B.A. Prog.

Generic Elective Computer Applications

Semester V: IT Fundamentals

Introduction: Introduction to logical organization of computer, input and output devices

(with connections and practical demo), keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, OCR, OMR,
monitor, printer, plotter, primary memory, secondary memory, auxiliary memory.
User Interface: Operating system as user interface, system tools, control panel settings
Database: Introduction to database, use of spreadsheet as database, use of functions
and
database operations in spreadsheet
Networks: Definition of network, classification of network, LAN, MAN, WAN,
distinction among the networks
Internet Applications: Internet as a global network, Internet utilities – email, online
banking, reservations etc.

Reference Book: Introduction to Information Technology (ITL Education Solution Ltd.

Pearson Education Ninth Impression)

Ch-1 1.5
Ch-2 2.1, 2.2
Ch-3 3.1, 3.2, 3.3(till pg. no. 61), 3.4 (till pg. no. 63)
Ch-4 4.2.1(till pg. no.89), 4.2.2 (only introduction: Mouse, Joystick,
Touchscreen, scanner, OMR, OCR), 4.3 Only introduction to different
types of Printers, Protters and Monitors)
Ch-5 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5 (till pg.no. 127)
Ch-14 14.1, 14.2 (till pg.no.14.2.2), 14.3, 14.7
Ch-15 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.5
Ch-18 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.5(18.5.2, 18.5.3)

Other Reference Books:

1. A. Goel, Computer Fundamentals, Pearson Education, 2010.
2. P. Aksoy, L. DeNardis, Introduction to Information Technology, Cengage
Learning, 2006
3. P. K.Sinha, P. Sinha, Fundamentals of Computers, BPB Publishers, 2007
Practical List:
MS Word

1. Prepare a grocery list having four columns (Serial number, The name of the
product, quantity and price) for the month of April, 06.

 Font specifications for Title (Grocery List): 14-point Arial font in bold and
italics.
 The headings of the columns should be in 12-point and bold.
 The rest of the document should be in 10-point Times New Roman.
 Leave a gap of 12-points after the title.

2. Create a telephone directory.

 The heading should be 16-point Arial Font in bold
 The rest of the document should use 10-point font size
 Other headings should use 10-point Courier New Font.
 The footer should show the page number as well as the date last updated.

3. Design a time-table form for your college.

 The first line should mention the name of the college in 16-point Arial Font
and should be bold.
 The second line should give the course name/teacher’s name and the
department in 14-point Arial.
 Leave a gap of 12-points.
 The rest of the document should use 10-point Times New Roman font.
 The footer should contain your specifications as the designer and date of
creation.

4. BPB Publications plans to release a new book designed as per your

syllabus. Design the first page of the book as per the given specifications.
 The title of the book should appear in bold using 20-point Arial font.
 The name of the author and his qualifications should be in the center of
the page in 16-point Arial font.
 At the bottom of the document should be the name of the publisher and
address in 16-point Times New Roman.
 The details of the offices of the publisher (only location) should appear in
the footer.

5. Create the following one page documents.

6. (a) Compose a note inviting friends to a get-together at your house, Including a

list of things to bring with them.
 (b) Design a certificate in landscape orientation with a border around the
document.

(c) Design a Garage Sale sign.

(d) Make a sign outlining your rules for your bedroom at home, using a
numbered list.

7. Create the following documents:

(a) A newsletter with a headline and 2 columns in portrait orientation,

including at least one image surrounded by text.

(b) Use a newsletter format to promote upcoming projects or events in your

classroom or college.

8. Convert following text to a table, using comma as delimiter

Type the following as shown (do not bold).

Color, Style, Item
Blue, A980, Van
Red, X023, Car
Green, YL724, Truck
Name, Age, Sex
Bob, 23, M
Linda, 46, F
Tom, 29, M

9. Enter the following data into a table given on the next page.

Salesperson Dolls Trucks Puzzles

Kennedy, Sally 1327 1423 1193

White, Pete 1421 3863 2934

Pillar, James 5214 3247 5467

York, George 2190 1278 1928

 Banks, Jennifer 1201 2528 1203

Atwater, Kelly 4098 3079 2067

Add a column Region (values: S, N, N,S,S,S) between the Salesperson and Dolls
columns to the given table Sort your table data by Region and within Region by
Salesperson in ascending order:

10. In this exercise, you will add a new row to your table, place the word "Total" at
the bottom of the Salesperson column, and sum the Dolls, Trucks, and Puzzles
columns.

11. Wrapping of text around the image.

12. Following features of menu option must be covered

FILE Complete menu

EDIT Complete menu
VIEW Complete menu
INSERT Complete menu
FORMAT Complete menu
TABLE Complete menu
WINDOW Complete menu
HELP Complete menu
TOOLS All options except Online collaboration, Tools on Macro,
Templates

MS Excel

1. Enter the Following data in Excel Sheet

REGIONAL SALES PROJECTION

State Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QTR4 Total Rate Amount
 Delhi 2020 2400 2100 3000 15
Punjab 1100 1300 1500 1400 20
U.P. 3000 3200 2600 2800 17
Harayana 1800 2000 2200 2700 15
Rajasthan 2100 2000 1800 2200 20

TOTAL
AVERAGE

(a) Apply Formatting as follow:

I. Title in TIMES NEW ROMAN
ii. Font Size - 14
iii. Remaining text - ARIAL, Font Size -10
iv. State names and Qtr. Heading Bold, Italic with Gray Fill Color.
v. Numbers in two decimal places.
vi. Qtr. Heading in center Alignment.
vii. Apply Border to whole data.

