Word Processing Essentials is one of 9 topics in the Grade 10 Computer Applications Technology CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. What is a word processor used for?
Creating, editing, formatting and printing text-based documents
Only browsing the internet
Only managing network devices
Only compressing files
Answer: Creating, editing, formatting and printing text-based documents — A word processor is application software used to create, edit, format and print text-based documents.
Easy
2. Which editing command duplicates selected content into temporary memory WITHOUT removing the original?
Copy
Cut
Paste
Find and replace
Answer: Copy — Copy duplicates selected content into temporary memory without removing the original, unlike cut, which removes it.
Medium
3. Give ONE way a document can be structured, going from largest to smallest, other than "page" or "character".
Answer: paragraph — A document is structured through pages, sections, paragraphs, lines and characters/objects.
