A Person, Place, or Thing Within a System That Transforms

question 71

Multiple Choice

A person, place, or thing within a system that transforms data is called:

• A) external entity
• B) data store
• C) internal entity
• D) Boundary

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Definitions:

Exclude

To deliberately leave something or someone out of a group or list.

Simultaneously

Occurring, operating, or done at the same time.

Centration

A cognitive development term referring to the tendency of children in the preoperational stage to focus on one aspect of a situation while neglecting others.

Piagetian Error

Mistakes made by children that reflect their stage of cognitive development, according to the theories of Jean Piaget; for example, misunderstanding conservation of quantity.