COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
GRADE 12
PAPER 1 
NSC PAST PAPERS AND MEMOS
SEPTEMBER 2017

MEMORANDUM

QUESTION 1 File Name: 1_Turtle Facts

No 

Criteria 

Max 

✔ 

Mark

1.1 

  • Left and bottom margins set to 1.5 cm.✔ 

1

   

1.2 

1.2.1 

  • Heading “Save The Sea Turtles” added in the title  control on the cover page. ✔

1

   
 

1.2.2 

  • AutoShape filled with the image 1_Save The Turtle✔
  • Height and width set to exactly 8 cm. ✔✔ 

3

   
 
 

1.3 

  • Condensed spacing applied to the heading “BASIC  FACTS ABOUT SEA TURTLES”. ✔ 

∙ Spacing is 1.5 pt. ✔

2

   
 

1.4 

∙ Drop Cap effect applied to the highlighted letter “S”  dropped over 4 lines. ✔ 

Distance from the text is 0.5 cm.✔

2

   
 

1.5 

Style 

  • Yellow font colour applied to the existing style  “Sub Turtle”. ✔ 
  • The rest of the text with the existing style is updated  automatically. ✔

2

   
 

1.6 

Columns 

  •  Highlighted paragraphs placed in 2 columns with a line in  between. ✔
  • Column spacing is set to 1.5 cm. ✔
  • Applied column break after the first paragraph so that the  other three paragraphs are moved to the second column✔

3

   
 
 

1.7 

  • Glow effect applied to the text box. ✔ 

1

   

1.8 

  • Existing footnote changed to an endnote. ✔
  • Endnote symbol changed to ‘*’ symbol. ✔

2

   
 

1.9 

  • Cell spacing of the table changed to 0.5 cm✔
  • Count✔
  • (Above) ✔ function used 
    (Answer 7 – no marks if the answer is just typed)

3

   
 
 

1.10 

  • Multilevel bullets applied to the list under the heading  Glossary (not just as a bullet). ✔
  • Bullet 1.jpg used as first level. ✔
  • And Bullet 2.jpg as second level respectively. ✔

`3

   
 
 

1.11 

Bibliography 

  • Month edited and changed to August. ✔ 
  • Comment inserted that reads Save Sea Turtles. ✔
    NB: check if it is updated in the bibliography as well.

2

   
 

1.12 

Page orientation  

  • Orientation of only the last 2 pages changed to landscape.✔

1

   

1.13 

Table and Image caption 

  • Outer table border changed to dashed line.✔
  • Thickness is 4½ pt.✔ 
  • Caption inserted to the correct image and it reads “Green  Sea Turtle”.✔

3

   
 
 

1.14 

  • Inserted section break for the last 2 pages. ✔
  • Page numbering applied in any format in the page  header.✔
  • Numbering starts from 1 onwards. ✔

3

   
 
 

1.15 

  • Hyperlink added to the word TOP OF THE DOCUMENT.✔
  • Linked created to the top of the document. ✔ 

2

   
 

1.16 

  • Watermark inserted only on the cover page (any correct  method can be awarded marks). ✔
  • Watermark reads Billion Baby Turtles. ✔

2

   
 

Total for QUESTION 1 [36] 

QUESTION 2 File Name: 2_Observation Form 

No 

Criteria 

Max 

✔ 

Mark

2.1 

  • Paragraph shading added to the heading "Sea Turtle  Observation Form”. ✔
  • Any shade of green colour. ✔

2

   
 

2.2 

Text form field for the heading “How many turtles…”  formatted: 

  • To accommodate 2 characters,✔
  • with no decimals places displayed. ✔

2

   
 

2.3 

  • “Select One Below” option added to the existing list. ✔
  • That appears as the first option in the list. ✔

2

   
 

2.4 

  • Date field changed to d MMMM yyyy format.✔ 

1

   

2.5 

  • Image cropped to resemble as follows: ✔
    309 lkjalkj

1

   

2.6 

  • Help text added to the cell number field.✔
  • Text “Please Enter only 10 Digits” entered correctly. ✔

2

   
 

2.7 

  • 14 cm right aligned tab applied✔
  • With solid leader tabs✔
    NB: reduce 1 mark if not done for all the three headings.

