Lesson 3.1

3.1 Information and data Quiz: OCR IT, Unit 1

20 questions

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Lesson 3.1, Information and data: 20 multiple choice questions for the OCR IT (J836), Unit 1: IT in the digital world, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes raw, unprocessed facts and figures without any context?

    • Metadata
    • Information
    • Data
    • Knowledge

  2. What term describes data that has been processed to give it meaning?

    • Information
    • Constants
    • Data
    • Variables

  3. Which of these is an example of raw data rather than information?

    • Average sales
    • A summary table
    • Unlabelled numbers
    • A bar chart

  4. How is raw data converted into useful information?

    • By processing
    • By deleting
    • By printing
    • By encrypting

  5. What is produced when raw data undergoes processing?

    • Code
    • Hardware
    • Information
    • Noise

  6. A shop records daily sales. Which output represents information rather than data?

    • 120 and 150
    • Sales rose by 30
    • Unsorted figures
    • Monday and Tuesday

  7. What action turns a list of pupil test marks into useful information?

    • Shuffling the order
    • Calculating the mean
    • Hiding the scores
    • Deleting the marks

  8. Which processing method combines multiple individual sales figures into a single total?

    • Deleting
    • Encrypting
    • Summarising
    • Formatting

  9. Filtering a list of orders to show only high-value purchases is an example of what?

    • Corrupting files
    • Processing data
    • Creating hardware
    • Deleting records

  10. Unlabelled temperature readings stored in a system are best described as what?

    • Outputs
    • Information
    • Data
    • Commands

  11. Why can the same raw data produce different types of information?

    • Different processing methods
    • More electricity
    • Broken monitors
    • Slow processors

  12. What gives raw data values meaning so they can be understood?

    • Compression
    • Context
    • Storage
    • Encryption

  13. Which of these represents processed data presented visually?

    • A bar chart
    • Blank tables
    • Unsorted numbers
    • Raw sensor logs

  14. What must be done to subject marks to find the highest average?

    • Process the marks
    • Print them raw
    • Delete the lowest
    • Hide the scores

  15. Which action converts raw survey answers into useful report information?

    • Deleting records
    • Backing up files
    • Printing copies
    • Summarising data

  16. Why might a large table of unprocessed sales records still be considered data?

    • Contains numbers
    • Stored digitally
    • Too many rows
    • Not yet processed

  17. What determines the reliability of any output information?

    • Source data quality
    • Printer speed
    • File name length
    • Screen resolution

  18. How is information defined within an IT context?

    • Unsorted files
    • Random bytes
    • Processed data
    • Raw inputs

  19. Which data item can be directly converted into a monthly average temperature?

    • Weekly employee hours
    • Monthly rainfall total
    • Annual sales figures
    • Daily temperature readings

  20. What check must be performed before relying on information from a sales report?

    • Font size check
    • Margin width check
    • Paper size check
    • Data accuracy check

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