issued Returned

1 900 320 07/03/2019 Yes

2 600 321 09/04/2019 No

3 230 322 27/04/2019 No

4 900 320 17/04/2019 Yes

5 230 322 07/05/2019 Yes

6 450 321 25/05/2019 No

7 600 323 30/06/2019 Yes

8 230 322 13/07/2019 No

9 450 321 18/07/2019 No

10 600 323 07/04/2019 Yes

Table 3: Issuing_Table

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(g) Modify the issuing table so as to capture the cost of each tool as shown below.(2 marks)

Tool_Id Tool Cost

320 600

321 450

322 520

323 320

(h) (i) Create a query named T_Query to display the student name, gender, class, tools name and number of
tools issued per student and cost. Compute cost of all the tools issued to students. (4 marks)

(ii) Create a query named NR_Query to display the student name, class, tools name, and number of tools
issued, date issued and not returned. (4 marks)

(i) (I) Create a report named Y-Report to display students as it appears in figure below.
(3 marks)

(II) Group the records per tool name and compute cost of all the tools issued.(2 marks)
(j) Generate a bar graph named Tool_Chart to display tool name and the number issued.
(k)Printout each of the following: (3 marks)
(i) The three tables
(ii) The two queries
(iii)Report for the first three students.

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2. The figure below shows the design of a wedding card. It comprises of the back and the front page.
(a) Open a Desktop Publishing program and make the following page settings.(4 marks)
(i) Orientation : Landscape
(ii) Units : centimeters
(iii) Paper size : A4
(iv) Margins : 2 cm all round
(b) Create the weeding card as it appears in Figure 2. Save the design as W_Card.(45 marks)

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