Informatics Overview

Which is an appropriate file format for a Word file?

• DOCX

• PDF

• XLS

• PNG

The problem solving methodology consists of which four stages?

• Analyse, design, construct, evaluate.

• Analyse, design, develop, evaluate.

• Analyse, develop, design, evaluate.

• Analyse, develop, test, evaluate

Normalization is to:

• Ensure that a database conforms to a set of standards.

• Ensure a database fits within tables.

• Ensure a database conforms to aesthetics.

• Ensure a database can be used online.

A GANTT chart:

• A design tool used for showing activities against a timeline.

• Is a testing tool used to test the activities and how long they took.

• Is a project management tool used for showing activities (tasks or events) displayed against a timeline.

• A validation technique used to demonstrate accuracy.

Validation is ensuring inputted data is of the right type (e.g. numeric) and within reasonable limits. It can include:

• Existence, reasonableness, consistency, type check and format check.

• Existence, reality, consistency, data type and formal inputs.

• Existence, reliability, control, testing and outputs.

• Existence, reasonableness, consistency, type and informal inputs.

A shipping and returns policy:

• States that the customer has no right and no instruction when they purchase a product online.

• States the customer’s right and instruction in and what they can do if an item is faulty or not as expected.

• States that if an item is faulty they can return it to their nearest store.

• States that if they bought the wrong item they cannot return it.

A referencing style is a set of rules telling you how to acknowledge the thoughts, ideas and works of others in a particular way. The APA style stands for:

• Australian Planning Authority.

• American Psychological Association.

• American Planning Authority.

• Australian Psychological Association.

Cookies are:

• Used to store data about you and your preferences.

• Used to send information to another network.

• Used to encode your data.

• Used to declare a variable.

A layout diagram is used to:

• Represent the appearance of a website.

• Represent data structure.

• Plan the appearance of website interfaces, input forms and reports.

• Present findings of a hypothesis.

Intellectual property rights are protected through the use of:

• logins, trademarks & copyright.

• trademarks, copyright & patents.

• patents, security settings and logins.

• copyright, patents & protocols