Exam 11: Designing Interfaces and Dialogues

Referencing interface layout guidelines,users should not be able to access areas of the screen not used for data entry or commands.

An expected values validation test checks to see if there is a quantity field on each line item of a customer order.

System feedback provides status information,prompting cues,and error or warning messages.

A ________ data error occurs when the sequence of one or more characters in a field is reversed.

A ________ validation test is a test where an extra digit is added to a numeric field in which its value is derived using a standard formula.

Referencing interface layout guidelines,data should not be permanently saved by the system until the user makes an explicit request to do so.

Transition diagramming is a formal method for designing and representing human-computer dialogues using box and line diagrams.

________ is the type data error that occurs when invalid data are entered into a field.

________ is a formal method for designing and representing human-computer dialogues using box and line diagrams.

A trackball is a small vertical lever mounted on a base that steers the cursor on a computer display.

Referencing interface layout guidelines,data fields should be grouped into logical categories with labels describing the contents of the category.

When using a light pen,usability problems may occur in the areas of movement scaling,durability,and adequate feedback.

When designing interfaces for Internet-based electronic commerce applications,the lack of maturity of Web scripting and programming languages and the limitations in commonly used Web GUI component libraries create problems for interface designers.

Prepare a dialogue diagram for an ATM machine.

When designing usable help,use lists to break information into manageable pieces.

Referencing interface layout guidelines,the standard screen navigation that users use to move between fields should be from left-to-right and top-to-bottom.

A human-computer interaction method where a list of system options is provided and a specific command is invoked by user selection of a menu option is:

A ________ validation test checks to see if the value combinations of two or more data fields are appropriate or make sense.

Object-based interaction is the most commonly used method for data entry and retrieval in business-based systems.

Which of the following is not a rule for structuring data entry fields?