1k Verification Methods ***

Question 0

Describe how proof reading works as a method of verification (2 marks)

Answer 0

Original is read (1) and compared to what has been entered (1) Making sure source and object match (1)

Question 1

Data entered into the database needs to be verified.

i) What is the purpose of verification? (1 mark

Answer 1

To make sure the object is the same as the source (1)

To make sure the data has been entered correctly (1)

Question 2

Miss Jones is going to enter the data she has collected into a spreadsheet so that she can analyse it.
The data needs to be verified.
Describe two different verification methods that Miss Jones could use. (4 marks)

Answer 2

Two marks for each method, 1 for identification, 2nd for exemplification/expansion:
Manual verification/proof reading (1) where the source is read and checked against the object looking for differences (1)
Computer verification/double entry (1) where the data is entered twice and difference highlighted by the computer (1).

Question 3

Proof reading is one method of verification.

Show, using an example, how proof reading could still result in errors in the leaflet (2 marks)

Answer 3

2 from eg:
 Error could be missed (1) – reading name of artist Jones as Janes (1)
 If original incorrect (1) proof reading may match against source but still be
Max 1 if no example
incorrect – date of exhibition written as 11/7/13 and should have been 12/7/13