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Chapter 2 Test Your Knowledge
1) Date refers to raw, unorganised facts. Once data is input into an information system, it is manipulated or processed by the computers processor into a meaningful and useful form. When data has been manipulated or processed into a meaningful form, it becomes known as information.
3) Five characteristics of unusable data are in a question that ONLY CIC CAN ANSWER J
5) Primary data sources are first-hand sources where data is obtained from surveys, interviews, letters, direct observation and electronic mail.
Secondary data sources gather data through the works of others. Secondary sources include magazines, newspapers, books, CD-ROMS, the Internet and online services.
7) THIS IS A CIC QUESTION
9) Information processing steps include the following: acquisition, input, validation, ...