Question

Which of the following can be viewed as Project Specification?

(A) Item Category is Book, then the Item Type can be either Academic or Non-Academic, and Item Id should be prefixed with a 'B'.

(B) Teenagers spend a good amount of time on social networking sites, and it plays a vital role in their behaviour.

(C) Total population, total male population and total female population aged 10 to 24 in India.

(D) Realising the importance of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, the Bookworm club every year organises a Book Donation Camp.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• A. (A), (C) and (D) only
• B. (B), (C) and (D) only
• C. (A) and (C) only
• D. (B) and (D) only

Hint:

Specification says what data and rules are needed. Context says why the project exists.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Split the statements into two groups.
Read each statement and ask one question: does it tell me what data or rule to build with, or does it tell me why the project exists? The first kind is specification. The second kind is context.

Step 2: Group 1: data and rules.
Statement (A) fixes a data rule: Book has two possible types and its id carries the prefix 'B'. Statement (C) names the exact data to gather: total, male and female population of ages 10 to 24. Both of these are things a programmer needs to build or fill the dataset.

Step 3: Group 2: background story.
Statement (B) describes how teenagers behave online. Statement (D) describes a club that runs a donation camp after learning about the 3 Rs. A programmer cannot build a table or a rule from these lines. They only explain the setting. So they are context.

Step 4: Test the options.
Option 1 contains (D), which is context, so it fails. Option 2 contains (B) and (D), both context, so it fails. Option 4 is only (B) and (D), so it fails. Option 3 has (A) and (C), the two specification statements.

Step 5: Decide.
The correct choice is option 3.

Step 6: Extra check.
A quick memory aid helps here. If you can turn a statement into a column name, a field rule or a data list, it is specification. If it reads like a sentence from the introduction of a report, it is context. Statements (A) and (C) pass the first test, and (B) and (D) pass the second test. This confirms option 3 again.

Final Answer:
Only the data and rule statements (A) and (C) form the specification, option 3. \[ \boxed{\text{Option 3: (A) and (C) only}} \]