Exam 9: Dennis/wixom/roth

Aesthetics is probably the single most important factor in making a screen simple to use.

Use scenarios builds upon ___________.

The navigation mechanism describes how the user gives instructions to the system.

The objective of interface evaluations is to understand how to improve the interface design.

Microsoft has common menu items for their Office 2007 package.For example,on the navigational area on a Microsoft Office 2007 Word document,you will have menu items (like Home,Insert,Page Layout)and in Microsoft Office 2007 Excel,you also have menu items (like Home,Insert,Page Layout).

Generally headings on a paper form should be with Arial size 24 bold;the main text should be Times New Roman size 12.Subheadings should be Tahoma size 14,bold and italic and underlined.This makes a form easier to read and to delineate sections.

Error messages inform the user that he or she has attempted to do something that cannot be done.They should explain the situation and suggest corrective action.

The old inventory management system required that orders were entered onto a paper form and then a data-entry clerk typed the information into a computer system.In the new system,the data is to be captured at the source.What are the advantages of capturing data at the source as compared to using the old paper form?

Andrea is designing a series of user interfaces for a CRM system.As part of the process of developing the user interfaces,she can go back and forth between various steps of use scenarios,interface structure diagrams,interface standards,interface design prototypes,and interface evaluations.

United Pharmacy is a major pharmaceutical company in Mobile Alabama.They want to go 'on-line' with an e-commerce pharmacy.Obviously,a lot of time and effort has gone into planning and analysis.They are working on the web user interface currently,and have adopted a shopping cart metaphor.Russell,a senior systems analyst,now needs to refine how that will work.How will Russell work with users on refining the shopping cart user interface?

From a main menu,it should only take at most _______ to perform an action.

If the density on a single page form is too high,it might not be as effective for some users as creating a two-page form.

Describing how basic interface components and how those components work together is the interface structure design.

Consistency checks would verify that a date of February 31st is invalid.

Experienced users prefer user interfaces with 'ease of learning' features.

In many ways,user interface design is _____

Interface design prototyping may include:

Using textboxes for input of limited items (like age,gender,month/day/year)is recommended over radio buttons,or list-boxes.

Novice or infrequent users of an interface (both paper and screen)prefer interfaces with low density like under 25%.

There may be different interface standards for different parts of a system (such as web screens,paper reports,input screens,etc.).