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1Good quality information is needed to make informed decisions. Other than accurate
or complete, describe two other different characteristics of good quality information.
Illustrate each characteristic you have described with an appropriate and distinctly
different example.- AThe first characteristic of good quality Information is that it needs to be aimed at the correct target audience. There is no point in asking people questions about driving a car if they are under-age or haven't passed their test.
The second characteristic of good quality information is that it needs to be understandable. There is no point in having information in a complicated format as people may not understand the information present, leading them on to draw the wrong conclusion from it. - BThe first characteristic of good quality Information is that it needs to be collected by the right people. There is no point in asking people questions about driving a car if they are under-age or haven't passed their test.
The second characteristic of good quality information is that it needs to be written in large font. There is no point in having information in a complicated format as people may not understand the information present, leading them on to draw the wrong conclusion from it.
- AThe first characteristic of good quality Information is that it needs to be aimed at the correct target audience. There is no point in asking people questions about driving a car if they are under-age or haven't passed their test.
2Good quality information is vital to the success of an organisation and helps them in the
decision making process. Other than monitoring progress, and using examples, explain
two ways in which good quality information can add value to an organisation.- AThe first way in which good quality information can add value to an organisation is by watching sales. For example, companies can analyse data and can see when a certain object is out of trend or if a new trend is rising.
The second way in which good quality information can add value to an organisation is by buying more popular items. For example, companies can buy more of a certain product if they can see that sales are good. - BThe first way in which good quality information can add value to an organisation is by trend spotting. For example, companies can analyse data and can see when a certain object is out of trend or if a new trend is rising.
The second way in which good quality information can add value to an organisation is by targeting strategies to gain advantages over fellow competitors. For example, companies can buy more of a certain product if they can see that sales are good.
- AThe first way in which good quality information can add value to an organisation is by watching sales. For example, companies can analyse data and can see when a certain object is out of trend or if a new trend is rising.
3There are many costs when it comes to obtaining good quality information. One of these costs is that employers need to be paid to [blank_start]design the data collection forms[blank_end]. Another cost is that companies need to buy information from [blank_start]a third party[blank_end].
- Adesign data collection forms
- Ba third party
4Data comes from the processing of information.
- ATrue
- BFalse
5Why do people encode data?
- AIt is easier to check that a code is accurate
- BIt makes the data precise
- CTo make judgements about the data
6[blank_start]Human resource costs[blank_end] is the need for qualified people to extract the required information form a large database.
- AHuman resource costs
- BTime costs
7What is the difference between data, information and knowledge?
- AData is the raw facts which is then processed to produce information. Then by applying rules to the information, knowledge is created.
- BInformation it the processing of facts. Rules are then applied to create knowledge. This as a whole is data.
8Why do companies encode data before entering it into the computer?
- ALess Space
- BFewer transcription errors
- CFaster to spot trends
9What are characteristics of good quality information?
- AUp-to-date
- BRelevant
- CEncoding
10John’s birthday is 11th May 2014
This is an example of.....- AInformation
- BKnowledge
11John is 18 and so now he can vote in the next election.
Is an example of.....- AInformation
- BKnowledge
12A shop analyses the performance of its POS terminal operators and warns operators who are too slow or make too many mistakes. Information obtained by market research and sales figures can help achieve this.
This is an example of monitoring progress.- ATrue
- BFalse
13Analyse sales data and realise when something is out of fashion e.g. sales of tape recorders or if one region buys more of something than another.
This is an example of....- ASpotting trends
- BMonitoring progress
14"It is raining today. I will need my umbrella". Is this an example of .....
- AData
- BInformation
- CKnowledge
15Which of the following is correct?
- Adata leads to information, and information leads to knowledge
- Bknowledge leads to information, and information leads to data
- Cdata leads to knowledge and knowledge leads to information
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- AS - Level IT Quiz on Quiz, created by Cerys Bate on 12/10/2015.
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