Design Rules

Which of the following is golden rule for interface design?

• Place the user in control

• Reduce the user’s memory load

• Make the interface consistent

• All of the above

Which of the following is not a design principle that allow the user to maintain control?

• Provide for flexible interaction

• Allow user interaction to be interrupt-able and undo-able

• Show technical internals from the casual user

• Design for direct interaction with objects that appear on the screen

When users are involved in complex tasks, the demand on __________ can be significant.

• objects that appear on the screen

• short-term memory

• shortcuts

• all of the above

Providing accelerators (e.g. keyboard shortcuts) mostly addresses?

• Efficiency

• Learnability

• Attitude

• Utility

Which of the following does not include in Shneiderman’s 8 golden rules?

• Support internal locus control

• Maintain the system frequently

• Permit easy reversal actions

• Offer informative feedback

Which principle in 8 golden rules is applied this feature?

• Design dialog to yield closure

• Enable frequent users to use shortcuts

• Permit easy reversal of actions

• Offer informative feedback

Which of the accessibility guideline that applies to this design?

• Standardize task sequences

• Ensure that embedded links are descriptive

• Synchronize equivalent alternatives for any time-based multimedia presentation

• Use thumbnail images to preview larger images

Which design rule does it applied?

• Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element

• Standardize task sequences

• Offer informative feedback

• Minimal memory load on the user

Which of the following approach in the design to distinguish required data entry fields.

I. Data entries are in bold

II. Provide an asterisk in front of the label for required fields.

III. consistent color, layout, capitalization, fonts for all data entry fields

IV. Separate fields into required and optional when practical. These groupings must be clearly labeled “Required” and “Optional”.

• I and II

• II and IV

• I, II and III

• I, II, III and IV

Which of the following usability pattern is applied to this design?

• Warning

• Progress Feedback

• System Status Feedback

• Step by step execution