Higher+Data+and+Information+Questions

1. Describe the differences between data and information.

2. (a) Explain the relationship between knowledge and information. 2. (b) Explain the difference between explicit and implicit knowledge, giving an example of each and of the kind of information that made that knowledge possible.

3. What is meant by metadata? Give an example of metadata.

4. For each of the following situations say whether the information is primary or secondary and internal or external. the minutes of a golf club committee meeting
 * a till roll showing the day’s transactions in a corner shop
 * a university prospectus
 * the published accounts of a large public business

5. Describe the differences between:
 * formal and informal communication
 * quantitative and qualitative information

6. There are three levels of information, strategic, tactical and operational. State the characteristics of:
 * information used for decision making at the strategic level
 * information used for decision making at the tactical level
 * information used for decision making at the operational level

7. Explain the differences between information categorised by time:
 * historically
 * in the present time
 * in the future

8. Information can be used in planning, control and decision making. Describe how information can be used in:
 * planning
 * control
 * decision-making

9. There are three forms of information, written, aural andvisual. Explain with the use of examples the difference between the three forms.

10. The type of information one may receive can be detailed, sampled or aggregated. Explain the differences between the three types of information with regard to the level of the information.

11. For each of the following characteristics of information explain why that characteristic affects the quality of the information:
 * availability or accessibility
 * accuracy
 * completeness
 * reliability or objectivity
 * timing
 * conciseness
 * presentation
 * value

12. Explain the distinction between value and the cost of information.