Word Processing: Advanced Skills is one of 9 topics in the Grade 12 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 bookmark in a word processing document?
An invisible marker at a specific location, allowing quick navigation back to that spot
A clickable link to an external website only
An automatically generated alphabetical list of key terms
A record of every change made to a document
Answer: An invisible marker at a specific location, allowing quick navigation back to that spot — A bookmark marks a specific location within a document, invisible in the printed output, allowing quick navigation back to that exact spot or serving as a target for a link.
Easy
2. What does the "track changes" feature record?
Every insertion, deletion and formatting change made to a document, with the editor's name and date
Only the total number of words in a document
Only spelling errors detected by the proofing tool
Only the document's file save history
Answer: Every insertion, deletion and formatting change made to a document, with the editor's name and date — Track changes records every insertion, deletion and formatting change made to a document, along with the editor's name and the date, displayed as visible markup for review.
Medium
3. Name the automatically updated reference within document text, such as "see Figure 3," that is linked to the actual numbered item it refers to.
Answer: cross-reference — A cross-reference is a reference within the document text automatically linked to and updated from the numbered item it refers to, so it updates if that item's number changes.
