Week 6

Question 1

What does GUI stand for?

Answer 1

Graphical User Interface

Question 2

What does WIMP stand for?

Answer 2

Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointing

Question 3

What is a metaphor?

Answer 3

An interface metaphor is a set of user interface visuals, actions and procedures that exploit specific knowledge that users already have of other domains.

Question 4

Name at least 4 GUI Widgets.

Answer 4

Button, text box, tab icon, menu, scrollbar, slider, status or progress bar,

Question 5

What do we use windows for?

Answer 5

Sharing a device’s graphical display resources among multiple applications at the same time

Question 6

What are desktop icons?

Answer 6

An icon is an image or symbol used to represent an object or an app.

Question 7

What is direct manipulation (DM)?

Answer 7

Objects, usually graphical objects on a screen - are
directly manipulated with a pointing device instead
of the typed commands

Question 8

What are characteristics of direct manipulation (DM)

Answer 8

Continuous representation of the object of interest

Physical actions or labelled button presses instead of
complex syntax

Rapid incremental reversible operations whose
impact on the object of interest is immediately visible