6.2 Data Integrity

Data ____________ is a requirement for data to be accurate and up to date.

• security

• privacy

• integrity

Data validation methods are typically used to check for & avoid errors made during ____________________.

• data entry

• during transmission of data

Parity checks and Checksum methods are typically used to check for errors made during ____________________.

• data entry

• during transmission of data

A method of checking if data entered is reasonable (and within a given criteria).

• data validation

• data verification

A method to confirm that the data entered was what was intended to be entered.

• data validation

• data verification

Visual check, double entry and check digit are ________________ methods.

• data validation

• data verification

Parity check and checksum are ________________ methods.

• data validation

• data verification

Presence check, format check, length check and type checks are examples of ________________ methods.

• data validation

• data verification

Entered data is manually compared with the original document.

• Double entry

• Visual check

• Check digit

• Parity check

• Checksum

Data is entered twice and then compared.

• Double entry

• Visual check

• Check digit

• Parity check

• Checksum