Department of Information Technology

Management Common Program Year I Semester I

ITC 1320 Introduction to Information Technology I
Practical Examination June 2015
Duration 2 hours

This question paper has two parts. First part is on Microsoft Word and second part is on Microsoft Excel.
Answer all questions.

SAVE ALL ANSWER FILES IN YOUR EXAM DRIVE

Index Number

Login Number Marks

Lab Part A

Date Part B

Time Total

Part A: Microsoft Word

Question 01

Format the given document Q1.docx using Microsoft Word according to the given instructions.
(Refer the supplementary document provided). All the required files are available in Q1 folder
in your exam drive. Save the final formatted document in the Q1 folder.

General instructions for the Text document

Paper Size Legal

Paper Orientation Portrait
Page Margin Top, Bottom & Right : 0.75 , Left : 1
Heading Styles Heading 1: Font : Cambria (Headings)
Font Color: Dark Brown
Font Size: 18
Heading 2: Font : Cambria (Headings)
Font Color: Brown
Font Size: 16
Alignment Justify

Instructions for sections

Section 1 Section 2 Section 3

Page range Page 1,2 Page 3,4 Page 5
Text : Coconut Industry in Sri Text : Coconut Industry in Sri
Header No Header Lanka Lanka
Image : Coconut Tree.png Image : Coconut Tree.png
Footer No Footer Image : Coconut Products.jpg No Footer

Page No Page Position : Page Margins Position : Page Margins

Numbers Numbers Alignment : Right Alignment : Right
Page
Portrait Portrait Landscape
Orientation
Box (only for
Page Border No Border No Border
2nd page)

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The final formatted document should be exactly similar with the content, formatting and the
setup of the document given to you.

Additional Information:

1. Create the first page to match with the supplementary document provided.
2. Insert Table of Content, List of Figures and List of Tables in to the second page of the
Section 01.
3. Format the product list and insert pictures shown as in the supplementary document.
4. Key Players should be inserted by using a suitable smart art graphic. (Hint : graphic Name -
Framed Text Picture )
5. Format the table given under the heading number 05 with the similar formatting applied in
the printed document and complete the last row using a relevant formula.
6. Insert foot/end note, captions, citations, and references in the relevant places as appeared in
the printed document. Use the following information for citation and reference.

Author Title Year Pages

Export Development Board Coconut & Coconut Based Products 2012 90

(Total 30 Marks)

Question 02

Use the resources provided in Q2 folder in exam drive to answer this question. You are
required to use mail merge feature to generate individual invitations for each student based on
the given template (Q2.docx). Information of the students is available in the file Student
Information.xlsx. Save both source and individual invitations separately in the Q2 folder.

Individual invitation file name should be Invitations.docx

(Total 10 Marks)

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 Part B: Microsoft Excel
Question 03

Pro TV is a television broadcasting company. It provides satellite TV and Cable TV on demand

and charges on an hourly basis. The company has gathered its usage information for a set of
customers for January 2015. Company wants to perform some calculations and finalize the bill
amounts with some other information using Microsoft Excel.

Use Q3.xlsx provided in your exam drive to answer the following questions.

You should provide the answers in the yellow color cells using the information provided.
You should use appropriate functions or formulae to derive your answers in those cells. If
the answers are typed manually without using functions or formulae, no marks will be
given. But you may continue to other questions with the manually typed answers.

