OXFORD - AS LEVEL CHAPTER 1- DATA - INFORMATION - KNOWLEDGE

What is data?

• Raw numbers, letters, symbols, symbols, sounds, or images without meaning

• Human experience which has been applied

• A source that does not change

• Information collected for a different purpose

True or False? 33065 is an example of data

• True

• False

Define Knowledge

• Information to which human experience and insight values has been applied

• Intuitive self-replicating set of code that is constantly enhancing itself

• Data given context

• Data that updates only with user intervention

Define Static Data

• Data that randomly changes periodically

• Data that updates due to source data changes

• Data that must be changed manually

• Data that is self-replicating

Define Dynamic Data

• Data that changes uncontrollably

• Data that must be changed manually

• Data that updates without user intervention

• Data that self replicates constantly and uncontrollably

Define Information

• Raw numbers, letters, symbols, or images without context

• Information to which human experience has been applied

• Data given context and meaning

• All of the above

Define data taken from Direct Sources

• Collected data that is used with a different purpose than intended

• Data that is collected and/or used for its original intention/ purpose

• Data which has 6 lines of code

• Data which has 3 lines of code

Define data collected from Indirect Sources

• Data collected by or used with a different purpose than originally intended

• Data that is collected and or used for its original intention/ purpose

• Data which has 6 lines of code

• Data which has 3 lines of code

Which one of these is Static Data?

• The date on your computer calendar

• The time on a phone

• The top ten youtube videos

• The headline for an online news article

Which of the following in Dynamic Data?

• The title of a webpage

• Instructions on a data screen entry

• Magazines

• Live sports results on a webpage