Year 10 Exam: Area Of Study 3 Flashcards
What are some sources of secondary data?
Libraries, bookshops, organisations
What are some methods of acquiring secondary data?
Books, websites, television, radio, apps, newspapers, reports
What are some techniques used to acquire secondary data?
Downloading, screen capturing, podcasting, listening, note-taking, photocopying or recording, making mental notes
How can you reference secondary sources of data?
The Harvard reference style
What are factors that can affect the integrity of data?
Accuracy: if the data is correct
Correctness: if the data is suitable for its purpose, and relevant to the issue
Reasonableness: if the data collected is normal or acceptable for that type of data item.
What are advantages of using cloud solutions?
Stored data and information can be accessed by people who have access anywhere on any device as long as they have an internet connection.
What are disadvantages of using cloud solutions?
Privacy is a concern
Level of security at the data centre is unknown
No access without internet
Data can be lost of cloud server provider goes out of business
Location of data is unknown
Data could be stored in countries where rules could be different
What is cloud computing?
Storing data at a remote location rather than on the user’s device
What are the Key principles of information architecture?
Disclosure, classifications, navigation, growth, choices
What are characteristics of effective user interfaces for mobile devices?
Usability, accessibility, tolerance, visibility, legibility, consistency, affordance
List design principles that influence the appearance of websites
Alignment, repetition, contrast, space, balance
What techniques can you use for coordinating tasks, people, digital systems resources and time required to create solutions?
You can develop a Gantt Chart
An electronic forum is where
People discuss topics in threaded discussions
An advantage of Interviews for data collection is that they
Let researchers gather non verbal information
A dynamic survey
Shows different questions based on the answers to earlier questions
