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CAPE Computer Science Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 2 · Question 5(a)(i)

A financial company invested heavily in Web infrastructure based on a single online forecast, but received very low customer adoption, resulting in major financial losses.

Describe THREE other sources of information that could have been used to confirm the information found on the Web site.

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  1. 5(a)(ii)Discuss THREE evaluative criteria that the management could have used to accept or reject the information found on the Web site.[9 marks]
  2. 5(b)Discuss TWO ways in which an organization can benefit from using the Internet as an information source.[6 marks]
  3. 5(c)(i)Discuss Cost as it pertains to an information source.[3 marks]
  4. 5(c)(ii)Discuss Currency as it pertains to an information source.[3 marks]
  5. 5(c)(iii)Discuss Accuracy as it pertains to an information source.[3 marks]

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