Information Processing

1. What is Information Processing?

• A) The process of organizing data into a logical structure

• B) The act of storing and retrieving memories

• C) The steps of acquiring, interpreting, and responding to information

• D) The way computers process data

What validation type would you use to check that numbers fall within a certain range?

• Range check

• Presence check

• Check digit

• Consistency check

What is an automatic computer check to make sure data entered is sensible and reasonable known as?

• Double entry

• Verification

• Validation

• Auto Correct

In a clothes shop, dress sizes may range from 8 to 18. What type of check will ensure that the customer only enters dress sizes 10, 12, 14 and you would prevent anyone trying to enter text such as ‘ten’ or ‘ten and a half’.

• Range Check

• Data Type Check

• Check Digit

• Consistency Check

A ______ check compares the contents of two or more fields to make sure they make sense.

• consistency

• range

• data type

• format

Occurs where the person entering the data accidentally changes the order of numbers or letters.

• Transposition Errors

• Transmission Errors

• Typographical Errors

• Transportation Errors

All of the following are characteristics of Human Readable Documents EXCEPT?

• Can be understood and interpreted by humans

• Does not require any specialized equipment or device

• Data is digitized in a document format

• Requires specialized instruments because the data is complex

What validation type checks that a field is not left blank?

• Format check
• Length check
• Presence check

What validation type checks that a minimum number of characters have been entered?

• Length check

• Format check

• Range check

Data is to be entered into a computer in the format YYMMDD. Which of the following is not a valid date?

• 310921
• 211113
• 21st June 2004