(b) Calculate State and Qtr. Total

(c) Calculate Average for each quarter
(d) Calculate Amount = Rate * Total.

2. Given the following worksheet

A B C D
1 Roll No. Name Marks Grade
2 1001 Sachin 99
3 1002 Sehwag 65
4 1003 Rahul 41
5 1004 Sourav 89
6 1005 Har Bhajan 56

Calculate the grade of these students on the basis of following guidelines:

If Marks Then Grade
>= 80 A+
>= 60 < 80 A
>= 50 < 60 B
< 50 F

3. Given the following worksheet

A B C D E F G
 1 Salesman Sales in (Rs.)
2 No. Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Total Commission
3 S001 5000 8500 12000 9000
4 S002 7000 4000 7500 11000
5 S003 4000 9000 6500 8200
6 S004 5500 6900 4500 10500
7 S005 7400 8500 9200 8300
8 S006 5300 7600 9800 6100
Calculate the commission earned by the salesmen on the basis of following
Candidates:

If Total Sales Commission

< 20000 0% of sales
> 20000 and < 25000 4% of sales
> 25000 and < 30000 5.5% of sales
> 30000 and < 35000 8% of sales
>= 35000 11% of sales
The total sales is sum of sales of all the four quarters.

4. A company XYZ Ltd. pays a monthly salary to its employees which consists of
basic salary, allowances & deductions. The details of allowances and deductions
are as follows :
Allowances
• HRA Dependent on Basic
30% of Basic if Basic <=1000
25% of Basic if Basic>1000 & Basic<=3000
20% of Basic if Basic >3000
• DA Fixed for all employees, 30% of Basic
• Conveyance Allowance Rs. 50/- if Basic is <=1000
Rs. 75/- if Basic >1000 & Basic<=2000
Rs. 100 if Basic >2000
• Entertainment Allowance NIL if Basic is <=1000
Rs. 100/- if Basic > 1000
Deductions
• Provident Fund 6% of Basic
• Group Insurance Premium Rs. 40/- if Basic is <=1500
Rs. 60/- if Basic > 1500 & Basic<=3000
Rs. 80/- if Basic >3000
Calculate the following :
Gross Salary = Basic + HRA + DA + Conveyance + Entertainment
Total deduction = Provident Fund + Group Insurance Premium
Net Salary = Gross Salary – Total Deduction

5. Create Payment Table for a fixed Principal amount, variable rate of interests and
time in the format below :
No. of Instalments 5% 6% 7% 8% 9%
3 XX XX XX XX XX
4 XX XX XX XX XX
5 XX XX XX XX XX
6 XX XX XX XX XX

6. Use an array formula to calculate Simple Interest for given principal amounts given
the rate of Interest and time
Rate of Interest 8%
Time 5 Years
Principal Simple Interest
1000 ?
18000 ?
5200 ?

7. The following table gives an year wise sale figure of five salesmen in Rs.
Salesman 2000 2001 2002 2003
S1 10000 12000 20000 50000
S2 15000 18000 50000 60000
S3 20000 22000 70000 70000
S4 30000 30000 100000 80000
S5 40000 45000 125000 90000
(a) Calculate total sale year wise.
(b) Calculate the net sale made by each salesman
(c) Calculate the maximum sale made by the salesman
(d) Calculate the commission for each salesman under the condition.
(i) If total sales >4,00,000 give 5% commission on total sale made by the
salesman.
(ii) Otherwise give 2% commission.
(e) Draw a bar graph representing the sale made by each salesman.
(f) Draw a pie graph representing the sale made by salesman in 2000.

8. Enter the following data in Excel Sheet

 PERSONAL BUDGET FOR FIRST QUARTER
Monthly Income (Net) : 1,475
EXPENSES JAN FEB MARCH QUARTER QUARTER
TOTAL AVERAGE
Rent 600.00 600.00 600.00
Telephone 48.25 43.50 60.00
Utilities 67.27 110.00 70.00
Credit Card 200.00 110.00 70.00
Oil 100.00 150.00 90.00
AV to Insurance 150.00
Cable TV 40.75 40.75 40.75
Monthly Total

(a) Calculate Quarter total and Quarter average.

(b) Calculate Monthly total.
(c) Surplus = Monthly income - Monthly total.
(d) What would be total surplus if monthly income is 1500.
(e) How much does telephone expense for March differ from quarter average.
(f) Create a 3D column graph for telephone and utilities.
(g) Create a pie chart for monthly expenses.

9. Enter the following data in Excel Sheet

TOTAL REVENUE EARNED FOR SAM’S BOOKSTALL
Publisher name 1997 1998 1999 2000 total
A Rs. 1,000.00 Rs. 1100.00 Rs. 1,300.00 Rs. 800.00
B Rs. 1,500.00 Rs. 700.00 Rs. 1,000.00 Rs. 2,000.00
C Rs. 700.00 Rs. 900.00 Rs. 1,500.00 Rs. 600.00
D Rs. 1,200.00 Rs. 500.00 Rs. 200.00 Rs. 1,100.00
E Rs 800.00 Rs. 1,000.00 Rs. 3,000.00 Rs. 560.00
(a) Compute the total revenue earned.
(b) Plot the line chart to compare the revenue of all publisher for 4 years.
(b) Chart Title should be ‘Total Revenue of sam’s Bookstall (1997-2000)’
(c) Give appropriate categories and value axis title.

10. Generate 25 random numbers between 0 & 100 and find their sum, average and
count. How many no. are in range 50-60