WorksheetsContemporary practices involved in collecting, storing, analysin
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 22mins
The data you need has been requested such as asking a person for their name, date of birth, address etc. For this type of data to be gathered, a person needs to comply and actively provide the data that they have been asked for.
Active data collection
Passive data collection
Manual data collection
This type of data collection works without a person realising that their data is being gathered, it is often gathered in the background of their daily activities. For example, a smartphone continuously gathers, and stores data related to your location whilst it is on.
Active data collection
Passive data collection
Manual data collection
This typically means data is gathered with the use of a pen and paper and based upon observations. For example, a person can watch a football match and manually record how many shots a team has on target. This type of data collection, though it may be simple and easy to conduct, is very much flawed as mistakes can easily be made.
Active data collection
Passive data collection
Manual data collection
Select three ways in which organisations in the UK can ensure they comply with GDPR legislation.
Data must be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner.
Data must be stored in just one physical location.
Data must be collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes.
Data must be kept up to date.
8 bits
(a)
1024 bytes
(a)
1024 KB
(a)
1024 GB
(a)
1024 TB
(a)
1024 PB
(a)
1024 EB
(a)
1024 ZB
(a)
What does ASCII stand for?
American Standard Code for Idea Interchange
American Standard Code for Information Interaction
Australian Standard Code for Information Interchange
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
(a) graphics use geometrically primitive objects such as points, lines, curves and shapes or polygons which are based on mathematical expressions to represent images.
(a) graphics are dot matrix data structures that represent a grid of pixels and cannot be scaled up without the loss of quality.
This is a technique used to improve both the responsiveness and the resilience of SSD (Solid State Drive) and HDD (Hard Disk Drive) storage systems.
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID)
Redundant Array of Ideal Disks (RAID)
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives (RAID)
Redundant Area of Inexpensive Disks (RAID)
This is a file-level storage system connected to a computer network, allowing multiple users and devices to access and share files. NAS devices gained popularity as a convenient method of file sharing among multiple computers, as well as removing the responsibility of file serving from other servers on a network.
(a)
To aid decision-making within the process, data visualisation can be utilised. This involves graphically representing information and data through visual elements. Tick which of the following area data visualisation elements.
Line graph
Maps
Pie chart
Survey
Data (a) is also a powerful tool for analysing large data sets as it makes it easier to see trends, patterns, and outlines. It provides visual context for the data giving us a clear idea of what the information means. This makes the data easier for the human mind to comprehend and understand.
A ______ ______ _____ is a collection of systems and procedures that gather data from multiple sources and compile them in a readable format. It could be used by a national restaurant chain in order to provide their restaurant managers with regular reports showing them revenue, expenses, most and least popular hours, most and least favourite dishes and so on.
(a)
Decision making is not always necessarily straightforward, especially within certain organisations. To help alleviate this, an organisation may use _____ _____ _____ to help support and plan future and current projects. PMS is a software, which is used for project planning, scheduling, resource and change management.
(a)
Data (a) is the science of analysing data to make conclusions about the data gathered and turning that data into information. Technology can help us facilitate data analysis by automating many techniques and processes by using algorithms that allow for lightning-speed analysis of dataset in real time.
____ ____ are central repositories of integrated data from one or more disparate sources.
(a)
The main purpose of ____ ____ is to extract valuable information from available data.
(a)
___ ___ ___ (Big data) refer to data sets that are too large or complex to be dealt with by traditional data-processing application software.
(a)
