Information Processing

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which ONE of the following statements BEST 4. Which of the following is NEITHER a validation
describes the term ‘information’? NOR a verification check?

a. It is raw facts. a. Storage media check

b. It is meaningful. b. Inconsistency check
c. It is not the result of processing. c. Data-type check
d. Does not have any value. d. Range check
2. Methods that can be used for validation and 5. Which of the following terms does NOT refer to a
verification of data are form of information processing?

a. range checks a. Process control

b. data type checks b. Data validation
c. inconsistency checks c. Automation
d. all of the above d. Scientific data processing
3. Data verification is checking for 6. Advantages of information processing include

a. particular data types a. retraining of staff

b. data in a specific range b. less human intervention
c. transcription errors c. increasing the amount of equipment needed
d. correct relationships between files d. reduction of face-to-face interaction
Items 7 - 8 refer to the document below which shows a water bill.

SECTION A
Account Number Meter Number Bill Days Account Number Bill Date
111222-3 2009/12/04
TOTAL DATE DUE
$25.41 2009/12/29
Mr Tom Bill
21 Hill Top View
ST MICHAEL

B. Post cheque to:

P O Box 1206 Bridgetown

7. Customers tear off Section A of the bill and return
the section and their payment to the company. The a. OCR
document above is BEST described as b. OMR
c. POS
a. an automated document d. MICR
b. a turnaround document
c. a source document
d. a transaction document
8. Which type of technology is the information shown
as B in the document MOST likely printed in?
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Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS: B PTS: 1 NOT: CSEC Specimen 2008
2. ANS: D PTS: 1 NOT: CSEC Specimen 2008
3. ANS: C PTS: 1 NOT: CSEC June 2010
4. ANS: A PTS: 1 NOT: CSEC June 2010
5. ANS: B PTS: 1 NOT: CSEC Specimen 2008
6. ANS: B PTS: 1 NOT: CSEC June 2010
7. ANS: B PTS: 1 NOT: CSEC June 2010
8. ANS: A PTS: 1 NOT: CSEC June 2010