S850/2
Subsidiary Information and
Communication Technology
Practical paper
PAPER 2
July/August 2025
2 hours
EXTERNAL MOCK EXAMINATIONS
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education
SUBSIDIARY ICT
(Practical)
Paper 2
2 hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
- The paper is made up of five equally weighted questions.
- Attempt any three questions in this paper.
- Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked.
- Each candidate is provided with a new blank compact disk, Rewritable (CD-RW)
AND NOT FLASH DISK.
- Each candidate must produce a hard copy for each of the work to accompany the
compact disc.
- Create a folder in your name and index number on the desktop where you should keep
saving your work. After ensuring that all your work is in the folder transfer it to the
CD provided.
- There is no added time for printing and writing CD or saving and printing after the
stipulated time.
- Keep on saving your work as no extra time will be provided in cases of power failure.
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1. WORD PROCESSING
Using any word processing software, load the file “Hardware” and apply the
instructions below.
i) Save your file as “Hard-your name” in your folder. (01 mark)
ii) Make the top most heading font size – 18, centered and double underlined.
(03 marks)
iii) The paragraph headers should be italic and font color ‘sea green’ (02 marks)
iv) Shade the first and third columns of the table with ‘orange ‘and “yellow”
respectively. (02 marks)
v) Insert the following features into your document:
• Appropriate header of your name and personal number as footer. (01 mark)
• A clip art “board” from the folder and current date and time. (02 marks)
• Drop a cap to the first letter of each paragraph to 2 lines. (02 marks)
• Insert an Octagon auto shape in paragraph two, fill it with purple color and
make it appear behind text. (02 marks)
vi) Copy paragraph 3 and paste it on the next page two times. (02 marks)
vii) Insert a 4.5pt line at the end of the page and header of your name. (01 mark)
viii) Add current date and time at the bottom right corner of page 2. (01 mark)
ix) Save your work and produce a printout. (01 mark)
2. SPREADSHEET
Load a file labeled “vendors” and perform the tasks that follow.
Required:
a) Calculate the total and average sales for each street vendor. (02 marks)
b) Use absolute cell referencing to calculate the commission based on total column
using commission rate of 10% typed in cell B14. (02 marks)
c) Determine the highest sales for each street vendor in the appropriate column.
(01 mark)
d) Determine the lowest sales for each of the street vendor in the last column.
(01 mark)
e) Sort the names of street vendors in ascending order. (01 mark)
f) Change page orientation from portrait to landscape. (02 marks)
g) Create a column chart to show the March sales for all the vendors and set your
chart on a separate sheet (new sheet). Label your graph/chart appropriately.
Name the sheet as March sales. (03 marks)
h) Create a line graph to show kaine’s sales performance in the three months; on a
new sheet named kaine. Ensure to label your graph appropriately. (03 marks)
i) Align column heading to 450 in anti-clockwise direction and then make their
background colour to yellow and blue font colour. (02 marks)
j) Delete sheet 2 and sheet 3. Rename sheet 1 as my work. (01 mark)
k) Insert a header on all worksheets as your names and save your workbook as your
school index number. (01 mark)
l) Print a copy of your work. (01 mark)
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3. PRESENTATION
You are the Chairperson of Youth Alive Club and you are required to make a presentation
about the club during the school’s day when all the departments and co- curricular
clubs will exhibit to guests.
Save your presentation as Youth –Your name (01 mark)
Slide I
Use word art to write the club title.
Use well formatted text to write the club motto-Mobilizing youth for positive living.
Include an image “Web” from the folder to act as the logo, resize and place appropriately.
(03 marks)
The rest of the slides must bear the master title –Youth Alive Club.
The title must be formatted as follows.
Size 36, color green, centered, and font Arial rounded. (02 marks)
Slide II
Must bear the sub title –Club Background.
Include when and how the club came into existence in the school.
Include the club logo used on slide I in the bottom right corner.
(03 marks)
Slide III
Must bear the sub title – Club Activities.
Include at least 3 club activities within the school.
(02 marks)
Slide IV
Must bear sub title-Club Membership.
