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User Interface Design Quiz

Test your knowledge of user interface design principles with this comprehensive quiz! Designed for students and professionals alike, this quiz covers essential concepts to help you better understand the intricacies of user interfaces.

Topics include:

Input and Output Mechanisms
Design Principles
Navigation Techniques
Input Validation
Reporting Strategies

26 Questions6 MinutesCreated by DesigningPage34

1. The fundamental part of the user interface that permits the system to capture information is the _____ mechanism.

2. The fundamental part of the user interface that provides information from the system to the user is the _____ mechanism.

3. Novice users prefer _____ while expert users prefer _____.

4. _____ assures the interface will act as the users expect, while _____ assures it will look pleasing.

5. The user interface design principle that places an emphasis on the intuitive flow of the interface (i.e. Left to right and top to bottom) to minimize the user’s movements is _____.

6. The user interface design principle that places an emphasis on the user’s ability to always know where he/she is in the system and what information is being displayed is _____.

7. Juan is designing a user interface for the data-entry clerks in the marketing department. In an interview with the department manager, Juan has learned that the department has frequent turnover and that there is very little money for training. What two interface design principles would you recommend Juan emphasize in his design?

Aesthetics and consistency

Aesthetics and layout

Content awareness and aesthetics

Content awareness and minimal user effort

User experience and consistency

8. In user interface design, use scenarios will _____.

Describe all possible paths through the system

Describe the most frequent paths taken through the use cases

Provide the designer with detailed descriptions of the interface design elements

Repeat the content of the system's data models

Repeat the content of the system's process models

9. A(n) _____ shows how all the screens, forms and reports are related, and how the user moves from one to another.

10. The interface standard that specifies the pictures that will appear on command buttons as well as in reports and forms to highlight important information is(are) the _____.

11. Which of the following interface evaluation techniques involves a highly structured assessment of the users' interaction with the system?

12. Which of the following ways of enabling users to communicate with the system is most commonly used?

14. If real-time information is required by the information system, then the appropriate input processing mechanism is _____.

15. Which of the following is the most important principle of input design?

Capture input electronically as close to the source as possible

Minimize keystrokes

Never use on-line processing

Use batch processing when appropriate

Use on-line processing when appropriate

16. Laura sorts the information on all of her reports into alphabetical order, which makes it very hard to notice the X, Y, or Z. By sorting the information in this way Laura has introduced _____ into the manager’s decision process.

17. As an addition to a regular report, a(n) _____ report may help the user understand the change in comparison values over time or show proportions that are relative to the whole.

18. A(n) _____ check is a type of input validation that determines if several fields have been entered before the form can be processed.

19. A(n) _____ check ensures that the numeric data entered is within the correct minimum or maximum values.

20. A(n) _____ check ensures that combinations of data are valid, for example, does the zip code of an address correspond to the correct state name.

21. The _____ design principle requires that a report not provide all the available information, only the information that is needed.

22. Krug’s three design principles are also important to design the user interfaces of mobile computing systems, especially the first one: ________________ .

Give the mobile context

Remove all “fluff” from the site

Try to linearize the content of the application

Using the unique features from the device

�Don’t make me think”!

23. Steve Krug provides us with a set of guiding principles for web usability. Find one of the principles in the following list

The user should never have to think about how to navigate the user interface.

Using more clicking instead of typing.

Using more texts in the interface

Using more voice recognition feature as possible.

Be consistent to other similar applications

24. One of the guidelines for designing user interfaces for social media website is to make sure you understand the difference between push and pull approaches. The push-based approach is __________.

You have to click buttons to get information

The server sends information to users periodically

The user has to come to the social media website to find information

The user setup an agent program to get information from the website

The server collects information for the user and store in the server and the user can access it at any time.

25. A few rule you should follow to design multilingual user interfaces. Which one in the following list is NOT one of the rules?

Keep the writing short and simple

Avoid humor, jargon, slang, clichés, puns, analogies, and metaphors.

Use good grammar.

Use large fonts.

A(n) _____ defines the general appearance of all screens in the information system.

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