CHP 11

Question 1

What does interface design focus on?

Answer 1

how information is provided to and captured from users

Question 2

What does Dialogues focus on?

Answer 2

sequencing of interface displays

Question 3

Design of interfaces and dialogues is the process?

Answer 3

of defining the manner in which humans and computers exchange information

Question 4

T/F designing interfaces and dialogues is a user-focused activity?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

What is the additional subsection deliverable/outcome for interface and dialogue design?

Answer 5

dialogue sequence; ways user can move from one display to another

Question 6

What are the 2 characteristics in Interface/Dialogue design?

Answer 6

1. Form/report designs

2. Dialogue sequence diagrams and narrative description

Question 7

What are the 3 major steps to designing dialogues?

Answer 7

1. Designing the dialogue sequence
2. assessing usability
3. Building a prototype

Question 8

What is an interface?

Answer 8

method which users interact with an information system

Question 9

What are the 5 widely styles used to interact with system?

Answer 9

1. command language
2. Menu
3. form
4. Object
5. Natural language

Question 10

What is command language interaction?

Answer 10

users enters explicit statements invoke operations

Question 11

What is a disadvantage to Command Language interaction?

Answer 11

requiring to member command syntax and semantics

Question 12

When is command language interaction good to use?

Answer 12

experience users, systems w/ limited command set and for rapid interaction

Question 13

What is menu interaction?

Answer 13

a list of system options is provided and specific command is invoked by selection of menu option

Question 14

T/F Menus have become less used interface method

Answer 14

False. Most used because user only needs to understand simple signposts and route options

Question 15

What is a pop-up menu?

Answer 15

menu positioning method that places a menu near cursor position

Question 16

What is a drop-down menu?

Answer 16

menus drop down from the top line of the display

Question 17

What is form interaction?

Answer 17

allow users to fill in blanks

Question 18

What is Object-based interaction?

Answer 18

symbols (icons) are used to represent commands/functions

Question 19

What is an Icon

Answer 19

graphical picture represents specific functions w/i system

Question 20

What is Natural language interaction?

Answer 20

accept inputs and produce outputs in a conventional language

Question 21

What are the common devices for interacting with IS?

Answer 21

Keyboard, mouse, joystick, trackball, touch screen, light pen, graphics tablet, voice

Question 22

Which is the most fundamental and widely used device?

Answer 22

Keyboard

Question 23

What are the 4 data errors?

Answer 23

1. Appending
2. Truncating
3. Transcripting
4. Transposing

Question 24

What are the 3 types of system feedback?

Answer 24

1. Status information
2. Prompting cues
3. Error/warning messages

Question 25

What are the guidelines for usable help?

Answer 25

Simplicity, organized, show example

Question 26

What is a dialogue?

Answer 26

sequence of interaction b/w user and a system

Question 27

What are the 3 major steps to the dialogue design process?

Answer 27

1. Designing dialogue sequence
2. Building prototype
3. Assessing usability

Question 28

What is dialogue diagramming?

Answer 28

designing and representing human-computer dialogues using box and line diagrams

Question 29

What is cookie crumbs?

Answer 29

placing tabs on a web page to show user where it is and has been on a site