Use tabular slide lay out to include a summary of club membership as shown below.
CLASS BOYS GIRLS
S1-S2 21 30
S3-S4 20 36
S5-S6 30 42 (02 marks)
Total 71 108
Total Club Membership 179
(02 marks)
(i) Include a footer of your name and current date on each slide. (02 marks)
(ii) Apply a suitable background color. (01 mark)
(iii) Apply animations and transitions to the slide and make them run automatically.
(03 marks)
(iv) Print your work in handout form. All slides must fit on one page. (01 mark)
4. DATA BASE
There is an on-going youth’s registration exercise of the entire Wakiso district, for
ensuring proper management of a youth’s fund, for youth development. Assuming that you
are a member of the registration team, think and help the registration team with the
following;
a) To use your convenient Database Management Software to create a database
called “Wakiso District Youth Management Database.” Name the database
WADIYOMADA plus your personal number.
(01 mark)
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b) Design the Youths Table below with appropriate data types and primary key.
Use lookup wizard for SEX and PARISH field names.
(04 marks)
WEEKLY
Date of SUB- PHONE
Ref. NAME Gender STUDENT BREAK
Birth COUNTY CONTACT
ALLOWANCE
00001 Moyes M 13/05/1993 √ Maya 0705453413 $300
00003 Magemule F 20/11/1980 Nangabo 0712589369 $ 440
00005 Nikito F 21/1/1990 √ Kakiri 0774587990 $560
00002 Lulu F 12/6/1978 Nangabo 077289891 $180
00006 Wenger M 14/07/1990 √ Kakiri 0775673457 $380
00008 Gillo F 30/3/1980 Nangabo 0713986754 $700
00009 Adite F 18/6/1985 Maya 0774569900 $650
00010 Suarez M 17/4/1983 √ Nangabo 0709345500 $520
c) Populate the designed table structure above with the above records. (03 marks)
d) By use of a query, arrange all the table records in the table in ascending order
according to the Surnames of the youths. Name the query “Sorted Query”
(02 marks)
e) Process another query database object with an added column for AGE after the date
of birth. Use the field to compute the age for all the youths. Save it as Youths Age
query. (02 marks)
f) Use a query to filter out the youths whose phone numbers start with 077. Save it as
MTN Query. (02 marks)
g) Use the table to generate a report. Save it as Youths report. Insert your name and
personal number in the footer section of the report. (02 marks)
h) Assuming that the exchange rate is Shs.2500 per Dollar, copy the Youths Table and
paste it in the same database as “Exchange Rate Table”. Prepare a form based on
the “Exchange Rate Table” that you should use to return the amount of money each
youth is supposed to get in Ugandan currency. Name your form UGX Form.
(02 marks)
i) Prepare another query for only youths from Kakiri. Just name the query Kakiri.
02 marks)
5. DESKTOP PUBLISHING
Using an appropriate desk top publishing software, load the file “Publication” from the
folder “Support files 2025” on the desk top, Save your copy as “Menu-your name” in
your folder. (01 mark)
Given that “Sempape Hotel Ltd” has embarked on re-designing their Menu card offered
to customers.
As a Desktop Publisher expert, you have been appointed to assist the marketing team in
re-designing a menu card for the Hotel to be used as a marketing and persuasive tool.
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Note the following:
Vary the fonts, borders and colors used to make the card attractive. (03 marks)
(a) Prepare a publication with the following paper specifications: (02 marks)
Paper size set to A4, Landscape.
(b) Include the following on your menu;
(i) Name and address of the Hotel. (02 marks)
(ii) Available food stuffs and drinks served at the hotel in three phases –
Breakfast, Lunch and Supper. (03 marks)
(iii) A log of 3 letters of Hotel name (Use word art). (02 marks)
(iv) Clip arts, FLOW, and PubI. (02 marks)
(v) Add persuasive words that make customers think that this is the best Hotel.
(01 mark)
(c) Add Simple background colors to different sections of the card. (01 mark)
(d) Inlcude a Header “your name” and a footer your “Personal Number”. (02 marks)
(e) Print a copy. (01 mark)
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