1. Format all the cells that contain monetary values to accounting number format where
necessary.
2. Find the fixed rental for each customer based on their package type and fill Fixed
Rental column. (Hint: Use lookup functions)
3. Find the total usage hours for each customer and fill the Usage column.
Note: Once you calculate the usage, then the column Charges for the period will be
automatically filled. Do not alter any value in the column Charges for the period.
4. Customers who have joined the company before 3 years and who have exceeded the
monthly hours of usage by 30 are given a discount of 5% on the total bill. Fill the
Discount column. (Hint: you may have to use datedif function. The date that
completes 3 year is calculated for 1st January 2015).
5. Fill the column Charges before tax using the values in Discount column and
Charges for the period.
6. Fill the column Charges after tax using the tax rate provided in Cell F21.
7. Fill the column Total Due by adding the Arrears column to the Charges after
tax.
8. Finally fill the column Notify by checking the arrears. If the arrears due by the
customer are more than $400 then fill the column value with Yes otherwise No.
9. Find the total revenue of the customers who have joined before 1 st January 2013. Enter
the answer in the cell B29.
10. Find the total revenue of the customers who uses the package Profast and the number
of usage hours exceeds 30. Enter the answer in the cell B32.
11. Find the number customers those who have the least contribution to the companys
revenue based on the hours used. Enter the answer in the cell B35.
12. Find the average revenue earned by Satellite TV connections and put the value in cell
B38.
(Total 30 Marks)

Question 04

High Fashion is one of the largest salons in Sri Lanka. They have a large no of items stored in
their inventory. Their inventory items are classified under few categories.

Q4.xlsx shows the details of the inventory items. You are required to complete the worksheet by
following the instructions given below.

1. Sort the data of the Data_Sheet_01 worksheet, according to following criteria.

a. Category Name as Salon, Clinic and Spa using custom sorting.
b. Then sort the data from the unit name alphabetically in the ascending order.
2. Using the same data sheet (Data_Sheet_01), calculate the sub total and grand total of
each group for Current Stock and Stock Value.
3. Filter the data list of the Data_Sheet_02 worksheet according to the following criteria.

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 a. Find the items in the inventory where minimum quantity should be greater than or
equal to 11 and the re-order level is less than 20. Also the lead time should be
between 5 days and 15 days. Copy the resulting records to the location starting
from A71.
b. The minimum quantity of the inventory items should be greater than or equal to
11, re-order level should be less than 20 and lead time between 5 and 15 days.
Copy the resulting records to the location starting from A87.
4. Apply the formatting for cells under the following conditions. Use Data_Sheet_03 for
answering this question.

a. Highlight the cells in Total Column where the Total is equal to 0. Fill cells in blue
color with outline border.
b. Highlight the five highest cash payments in orange color.
c. Show the values of payment type credit card using five color (color) arrow icons.

5. Compute the total number of records where the item category is Spa, purchasing price
is Rs. 600 or above and lead time is not equal to 10 days. Use Data_Sheet_04 for
answering this question. Insert your answer in Cell B58.

(Total 15 Marks)

Question 05

Use Q5.xlsx to answer the following questions.

1) Amal is considering about an Investment opportunity that returns Rs. 10000.00 per month
for 10 years. If the interest rate remains at 10 % per year, how much this investment is
worth today? Insert your answer in Cell C7 in Sheet1.

2) XYZ Company is considering a project for manufacturing and selling screen protectors
for smart phones. At the initial stage, equipment costing Rs. 400,000.00 will have to be
purchased. Market research has forecasted that the following quantities of screen
protectors can be sold at Rs. 100 for the next nine years. In each year, the production cost
is Rs. 55 per screen protector.

Following table shows the year and the quantities sold.

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Quantity 200 500 1000 1800 2000 2300 2600 2400 2100

Use Sheet2 to answer the following questions. Youre required to;

1. Complete the cash flow statement (Cells D4 F13) using the above information.

2. Net Present Value is the total of the results obtained by multiplying net benefits
by the appropriate discount factor. Use an appropriate Financial function to
calculate the Net Present Value of the project using discount rates, 9%, 9.5%,
10%, 10.5% and 11% per annum for 9-year time period. Answer should be
developed in cells C18-C22.

3. Using above NPV values insert a line chart with its equation in a new work sheet
called IRR. Horizontal axis title should be Quarter(Rate), Vertical title should
be NPV, and insert chart title as Graphical estimation of IRR.

4. Calculate the Internal Rate of Return of the above project using an appropriate
financial function. Answer should be inserted in Cell D25 in Sheet2.

(Total 15 Marks)