BSNS115 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++
ICT Definition
Tools that permit the recording and processing of data
to produce information for interpretation and
transmission
Who invented the mobile phone?
a) Stephen Jobbs
b) Martin Cooper
c) Bill Gates
d) Joseph Licklider
b
The information cost of production paradox shows that?
Over time information becomes cheaper to produce therefore more information is generated
Properties of data
• Raw facts
• No context
• Meaningless
Properties of information
, • Processed and
contextualised data
• Meaningful given an
interpreter
Information Quality
• Timeliness
• Location
• Form
• Validity
Information Visualisation is....
The use of graphics to uncover and document stories and relationships present in information in order to
find hidden relationships
Info-graphics (Charts maps etc)
Graphical Excellence is best described as?• a) "is the well‐defined presentation of interesting
data - a matter of substance, of statistics, and of
design"
B) • "consists of complex ideas communicated with
clarity, precision and efficiency"
c) "is that which gives to the viewer the greatest
number of ideas in the shortest time with the least
ink in the smallest space"
d) "requires telling the truth about the data"
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++
ICT Definition
Tools that permit the recording and processing of data
to produce information for interpretation and
transmission
Who invented the mobile phone?
a) Stephen Jobbs
b) Martin Cooper
c) Bill Gates
d) Joseph Licklider
b
The information cost of production paradox shows that?
Over time information becomes cheaper to produce therefore more information is generated
Properties of data
• Raw facts
• No context
• Meaningless
Properties of information
, • Processed and
contextualised data
• Meaningful given an
interpreter
Information Quality
• Timeliness
• Location
• Form
• Validity
Information Visualisation is....
The use of graphics to uncover and document stories and relationships present in information in order to
find hidden relationships
Info-graphics (Charts maps etc)
Graphical Excellence is best described as?• a) "is the well‐defined presentation of interesting
data - a matter of substance, of statistics, and of
design"
B) • "consists of complex ideas communicated with
clarity, precision and efficiency"
c) "is that which gives to the viewer the greatest
number of ideas in the shortest time with the least
ink in the smallest space"
d) "requires telling the truth about the data"
