WorksheetsBTEC Digital Information Technology: Component 2 - Learning Aim A
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
Data is...
A series of numbers or letters that have been processed
A series of numbers or letters that have yet to be processed
A series of numbers or letters that make complete sense
A series of shapes and colours
Information is...
Shapes and colours
Data that doesn't need to be processed
Data that has not been processed
Data that has been processed
Which of these would be an example of a field name
Surname
6' 1"
Green
Red
What are the four main characteristics that are added together to make information (one minute timer)
Data
Meaning
Ideas
Structure
Context
Which of these would be an example of data
Millwall progress to the next round of the cup
Lions maul Gunners!
Shock Upset at the Emirates!
Arsenal 1 - 2 Millwall
Which of these would be an example of information
Ireland are Rugby World Champions 2019!
Ireland 17 - 10 New Zealand
Ireland (W)
17 - 10
When data is structured, it is often (not always) split into which two things?
Records
Lines
Fields
Drawers
The name of the single page that contains a quick and useful summary of data within a certain topic
Poster
Fun page
Advert
Infographic
Checking that data conforms to certain rules is known as...
Validation
Verification
Vilification
VAR
Making sure that an input is correct by checking it more than once (for example, when singing up for something, checking the password twice) i sknown as
Validation
Verification
Vilification
VAR
There are two main categories of data collection methods...
Reception
Primary
Nursery
Secondary
Data collected directly from the original source is known as
Nursery
Primary
Reception
Secondary
Data that is collected by organisation other than the people who are actually using the data
Nursery
Primary
Reception
Secondary
Many organisation collect large quantities of data. This is commonly referred to as...
Large data
Small data
Massive data
Big data
Which of these factors affects the quality of the information (check more than one if required)
Source/Collection method
Amount of detail
Accuracy
Age
Completeness
