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

[Mark Scott]

A combination of

(a) reflect as in to imitate

(b) flea as in nit-pick

And
(c) act as in pretend 

eg to imitate or act knowledgeable while nit-picking

Mark Scott

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Geoff Moss
Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2007 1:16 PM
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Hi Mark

Can you define "refleact"

Geoff Moss
RMIT



> Mark Scott <msc at luther.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> Time we changed the definition to refleact reality.
> 
> I do a manual proof read of every email I send to check for accuracy 
> (and sometimes even for reasonableness)
> 
> Surely this is validation.
> 
> I type the message and then check it for mistake/errors/inaccuracies.
> 
> Mark Scott
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Maggie Iaquinto
> Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2007 12:29 PM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] ITA Section A, Q9 - dear o dear.
> 
> The definition of validation is to permit only reasonable data. There 
> is no way to prevent inaccurate data from being entered. Technically, 
> none of the answers are correct.
> 
> Maggie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark Kelly
> Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2007 11:28 AM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> 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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