Question

The encryption of data facilitates:

• A. Easy processing of data and keeping records.
• B. Securing the accounting reports.
• C. Generation of mnemonic codes.
• D. Codification

Hint:

Encryption turns data into a coded form. The marking scheme links this with codification.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
Encryption means changing readable data into a coded form with the help of a key.
Only a person with the key can turn the code back into readable data.
The marking scheme connects this coding of data with the word codification.

Step 2: Working Out the Answer:
In encryption each piece of data is replaced by a code, so the data is stored and sent in coded form.
This coding of data is called codification.
The official marking scheme gives option (D), Codification, as the answer.

Step 3: Why the Other Options Are Wrong:
Option (A): Easy processing and record keeping is a benefit of using a computer system as a whole. Encrypted data must be decoded before use, so encryption does not make processing easier.
Option (B): Encryption does help protect data. But the marking scheme does not take this as the answer, because reports are mainly secured by passwords and user rights.
Option (C): Mnemonic codes are short memory-aid codes that the user gives to ledgers. They are not produced by encryption.

Final Answer:
Encryption facilitates codification. This is option (D).