forms
3 sub-questions across 1 paper, 6 marks total.
Computer Applications Technology 2026
Open frmCohort in Design View. Set 5_Badge.png as the form background.
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Right-click frmCohort → Design View. Click the form selector (small square at the top-left where the rulers meet).
Property Sheet (F4) → Format tab → Picture → click … and browse to
5_Badge.png.
Why this earns the marks
the form's own Picture property is the background, not a picture control inserted on top — these are two different mechanisms that can look identical once finished but are fundamentally different objects: a background Picture is a property of the form itself (always behind every control, resizing with the form), while an inserted picture control is a separate object sitting at a specific position, which could end up covering other controls. Marks: selecting the form (so the property is for the form and not a control) and correct picture. Picture Type Embedded is fine, since embedding simply stores a copy of the image data inside the database file rather than linking to an external file path, which is the more reliable default for a file that needs to work on any machine.
Add your Name and Surname to the form footer.
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Design → Label (Aa) → click inside the Form Footer section → type your name and surname → click away. If no footer is shown, right-click the form → Form Header/Footer.
Why this earns the marks
a label holds static text — unlike a text box (which is normally bound to a field and shows data that changes per record), a label's content is fixed, which is exactly the right control for something that should read the same on every view of the form, like your own name. It must be in the Form Footer, not the Detail or Header, to earn the mark, because a form's sections each repeat (or don't) differently: Detail repeats once per record, Form Header/Footer each appear exactly once — placing a label in Detail would make it look like it's repeating per record, when the instruction specifically asks for the bottom of the form.
Ensure that the StartupName textbox and label use the same formatting as the other textboxes and labels.
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Click another (correct) label → Home → Format Painter → click the StartupName label.
Click another (correct) text box → Format Painter → click the StartupName text box.
Check the Property Sheet (Format tab) for both: font name, size, colour, back colour, border should match the others. Fix anything the painter missed.
Save and close frmCohort.
Why this earns the marks
the label and text box are different control types, so each needs its own matching — Format Painter copies a bundle of formatting from whichever control type you copied from to whichever you paste it onto, and a label's properties (its own font, size, colour, border) are tracked completely separately from its paired text box's properties, even though visually they sit right next to each other. Marks: label matches, text box matches, and overall consistency. If the odd one has a different font or size, comparing property sheets side by side finds the difference quickly, since the Property Sheet lists every formatting value explicitly rather than relying on judging it by eye.