AS Information Technology

BRIDGE TASK
SUMMER 2022
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1. Checking the accuracy of data [10]

• Define validation
computer system checks data entered by the user is usable and sensible
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DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE

PRESENCE CHECK Name:

Checks if data has been entered

RANGE CHECK checks if numbers are within certain ranges ages allowed: 10>

Checks if the data entered does not

contain invalid characters
TYPE CHECK

Checks that the correct number of

LENGTH CHECK characters are entered

Checks that data is in a specific format

FORMAT CHECK

LOOKUP CHECK

CHECK DIGIT

performed on numbers to make sure data

is not above or below a limit Marks allowed >=16
LIMIT CHECK

Makes sure data in one field is if gender was recorded as male

consistent with data in another field title must be Mr.
CONSISTENCY

CHECK

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2. Define verification
Method of making sure that data being entered into the system exactly matches the source of the data
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Analyse verification methods (including visual checking and double data entry)

Visual Checking

The person entering data into teh computer system carefully compares what they have entered
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Double Entry

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• Explain the need for both validation and verification

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System software

Explain the purpose of system software (including compilers, linkers, device drivers, operating systems and
utilities, and interpreters)
An operating system controls the operation of the computer system by managing the computer's memory,

processes, and all of its software and hardware. Without the operating system, the computer will not work.

Describe the following features of systems software:

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Utilities:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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Compilers:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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Utility software

• Define utility software

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• Describe the role of different utility software (including: anti-virus, back-up, data compression, disk

defragmentation, formatting, file-copying, and deleting)

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Monitoring and control

Differentiate between monitoring and control : [12]

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Spreadsheets
A company sells domestic appliances. The spreadsheet shows the sales of washing
machines for the first five months of this year.

(a) The formula in cell D2 is =VALUE(RIGHT(B2,3)). Explain, without using cell

references, what this formula does.

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(b) In Fig. 8.1, the formula in cell G3 is =SUMIF(A$2:A$17,F3,D$2:D$17). Explain, without

using cell references, what this formula does.

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(c) The bar chart in Fig. 8.1 lacks information about what it represents. It has been created

from contiguous data. (i) Identify the cell range that was used to create the bar chart.

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(ii) Describe what information should be added to the bar chart.

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(d) Evaluate, by weighing up the advantages and disadvantages, the use of the spreadsheet in Fig. 8.1 for

financial forecasting.

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