ICT IGCSE Proofing

Instead of typing ‘bad’ a user types ‘dab’. The spellchecker

will not detect this. In order to spot this mistake it would be

necessary to do which type of check?

• spell check

• parity check

• grammar check

• visual verification

What is the name of the process used when checking that

content entered into the computer matches the source of data?

• Verification

• Spell-checking

• Range checking

• Validation

Which one of the following would be used to check

that a number lies between, and includes, 1 and 10?

• A grammar check

• A presence check

• A range check

• A spell check

Which one of the following could be used to check

that the surname field in a database contains data?

• A spell check

• A range check

• A grammar check

• A presence check

Which one of the following statements about widows and

orphans is incorrect?

• An orphan is the name given to the first line of a paragraph when it is separated from the rest of the paragraph by a page break.

• Widows and orphans should be spotted and corrected when proofreading a document.

• A widow is when the last line of a paragraph appears printed by itself at the top of a page.

• Widows and orphans are when you miss out a sentence or section of text.