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Worksheet 1.8 Validation and Verification - Key Answers

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CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL AS & A LEVEL IT: WORKSHEET ANSWERS

Worksheet 1.8: Validation and


verification – key
Answers
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Validation: the process of checking data matches Verification: ensuring data entered matches the
acceptable rules original source

Presence check: the process of checking that data is Range check: the process of checking that input data
present or has been input. is within a range or series of acceptable values.

Type check: the process of checking that input data is Length check: the process of validating that the
of the correct data type (e.g. an integer is input into an number of characters in a piece of data falls within an
integer variable) expected range.

Format check: the process of checking that data Check digit: a digit added to a string of numbers,
matches a defined format. usually at the end, to aid with error detection.

Consistency check: compares data in one field with


Lookup check: checks for all acceptable values. data in another field that already exists within a record,
to see whether both are consistent with each other.

Limit check: the process of checking whether a value Visual check: ensuring data entered is correct by
has been reached (such as in data usage on a phone). manually reading it and comparing it to the source.

Double data entry: a method of verification where data is


input into the computer system twice. The two items of data Parity check: finds errors when transmitting data.
are compared and, if they match, then they are verified.

Checksum: the result of a calculation on the contents Hash totals: used when entering a set of data. A hash
of a file. The calculation is used to check whether a file total compares the sum of the values from one field
has been transmitted or copied correctly. against the sum of the values from the original data.

Control total: values which are used to check that a series of


records or transactions have been processed or transmitted
correctly. For example, a control total could be the total
number of items in a stock order for a shop, or the total of
prices for individual items on an order.

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