[Year 12 IT Apps] Qu A 15

[DANIELA LUPONE]

I had the same problem (and discussed this with my kids prior to the exam) with this question. I believe in this case the answer can only be A as there are brackets but even if there were no brackets I would choose A for a telephone or postcode field as no calculations need to be performed on these fields.

Daniela Lupone
StColumba's College, Essendon

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[mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]On Behalf Of Keith Richardson
Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2007 12:41 PM
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Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Qu A 15


I have a beef about this topic.
Some years ago I attended an advanced Access three day course to get my
head around this database program.
We were told in no uncertain way, that one should NOT use number as a
data type for phone numbers or postcodes etc. In fact it should only be
used when you intend doing mathematical calculations with it's contained
data further down the track.
Therefore, I choose A for Qu 15 (Part A), but in doing so remember one
or more of the VITTA practice ITA exams that indicated it should be
number.
What do others think?
Keith
Keith Richardson
ITA List Moderator
Head of ICT, Leibler Yavneh College
Elsternwick
Ph: 03.9528.4911
k.richardson at yavneh.vic.edu.au

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