2

   
 

2.8 

  • Screentip for the email address ✔
  • To read as “Help Us To Save SEA Turtles” ✔

2

   
 

Total for QUESTION 2 [14] 

QUESTION 3 File Name: 3_Turtle Campaign

No 

Criteria 

Max 

✔ 

Mark

Info worksheet

3.1 

Cell H1: 

  • Date in cell H1 changed to dd mmm YY format. ✔                                    

1

   

3.2 

  • Cells A1:G2 merged and centred. ✔ 

1

   

3.3 

Cell A3:O3 : 

  • Thick cell borders applied. ✔
  • Left and right borders of the cells changed. ✔

2  

                 
 

3.4 

Row 3 freezed✔ 

1

   

3.5 

Cell A4: 
=CONCATENATE(B4,LEN(E4),"#code") 

OR 

=B4&LEN(E4)& "#code") 

  • CONCATENATE function OR & sign✔
  • B4 ✔
  • LEN ✔ (E4) ✔
  • “#code” ✔

5

   
 
 
 
 

3.6 

Cell H4: 
=ROUNDUP(($H$1-G4)/365.25,0) 

  • ROUNDUP function ✔ 
  • Use of correct cells H1 and G4✔
  • Minus sign (-) used correctly✔
  • Divided by 365.25 (or 365) ✔
  • Absolute cell reference used ✔
  • Formatted to zero decimal places✔
    (Note to marker: Accept any other suitable method.) 

6

   
 
 
 
 
 

3.7 

Cell N20: 
=(I20)*$I$2+(J20)*$J$2+(K20)*$K$2+(L20)*$L$2+(M20) 
*$M$2 

OR 

=I20*$I$2+J20*$J$2+K20*$K$2+L20*$L$2+M20*$M$2

  • Values from I20:M20 correctly multiplied with values in  I2:M2 ✔
  • + sign used correctly between the cells✔
  • Absolute cell reference used ✔
    (Answer: R200)

3

   
 
 

3.8 

Conditional formatting: 

310 lkjih 

  • Values between 200✔ and 250 shaded✔
  • 2 colour shading applied✔

3

   
 
 

3.9 

Cell O4: 
=IF(($P$1-N4)<=0,"Adoption Cert",IF(($P$1-N4)>100,  "Participation Cert","-")) 

  • IF function ✔ 
  • Condition ($P$1-N4)<=0 and value ✔ 
  • Condition ($P$1-N4)>100 and value ✔
  • Value if all conditions are false ✔
  • Absolute cell reference used ✔
  • Correct use of open and closing brackets ✔

6

   
 
 
 
 
 

3.10 

Cell E51: 
=SUMIF(E4:E49,E5,N4:N49) 

OR 

=SUMIF(E4:E49, “Platinum”,N4:N49) 

  • SUMIF function ✔
  • Range E4:E49 ✔
  • Criteria Platinum or any cell number that contains the  value Platinum ✔
  • Sum range N4:N49 ✔
    (Answer: R1 640)

4

         
 
 
 

3.11 

Cell E52: 
=COUNTIF(F4:F49,F6)  

OR 

=COUNTIF(F4:F49, “SEE Turtles”) 

  •  COUNTIF function ✔
  • Range F4:F49 ✔ 
  • Criteria SEE Turtles or any cell number that contains  the value SEE Turtles ✔
    (Answer: 8)

3

   
 
 

3.12 

Cell E53: 
=AVERAGEIF(D4:D49,D33,C4:C49) 

OR 

=AVERAGEIF(D4:D49, “F”,C4:C49) 

  • AVERAGEIF function ✔
  • Range D4:D49 ✔
  • Criteria F or any cell number that contains the value F ✔
  • Average range N4:N49 ✔
    (Answer: 17.3)

4

   
 
 
 

