BBA 11043 – Information and Communication Technology

Faculty of Management and Finance. Word Processing - Assignment 01 2017/2018

Computer Unit, Faculty of Management & Finance, University of Ruhuna 1

1. Create following document using MS Word and save as myfirst.docx.

a. Insert the given image and table to the document.

b. Create a column chart to show the computer literacy rate for the given provinces in year 2016.

Computer Literacy Statistics – 2016 (Annual)

Department of Census and Statistics

Sri Lanka

The birth of the Information Age which is also known as Computer Age, is associated with the

Digital Revolution, just as the Industrial Revolution

marked the birth of the Industrial Age. The Digital and

Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

revolutions are twin revolutions. The rapid developments

in ICT have greatly contributed in enhancing human living

standards worldwide.

Computer literacy rate by sector, province and survey year

Province Computer literacy rate (%)

2013 2014 2015 2016

Western 27.7 35.6 38.4 38.1

Central 18.0 23.4 25.9 26.3

Southern 19.8 24.8 27.3 27.4

Northern N.A. 16.8 19.4 21.1

Other observations:

Computer literacy in year 2016:

Males (29.5%), females (26.0%)

Young youths (aged 15 – 19 years) (62.5%)

Group with A/L or above of education (70.0%).

Who are literate in English language (72.5%).

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2. Create following Word document and save the file as “Computer”

Computers truly came into their own as great inventions in the last two decades of the 20th century.

But their history stretches back more than 2500 years to the Abacus: a simple calculator made from

beads and wires.

According to the technology used by the computers, following table illustrates the five computer

generations.

The Future of Computing

Molecular Computing

DNA Computing

Quantum Computing

Nano Computing

3. Add following diagram to the above document as the second page. Add page numbers to the document.

Evo

lution

of

Com

pute

r

Generation Period Electronic Component

1st 1949 – 1959 Vacuum Tubes

2nd 1959 – 1965 Transistors

3rd 1965 – 1970 Integrated Circuits (IC)

4th 1970 – 1985 Chips

5th Since 1985 VLSI (Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits)

The four steps of the information processing cycle on a computer are:

1. Input: entering data.

2. Processing: performing operations on the data.

3. Output: presenting the results.

4. Storage: saving data, programs, or output for future use.

The Computer System

Data Information

Input Output Process

BBA 11043 – Information and Communication Technology

Faculty of Management and Finance. Word Processing - Assignment 01 2017/2018

Computer Unit, Faculty of Management & Finance, University of Ruhuna 3

4. i. Create following document using Columns, save as “e _learning”.

E-Learning

very stage of societal development

requires an educational system that can

adequately reflect its needs and

demands.

Consequently,

modern institutions of

higher learning are

designed to bring

about appropriate

changes in

administrative

ORGANIZATION,

CURRICULUM, and

LEARNING

methodologies in order to shape learners into

active participants and productive members of a

society.

Currently we are witnessing in education. The first

step towards instituting E-learning should begin

by evolving a reasoned set of answers to the

following questions:

What does E-learning produce?

How is it exchanged and circulated?

Who participates in this exchange?

Teacher

Learner

What are the benefits of E-learning?

ii. Insert Header and Footer for the page, Header: E-Learning, Footer: Computer Unit, Fac. of Management and

Finance

iii. Set following page layout settings:

Margin: Top 0.7” Left: 0.6” Right: 0.6” Bottom: 0.7”

Paper: A4

Orientation: Portrait

5. Create a new Word document to insert following diagrams, save the file as “structure”.

Hardware

System Software

Application Software

User

E

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