All About Data

Checking that data entered matches​ the original source is...

• Verification

• Validation

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Validation is...

• Checking that data entered matches​

  the original source

• Is a way of checking data is sensible as the data is entered into the system.

• Ensures that data is correctly transferred from one location to another

This is a type of validation that specifies data has to be between 2 values.

• Parity check

• Range check

• Presence check

• Format check

When you proof read over data before you submit.

• Proof reading

• Captcha

• Parity check

• Format check

This is a type of validation where something has to be entered into a field.

• Type check

• Presence check

• Parity check

• Input mask

This check ensures that the data sent is the same as the data received when data is transmitted from one computer to another.

• Parity check

• Visual check

• Length check

• Range check

Is this an example of data, information or knowledge?

• Data

• Information

• Knowledge

30 degrees centigrade

• Data

• Information

• Knowledge

30

• Data

• Information

• Knowledge

An error message saying "The pupil must be aged between 11 and 16" is an example of a

• Range check

• Lookup check

• Format check

• Presence check