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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A customer enters their phone number incorrectly while signing up for a service, missing the last digit. | Completeness check |
| A shipping clerk enters a destination ZIP code incorrectly, resulting in an address outside the allowed delivery area. | Validity check |
| A payroll clerk accidentally entered an employee's hours worked for the week as 380 instead of 38. | Reasonableness test |
| A customer forgot to include her account number on her check, and the accounts receivable clerk credited her payment to a different customer with the same last name. | Turnaround documents |
| A shop generates 3 quarters of its revenue from orders taken over the Internet. The revenue clearing account is debited by the total of cash and credit receipts and credited by the total of storefront and Internet sales. | Batch totals |
| A university course enrollment system allows students to manage their classes online. If students attempt to add more than 21 hours per semester an error message is displayed. | Reasonableness check |
| An accounting system rejects an invoice because the total amount exceeds a predetermined value. | Limit check |
| An accounting system automatically verifies whether the entered social security number contains exactly nine digits. | Size check |
| A warehouse employee logs a receipt of goods but mistakenly enters a negative quantity, incorrectly reducing inventory levels. | Limit check |
| A user receives the message: "Input rejected: The date entered is not within the allowable range (01/01/2023 - 12/31/2023)." | Range check |
| An employee enters an incorrect department code when logging hours, causing labor costs to be allocated to the wrong department. | Field check |
| A payroll clerk enters an employee’s hours as -40 instead of 40, and the system rejects negative hours. | Sign check |
| A credit card transaction is rejected because the last digit doesn’t match the computed verification number. | Check digit verification |
| A sales order system verifies that invoice numbers are entered in consecutive order, ensuring none are missing or duplicated. | Sequence check |
| A payroll department verifies that total gross pay equals the sum of all individual employee gross pay amounts. | Batch totals |
| A system automatically records details of input errors (e.g., incorrect codes, missing fields) for review by management. | Error log |
| When entering data, a system displays the last entered record and asks, “Is this correct?” before moving on. | Prompting |
| When a customer account number is entered, the system displays the customer’s name and address for confirmation. | Closed-loop verification |
| A company sends customers invoices that they return with payments, ensuring easy matching to accounts. | Turnaround documents |