Exam 10: Designing Forms and Reports

Clearly labeling all data and entry fields refers to the general guideline of:

Referencing the general design guidelines for form and report usability,the ease usability factor means that information should be viewed and retrieved in a manner most convenient to the user.

Which of the following is not a true statement?

In business-related systems,textual output is becoming less important as the text-based applications that use these systems are slowly disappearing.

Gaining an understanding of the skills of the intended system users and the tasks they will be performing is invaluable when constructing a form or report.

XML icons are templates that display and process common attributes of higher-level,more abstract items.

Referencing form and report usability,special symbols,such as decimal places,dollar signs and +/- signs should be used as appropriate.

When preparing an initial prototype of a form or report,the structuring and refinement of the requirements requires much input from the end users.

To avoid outdated information on your Web site,you should make sure your site is continuously updated so that users feel that the site is regularly maintained and updated.

Identify five methods of highlighting.

Designing usable forms and reports requires your active interaction with users.

The data on all forms and reports must consist of data elements in data stores and on the E-R data model for the application or must be computed from these data elements.

Templates used to display and process common attributes of a higher-level and more abstract items best describes:

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

A ________ is a business document that contains only predefined data;it is a passive document used only for reading or viewing.

The purpose of the testing and usability assessment section of a form design specification is to explain to those who will actually develop the final form why this form exists and how it will be used.

Research conducted on the usage of color found that:

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.

All of the following are problems with using color except:

When designing Web pages,which of the following is the recommendation for avoiding slow download times?