[Year 12 IT Apps] ITA Section A, Q9 - dear o dear.

[Alexakos, Zach Z]

WOOF!

 

Zach Alexakos

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Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] ITA Section A, Q9 - dear o dear.

 

Release the hounds!

 

Kent Beveridge,

I.T. co-ordinator

St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College

Horsham

email.. kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au

 

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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Mark Kelly
Sent: Wed 11/14/2007 11:27 AM
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Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] ITA Section A, Q9 - dear o dear.

Validation is used to
A. check the accuracy of calculations.
B. detect software errors and alert the manager.
C. test functions and alert programmers to errors.
D. prevent inaccurate data from entering the system.

This is a worry.  It cannot be D because validation does NOT check the
ACCURACY of data, only its reasonableness. Even the sacred IT glossary
says validation checks data input to a system is of an "appropriate type
for processing, and within acceptable boundaries")

B and C are silly.

So are we to accept that validation is used to check the accuracy of
calculations?  Not really - that's called testing.

I think the question is just plain wrong, and I'm tempted to appeal
against it on the grounds of factual inaccuracy.

Any other opinions?



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