3.13 

Cell E54: 
=COUNTBLANK(J4:J49)+COUNTBLANK(L4:L49)

  • COUNTBLANK function ✔ 
  • Range J4:J49 and L4:L49✔
  • + sign used correctly✔
    (Accept any correct method – answer is 44)

3

   
 
 

Spotted worksheet

3.14 

Cell B2: 
=VLOOKUP(A2,LOOKUP!$A$1:$B$95,2,FALSE)
OR 
=VLOOKUP(A2,LOOKUP!$A:$B,2,FALSE) 

  • LOOKUP value: A2✔
  • Table array: LOOKUP!$A$1:$B$95✔
  • Absolute cell reference used✔
  • Column index number: 2✔
  • Range_Lookup: FALSE✔

5

   
 
 
 
 

Graph worksheet

3.15 

Graph 

  • Data set for the year 2014 included in the graph. ✔              
  • Series overlapping is set at -50ͦ.✔ 
  • X axis name moved to the correct position. ✔
  • Data labels displayed on top of each bar. ✔
  • Minimum value for y axis set to 5. ✔

5

                                         
 
 
 
 

Total for QUESTION 3 [52] 

QUESTION 4 File Name: 4_Turtle Classification

No 

Criteria 

Max 

✔ 

Mark

Table: Patient Details

4.1.1 

  • Row height changed to standard height of 14.25. ✔ 

1

   

4.1.2 

  • Gridlines are changed to red colour. ✔ 

1

   

4.1.3 

  • The list Threatened moved ✔
  • To the third position in the list. ✔

2

   
 

4.1.4 

  • Data type for the diet field changed to MEMO/Long Text  data type.✔

1

   

4.1.5 

Scientific Name field: 

  • Made as the required field ✔
  • > symbol added in the format property field ✔

2

   
 

4.1.6 

Input mask for Turtle Id field: 
L00\*9a 

  • L✔
  • 00✔ 
  • *✔ 
  • 9✔ 
  • a ✔

5

   
 
 
 
 

Turtle Images table and the frm4_2 form

4.2.1 

  • Inserted the image Green sea turtle.jpg in the Turtle  Images table.✔
  • Displays in the form frm4_2 correctly.✔

2

   
 

4.2.2 

  • Turtle images table exported to the exam folder. ✔
  • Name of the file changed to Export4_2. ✔

2

   
 

Query: qry4_3

     

4.3

311 kjhkjhak

  • Criteria
    Total Species field:< 400 ✔ 

OR  

<=399 

  • Criteria
    Diet field: Like "*jelly*" ✔And✔ Like "*crabs*"✔ 

(Answer: 3 records)

4

   
 
 
 

Query: qry4_4

4.4

312m ljlakjl

  • Criteria
    Turtle Name field: Between "G*" And "P*"
  • Between And function used✔ 
  • G* and P* ✔ 
  • Sorted in the ascending order of Turtle Name field✔
  • Criteria
    Weight in Pounds✔: Round✔
    ([weight(in kg)]/2.2046✔,1✔)
  • (Answer: 9 records)

7

   
 
 
 
 
 
 

Form: frm4_5

4.5 

  • Border width of the image changed to 4pt. ✔
  • Shadow effect applied to the image.✔
  • Command button inserted in the form footer✔ to exit  the form.✔
  • Dividing lines are not visible. ✔
  • Default form view changed to continuous.✔

6

   
 
 
 
 
 

Report: rpt4_6

4.6 

Report rpt4_6 created based on Classification Table 

  • Turtle Name, Tag ID, Colour, Weight (in kg) & Listed  As are the only fields displayed.✔ 
  • Report grouped based on Weight (in kg) field. ✔
  • Grouping intervals set to 50s.✔
  • Page numbering changed as shown below so that it will  not be displayed in the first page of the report. ✔ 
    313 hgfjgj
  •  =Count✔ (IIf✔ ([listed as]="critically  endangered"✔,0✔))
  • Proper label given for the calculation.✔

9

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Total for QUESTION 4 [42]

QUESTION 5 File Name: 5_Save Us 

  • This question should be marked from the browser as far as possible, unless otherwise  indicated or if it cannot be seen on the browser. 
  • A maximum of 1 mark will be deducted if one or more closing tags are omitted.

