Exam 10: Designing Forms and Reports

Match each of the following usability factors with its description. -Formatting should be designed with an understanding of the task being performed and the intended user.Text and data should be aligned and sorted for efficient navigation and entry.Entry of data should be avoided where possible.

Notifying the user on the last page of a multipaged sequence is a guideline for designing forms and reports.

Match each of the following common errors to its recommendation. -Make sure that when using standard design items,that they behave in accordance to major interface design standards.

Invoices and mailing labels are examples of forms.

Designing forms and reports is a user-focused activity that typically follows a __________ approach.

__________ reflects how long it takes the average system user to become proficient using the system.

All of the following are usability characteristics except:

Form designers should use highlighting as often as possible to distinguish the different categories of data.

The general design guideline stating that outputs should be self-explanatory and not require users to remember information from prior outputs in order to complete tasks is:

When designing the layout of Web pages,making sure that users do not need the latest browsers or plug-ins to view your site is the recommendation for the __________ error.

To assess usability,information can be collected by:

Nonstandard colors confuse the user and reduce ease of use.

The major deliverables from the designing forms and reports stage are logic models.

Identify nine common errors that occur when designing the layout of Web pages.

Highlighting methods should be consistently selected and used based upon the level of importance of the emphasized information.

When designing forms and reports,issues related to a user's experience,skills,motivation,education,and personality should not be considered.

Match each of the following common errors to its recommendation. -Make sure that your users do not need the latest browsers or plug-ins to view your site.

Color,intensity,and size differences are methods of highlighting.

When designing the layout of Web pages,avoid scrolling text and animations since they are both hard to read and users often equate such content as advertising is the recommendation for the __________ error.

When designing Web pages,which of the following is the recommendation for avoiding nonstandard use of GUI Widgets?