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

Wed Nov 14 18:31:42 EST 2007

Just to do a bit of refleacting of my own (see Mark S's definition below) 
here's my pedantic 2 cents worth:

1. D is the best answer since it most closely expresses the intention of 
validation
2. but, validation cannot *prevent* the entry of inaccurate data. Stricty, 
the statement should read: ...is used to *minimise the chance of* inaccurate 
data entering the system
3. and when you read back your email (ie proof reading) you are not 
validating but verifying: validation happens as data is entered; 
verification happens after entry.

Regards
Robert T-A

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Hind" <robert at yinnar.com>
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> Nice one Mark!
>
> Robert Hind (Semi-retired)
> Ex Traralgon and Ashwood
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Scott" <msc at luther.vic.edu.au>
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:43 PM
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>
>
> A combination of
>
> (a) reflect as in to imitate
>
> (b) flea as in nit-pick
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> And
> (c) act as in pretend
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> eg to imitate or act knowledgeable while nit-picking
>
> Mark Scott
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> -----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
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] ITA Section A, Q9 - dear o dear.
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> Hi Mark
>
> Can you define "refleact"
>
> Geoff Moss
> RMIT
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>
>
>> 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-----
>> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
>> [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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