Functional Skills Diagnostic ICT Assessment
Workbook
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This assessment should take approximately 1 hour.
Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
Marks awarded are shown in brackets
Advice
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Keep an eye on the time.
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Q1. Circle the correct answers to the statements below:
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Eating and drinking in areas containing computers is allowed.
It does not matter if a chair is adjustable.
Keyboards need to be cleaned regularly.
True
False
True
False
True
False
True
False
Electrical equipment does not need testing on a regular basis.
Q2. In a long word processed document the word `there` has been incorrectly spelt as `their`.
What feature could best be used to correct the error?
Find and replace
Spell check
Select all
Find
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Q3. Each item of data in a spread sheet is entered into a:
Row
Cell
Column
Formula
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Carefully read the text below.
When buying a family car it is wise to compare different makes and models. For example:
Citroën Xsara 1.6SX five-door, £10,549; Renault Mégane 1.6RTE five-door, £12,999; Nissan
Almera 1.6GX five-door, £13,650; Nissan Primera 2.0 SE five-door £18,000.
Shopping around could save you money.
Q5. The information in the second
paragraph of the extract would be
clearer:
Q4. The text in the extract is:
In italic style
Left justified
Without prices
Fully justified
Displayed as a table
Centered
Right justified
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If they were all the same size
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Q6. When working at a computer, name three things you can do to help prevent eyestrain?
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Q7 Give one reason why you would password protect a document?
Q8. Give 1 way to minimise the risk of computer viruses.
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Q9. Advertise a family fun day to raise money for the Wolverhampton Dogs’ Home.
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Q9. Advertising ‘Screen Fix UK’
In this task you will be asked to produce an A5 document. This will be printed on A4 sheet.
Text A
Chipped windscreen?
If your windscreen gets chipped it used to mean that you had to replace it
with a new one.
Instead of doing that, why not drive along to your local ‘Screen Fix UK’
windscreen repairer and let us take care of it.
The weather forecast for March is cold and windy.
With our latest repair techniques we will ‘fixit’ in no time at a fraction of
the cost of a new one.
Contact us first on 0123 945 945 or visit us at www. Screen Fix UK.net to find
your nearest site.
‘Screen Fix UK’ wants to increase its customer numbers.
a) Produce a flyer that persuades people to use ‘Screen Fix UK’ to repair their car
windscreen.
The flyer must be:
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no larger than A5 in size portrait
clear and easy to read
suitable for adults
It must include:
 the information from text A
 at least one appropriate image
 a page border
Enter your name and today’s date in the footer and centralise.
Print your flyer as evidence.
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Q10. How well is ‘Screen Fix UK’ doing?
a) The table below shows the weekly data for ‘Screen Fix UK’. Enter the data into
a spreadsheet. Include your name and today’s date.
Location
Aldersley
Codsall
Sedgley
Tettenhall
Number of customers
52
36
64
15
Repair charge
£25
£25
£25
£25
Site rent
£50
£25
£80
£30
The data for Bilston has not been entered, enter the following data into the
spreadsheet:
Number of Customers 20
Repair charge £25
Site Rent £23
Label a new column in the spreadsheet ‘profit’ and use a formula to calculate the
profit for each site.
Profit= (number of customers x repair charge) - site rent.
You must:
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include a title and appropriate column headings
sort the data in ascending order according to number of customers
use a formula to calculate the profit
enter your name and today’s date in the footer
Format your spreadsheet to make sure it is clear and easy to read
Print your spreadsheet landscape on one A4 piece of paper showing
formula view.
show gridlines
sort in ascending order of customer numbers
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b) Create a chart to display the profit for each repair site. Make sure the chart is
labelled clearly and easy to understand.
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Print chart on one A4 sheet your name and today’s date must be in the
footer
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c) If profit is more than £1000 employees will receive a bonus. Label a new column in the
spreadsheet ‘bonus’. Use a spreadsheet function to display ‘Bonus’ if the profit is more than
£1000 and ‘None’ if it is below.
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d) Calculate the average profit per site.
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e) Label a new column in the spreadsheet discounts. A discount of 5% will be applied use a
formula to calculate the new repair charge.
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Print spreadsheet on one side of A4 in formula view
11. When would you use a lookup function?
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