No 

Criteria 

Max 

✔ 

Mark

5.1 

Title 
<title> Save Sea Turtles </title> 

  • ‘Save Sea Turtle' appears ✔
  • In the browser tab ✔

2

   
 

5.2 

Horizontal Line Size 
<hr size="3" color="black"/> 

  • Size changed to 6 that comes within the heading. ✔

1

   

5.3 

Image Tag 
<img src="/Baby Turtle.jpg" width="100%" height="45%" 
alt="Baby Turtle"> 

  • Image tag added correctly ✔
  • Image source is Baby Turtle.jpg✔
  • Width is 100%✔
  • Height is 45%✔
  • Alternate text is Baby Turtle✔

5

   
 
 
 
 

5.4 

Bold formatting 
<b>Seven</b> 

  • Seven made Bold ✔

1

   

5.5 

Unordered List Type 
<ul type="square"> 

  • Attribute used is type ✔
  • Attribute value for type is “square” ✔

2

   
 

5.6 

Table Heading 
<tr> 

<th colspan="2"> 

<h1>Most Endangered Sea Turtles In The World</h1> </th> 

</tr> 

  • <tr> </tr> new row added ✔
  • <th> </th> tag added between the <h1> </h1> tag✔
  • Colspan=”2” added as an attribute to the <th> tag✔

3

   
 
 

5.7 

Table Row color and font color: 
<tr bgcolor="green"> 
<th><font color="white">Turtle Name</font></th> <th><font color="white">Scientific Name</font></th> </tr> 

  • bgcolor attribute added after the <tr> tag to green✔
  • <font> </font> added for both the headings with white  colour attribute. ✔

2

   
 

5.8 

Caption tag 
<centered><caption>Table 1:List Of Endangered Turtle  Species</caption></centered> 

  • Caption tags used correctly✔
  • Aligned to the bottom of the table✔
  • Text inserted correctly and centred✔

3

   
 
 

5.9 

Link 
<a href="http://www.SEETURTLES.org"   
target="_blank">SEETurtles.org</a> 

  • The hyperlink tag corrected to add the attribute href  before the website link. ✔                      

1

                                  

Total for QUESTION 5 [20] 

QUESTION 6 File Name: 6_Spotted By & Scientific Info 

No 

Criteria 

Max 

✔ 

Mark

6.1 

Spotted By & Scientific Info worksheet 

  • Worksheets 2 and 3 hidden ✔

1

   

6.2 

Find and Replace 

  • Find and replace option used or any appropriate  method ✔
  • turtle changed to TURTLE in uppercase ✔
  • (NB: -1 if not done fully)

2

   
 

6.3 

Unique name 

  • used conditional formatting to find the unique values in  the column✔
  • Name of the person is Taylor✔

2

   
 

6.4 

Sorting 

  • Sorted first based on the Scientific name field in the  descending order ✔
  • Then in the ascending order of Spotted By field✔
  • Name of the turtle is Black Marsh Turtle ✔

3

   
 
 

6.5 

Password 

  • Cells A1:D1 protected✔ 
  • With password 2017✔
    (NB: award zero marks if the whole worksheet is protected)

2

   
 

Total for QUESTION 6 [10] 

QUESTION 7 File Name: 7_Winners List 7_Certificate 

7_Certificate (Word processing document)

No 

Criteria 

Max 

✔ 

Mark

7.1 

Mail Merge: 

  • Winners worksheet in 7_Winners List spreadsheet  used as the data source. ✔
  • Placeholders linked with appropriate fields. ✔
  • In correct position✔
  • Edited the recipient list to include all the Platinum Members✔ and who achieved an adoption  certificate. ✔
  • Saved the merged letter as 7_CertificateMerged in the  exam folder✔
    (4 letters expected)

6

   
 
 
 
 
 

Total for QUESTION 7 [6] 
TOTAL: 180

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