Validation and Verification

Which of the following is not a validation method?

• Range check

• Check digit

• Dual input

• Format check

Checking for accurate copying of data is known as:

• validation

• verification

• source document

• data capture

Brenda entered 2061 instead of 2016 in a form. What type of error does this represent?

• Transposition

• Typographical

• Proofreading

• Spelling

Shirt sizes from 8 to 18 were entered into an inventory. Which of the following is a suitable check to ensure that the correct shirt size is entered?

• Range

• Verification

• Inconsistency

• Reasonableness

Double entry data verification involves

• different data entered once

• the data entered being copied to another device

• different data entered once by two different persons

• the same data entered once then re-entered by another person

“A way of preventing errors when data is copied from one medium to another.”

What is this statement describing?

• • Verification

• • Validation

The user manually reads and compares the newly inputted data against the original source to ensure they match

• • Range check

• • Double entry

• • Visual check

• • Presence check