VERIFICATION

Verification is the process of

checking that the data entered
into the computer system
matches the original source

TECHNIQUES
 There are different forms of
verification
● Visual Checking
● Double Data Entry
● Parity Check
● Checksum
● Hash total
● Control total
 Visual Checking
This can be done by reading the
data displayed on the screen and
comparing it with original data
Visual checking does not
ensure that the data entered
is correct
If the data matches, then
it has passed the If it does not match, then it has
verification process failed the verification process
and needs to be re-entered
If the original data is This saves having to enter data
wrong then the twice however it can be time
verification process may consuming and the person
still pass verifying could be the same one
who made the mistake
 Double Data Entry
The two items of data
are compared by the
computer system and if
they match, they are If there are any differences, then
Inputting data into the computer verified one of the inputs must have
system twice
been incorrect

It is still possible to pass If the data is entered This is not ideal for large
doube data entry and for incorrectly twice then they amounts of data
the data to be incorrect will match
 Global Technology
Checksum Hash total Control total
A value used to verify the This is the numerical sum of This is the same as hash total
integrity of a file or data one or more fields in a file however is done on numeric
transfer fields
● Used to compare 2 data sets to ensure
they’re the same
● If the checksums don’t match then the
file may have been corrupted
● Like parity check (uses bytes) however
it would not detect an issue if any
bytes were interchanged as the
checksum will remain the same
 Parity Check
● A parity check is a check bit which is
added to a block of data for error
detection purposes. It is used to value the
integrity of data. The value of a parity bit
is assigned either a 0 or 1. This makes
the number of 1s either even or odd
depending on the type of check.
● Parity check does not correct any errors
in the data transmission, it only detects
them and once detected, you have to
resend the data